<div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Only two Republicans, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, will take the CNN debate stage at Drake University in Des Moines on Wednesday night for the final televised clash before the Iowa caucuses next week.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The man they are both chasing, Donald J. Trump, is yet again skipping any debate in which his front-runner status could be challenged in person, instead taking part in counterprogramming on a rival network, Fox News, with a prime-time town hall of his own.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">It’s exactly the sort of split screen that Mr. Trump has sought throughout the cycle: his rivals bickering among themselves while he presses his case without meddlesome interruptions.</p></div>

<div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Here are five things to watch.</p><h2 class="css-9ycfei eoo0vm40">Can Haley break a streak of slip-ups?</h2></div>

<div class="css-79elbk" data-testid="photoviewer-wrapper"><div data-testid="photoviewer-children" class="css-1a48zt4 e11si9ry5"><figure class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">Nikki Haley has been fending off attacks from Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa, and Mr. Trump in New Hampshire.</span><span class="css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Hilary Swift for The New York Times</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div>

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Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will debate on CNN on Wednesday night, at the same time that Donald Trump is holding a Fox News town hall.{ai:summary}<p>Only two Republicans, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, will be at the CNN debate. Donald J. Trump will skip it for a rival network town hall. #politics</p>

What to Watch at the Haley-DeSantis Debate and the Trump Town Hall

Can Haley break a streak of slip-ups?

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