tomorrow's new hampshire primary is really do or die for nikki haley as she takes on donald trump for the republican nomination. we are going to tell you who has the advantage in a new cnn poll. rejecting hamas hostage deal. his opposition to a solution frustrate israel's allies. plus, a potential medical breakthrough. a new test that could make it much easier to diagnose

alzheimer's disease. we are following these major developing stories and many more are coming in right here to cnn news central. thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. i am boris sanchez at the nation's capital. on the eve of the new hampshire primary, it is officially a two person race. nikki haley has a one-on-one matchup that she has wanted with donald trump. florida governor ron desantis dropped out of the race over the weekend. this morning, nikki haley was asked if she has enough time to capitalize. >> absolutely. we started with 13 people. i had 2% in the polls. we finished iowa. we want to be stronger in new hampshire and stronger in south carolina. keep in mind, i know the political class wants to say that this race is over. i know the political class is

saying everybody needs to get behind trump. this is not a correlation. you had 56,000 people out of 3 million in iowa vote for donald trump. less than 1 1/2% of that state. we have not even started with this election yet. >> she sounds pretty confident but actually, the latest poll shows the former president returning to his double-digit lead in new hampshire. were going to break down how those numbers could shift with ron desantis out and endorsing trump but first, our reporters on the trail, kristen holmes. trump is expected to hold the final event before the primary tonight. what are you hearing amendment? >> you just heard nikki haley saying the political class wants to say that everyone should mine up behind donald trump. that is exactly what donald trump's campaign is saying and what they are trying to show. they will be on stage. donald trump with senator tom scott as well as vivek

ramaswamy. all who have gotten in line and are following donald trump. his and observation, a way for them to try and show that the republican party is uniting behind the former president. obviously, that list is missing somebody big which is ron desantis. i am told that trump and the florida governor have not spoken since he dropped out of the race and endorsed trump. however, trump's team did reach out to ron desantis's team and offered somewhat of an open invitation to campaign with the former president at any time. they did not get into specifics on tonight's event but that is really the name of the game right now. that is their messaging. they are trying to put out that the republican party is getting behind donald trump. it is time for nikki haley to drop out and make trump the nominee. >> nikki haley has been stumping throughout the state today. what is her closing message? >> has been competing,

campaigning in new hampshire incredibly hard. today, over the weekend, having so many events at coffee shops, bars, schools. everything that she can do to get in front of voters. today is her first full day on the campaign trail as it is turned into this one-on-one race between her and president trump. that is what her team wanted. now she has gotten it. the stakes are incredibly high. new hampshire presents uniquely fertile ground. there are independents who can vote tomorrow in the primary. they make up 40% of the electric in new hampshire. that is a group that she does well with. ron desantis dropping out, her team feels that they might get a little bit of support. we should note that he has already endorsed trump. there are questions about where that support will actually go and if it will make any difference, given how low ron desantis was pulling. when it comes to nikki haley's message, we have heard it time and time again. focus in on the fact that there needs to be a new generational leader. she is positioning herself,

casting herself as that leader and also really drawing in former president trump with president biden more closely, casting them as leaders of the past. listen to what she told some supporters in new hampshire earlier today. >> when you hear trump speak, what is he talking about? grievances? the past? he's talking about then that is? today he is in court? biden is talking about investigations? neither one of them is talking about the future. >> when it comes to her attacks on former president trump specifically, we've seen nikki haley rep is up in recent days, going after trumps mental fitness which is something that she did not do throughout the course of this campaign. there are questions about the former president more

aggressively out of the gates on fox news. she was asked about that and she double down on her strategies. saying there were so many other candidates in the race. she had to get it down to a one- on-one race. her job was not to go after trump from the beginning. this is a marathon, not a sprint. when you talk to her supporters and new, they say that she needs to do well. they don't she needs to win to keep her campaign alive. listen, she's got a come within eight competitive position with the former president because the future of her campaign could depend on it. >> be it. let's head to cnn's omar gimenez. after weeks of nikki haley really cutting into drums new hampshire lead, the latest polls have trump expanding his lead of it. how does ron desantis exiting the race impact things? >> one would think that ron

desantis exiting the race, all that support would go to trump. it does seem that based on drainages in polling, there might be a little bit of both but it does not change the fact that nikki haley, based on the cnn polling, is still down by double digits. with of voters in the final week the support counts for ron desantis not being in the race. people that backed him but then also, these numbers reflect support going to their second choices. donald trump, 54%. nikki haley, in previous polling, is there difference in support between haley and donald trump. with donald trump, 71% of conservative or self identified conservative that donald trump while only 1% of self identified moderate back nikki haley. then when you look at the first

choice for primary nominee among undeclared or independent here, nikki haley carries that. was he present while donald trump takes the 7% of people who are within the gop. that is really the split. it is also why some may worry that because of this unique dynamic in new hampshire or independent can vote in the primary, will that translate down the line? president trump is trying to make sure it does not. stacking up endorsed from key figures. nikki haley's home state, trying to stack that deck against her. for her part, she has said she is not letting that intimidate her. she has raised $500,000 in the last 24 hours since. she is ready for that fight but a major task once this primary gets underway tomorrow. >> thank you so much for that. we do appreciate it. let's discuss this now with conservative new hampshire radio host jack.

thank you so much for joining us to talk about what is happening up there. all eyes trained on new hampshire. what are you hearing from conservatives about ron desantis dropping? how is this affecting who they may be casting their ballot for? >> a pleasure to be with you. i think is your last reporter says, it cuts both ways. i would not over read the departure. i think the timing was all that is surprising. i have sat here before on the eve of primary days. the secretary of state is calling for a record turnout. 322,000 votes tomorrow. that is a lot of non-trump boaters as well as republican primary voters. every member john mccain with george w. bush sitting in a manchester hotel room the eve of the primary expecting a 20- 30 point win. mccain clocked him. last time around, biden thought he was going to do better.

bernie sanders and the team beat him. i am not saying there is a surprise but what i am saying is new hampshire likes to send a surprise. a lot of independent voting. the surprise would not be a big trump win. your poll has 18-19 points. my stupid suspicion, that is a little aggressive. trump goes in tomorrow with 10- 11-12 point edge. if nikki haley can get in the single digits, that would be a big showing and the governor has changed his tune going in tomorrow from she does not need to win, she needs to do well to get momentum. last week, he told me she could win. i think it is trump's to lose but new hampshire likes a prize. >> since trump, and it is a good reminder, certainly, jack. that we have an idea of what voters are going to do. we've been taught that lesson a time or two and it is always an important reminder for

ourselves. unexpectedly has court today, how should he? should he be in new hampshire? >> he was here a lot this weekend. going to be a nice show on the morning live right out of the gate. nikki haley is going to be on as well. obviously together. while your last reporter was talking, i think that is important for your team to look at this tomorrow. trump is trump. he has not moved much. he's got a solid republican primary base. we have never seen a time recently where the democratic national committee does want does not want new hampshire to come. they are not encouraging democrats to vote after telling them not to. just about 88,000 democrats may vote. that leaves a whole swap of independent and undeclared who can vote.

i am really doing a happy dance to vote for biden. if they come over and but for nikki haley, i think needs about 65% of all of those to go with trumm's hold in the republican base. his voters are like concrete. i suspect it's going to get a little tighter. still trump's to lose but different dynamics. >> she does have a strong showing. as you say, that would be in the single digits. it is because of that, what you have just delineated their. democratic leading independent and independent showing up for her. what does that say about what new hampshire means the national picture? >> new hampshire is an independent state. it used to be a republican state and then became. our entire delegation is democrat. we are very independent state. a lot of people moved into this state and brought their politics with them.

we have a republican governor. we appeal more in the general election in our primaries. donald trump does not lose any votes. you know that. it is like concrete. he is like a goalpost on the football field. the question is, new hampshire is more like a general election this time around. a lot of independence can vote. that is nikki haley's only chance to make this a question going further. if trump wins big tomorrow, 15 points or more. this thing is probably over even though it goes into south carolina. i think the only real test of trump going forward, ironically, is not south carolina, it is new hampshire with a lot of independence and undeclared who can vote. if he wins big, i think he is off and running. anything less than 10 points, you folks in the national media are going to look at that and say wow. maybe nikki haley's got a chance. a longshot but maybe has a

chance. >> we will wait and see what this independent state determines tomorrow. looking forward to seeing what the beef candidates say on your show in the morning. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, breanna. in the biden campaign putting abortion rights front and center in the 2024 race. any minute now, vice president kamala harris is going to mark the 51st anniversary of roe v. wade with a speech in wisconsin. we are going to bring that you live. in georgia, a judge is hearing arguments on whether the fulton county d.a. should be forced to testify in a divorce proceeding. by that could have a major impact on the elections case that she is pursuing against trump. we will be right back.

on the biden campaign is beginning its full-court press on protecting reproductive rights on the 51st anniversary of roe versus wade. >> that pushes underway in the battleground state of wisconsin. you are taking alive look at the podium where vice president kamala harris is expected to speak as heart of her nationwide fight for reproductive freedoms tour, she is expected to go gh the president donald trump directly. she wants to link him to abortion bans and the overturning of roe back in 2022. we will bring you her remarks live as soon as she takes the stage. we also have an update out of fulton county, georgia. a judge has just ruled to put on pause the deposition of the d.a.. the divorce proceedings of her lead prosecutor in the georgia elections aversions case against trump. >> testimony has been sought by the wife of special prosecutor nathan wade. was hired by willis several years ago to pursue the criminal case against donald

trump and his allies. outside of the courthouse for where this hearing took place. tell us what you have been learning. >> will not have to testify for now but she is not entirely in the clear. in fact, the attorney for the estranged wife of her prosecutor argued that willis has unique and relevant information to this divorce proceeding. meanwhile, the attorney in an attempt to try to get her out of this deposition argued that the allegation of adultery is irrelevant and it is a high- ranking public official in fulton county, she should be protected from having to be deposed. ultimately, the judge in this case that is overseeing these proceedings will but did not have sufficient evidence to make a ruling one way or another and that mr. wade needed before make a decision on whether or not willis had to testify in this case. another significant development is something that could be a major development. the records for these have now

been vacated to be sealed. now they are unsealed. this is important. these allegations of an improper relationship, they first surfaced. the attorney for camping official mike roman and she alleged that this should be dismissed because of this improper relationship and in that motion, signaled that if she could get these divorce proceeding records unsealed, she would further be able to prove that claim. those records should he posted it sometime later today. what is in them and how relevant they will be. how significant they will be, that is anyone's guess at this point. we will be watching that closely. we should mention that d.a. willis has yet to directly address the claims of this improper relationship but about two sundays ago, speaking that she did defend the decision to select nathan wade as the lead prosecutor in this case. >> thank you for that report from georgia. the civil defamation trial

against donald trump has been delayed. i almost confused it with another case that trump is involved in in new york. the judge canceled court today because of a sick juror and possible covid exposure within trump's legal team. we have been waiting to see if trump would take the stand and his lawyers say that he still plans to testify but now the question is when. >> let's go live to. trump's attorney is asking the judge at the former president can testify on wednesday because he will not be in court tomorrow because of the new hampshire primary. as the judge going to consider the schedule change? >> the judge that he was not going to decide that today, although, he did say that the circumstances may lead her to get what she wants. just as the backdrop, he brought everyone in the court about a half hour after it was expected to begin and informing them that a juror reported feeling nauseous and sick. the judge set a juror home and told the juror to take a covid test. asked both sides if they wanted to go ahead with. trump's attorney said that they

didn't. they wanted to make and wait bossier this played out. she was exposed to covid three days ago. she had dinner with her parents, they tested positive. she tested this morning. her test results were negative but she was saying she wanted to wait and see how it played out. we will have everyone go home and test. he took told all the jurors to test and have everyone report that back. when was addressing the judge saying she wanted to wait another day, trump leaned over and whispered in her ear. she stood up and told the judge that her client reminded her of the new hampshire primaries tomorrow and that she wanted another day off. the judge said he would not decide that now, waiting to see what the jurors results all come back. had tested negative for covid today. >> tara, thank you.

things obviously can change very quickly with covid. we all know that. nikki haley racing all across new hampshire, unleashing a fresh round of attacks on former president trump. despite pressure from within her own party to unite around the former president.

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tweeted this. "donald trump is the presumptive nominee. i am encouraging every republican to unite behind him because it will take all of us to defeat and take back the senate to hold the house. the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee. his estate admission is to return the chamber to a publican or majority. nikki haley hit back at a campaign stop in franklin, new hampshire. listen to this. >> i have watched the entire clinical. yesterday and today, i watched the entire media lead. yesterday and today say that i should drop out for the good of the country to support donald trump. let me get this straight. donald trump won 56,000 votes out of 3 million in iowa. he got one and a half percent of the vote in iowa.

america does not do carnations. we believe in choices. >> let's discuss with someone who knows new hampshire well. steve dupree joins us. steve, thank you for sharing part of your afternoon with us. obviously, prominent republicans think that this is over. how close does nikki haley have to get to the front runner donald trump to keep her campaign hopes alive? >> very close or a win, i think. the poll seemed to suggest there is a double-digit margin but at the same time, has predicted a record turnout among undeclared voters. they tend to break republican more moderate, not nearly as a religious or evangelical state as iowa. i think they are going to need a 65% turnout which would be substantially above the usual

40-45%. if she is within a few points, there will be a lot of people who are encouraging to keep the fight going. it is a pretty tough road. ball at the quickly turned to south carolina and super tuesday, march tuesday is now. if she is close or wins, i think she stays in. if it is a double-digit lead, this contest is over and the republicans love spoken. >> do you think she should drop out if trump wins by more than 50% of to get the majority of voters? >> i think it's going to be very hard for her at that point to make a case for how she could win the nomination. i'm going to be very candid. in 2016 when donald trump ran, it was a circus. he was a celebrity. he really did not have an organization anywhere in the nation. 2020, the incumbent. really didn't need one. the trump team has done a realist job in the state just from a political point of view of organizing and being disciplined. having a good strategy.

it's one of the most highly organized residential primary campaigns i have seen in a couple decades. >> what would you say is the version two donald trump among those voters who have looked elsewhere? is it what happened on january 6th? is there a specific policy or just that they don't want another four years? >> i think most republicans and a lot of the independent vote tomorrow, the undeclared will agree with donald trump on a lot of issues. it is the chaos, the turmoil, the constant tweeting. i was talking with someone today. i think they put it very well. if donald trump on january 6th had said hey, the election is over, stand down and let a calm, traditional, peaceful transfer of power, i think he would be up to 20 points over joe biden there would not of been any primary contest whatsoever. i think there are a lot of people who are conservative but they want a resident who is not so chaotic and is not tweeting

of the time. our foreign policy seeming to be digging and sagging, i think that is what is led to all these other candidates trying to jump in and make a case. >> what you make of trump earning so many big-name endorsements in recent days? you are supporting former governor haley. florida governor ron desantis, coming in the last few hours in support of trump. what is your reaction to the quick alignment? does it concern you for haley? >> know. i do not think the average voter cares much about what. you know what i found? almost every single member of congress is a herd animal. they seem to give up their independent thinking mind and they are part of that. they tend to gravitate in one direction when they see a tide

flowing. i don't think there are that many americans anymore, unfortunately, who look to their elected congressional leaders and hold them in their political opinions. i do not think it makes any difference in i think nikki haley is very smart to punch him in the nose and say who cares? >> looking at the big picture, you advised senator john mccain went he ran for president. you also published a column in the union leader and it reads in part, "if you admired how john stood for, there is only one choice for your boat next week. nikki haley." it doesn't strike me that even recently, trump was ridiculing the senator. some of you clearly admire. it is tough to find common ground when it comes to the record and yet, trump remains the front runner for your party's nomination. does that signal a change to you within the republican party? a ch aeir values? >> yes.

i think there is some change there and frankly, what the genius of donald trump in 2016, which he realized before anyone in the country, is that he captured those voters who feel that letting the wto, all this globalization has not helped make their lives better. it may have done wall street a good turn but it has not made better. people are angry. they are angry at both parties. he captured that better than anyone. that is the opposite of what the traditional stood for. i think john mccain had reverence for how as the president of the united states, you can conduct yourself. you don't engage in name- calling with allies you might disagree with. maybe i am old-fased

remember when ronald reagan was president and he did not let anybody in the oval office who was not wearing a suit. i think it is a symbol. he teaches young people in this country how to behave in civic life. unfortunately, our public discourse has gotten cruder and i blame trump for a big part of that. >> on that note, last question. if wins the nomination, would you vote for him going up against president biden? >> i'm going to think hard and make that decision when we see how this plays out. i think even though i can count on one hand, the number of democrats that i voted for. i did vote for president biden even though i disagree with a lot of his policies. we will have to see how that plays out. i will say i hope president trump conducts himself in a way that makes all americans who consider his candidacy think about voting for him.

>> currently theon there. tanks. >> thanks. israel's prime minister rejected the latest conditions set by hamas to secure the release of hostages. terms that would've included in and the war and withdrawal of all israeli forces out of gaza. were going to discuss the fallout, straight ahead on "cnn new central."

there is growing anger in israel as protesters hoping to bury you reunited with their loved ones take their demands straight to lawmakers. the families of hostages stormed in israeli parliament meeting in jerusalem, calling on the government to do more to

save their relatives with signs reading "you will not sit here while they dye their. >> prime minister turned down an offer from hamas to end the war. he outright rejected the terms of surrender from monsters. he is also rejecting international pressure for the possibility of a two state solution. in a phone call with joe biden. let's bring in cnn political analyst barack were the. the politics and foreign-policy reporter for axios. you have them saying he is rejecting this deal to bring hostages because hamas demanded an end to israel's war, including the "release of all the murderers and ." that is a quote from palestinian prisoners that wants to be free. seeing the frustrations. the cd lot all within reach

with the remaining hostages? >> first, i am not sure if it is a completely accurate description that rejected the deal. the general position for weeks. we release the hostages if the endgame is a full israeli pullout from gaza and ending the war and the release of all palestinian visitors. what was saying is that the position is not going to work. on the other hand, i think it does not mean that there are no negotiations and no character offers for the israeli side and i think the main issue is how are you going to call the

situation after the deal is implement it. are you going to call it a cease-fire? something else? that is the main issue. that cannot politically call at the end of the war. you can call it many other things. i think that is exactly what we were discussing right now. >> there was a new poll that came out of the weekend from israel's channel 13 news. in it, respondents were asked what was driving motivations during this war. 53% said it was his own personal interest to keep the war going. how does he navigate the enormous chunk of the population? believing he's in it for himself? >> between 70-80% of israelis that stay in several polls over the last weeks that should

resign, some of them said need to resign immediately. this medical situation. it has not been weaker. in the same poll , is party won only 16 seats which is half of what it has today but on the other hand, he still has the majority in the transit and as long as he has this majority, he can continue for a long, long time. the elections are only three years away. >> president biden, as we mentioned, had this phone call over the weekend. the two talked about a two state solution after the phone call. he tweeted i will not compromise on full israeli security control over the entire area west of jordan and this is contrary to a palestinian state. then his national security minister tweeted out i do deny a palestinian state always.

if you compare that, it's kind of different. let's listen. >> the idea is to find a formula where the palestinians can rule themselves. might be in a position. that is the formula that can help us move forward and find solutions that will be good for israelis and for allison indians too. >> president biden, barack says he is convinced that a two state solution is to possible. is this a matter of saying something different in private or in public? being misrepresented? how do you? >> i think we can all agree is not the new kid on the block. we have known his policy for 30 years. he has been prime minister for 15 years. he has a track record.

there was no progress made with the palestinians. if anything, the other way around. i think that anybody who thinks that is the person, the leader that will agree or implement, even move forward with a two state solution, i don't know. he was not with us in the last two decades. with the respect and what he said, has made a career of trying to translate positions in english that would sound better. unfortunately, again, we have a track record and we all know what happened. i just don't see any possibility. i am covering for almost 20

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here is the vice president speaking in wisconsin. [ inaudible ] >> many of you know i started my career as prosecutor specializing in crimes against women and children. what you may not know is one of the reasons why. when i was in high school i learned that one of my best friends was being molested by her stepfather. so i said to her, you have got to come stay with us. i called my mother and my mother said, of course she should and she did. so, the idea that someone who survived a crime that is violence to their body and a violation to their body and then would not have the

authority to decide what happens to their body next, that is immoral. it is immoral. let us all agree one does not have to abandon their face or deeply held beliefs to agree that the government should not be telling her what to do with her body. if she chooses she will consult her priest, her rabbi, but not the government telling her what to do. this is, in fact, a healthcare

crisis. there is nothing about this that is hypothetical. today, in america, one in three women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion --. led us understand what that really means. for people across our nation. let us understand the horrific reality -- is back let us -- we have been hearing from vice president kamala harris working the 51st anniversary of roe versus wade. wisconsin is very important on the electoral map. it out about 20,000 votes in 2020 and abortion rights was central to the last governor's campaign so this is a message that is well received among democrats. we will monitor

these remarks and take a quick rake. we will bring you the latest when we come back.