2016 Iowa Caucus Rolling Updates

Chris Christie on His Caucus Night Plans in NH

ABC's JORDYN PHELPS: “He spent I don't know 20 plus million dollars here … and he's at 2% in the last poll,” Christie said of Bush. "If we in fact beat him here and we've literally spent half a million dollars.”

Still, Christie said he has “no idea” what’s actually going to actually happen tonight and pointed out that there are two former Iowa caucus winners still in the race who are getting very little attention.

"We will all see what's going to happen. That's part of the problem with twelve people in the race,” he said. “You've got two guys in this race that no one is talking about who won the last two Iowa Caucuses. Nobody has been talking about them.”

But Christie’s not sticking around to see what does happen in Iowa tonight. Instead, he’ll be onto his second town hall in New Hampshire tonight at the time that the caucuses are underway here in Iowa. 

"I leave this afternoon, I go to New Hampshire and do a 4:30 town hall meeting in Hopkinson and then I'm going to do one at 8:00 in Nashua. It's going to be fun,” Christie said.

Christie told Karl part of the reason he’s leaving today is because of the weather.

 

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Howard Dean's Infamous I Have a Scream Speech

ABC's MERIDITH MCGRAW: It was the scream heard around the world—or at least on television sets across the country. Twelve years ago, Howard Dean, the Democratic front runner, finished in a disappointing third place at the Iowa caucuses. At a packed ballroom in Des Moines following the caucus, Dean passionately addressed his supporters and listed off the places he hoped his campaign would win next. 

“And then we’re going to Washington D.C., to take back the White House! YEEAAHHHH!”  With cable network cameras focused on Dean, the emotional crescendo of his speech was broadcast everywhere. Dean’s scream became one of the biggest political gaffes of the 2004 election. 

What's at Stake Tonight at the Iowa Caucuses

ABC's ALANA ABRAMSON: The first voting of the 2016 presidential election cycle happens tonight. A useful tidbit to keep in mind: although candidates have been traipsing across the Hawkeye State for months, Iowa is not mathematically crucial for winning the nomination.

To win their party's respective nomination, candidates must win a certain number of delegates, or people who will ultimately vote for them at their party's convention in the summer. (Republicans need 1,237 delegates, while Democrats need 2,382.) Technically, a candidate could fare terribly in Iowa and still have a chance of getting the delegate numbers by the end of the race.

Doors at caucus locations close at 8 p.m. ET (GOP and Democratic).

The first results can be expected as early as 8:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. ET. http://abcn.ws/1UEiG37

Throughout the Hawkeye state, caucuses will be held in elementary schools, churches, a gun store, a grain elevator and even in homes.

Five homes will host a caucus -- three for Democrats and two for Republicans. One of them -- for the Dems -- will be at the Rippey, Iowa home of Gary and Mary Weaver. 

Ivanka Trump and Ted Cruz Possible Caucus Run-In

ABC's SHUSHANNAH WALSHE: Ivanka Trump and Ted Cruz are both expected to stop by the same location tonight in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They are both expected around now at the Doubletree Cedar Rapids.