not backing down, nikki haley promises to stay in the race for the republican presidential nomination despite not winning tuesday's primary. her opponent's patience is wearing thin. former president trump wants this contest over and he is not hiding his irritation. and bowing on the hill, the company ceo meets with lawmakers who want answers with the problems with its jets. frustration is growing as one airline boss admits he is angry with the company. barbie snapped, no oscar nomination for the blockbuster's director or star means a big backlash with critics asking didn't they

do enough to be nominated? we are following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are about to hear from president joe biden who will be addressing the united autoworkers union as he is expected to get their coveted endorsement today. the president of the uaw speaking at this event right now. we will bring it to you as president joe biden begins to speak as he is expected to lay into former president trump, clearly posturing for his 2020 rematch after trump's new hampshire primary in last night. a commanding victory for the former president over his last remaining republican opponent,

nikki haley. but not commanding enough to get haley to drop out. she is promising to fight on ahead of the primary next month in her home state of south carolina. for refusal to what has trump fuming. we are tracking all of this. there is a growing course among the gop's upper ranks. perhaps that is not surprising, pressuring nikki haley to drop out. >> reporter : donald trump should be excited he should be happy he won by a large margin. his team was actually setting expectations of single digits and it ended up being double- digit. we also know he won by a landslide in iowa. now, he is having people line up behind him that he still remains angry at nikki haley for staying in the race. one of the interesting people who has come out trying to unite the party behind donald trump is someone who usually remains neutral before the republican national, mitti, this is what the chairwoman had to say. >> i am looking at the math and

path going forward. i do not see it for nikki haley. i think she has run a great campaign but i think there is a message coming out from the voters which is clear, we need to unite around our eventual nominee which will be donald trump. >> are you telling nikki haley she needs to get out? >> i do not see the path, i think she should move forward. i hope she reflects today. there that did not sound very neutral but we also know she is a big trump alex. the other person not lining up behind donald trump actually saying they probably will not endorse him is senator susan collins. essentially see said she does not see his -- happy that nikki haley was staying in the race saying i think that the more people see of her the more impressed they will be. it is not that surprising giving she voted for trump's impeachment after the january 6 insurrection but an example of

how not everybody is getting in line. >> what is the approach to south carolina have in store for trump? >> reporter : what we have been seeing is the team trying to embarrass nikki haley in her home state. they did that in new hampshire. they announced south carolina's senator tim scott would endorse trump before they got to south carolina. now they have him campaigning alongside donald trump. they had the governor of south carolina campaigning in new hampshire and will be campaigning in south carolina for donald trump as well as the south carolina hill delegation in an attempt for donald trump and his team to paint nikki haley as not popular in her own state. nikki haley did express confidence that donald trump's team feels good about south carolina's. they believe the -- if you look at cnn's polling, it reflects that, about a 30 point spread

between donald trump and nikki haley in the 20s. she would have to pull off a big win or at least get close to donald trump in that state. she is ramping up her advertising, her campaigning there. we have yet to see what donald trump. i have asked about any future campaign ads they are running but nothing yet. >> we will be looking for that. thank you for that report. the supreme court says it will issue an opinion in at least one case on february 8, the same day the justices are expected to hear arguments on whether former president trump can be disqualified from holding public office. we are tracking this life. what can you tell us about which cases we might get rulings on by then? >> reporter : february 8 is shaping up to be a banner day in the annals of the supreme court. as you say, they're going to hear several hours of arguments that will go to whether the leading republican residential

candidate can be kicked off state ballots. have also just announced they will issue opinions that they, at least one opinion. i will mention a couple of cases pending but then i have a caveat at the end. among the major cases we are awaiting, big second amendment test involving a federal law that prohibits anyone who is subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm. this is a case that can have consequences for all sorts of second amendment challenges to arrange a federal laws. you know the ongoing struggles over gun control at this time of a lot of firearms massacres. that is a closely watched case. then we have a case testing a redistricting map in south carolina that has been challenged as a racial gerrymander involving a u.s. house seat. finally, a multibillion-dollar controversy over the bankruptcy

plan for purdue pharma in which the family that owned purdue pharma is going to come up with billions of dollars for the victims of the opioid crisis in exchange for being immune from liability. i have to say, those are among the biggest cases that have already been heard and are pending. we do tend to get the biggest decisions, the closest cases more toward june which is the end of the session. it is still notable the justices, who have already broken their usually february recess to schedule these consequential arguments in the trump case have decided to also make it an opinion day. all of the public will be able to know what happens. the ruling will go up immediately online and then the arguments that will be closely watched will be live streamed for all to hear. >> we are looking forward to that.

thank you. let's dig into the political headlines and results from new hampshire last night with the national director for the no labels political group, former democratic congressman joe cunningham. thank you for coming on with us. i want to get your thoughts on new hampshire estate. is republican primary race over? >> it certainly played out last night according to how the pundits were predicting. it seems to be going along the trend of these presumptive nominees. that is why no labels has been working to provide americans with a third option. two thirds of americans do not want to see this rematch between trump and by the. we are more focused about getting on the ballot and being in a position where we can offer americans another voice, another choice. >> you are group has been weighing this decision of getting potentially a third- party person in the presidential race. a lot of speculation over who it might be, when it might be

announced. to the results last night bring it closer to a decision? do you have a deadline set? >> we have already said we will wait until super tuesday. we will wait to find out who the presumptive nominees are and we will listen to america. if america wants another choice, we are going to secure the ballot in as many states as we can with a pathway to 50 states and offer the ballot line to a bipartisan ticket. what we are doing is not what no labels once it is what the majority of americans want. for the first time in our modern history we are faced with two presumptive nominees that most americans are not excited about. >> what you say that if nikki haley dropped out it might expedite the process of your group decided? >> no, we are in control of our own timeline. >> the group has been, you specifically have been vocal in their opposition to donald trump. there are concerned that any

effort toward a third party, a more moderate sort of look at politics would serve as a spoiler and bring someone that you have been vocal against into the white house and give former president donald trump another four years. how do you weigh whether any effort on behalf of no labels would play spoiler in the general election? >> i category rejected that argument. just because i served in congress, a lifelong democrat. from charleston, south carolina's. you may remember i voted to impeach donald trump. the fact is, we are simply going to be offering the ballot line another choice. for people to say it will impact the election one way or another, it is like complaining about the food before it is even being brought out of the kitchen. we do not even know we are going to offered that ballot line or who we would offer it to. you cannot say it would impact the election one way or another. >> if you look at the calculus and ultimately determine that

it would, in fact, favor president trump his chances, would you decide, we will back president joe biden instead? >> we are not going to do anything to help but president trump back in the white house. we are so set in this mindset in this duopoly, you need to get 50% to win the election. in a competitive three-way race and this is important, this is why we have a pathway to victory if we offer this to get line. every single state in our country with the exception of two offer all of their electoral votes to the candidate that receives the biggest number of votes. in a competitive three-way race that lowers the bar from over 50% down to the 40s even into the 30s. a competitive third party can win with just 34% of the vote. that is the math people need to keep in the back of their minds right now. >> i want to give you an

opportunity to respond to criticism out there about your group. some donors filed a lawsuit against the group alleging that it had lost its way and betrayed its donors' trust. what is your response to the criticism and also to folks that may have been considering supporting your group that are perhaps giving it a second thought? >> that is a frivolous lawsuit, a frivolous complaint. this is all part of a pattern. there is a contingency, dc insiders who simply do not want americans to have another choice. we are not listening to them. we do not work for them. we always served the commonsense majority of americans. two thirds of americans are not happy with these presumptive nominees. no labels is a 501(c) four, it is been around for 14 years. a bipartisan group that is been trying to bridge this partisan divide. we are reflecting on what america wants right now which is another option. >> there's criticism the group

does not have to reveal exactly who is donating to it. there is concern about that kind of transparency. >> we are not a political campaign. i agree political campaigns should have to reveal their donors and if a campaign is launched it will be up to the campaign to reveal that. what is important to remember is that we are gaining ballot access. it is different from a campaign. the attacks we have been getting, we are again to a folder registration drive. we are protected by the first amendment. it is shameful in my view, that certain groups and people are attacking us for gaining alex access. this is united states of america, voting rights is something that democrats have held -- being undermined by loops that are simply trying to block people from the ballot. talk to congressman dean phillips, he has experienced it firsthand. this is playing out all across

the country and it is discouraging. everyone should be able to participate in our inaccuracy. the choices should not be limited. again, being a democrat all my life, it has been our job to go out there and make the case why our candidate or party should be chosen. not try to suppress opposition. not try to remove people off of the ballot. all should be welcome and we should be voting on ideas and policies. >> if the group gets ballot access for a certain candidate that then launches the campaign within come forward and reveal its donors? >> it would be adhering to the laws and disclosing their donors as required.

ntsb investigators are back at a boring production plant to determine whether door plug blew off a boeing 737 max nine jet while flying earlier this month. investigators are trying to build a timeline. what is the latest on the investigation? >> reporter : this is the first of many visits by the ntsb to boeing. remember, the faa is also doing its own investigation as it ordered the grounding of the 737 max nine which remains in

place. i just spoke with the head of the faa and he says his inspectors are on site at boeing with a focus on quality control. the faa administrator told me the door plug design is a good design but, only when it is properly executed. that is a big caveat. the bolts that hold the door plug on the door already. if they are not installed, the door can get out of its retaining grooves and shoot off with explosive force like we saw back on alaska 1282. >> the design, when it is properly executed, is a sound, safe, airworthy design. our focus has been on production. where we are looking now is quality control at boeing. we have inspectors on site overseeing production, examining the actual aircraft coming off the line to make sure everything is where it should be. the faa has a sampling of data from about a quarter of the max

nines u.s. taking measurements to decide what airlines will need to inspect in order to get these planes off the ground. i asked the chief if the flying public should be afraid and he told me the faa will not let this airplane back in the air until they are convinced the issue is taken care of. >> the ceo of boeing will be meeting with lawmakers and they are pretty frustrated. >> reporter : boeing ceo dave calhoun is on capitol hill now as boeing is announcing this daylong safety stand down tomorrow. he will meet with one of the top democrats who overseas the committee that oversees aviation and she says even after the closed-door hearings she would like to see potentially hearings and boeing being held to account in public on this. >> boeing got lucky that it happened when everything was seated at the altitude it did. we have to remember that. let's discuss this further with miles o'brien, a cnn aviation analyst, pilot and science correspondent. thank you for joining us.

if you are asking questions of these folks over at boeing, what would you want answered? >> i would like to know about their processes. one of the things that happens in the case of trying to get these airplanes out the door is, as the sub assemblies come in, they might be put together, in this case with the door plug in. is it possible that, the workers, to make it easier to work on the aircraft, took the door plug out and did not have an official procedure for putting it back in. those kinds of little details are important in aviation. in theory, you should be able to trace a piece of paper to every piece on the airplane and that paper trail should lead to individuals to what they did or did not do. if they did in fact take the door plug out unofficially, you do not have the paper trail.

things like that are important in aviation. >> that is a fascinating perspective. inspectors say they are increasing the level of scrutiny of the production process you are describing. what does it look like the faa steps in and does that sort of thing? >> it makes me wonder why we do not have the faa they are more often and in greater numbers. it is a matter of money and this is an important russian for congress. essentially the builders of these airliners use their own people to do inspections. clearly, there is a potential conflict of interest there. in the interest of aviation safety, the manufacturers would tell you it is safe because no one wants to put an unsafe aircraft in the air. there are subtle ways things can be overlooked like bolt

that need to be tightened. should the faa step up its ongoing inspection campaign and not just send the troops in after you have had an incident which could've caused -- could have caused a much greater lemony. >> boeing not only facing scrutiny from federal inspectors and lawmakers but it's airline partners as well. a lot of money is being lost because these airplanes were grounded. what do you anticipate the long- term impact will be for boeing? >> i think it's hard to overstate it when you have the ceo of united airlines saying i may not purchase the max 10, the next version of the 737. boeing was the gold standard for the world. subsequent to its merger with mcdonnell douglas in 1987, the corporate culture changed. a lot of subcontracting came into play. a lot of outsourcing, a lot of creation of nonunion jobs at other locations. their entire philosophy changed after the merger. a lot of people would tell you

that is the root of the problem that there has been a fundamental corporate culture change and that means change at the top. >> interesting, thank you for the update.

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president biden because e union just endorsed the president in his bid for reelection. >> that was sent to him as he takes the stage for the union he has been supporting for some time. >> [ music ] >> hello, you a w. >> it is great to be home. one of the best unions in the world. you look out for one another.

the entire country benefits from what you do. please, take a seat if you have one. you are as tough as they come, starting with your president. a leader with backbone, a backbone like a ramrod i do not know where he is but he is. together, -- wall street did not build america the middle class build america and unions built the middle-class. that is a fact. look, i kept my commitment to be the most prounion president ever. i am proud you have my back and let i just say that i'm honored to have your back and you have mine, that is the deal. it comes down to seeing the world the same way, it is not

completed it. my dad who never went to college, was the smartest, toughest most gracious man i knew who managed a car dealership for most of my life taught me a very important lesson. he told me joey, this is gods truth, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck, it is about decency, about your dignity your place in the community about being able to look your kid in the eye and say it will be okay and mean it. folks, that is what the uaw is all about and it has always been that way. >> [ applause ] >> just after the uaw was founded nearly 90 years ago, they launched what historians called the most important strike of the 20th century. flint, 1936 -- organized a sit down in a factory. they were not sure what would happen. they were worried about getting beat up but they were determined and it took 44 days but they won the first

collective bargaining victory in american history. >> [ applause ]. >> the leadership of the uaw spread across the country. led to the first substantial wage increase in a long time. the first cost of living allowance. the first employer-provided health care. within four years, workers across the entire auto industry unionized. inspiring workers across other industries as well. giving life to new industries in the labor movement. i share that history with you because, all of you made history again. i am confident and i mean this, 90 years from now, people will look back on the impact that you had you in this room. just like them, 90 years ago, you matter now. you lead. and i respect all of you here today. you represent unions that have

always lead. always lifted and always inspired workers. the uaw legacy -- today, sean, you took a lot of heat but you demonstrated extraordinary leadership. >> [ applause ] >> you did. and that is what i saw a few months ago during your historic uaw strike. a time, this time in belleville, michigan and i will say i was so proud to stand in that pickett line with you. >> [ applause ] >> it is not the first, not the first uaw picket line i have stood in in my home state of delaware i have done it many times but it is the first time a president did it, i found out later. >> [ applause ] >> i have always fought for strong auto industry when uaw

built cars leading the world. this is about a simple proposition. you build these iconic companies, you build these companies. you sacrificed to save them in the worst of times and you deserve to win a fight when these companies try. as shawn said, record profits mean record contracts. i am serious. >> president joe biden speaking in washington dc to the united auto workers union. he has had many visits with the union here over the last few months including making, as he referenced, the historic trip to the picket line in september as workers were striking. i want to bring in senior white house correspondent mj lee and seen in, jupiter -- as he is getting this endorsement here,

very significant, a little bit expected. this is an industry in a region and a county and a state that delivered for biden in 2020 and he is hoping it will happen again in 2024. >> this is important for him. to see a at the most basic level there are tens of thousands of uaw workers in the state of michigan, michigan a pivotal place for him in the year ahead. i think it is worth pointing out that while this was in the end, expected, it took some work on the part of the white house. there was a time a little less than a year ago when the president of the uaw gave the white house a clear message that he was not yet convinced these big programs that will create electric battery production and electric vehicle production that they were going to be valuable to union workers. the white house has been working behind the scenes ever

since to try to build that relationship. today is the result of that. but it took a while and took a lot of work. >> at the white house, this is a major moment for president joe biden . i think it is safe to say that from his perspective in terms of reelection, he is settled on who his opponent will be. i think it is fair to say the white house is thinking he will be in a rematch with former president donald trump. >> that is right and certainly president joe biden has been making that clear. his campaign made that clear last night. before he took the stage, i was listening to the marks from the head of uaw and, those were some pretty scathing remarks when it came to the person that he said was going to be facing president joe biden come november. he described president biden as having time and time again

said for workers, the working- class, autoworkers, organized labor. whereas, according to him, trump does not care about the american worker. he said donald trump is a scam. what i thought was interesting is that this was, essentially a very populous speech where he picked the working-class against what he called the billionaire class and by that is significant is because that is precisely sort of the through line and a major political theme we are about to see if this does ultimately end up being a biden trump rematch which again, is very much what the biden campaigned at this moment expects. the fight for the endorsement i think says something bigger about the fight we are about to see if again, it ends up being a fight between president joe biden and former president trump. the same people both candidates have fought for before and will be fighting for again if this is the rematch in november.

>> thank you so much to both of you.

the rest taking out if antiship missiles again today as they continue to target -- more lawmakers are questioning the president's authority and if it is time for congress to weigh in. a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the white house containing the attacks but also directing pointed --

what is your administration's understanding of self-defense in the context of these strikes. especially if the strikes are not featuring ongoing and future attacks and does your administration believe there is legal rationale for a president to unilaterally direct u.s. military actions to defend ships of foreign nations. joining us is democratic senator tim kane of virginia. thank you for taking the time to be with us. at what point did the u.s. military involvement in the region cross line from the president is fine going it alone without congress to clearly, congress needs to weigh in. >> every president has inherent power under article 2 to defend the united states. that has always been understood to defend u.s. personnel and u.s. military assets and possibly even u.s. commercial assets. he doesn't need to ask the permission of congress. and you go on the offense

against a group and if it is more than just self-defense and suddenly it is a back-and- forth, that is classically when it begins an offense and not just defensive operation. and we have to remember most of the ships transiting the red sea are not u.s. ships, they are foreign flagships. there might be a good strategic region to protect them but that is not a self-defense rationale under the constitution. a bipartisan group wrote the president asking this set of questions beginning with what is the strategy when we are trying to -- your administration is predicting that the houthis will up the pace which they are doing. what is the strategy and how do we de-escalate. and what are your legal authorities. we need to be debriefed on that and i think congress needs to be brought into it because the last thing we need to do is to slide into another war in the middle east without a careful

consideration and debate in front of the public. >> as you and other lawmakers point out, quote, two u.s. navy seals tragically died while combating the struts which, as you refer to are the repeated goofy attacks against -- in the red sea. we have heard administration officials, they say the sealed up raid was not part of this broader operation. do you disagree with the characterization we are hearing from the administration? >> you can carve it up into everything has its own mission. then, maybe try to avoid the broader debate. that, there is a regional escalation of military activity because of the war in gaza. you see it in the red sea and in yemen and with iranian backed militia in syria and iraq and with hezbollah in

lebanon. this is critical and i say this as an armed services committee member with a son in the military and a state that has so many military families we do not need to be sliding into a military escalation in the region unless there is a considered debate about the strategy and the stakes and whether it is worth it or not. i think the escalation, if the president took an action against the who these because of the shots in the red sea and it was kind of a one-off defense, we might not be having this but everything we see suggests the escalation will continue and if that will be the case then congress needs to be brought into this. >> do you think it is transparent, as the administration is trying to carve out things as separate when we are talking about a seal raid that interdicted weapons, iranian made headed

for yemen, the type of which the houthis are using to fire at commerce going through the red sea? >> this loss of the seal lives was tragic and it is now a number of days ago, there might have been a thought at that time, maybe this is a one-off and it will stop. it is clearly not going to stop. you see the u.s. taking action with allies against the houthis and the houthis responding in kind. the administration says they do not expect the houthis to stop. the only thing that has stopped them recently is a hostage release deal. when we got that a month or so ago or hostages were released by hamas, palestinian prisoners were released by israel and there was a pause in hostilities to get humanitarian aid to gazans. the houthis stopped. that is the only de-escalation which is why i am increasing my cause, let's focus on the

linchpin of this thing which is hostages. let's engage with the israelis and everybody to get hostages released. if we do that, it is likely to come accompanied with a pause in hostility so we can get more humanitarian aid to suffering gazans and that will probably also stop the houthis.

>> we do not need escalation in the middle east before congress. >> why do you think there are the semantics that the administration is playing with? >> i would not characterize it as playing or as a semantical difference. again, at the time that the operation was underway that tragically had the loss of life of the navy seals, we think this will slow down the pace of this houthi activity. it will change next week. by now we know that is not the case.

look at the number of rounds back and forth we have seen. the administration is not being sent to medical. they believe that escalation is likely to continue. if that is the case, it is time for congress as the voice as the american public to be brought into the discussion. >> i hear what you are saying but i want to note that it was two days ago that the senior defense official held a background briefing where they made a key distinction where they saw these things as ever. senator, i appreciate your conversation on the matter. senator tim kaine, thank you for being with us. >> you bet. we will be right back.

ryan gosling and american for our criticizing the oscars after a snob that feels ironic given the fumes themes. the star, margot robbie, was passover in the best actress category and greta gerwig was not nominated either. ryan gosling said he is grateful for his nomination but he adds that there is no can without barbie and there is no barbie movie without retta gerwig and margot robbie. we should point out for transference or sake, the barbie movie and cnn, we share the same parent company. joining us to discuss and sharon waxman. thank you for being with us.

does that stand out to you that a film about feminism is now being accused, or rather is facing the issue with the academy, where they are not acknowledging the two most important women to this movie? >> yes. except it is kind of a fallacy that they are not acknowledging the women. margot robbie is nominated for best picture. she is a producer of the movie. greta gerwig is nominated for writing the movie, for best screenplay. it is not true that they were ignored. they just were ignored for best actress and best director. this is the kind of thing that we like to do every year, to stir up controversy over whether there is some plot to exclude different kinds of people. the voting does not work that way. it definitely is fun to talk

about. >> i am not a film critic, myself. i do not purport to be a savant when it comes to cinema. but, i think that they should've gotten nomination. i think it was a great movie. do you think they should of been nominated? >> well, i am not going to take a position on that. the award season is covered so extensively. the people who were nominated for best actress, and the people who work nominated for best director, it is hard to argue that the academy just ignored the best work of the season. what we have, something that the oscars really need. which is, a blockbuster movie that most everybody saw, that is a cultural phenomenon. barbie, which made well over $1 billion, is that thing. it is the thing that hollywood really needs to draw excitement

to the movies. to going to the movies in the theaters. and that is what the oscars have been missing, it's an argument that we need to have movies nominated that people are seeing. i think that partly, it is the fact that greta's movie talks about women being overlooked or women never being good. the feeling that women have in this key speech that america ferrera makes the heart of the movie that women look to as the anthem of what it is like to be a woman in the 21st century. greta somehow is now suffering the consequences of that exact reality. there is a woman who did a wonderful film, nominated as best director, justine, for anatomy of a fall. and others that are men, that did work that is inarguable.

the question is, what nominee would you boot out in favor of greta or in favor of margot robbie? who was also left out of the category that has some pretty powerful performances. >> i cannot really answer that. i have not seen most of the films. we do appreciate your perspective. thanks, so much. >> you want to kick out emma stone? these are really small movies. part of the difference is probably people who are upset. i understand why ryan gosling and america, feel that they are stunned to be nominated and their counterparts are not nominated. but the other films that are nominated, probably have not been seen by many people. >> thanks for your perspective.

still a lot more to come on cnn new central. including keepep b border talks capitotol hill.