With the Iowa caucuses less than a week away, all the polls are showing one clear message: former President Donald Trump remains the Republican frontrunner. In the face of unprecedented legal troubles and mounting lawsuits, the former president’s campaign has thrived as he speaks out against these cases, which he calls election interference. Trump will join Martha MacCallum, anchor and executive editor of The Story, and Bret Baier, FOX’s chief political anchor, on Wednesday for a town hall to discuss his presidential campaign. Martha MacCallum joined the Rundown from Iowa to preview the event and discuss where the candidates stand ahead of the first contest.

An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing as an equipment malfunction caused an emergency exit door to fly off of the plane at 16,000 feet. The incident has called into question the safety of the Boeing 737 Max 9, as Alaska Airlines has discovered more loose hardware on other planes in their fleet. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of the door plug failure. Former NTSB Accident Investigator and senior aerospace engineer and President of Transportation Safety and Security Consulting, Charley Pereira, joins to discuss the potential causes of the emergency, the potential consequences of this failure, and what the FAA must do to ensure passenger safety.

Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus.