good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. we're learning more about the three students killed in the michigan state university shooting. as investigators try to piece together how and why this happened. any moment now, former u.n. ambassador and former south carolina governor nikki haley will make her first pitch to voters as a 2024 presidential candidate. we will bring it to you live. in turkey, and syria, the death toll rising to more than 40,000 after those two earthquakes decimated the region. incredibly people are still being found alive in the rubble more than a week later. in ohio, residents expressing fears for their

health and safety after that fiery train derailment triggered a major chemical spill. officials now telling some people there not to drink the water. we begin this hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at michigan state university. we're learning new details about the three students murdered in this tragedy. three bright futures cut short. arielle anderson was a sophomore at msu, her family described her to local media as kind hearted, driven, straight-a student. they say she was always helpful to others and aspired to become a pediatrician. alexandria verner was a junior at msu. her hometown superintendent says she was a tremendous leader and athlete and that if you knew her, you loved her. alexandria's father described her as a beautiful soul. brian fraser was an msu sophomore, his family described

him as a good kid, loved by everyone. he served as his fraternity's president, which called him a great friend. his high school swim team said brian had an infectious smile and sense of humor. joining us now is nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch. good morning. how is the community coping and what do we know about the five injured students? >> reporter: jose, good morning to you as well. at this point the last word we have from the hospital medical team is that the students remain in critical condition in the hospital. that's the last word we had yesterday there was a doctor and university officials and that is the latest we have from the school about the five students who are injured in the attack. there are three young lives who have been lost, that have been cut short and those families obviously are grappling with the unthinkable. there is also an unimaginable scenario for the families of the students who survived and fled for their lives.

right behind me, jose, is the student union, one of the locations where this suspect is said to have gone on a shooting rampage. we know that one person, one of the three students who died was killed at this location. the other two, according to authorities were killed down the block from where i am at berkey hall, an academic hall. this location is going to reopen this afternoon for students who were inside. we have spoken with law enforcement on the ground, the plan is to have students escorted in with help from the fbi this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. eastern time to collect their belongings and an official on the ground a short time ago told us he estimates there are about 100 students in there at the time, based on what has been left behind in there. and he described phones and laptops on location where they were when students were fleeing, escaping for their lives. those items chillingly as you can imagine are apparently sitting right where they are left and students are able to go

retrieve them, the opportunity to be able to get back into their academic lives, be able to reconnect with people, with their phones if they have been without their communication device for days now. also a reminder that these students have to figure out how to move forward from this. and one other thing we noticed here, there are parents who are coming to pick up their children to support them and their time traveling from in state and beyond. we spoke with one family who drove in from another community here in michigan to pick up their daughter and gave us a reminder of the sobering reality for some families here today. >> the minute we saw her, the tears started and we just hugged and held each other. because there are kids, parents can't do that today because of this senseless stuff that goes on. >> reporter: three families, jose, that do not have that opportunity, embracing their children, a luxury they do not have today. jose? >> and, jesse, what do we know about the investigation?

>> reporter: yeah, at this point, jose, we still do not have any word on an official motive. and we do know more about the suspect's background. anthony mcrae, 43-year-old, he faced two charges, one felony, one misdemeanor related to weapons, he faced a felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon in 2019 and then a misdemeanor charge of possession of a loaded firearm in or upon a vehicle. he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge there. and he was sentenced to probation, jose. >> jesse kirsch, thank you very much. at this hour, former u.n. ambassador, former south carolina governor nikki haley is holding what her team calls a special announcement in charleston, one day after she released a video kicking off her presidential campaign. she is the first person to take on former president donald trump for the republican nomination. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent ali vitali in charleston, south carolina, senior national politics reporter jonathan alan

and susan del percio, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. ali, let me start with you, nikki haley launched her campaign yesterday. what is the message she'll be delivering today? >> reporter: yeah, jose, secret's out what that special announcement is going to be here in a few minutes. you can feel the vibe here in the room, starting to get more energized. you got several hundreds of people behind me packed in to see nikki haley announce in person that she'll be running for president. and, you're right, that makes for the first official challenger to the man who she once serves under, former president donald trump. she was his ambassador to the united nations, someone who she supported and has frankly said in the past she wouldn't run in the same presidential field in 2024 if he decided to run again. that's something that trump has also pointed out, and something that as she tries to thread this needle here of forging her own path as a presidential contender, but also trying not to alienate the trump side of

the base. that's something that she is going to have to talk about here. i don't think it is going to be her leading message, especially as i hear and look at the kinds of speakers that will be speaking before her, there is a lot of talk here today about a new generation of leadership, especially as there are concerns about the ages of both of the men who could be at the top of the ticket, both joe biden on the democratic side, and donald trump on the republican side. i imagine haley is just first of this next generation of republican leaders who are going to try to use that as the thing that differentiates them and allows them to not just turn the page from trump without directly engaging with him, but also allows them to highlight something that trump will never be able to change about himself, which is his age. haley, though, also likely to talk about here the role that she played on the foreign stage, and also her role as an executive in south carolina. both of these are really important for candidates overall, but, jose, you know the book i wrote was about women and the presidency, being able to

establish those kinds of credentials very early, especially in a republican primary is going to be really important for nikki haley as potentially the only woman running in this field as well. >> indeed. so, susan, what does haley bring to this campaign? >> well, right now to talk to ali's point and her book on women running for the presidency is her foreign policy experience. and i think that will be a very important thing she brings to the table right off the bat, probably one of the dividers between her and trump on the issue of ukraine. and how republican primary voters feel about that as well as donors. but the other thing that nikki haley can potentially bring to the republican party as a whole is expanding the republican primary voter base. and that will be critical for her to do if she wants to edge out on the margins. can she fight the center right republican voters that haven't been voting because of donald

trump? they were turned off by him. they didn't vote in 2020 or 2022. but now maybe they're willing to come back and look at a republican candidate like nikki haley who does have the center right value. >> so, jonathan, that is a balancing act in certain ways for nikki haley. how does she separate herself from donald trump while at the same time recognizing that she worked for donald trump and that she needs some of those voters that at some time were supporting trump and trump only? >> so, great question, jose. i think our brilliant colleague ali vitali was talking earlier about the generational change question of ability of nikki haley to make that strong implicit contract against trump without hitting him directly without perhaps garnering his wrath. the question going forward, there are other candidates who want to do the generational change argument.

and the question is going to be does that echo, do they echo each other and build on each other? nikki haley running on change, does it make it easier for ron desantis to do it later? does she act as a stalking horse in that way or do they split the vote of all the people who don't want donald trump or who do want a new generation? we're going to have to see how the campaign plays out. but listening to the campaign rally there, i got to say, for those of us who love politics, it is exciting to hear that music playing and see people rallying and getting into another presidential election. great to see ali on the trail there after her great book about the last election and women running for president. >> and, ali, since we have been mentioning that book, which is fantastico, tell me about the significance of nikki haley running. >> reporter: well, this is yet another cycle where we're at least geegoing to see one woman at the forefront of the

presidential campaign and making her own kind of argument. with each new candidacy and it is why 2020 was so important, we got to see six women run in that democratic primary. in this one, i can only really see it being maybe max two women, but the fact that you're going to have women on this stage, espousing their brand of conservative politics is going to be really important. the rules of the way these candidates engage with gender is so different based if you're a republican are a democrat, but it is fascinating to watch nikki haley just begin to play with this, especially as most experts would tell you grassroots conservatives do not like any argument that has any kind of gender or identity argument to it. it is all about merit, which, of course, it is on the democratic side as well. but for haley, she has made some allusions to the fact she is a woman and a woman of color in this field. for example, even just yesterday saying that as she doesn't stand up to bullies, when you kick back, if you kick back in heels it hurts more. she also just wrote a book through the lens of women and

leadership, sort of her campaign kickoff, that we see so many of these candidates do, the fact that she's leaning so heavily on gender as a lens allows us to look at it that way as well. but, look, the fact that she's going to be out here, touting her credentials as someone who is steeped in national security, has been on the diplomatic stage at really high intensity moments, and then, of course, can play the inside/outside game with trump, it is something that could be something that hangs her up and becomes difficult for her to deal with or there is strategy around it, it could be exactly what she needs. for haley, for mike pence, mike pompeo, anyone else who served in the trump administration this is the needle that all of them are going to thread. john and i talk about this a lot, watching the ways they try to do this, clearly age and generation is one of the ways, but for haley, she comes to this being able to say it is not just age, i am a different face, a different voice, literally, than most of the republican party has seen in the past. >> ali vitali, jonathan alan and

susan del percio, thank you. we'll be monitoring this event as it gets under way in charleston, south carolina. we'll, of course, bring you the highlights of it as soon as they occur. up next, growing pressure on the biden administration to reveal more about the objects shot down over u.s. air space. plus, brand-new comments from defense secretary lloyd austin about the latest in the investigations. and a chaotic scene today at the sentencing of a man who admitted to killing ten people in a racist attack on a buffalo supermarket last year. what happened when a person apparently lunged at the suspect inside the courtroom. plus, a drastic suggestion from florida's governor about ap courses that could affect hundreds of thousands of students. we have a live report from the state capitol, where protesters are speaking out against the state's rejection of the ap african american studies course. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." > you're w diaz-balart reports. whoa. okay. easy does it.

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17 past the hour. right now the sentencing hearing is under way for the shooter convicted of killing ten black people at tops grocery store in buffalo, new york, last year. moments ago a man rushed him during an extremely emotional and passionate impact statement. >> we never go to a neighborhood and take people out. >> nbc's rehema ellis joins us now. good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: what we have been hearing for the past hour or so, jose, is very raw and passionate, emotional statements from the relatives of those ten who were killed almost nine months ago, back in may of last year. and it has been heart breaking as they talked about the horrible loss that they felt,

and one woman talking about how she would forgive him, but she thinks he should be held responsible for having come such a long distance with hate in his heart, even though he didn't know black people. let me go to -- we have some sound of some of those who read impact statements in the court just a short while ago. take a listen. >> you came into the biggest part, the strongest part of the black community and you ripped us apart. how can you possibly stand up here and say you're sorry? that you're sorry. you're playing this whole thing. you planned it. you put it on a video, like it was a video game, and watched it. i watched my sister-in-law get shot by you. i watched it. i went into tops a couple of times, and every time i go in there, only thing that plays out in my mind is where you are, where you shot, what you did. the hatred that you must have in your heart for black people, i

will never understand. i don't want to understand it. >> reporter: and, jose, some of the relatives talked about how they could not hold hatred in their heart because it would be too much to bear. but they wanted this young man to be held responsible for what he did. some others were not as kind. and said that they hated him. and that they wanted him to -- when he close his eyes to hear the sounds of the people screaming, those that he caused so much harm to. others talking about that what payton gendron did was to take away a loved one and people will never be able to hold their grandparents and fathers and daughters and sons because of what he did. you see, again, the replay of this video, the emotion was so tense in that courtroom that it spilled over into the movement that you're seeing. at one point, when one of the relatives of the victims was speaking, she looked directly at

payton and she was crying and the camera turned and you could see that payton appeared to be crying as well. he took off his glasses, and he appeared to be moved and touched by what people were saying. this was hard for some people that -- whose family members died. they could not even present impact statements today. in fact, the representative from the district attorney's office spoke for some of them. so, this is the day that this also expected that payton will apologize for what he did. we'll see if that happens. jose. >> rehema ellis, thank you so much. this morning, the biden administration is under increasing pressure to find more information on those series of objects shot down after entering north american air space. nbc news learned that the white house is now discussing whether to have president biden publicly address the administration's response according to three people familiar with the matter. and this morning, defense

secretary lloyd austin addressed whether the u.s. had detected any new objects. >> i'm not aware of any additional objects that have been reported operating in the space in the last 48 hours. so -- >> so far the white house says their leading explanation is the three most recent objects are believed to be tied to commercial or research entities. so were likely not a threat. the u.s. maintains the first object shot down over the coast of south carolina was a chinese spy balloon. this afternoon, senators will receive a classified briefing on china as they continue to demand transparency about the objects. >> i have a better understanding, but the american people need and deserve to know more. >> the only thing i feel can confident saying right now is that if you are confused, you

understand the situation perfectly. >> joining us now nbc's dan de luce and peter baker, "new york times" chief white house correspondent and nbc news political analyst. so, dan, joe scarborough just spoke with jake sullivan for a special to mark the one-year anniversary of the war in ukraine which will air next week. during that interview, sullivan addressed the recent unidentified objects over the u.s. what did he have to say? >> it is interesting, the white house is making it really a distinction between these three objects shot down over the weekend, and that chinese surveillance balloon which they do see as something threatening. and let's hear what the national security adviser had to say. >> we have not yet recovered any of those objects. one up in the wilds of alaska, another in the wilds of the yukon, the third over lake huron. so we cannot definitively say

what any of them were. what we can say is that our intelligence community has at this point a leading explanation they are looking at that in fact these objects are benign. we are also putting into place protocols now for how to manage the fact that there will be commercial and research and civilian entities flying in american air space rules. >> that's interesting. he's clearly saying we're trying to get a grip on this kind of benign sky trash if you will or clutter that the u.s. in the past probably filtered out and paid less attention to. but since that chinese air balloon was sighted and flew over the united states, the administration is looking at a lot more radar data, and they say it is not sustainable to send up fighter jets to shoot down things that you cannot definitively identify.

there is a large question about the extent of the chinese surveillance in the past. now, they said there are at least four previous chinese balloon flights that entered into u.s. air space, but now they're going over back over old data and old sightings, so the number might go up. >> that's really amazing. and, you know, dan, the question that one would have is wouldn't someone know or shouldn't someone know an entity know whether there are, you know, balloons or whatever they are flying for research or commercial purposes at 40,000 feet in the united states of america before they're just blown out of the sky? >> well, this is a good question. i think this is an unprecedented problem, basically. a very rough but not precise analogy is september 11th, the u.s. had to start looking at a new type of threat that it really hadn't been looking at that closely. and now needs to connect the dots in a different way and be

more vigilant about all these objects in the sky that -- it is not like a hollywood movie, it is very difficult to track what is flying through north american air space. and not every commercial entity or researcher or amateur is announcing precisely what they're putting into the air. so i think they're trying to get a grip on the benign aspect of this, that is a logistical challenge. there is this intelligence question, what did the chinese do in the past that we were not aware of in real time? >> it is a very important question. so, peter, the white house is now considering whether to have president biden address these objects publicly. what would be at stake and also there is the issue of timing on this. >> well, there is the issue of timing, exactly. they want to be able to satisfy public interest many in this without having to call more attention to than they feel like it is worth. if in fact these three other objects are just benign objects that have nothing to do with

china, they are trying to do what they can to keep from escalating the tension with beijing at this point. not that they are going to let up on china in terms of their culpability over the original spy balloon, but they don't want to rupture the relationship versus a long period of time and they can't eventually return to some sort of a conversation which they can move on other issues. there are a lot of other issues. they know the chinese are spying on the united states, like the united states is spying on china. that goes without saying. so they don't want this to be a permanent rupture in the relationship, a hard time as it is communicating with the chinese over this issue and in recent months partially because of the visit by then speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan, now speaker kevin mccarthy is talking about going to taiwan, which could be another irritant in the relationship. they're trying to manage all these things and make a judgment as to what makes the most sense in terms of the politics at home, in terms of president biden, and the politics abroad in terms of china.

>> dan de luce and peter baker, i thank you both so very much. devastating scenes in turkey and syria with a glimmer of hope. how the latest people pulled from the rubble managed to survive for more than one week. and concerns about the humanitarian situation in haiti as gangs pretty much control now the capital and the entire can country. what we know about these issues and more, including four people arrested in the u.s. in the assassination of the can country's former president. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. ect your bu, you can make it even smarter. country's former president. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." n country's former president. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." country's former president. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." country's former president. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." s. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. with a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. giving you more control of your business.

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meanwhile, temperatures dropping below freezing, local emergency crews in syria say there are not enough tents to shelter all the survivors. matt bradley spoke to families in turkey about the mental trauma survivors now face, especially children. >> reporter: it was a shock for me, this 13-year-old told us, i heard that so many of my classmates are dead. 7-year-old ahmed living in a tent now, i'm not afraid, he told me, but i'm afraid of the light stand that might fall down. one of my kids makes scary drawings, this mother of three told me. she's drawing dead people with xs on their faces and ambulances. i hope it will get better. >> kelly cobiella joins us live from turkey with the very latest. how are survivors doing? >> reporter: well, jose, it is very difficult. they are cold. they are hungry. they are traumatized. and they're finding it hard to get help. these tent cities are popping up

in lots of different parts of the disaster zone. but, remember, we're talking about a disaster zone nearly the size of texas. and w.h.o. estimate, the world health organization, estimates that at least a million people are homeless from the quake. so it is a huge number. it is a huge logistical challenge to reach all of them. but families are saying, look, we're applying for tents, but not getting them. i spoke to one young man today who said his family's home was destroyed, that the government was helping, but they had provided some food and blankets but the family was still living in their car. and once again, facing yet another night of freezing, if not subfreezing temperatures depending where you are in this part of turkey. and it has become incredibly challenging to help these people. many volunteer organizations are stepping in. we have seen food trucks on the side of roads, long lines of

people waiting to get a hot meal. we have talked to volunteer organizations who are providing meals for up to a thousand people a day. but even those organizers said they brought all of their supplies in from out of this area, and that's, again, jose, the real challenge, the logistical challenge. and when you look across the border to syria, the situation is even worse. the world food program estimating that 12 million syrians are now food insecure. they say that even at the height of the syrian civil war they didn't have these kinds of numbers. it is worse than when these people were trapped in the worst part of the civil war. jose? >> kelly cobiella, thank you. the numbers, 12 million syrians under food insecurity, and 40,000 plus people have lost their lives so far. and that number unfortunately, one fears, is going to increase as the days go forward.

thank you, kelly. u.s. federal agents arrested four more men including three american citizens in the 2021 assassination of haiti's former president. this as the humanitarian situation in haiti deteriorates by the day. gangs of have capitalized on the power vacuum generated by the president's death and now control most of the capital city. with us is maria habid. thank you for being with us today. talk to us about the reality in haiti today. >> sure. one small correction on the investigative correspondent here now. but the reality in haiti today is -- it is terrible. every time, you know, we think there is going to be -- that we hit rock bottom, unfortunately for haiti it has not. and at this point gangs rule most of the capital, and its and

voirens. it makes it difficult to go in and out of the capital. the last time i was there i had an interview with a top police official and he was late to the interview because he was coming in from out of the capital and was unable to traverse a gang -- the gang territories that surround the capital which then meant he had to make our meeting by boat. so that is the situation. it is a highly immobile and incredibly dangerous place. you kind of hunker down in your neighborhood and hope for the best. >> and then that's the reality of haiti. and it is only getting worse, unfortunately. meanwhile, maria, nicaragua released 222 political prisoners to the u.s. the mayor of miami-dade county met with several of them this morning, the ortega regime has been around for decades, the sandinistas took power in 1979. opposition candidates have been jailed.

protesters sent to the prisons. what is the reality there? >> i mean, the reality is is that despite the fact that they released 222 political prisoners and they're now in the united states, the reality for the average nicaraguan has not changed. nicaragua is still an incredibly oppressive place for its citizens, you know. you have a government that basically prevented free and fair elections last year. locked up several of its opposition members who were then later freed to the the u.s., and you also have a situation where, i mean, it is so repressive, that at this point over 3,000 ngos have been cracked down upon including several related to the church and church processions have been banned because this is how afraid the ortega family is of people gathering because they realize they're extremely unpopular.

and if people are allowed to gather, in something as simple as a church procession, they might start talking amongst themselves about how fed up they all are and that could lead to major pressure on the government. >> yeah, i mean, also speaking about the church, i mean, a catholic bishop refused to get on the flight and is now sentenced to 26 years in prison. i think of the '80s, the conflict between the ortega regime, the sandinista regime and the church has been constant and permanent. is there any possibility, maria, of anything happening in nicaragua that could help in human rights? >> well, i think that the u.s. officials i've spoken to have said we made it clear that for the ortega family to even sit down with us on the table, they had to show us a goodwill gesture, which was releasing

these political prisoners. these are people who were business men, these are people who were, you know, fighting with ortega against a very unpopular nicaraguan dictator backed by u.s. forces in the '70s. you have a situation where they're kind of locking up anybody, journalists, business people who don't want to play ball with the regime or opposition figures. but, you know, this was the first goodwill gesture u.s. officials had hoped for. and let's just say they don't expect much more than this. they told me that they believe that essentially the regime hasn't changed. and, you know, they could be arresting more political opposition figures in the future. >> if you release 222 in one door, it wouldn't be tough to bring in another 222 or 400 and that's the pattern we have seen since 1959 in cuba and so many

other places. maria abi-habib, thank you for being with us. a pleasure to see you. >> thank you so much. new this morning, scottish leader nicola sturgeon announcing she plans to resign. she led scotland since 2014, becoming the face of the country's independence movement after they voted to remain part of the uk that year. the resignation comes aed my criticism of her support for a controversial gender identification law. sturgeon says she will stay in her position until a successor is found. coming up, the major concerns about health and safety in eastern ohio, nearly two weeks after a train derailment and chemical fire. what ohio's governor wants the federal government to do about it. plus, hundreds of people gathering in florida's capital city to protest governor ron desantis' rejection of the ap african american study course. we'll take you live to the protests. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." otests you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. we're watching as nikki haley gets ready to make her big

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introduced by south carolina republican lawmaker here. and here she is, about to announce her presidential bid. >> wow, this is fantastic. thank you so much. it's a great day in south carolina! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, all, for being here. you know, i have to say before i start i've got to give a shoutout to the people who took the podium before me, to pastor hagee, i still say i want to be you when i grow up. thank you. candace glover, you are a star and a source of pride for south carolina. that was amazing. [ cheers and applause ] caten dawson, you will forever be the best party chairman south carolina has ever had. [ cheers and applause ] to cindy and fred warmbeer and their family, you will always have my heart. [ cheers and applause ]

oto is so proud of you today. i know that. and to ralph norman, you know i would have been right there with you in congress holding them accountable, god bless you, i love you. thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] i'm so glad to be with the people i love, in the state i love, to talk about saving the country i love. [ cheers and applause ] i have always had a deep belief in america. but i know america is better than all the division and distractions that we have today. and i'm confident that the american agree. we're ready. ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past. we are more than ready for a new generation to lead us into the future. [ cheers and applause ]

i come here today with a vision of that future. i see a strong america full of opportunity that lifts up everyone, not just a select few. i see a proud america, confident in who we are and what we stand for. and i see america leading the world in freedom and in peace. but this vision isn't just mine. it's the core of our nation's history. and it called to my parents over 50 years ago. i am the proud daughter of indian immigrants. i am blessed that they are here today. [ cheers and applause ] my parents left india in search

of a better life. they found it in bamberg, south carolina. [ cheers and applause ] population, 2,500. our little town came to love us. our little town came to love us. but it wasn't always easy. we were the only indian family. nobody knew who we were, what we were or why we were there. but my parents knew. and every day they reminded my brothers and my sister that even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in america. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting usa ]

they were right then. and they're right now. my parents came to a country that was gaining strength and growing in confidence. but that was then. now america is falling behind. our future is slipping. our leaders are failing us. and no one embodies that failure more than joe biden. [ cheers and applause ] right now in the greatest country in human history, we have too many families paying too much for groceries. too many mothers searching frantically for baby formula. too many children who are so far behind in the classroom, they may never get ahead. we have too many small businesses who can't afford rent and too many big businesses

getting taxpayer bailouts. we have too much crime on our streets, too many drugs flooding our cities and too few police and border patrol. [ cheers and applause ] from joe biden on down, our leaders put too much trust in big government and too little trust in the american people. [ cheers and applause ] they have us spiraling toward socialist with a new trillion dollar spending bill ever few months and a national debt over $30 trillion. this is not the america that called to my parents. and make no mistake, this is not the america i will leave to my children. [ cheers and applause ]

we must stop socialism before it's too late. it's weakening america from within. but there's something else that's eating away at our national core. on biden and harris' watch, a self-loathing has swept our country. it's in the classroom, the boardroom and the back rooms of government. every day we are told america is flawed, rotten and full of hate. joe and kamala even say america is racist. nothing could be further from the truth. [ cheers and applause ] the american people know better. my immigrant parents know better. and take it from me, the first minority female governor in history, america is not a racist country. [ cheers and applause ]

this self-loathing is a virus more dangerous than any pandemic. it's a system of a lack of pride in our country and a lack of trust in our leaders. and it ignores the values that have sustained america since our founding. i have traveled around the world and back. i have seen what else is out there. america isn't perfect. but the principals at america's core are perfect. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting usa ] and the american people are not full of hate. we're full of love.

and we are sustained by faith. i always go back to the book of joshua. be strong and courageous. do not be afraid. do not be discouraged. for god will be with you wherever you go. [ cheers and applause ] strengthening american, believing in america is the only way to defend ourselves from those who want to destroy us. when america is distracted, the world is less safe. today our enemies think that the american era has passed. they are wrong. america is not past our prime. it's just that our politicians are past theirs. [ cheers and applause ]

joe biden isn't leading from behind. he is not leading at all. on his watch, a terrorist mob concurred afghanistan and killed our troops. iran is on the blink of getting the bomb. north korea is launching more missiles than ever. russia started the biggest war in europe in 75 years. and in communist china, we face the strongest and most disciplined enemy in history. it is unthinkable that americans would look at the sky and see a chinese spy balloon looking back at us. china's dictators want to cover the world in communist tyranny. we are the only ones who can stop them. but let me be clear. we won't win the fight for the 21st century if we keep trusting

politicians from the 20th century. [ cheers and applause ] america is on a path of doubt, division and self-destruction. a path of fading patriotism and weakening power. the stakes are nothing less than our survival. and you and i and every american is being summoned to bold action. and so i have an announcement to make. [ cheers and applause ] [ chanting nikki ] i stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the

proud wife of a combat veteran and as the mom of two amazing children. i have served as governor of the great state of south carolina. [ cheers and applause ] and as america's ambassador to the united nations. [ cheers and applause ] and above all else, i'm a grateful american citizen who knows our best days are yet to come if we unite and fight to save our country. [ cheers and applause ] i have devoted my life to this fight. and i'm just getting started. [ cheers and applause ] for a strong america, for a proud america, i am running for president of the united states of ameri!