nikki, what are you doing? nikki, don't do this!! nikki, listen to me! don't do this. nikki! you listen to me! don't do this! sit down. you could have blown the whole case, hoffs. trina wasn't lacey king, cacaain. she wasn't three years into the business. all i saw was her whole life being ruined by that film. i'm sorry. i went too far. yeah. michael ferris is going away. nikki gave us a full statement-- how old she was when she started the purpose of the school, and the other underage girls that ferris used throughout the years. i guess we got lucky. sometimes you do. ( knocking ) yeah. you all set? yeah. i got my seat on the plane. no selling your ticket this time? it was good to see you, dread. you know, when it comes down to it, later. enjoy it with a friend, mon. jamaican accent ) what do yu think i'd look like with my hair like that, mon? [captioning sponsored by fx networks] [thehe music] [music continues] it will be time for you to leave. [oriental music] do you know the road to sante fe? why, it's the one going north. that's to yoyo left. -thank you. -it's a long way

nikki? >> yes. >> you're both right. >> we are. >> which sister was the hollywood medium tyler henry referred to when he told nikki and brie one will have baby within the next two years? >> brie? >> ooh. dead heat. >> all right, billy. >> you're good. >> despite being twins, nikki and bella have different sized >> brie. >> oh, my god -- brie has smaller feet. >> deadlocked. here we go! >> academics are important in the bella family, but one might be a little smarter than the other. who did better on their s.a.t.'s? >> nikki! >> right back in it, gentleman, sports ran in the family. which sister played midfield in soccer growing up? >> ah -- oh! >> nikki was defense. >> oh, brian! >> oh, hold it. i got the edge. >> both sisters like to have fun, but which sister likes to be wined and dined? >> oh. [ laughter ] >> nikki. >> i can't even throw that one. >> you got to come back. which sister would rather stay in and binge on tv? who's a binger on tv? >> what do you say? nikki? >> you're both wro

this is a pivotal moment for nikki haley.events. as donald trump looks to extend the momentum after the win in iowa this week. mr. trump earning the endorsement from south carolina senator tim scott. one of his former rivals in the gop nomination. scott was appointed by then governor nikki haley in 2012. she is now trying to defeat mr. trump. you see the video from the rally last night. scott says trump will unite the country. now nikki haley has largely ignored and dismissed that endorsement as she crosses new hampshire trying to build support and close the gap that she is seeing in the polls right now. the latest poll we see from new hampshire shows her down double digits. she is leading among the group of independents or undeclared voters. here in new hampshire, they have the option of voting in the republican primary. nikki haley going after trump on his temperament and connecting him to joe biden. saying she wants to turn the page. meanwhile, ron desantis is trying to turn the page on new hampshire and will not be here i

nikki realizes that. it a much better position if you want to know the truth. i think it's become maybe a more glamorous position maybe than it was two years ago. i wonder why but it is. she's made it a glamorous position. she's made it a more important -- more importantly, a more important position. so we have -- i can almost say many people that want to do it. they're very good people. i'll be talking also to nikki about that and to the general about that. and my staff. but we have many people that are very, very much interested in doing it. >> are you frustrated by the lack of actual announcements that are coming -- >> not only am i not frustrated, i think it's incredible what'sple happening. are you talking about north korea? >> who are you with. >> france press corps. >> the media says for 80 years they couldn't do a thing and what are we in three months of negotiation? it's ridiculous. as i've said about a thousand times, no rockets flying, no missiles flying, no nuclear testing. you have nuclear cl

>> nikki was defense. >> oh, brian! >> oh, hold it. i got the edge. >> both sisters like to have fun, but which sister likes to be wined and dined? >> oh. [ laughter ] >> nikki. >> i can't even throw that one. >> you got to come back. which sister would rather stay in and binge on tv? >> what do you say? nikki? >> you're both wrong. it's brie. >> i love it! >> finally -- >> still up one tht finally. >> to clinch the victory. >> most important, which sister has a doughnut obsession? >> can you say, both? >> you win! [ laughter ] >> oh, no! no! victory was within my grasp. no! >> another "today" show game. >> a tie? >> tying is worseha your sister -- unless you're rob kardashian. >> that was -- bringing it back around. >> on our sister network e! >> don't miss country artist brett eldredge singing one of his biggest hits, live in our studio coming up. >> and an image makeover after your local news. >> you got to flip the tables! ?"all you need is love" plays? my friends know me so well. they can tell what i'm thinking, just by looking in

>> nikki haley.andling a number of crises such as the shooting and taking down the confederate flag. if anyone can continue to do that, i think she can. >> reporter: a changing economy and electorate that is decisive in picking the next president. what does all this change look like demographically? the population has soared over the last couple decades, but the black population has steadily declined over 40 years. those changes are impacting the electorate in south carolina and the president for generations to come. guys. >> jacob soboroff, thank you. >> jacob, that was interesting. i was afraid he was walking around with that mallett all day. i appreciate you sharing that. >>> coming up, we will speak to the republican presidential candidate nikki haley. she is going to join us live in the next half hour. >>> what do you have in "popstart," vicky? >> taylor swift in the middle of >> taylor swift in the middle of the judge beauty is back. beauty fades. dumb is forever. his boss was overspending on b

this morning, nikki haley is ♪♪ >>> this is an nbc news special report.e's savannah guthrie. >>> hi, everybody. good morning, we come on the air with breaking news, a historic moment in the 2024 presidential race. nikki haley addressing supporters in south carolina. >>> -- for president. when i began i said the campaign was grounded in the love for my country. just last week, my mother, a first generation immigrant got to vote for her daughter for president. only in america. i'm filled with the gratitude of outpouring the support we received from all across our great country. but the time has now come to suspend my campaign. i said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. i have done that. i have no regrets. and although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in. our national debt will eventually crush our economy. a smaller federal government is not only necessary for our freedom, it is necessary for our survival. the road to socialism is the road to ruin for america. our congress is dysfunctional a

talk to nikki, she doesn't bite. >> nikki, nikki, nikki.u're a songwriter. you wrote a song for demi lovato. >> i did. >> what's the song? >> called "hot as heck." >> we're not used to hearing a south african nashville accent. >> i've always been a pop singer, but every now and again i like to go into a little bit of soul. so i can cry when i sing. >> i like it. >> who are your influences when you were growing up? >> you know what? alanis morissette. >> yeah. >> janis joplin. >> that's your wheelhouse. >> etta james. yes. >> do you like the poppy stuff, the dance poppy music? >> i do. you know what? there are a couple of remixes that i just performed at ultramusic festival with him. i really like the world a lot. >> the song "glowing" that she's about to perform won't be the version on the album. the album version is so infectious, it will make you crazy. it's a little more mellow when she sings it for us today. >> you have a little piano accompaniment coming in today? >> i do. >> she looks just like liberace. same jewelry. >> take it away.

donald trump won the republican primary there, beating nikki haley by 11 points. despite the loss, haley said she is not backing down, telling supporters overnight this race is far from over. where does it go from here? we have it covered we start with hallie jackson in manchester for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today, with most of the vote in, mr. trump has that double digit victory his allies wanted to see as he firms up his grip on the gop. but even as the former president tried to rally the rest of the party behind him, he made no overtures to nikki haley overnight. unlike iowa, his tone, not conciliatory, but combative. >> this is a great, great state. >> reporter: former president trump overnight on a winning streak and on attack after becoming the only republican in a competitive primary to win both iowa and now new hampshire. >> this is not your typical victory speech, but let's not have somebody take a victory when she had a bad night. who the hell was the imposter that went up on the stage? >> reporter: mr. trump clearly furious a

it's hosted by these comediennes, nikki glaser and sara schaefer. one of them was jimmy kimmel, one of his writers -- no, jimmy fallon's writers for a while. they're adorable. you were invited too, but you were very busy with your book and stuff. i was in a sketch based on "the hunger games." that's all you need to know. >> that was the network. they loved the show. >> naturally. >> but -- they said they only have room in the budget for one host. >> oh, nikki. you'll be missed. >> they said it's up to us to decide who gets to stay. and they said something about may the odds be ever in your favor? >> ten, nine, eight -- >> nikki, you would understand if you had read "the hunger games" like i had asked you. >> oh, god, what do you think you're doing? >> hosting. >> curb it a little bit. >> back off, barbie, it's my show now. welcome back to nikki and sara live with your new, improved host, kathie lee gifford, who is better than kathie lee? i'll tell you, nobody. because you're going to want to see if i actually let the girls interview cal 10, don't co

did you harm your daughter nikki?sir, i did not harm my daughter. >> reporter: robber said said he woke up one night to find nikki had fallen out of bed. hours later, she was unconscious, her lips blue. he rushed her to the hospital. you told the medical staff that she had fallen. >> yes, sir. they didn't believe may story. >> reporter: the detective was called to the hospital. >> they were frantically working on this child trying to figure out what was going on with her. and somewhere in there, shaken baby came into the vernacular. >> reporter: the medical staff said that nikki showed signs of abuse and believed she had been shaken to death. then there was roberson's curious demeanor. >> he wasn't upset. he kind of had a flat affect. >> reporter: that was a concern? >> it struck us as odd. >> reporter: nikki was pronounced dead, her father charged with her death. and a year later he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die. roberson's current attorney believes nikki was misdiagnosed and that after detecti

particularly when it comes to ron desantis and nikki haley. the two of them are kind of vying for second place. but is this anything more than a fight for second place? that remains to be seen. she clearly came prepared for these attacks. you heard her say, she likes all of the attention, fellas. but she did have some moments that may have had an impact, including when they accused her of accepting these big-dollar donors. she tried to dismiss that, but could that have an impact with some of the republican base? we did talk to some of her supporters after the fact. they said that they felt like this was not her best debate, savannah. >> kristen, thank you. i know you'll be talking about i know you'll be talking about that and more sunday morning on "meet the press." >>> let's turn now to that mass shooting on the campus of the university of nevada's las vegas. a lone gunman opening fire, killing three people and killed and injuring another person and this morning, we're learning more about the victims. and that shooter. nbc's steve patterson i

and sara are the hosts of mtv's "nikki and sara live."n each other very long but you could never tell by watching them. take a look. >> the arm touch is the gesture that suggests a familiarity between the host and the star while also allowing the host to touch someone way more famous. >> ladies and gentlemen, he's perfect. >> keep going. i mean i love him. >> did you guys coordinate your outfits for tonight? >> no, actually. >> love this. love this. >> we found out we were going to be here a couple of days ago. >> oh, yeah. yeah. uh-huh. hello, ladies. >> you guys are crazy. you started about a year ago. such a good time. wasn't sure what to expect. but what did i say when i came back? >> no, she loved you guys. >> you guys are ridiculous. >> there you go. >> oh, yeah, uh-huh. >> we made it up as we went along. and that's what i loved about you guys. >> you are hilarious. >> i know. >> you killed it. >> you've only known each other since 2010. so not that long. >> yeah. >> hoe how do you account for the kind of familiarity and clicking? >

look, this is the last stand for nikki haley.s the last stand for the never trumpers effectively as well what would she need to do to go on to south carolina she would need to come in, i am told, with a single digit margin savannah, but look at these numbers that steve just laid out. they're just staggering. and the momentum, she just doesn't have it heading into tonight. >> do you think if she loses by a margin like that, a 20-plus -- do you think she just gets out of race or tries to hang on? >> i think it's almost impossible to justify staying in the race if she loses and if she loses by that large of a margin. savannah, i was in new hampshire. i was talking to her supporters. they feel frustrated because new hampshire is the place of comebacks. don't forget bill clinton, john mccain, hillary clinton, they all came back in new hampshire. what was the difference? if you talk to nikkei hailey supporters, the difference is she has not been flooding the zone in the same way those candidates had been. in order to have the type of m

. >> meredith: at first nikki feared her husband had a brain tumor.did come in, everyone was stunne yer early on set alzheimer's. >> this was one week before his 30th birthday. i'm thinking this is a cruel joke. he says, no. i think i immediately broke down. >> meredith: for nikki trb cruellest part of the disease is that her husband recogpyopsos exactly what is happening to him. >> he's living his memories. he know hess can i do things he used to be able to do. >> i had to give up a lot of my independence and things that i never had. >> there are days where i'm a wife. most days i ev a care giver. it's so hard to see someone that you love so much struggle to do things that we do on a daily hings that we do on a daily >> meredith: the sobering reality of alzheimer's has taken its toll on this whole family. prince was onlyuch when he fir learned about his dad's condition. >> he brought over a picearre o himself and told his dad and set it next to the bed. that when when he forgets him, he'll know he's his son. that's not how life is. unfortunately that

he left the hand will. >> nikki kind of covered it. >> look at the smile. >> hello, i got some eh! that's food! >> 2nd base. >> she liked it. >> oh my god. >> they're dating now. >> wow. >> it's fantastic. is there such as a respectful grow. it was respectful. look at him. he just loved it. >> didn't they train him to do that? >> he can figure that out on his own. no confusion there. she could have had a baboon suit on it. >> she rolled with it, too. she kept going. >> impressive, well done. >> that's what happens at the lodi grape festival. some of those grapes were a little too fermented. baboon got into the grape juice. >> what a strange block of television. >> i'm very confused. >> there is more coming up. >> what else, al? have you recovered? >> that's a bad baboon. >> all right. let's show you what we got going on for "today." >> not a lot weather, a few showers in florida. those will be ending. mountain snows into montana, into the dakotas, wet weather in the pacific northwest. show you sunshine here in the northeast. another fantastic day. more rage, snowy conditions in the

it was a clean sweep for nikki haley. she celebrated overfe celebrateg t night a >> reporter: new hampshire is known to surprise. >> it is now a two-person race >> reporter: but former u.n. ambassador nikki haley will need a stunner to keep her presidential hopes alive after tuesday's primary. >> and i know the political class is saying everybody needs to get behind trump. this is not a coronation >> reporter: haleyfighting to the finish, after florida governor ron desantis drop ped out and endoored former president trump. >> trump is superior to the current incumbent joe biden. >> nikki haley has made an unholy alliance alliance rinos d never-trumpers >> re >> nikki haley is in charge of security we offered her 10,000 people soldiers, whatever they want >> they're saying he got confused we can't have someone else that we question whether they're mentally fit to do this. >> reporter: some may join the write-in campaign for president biden who is not on the new hampshire ballot after democrats maid sout made south carolina

and nikki haley continues her bid fresh off a historic loss in her home state >>> an american couple vanishes. their family trying to keep hope as they fear the worse surge pricing hits fast food >>> and one chicago artist's mission to fix discriminatory housing policies and breathe new life into her community. it's tuesday, february 28. "early today" starts right now good to be with you this morning. i'm frances rivera a cease-fire in gaza could be a. a reporter asked about mediation efforts in the middle east, and here's what the president said >> my national security advisor tells me that where hee're close we're close. my hope is that by next monday well' we we'll have a cease-fire. >> claudio, do we know anything about what this deal might look like >> reporter: good morning, fra frances. we still need to make an educated guess as to what that deal contains. until now that deal was stalled and negotiations were stalled because israel on one side wanted or was promising just a temporary cease-fire in exchange of all the hostages to be released while hamas said they wanted a compl

her name is nikki chance.e we meet her, let's take a look at her story. ♪ >> my name is nikki. i always battled with my weight. i was living large in college from late-night partying and pizza. my bad habits got the best of me, but my size took a toll on my self-esteem. it was hard being around my thin and beautiful friends. i was envious of the attention they would get from boys and i wished i could be more like them. after college, i applied for a job in public relations, a career that's all about image. i went on interview after interview, but got rejected every time. who wants a 300 pound woman to be the face of their company? in 2008, i hit rock bottom. my mom convinced me to get bariatric surgery. i decided to take the weight off on my own. i came up with a plan to walk at least four miles a day and a 1,400 calorie diet. after four months, i dropped over 50 pounds. it dawned on me, i can do this on my own without surgery. today, i am 123 pounds lighter and i found a job that i love. how's that for sweet

the winner of the match, john cena and nikki bella.applause ] >> reporter: he gave her a ring in the ring. that's amazing. >> that is amazing. >> i'm too emotional for this right now. my god. that was beautiful. they really are. they're superheroes. >> we're going to get a chance to talk to them coming up. he put a ring on her. the newly engaged john cena and nikki bella, here for their first sitdown interview. we have the exclusive right discover card. i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard. give it. sure! it's free for everyone. oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! i'm so proud of you. well thank you. free at at discover.com/creditscorecard, even if you're not a customer. heare you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters

nikki haley notching a clean sweep in the small down of dixville notch, after all six voters cast their ballots at midnight can she keep up the momentum against frontrunner donald trump? we're live with the fight for the republican nomination. >>> the new push for a truce in gaza as the war rages on we're live with israel's proposal to hamas in an attempt to free the remaining israeli hostages >>> could a simple blood test detect alzheimer's years in advance? >>> the bulls are charging down wall street. what's fueling the record run for stocks, after the dow blasted past 38,000 for the first time ever. >>> putting the 70 in 76ers. joel embiid shatters a record wilt chamberlain set over five decades ago. it's tuesday, january 23rd "early today" starts right now hi there glad you're with us. i'm frances rivera voting has already begun in new hampshire for the first in the nation primary, after the surprising dropout of ron desantis, nikki haley is going one on one in the fight for the republican nomination. haley will need a strong showing today to keep her presidential hopes alive. brie

we are joined now by south carolina governor nikki haley. governor, good morning. >> good morning, matt. let talk about the reviews. they are in. prominent democrat david axelrod tweeted, really effective speech by nikki haley, avoided the response to the state of the paul ryan, jeb bush, both said you hit it out of the park, but as peter just mentioned some very conservative voices in your party were not so happy. anne coulter tweeted donald trump should deport you, laura ingraham said the country is lit up with a populist fever and the gop responds by digging in on the candidates dominating the polls. >> look, i respect all of those people and understand their opinion but, you know, i disagree. i think a lot of what we're trying to do is saying the angriest voices are not helpful. if we have citizens who are law-abiding, who love our traditions and do everything t t be productive citizens in america, they should feel welcome in this country. i am not saying that i believe in illegal immigration. i don't. i've always sailed that, but i do w

population about 3,000 is from where nikki haley is from a massive tornado hit last month.ing to say the best we can do is two guys in their 80s >> reporter: haley saying she has a better chance against biden. trump's remarks questioning u.s. support for nato against russia. >> donald trump is siding with a dictator. >> reporter: despite her roots in south carolina, she struggled to grow support against trump, lagging 30 points behind the former president president trump attacking haley from an event in nashville. >> nikki haley is losing but i don't care >> reporter: see how haley's message is resonating, including with suburban women, we visited her hometown, population 3,000 mayor nancy foster says the city is still reeling from an ef-2 tornado that demolished their main street on january 10th. >> i had tears i had tears. >> reporter: haley grew up here when the town looked far different. you had hope for nikki haley becoming president but now does that mean for because of what's happening here >> you know, it would be wonderful. >> reporter: as early voting wound down,

nikki haley's home state showdown at&t reveals what caused the massive outage yesterday the u.s. withes it first lunar landing in over 50 years and why more younger adults are saying cheers to sobriety it is friday, february 23rd and early today starts right now good morning i am richard lui today the united states will impose over 500 sanctions against russia and russian assets targeting russia,s it enablers and war machine good morning to you. why is the united states doing this what are the sanctions >> reporter: good morning, richard. the state department spokesman explained they are connected to the upcoming anniversary of the invasion by ukraine and now to navalny's death. in the meantime this will be the single biggest bunch of sanctions imposed since the start of the war in ukraine. mooning that probably it will target individuals and money president biden on thursday met with the widow of alexei navalny, yulia navalny and navalny's daughter, dasha in california and spoke to reporters in the meeting and let's take a listen to what the president had to say >> he was a man

. >>> nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, joining us now. ambassador haley, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> i want to talk about the american being detained in north

. >>> showdown donald trump and nikki haley barn storming north carolina haley vowing to stay in the race win or lose. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> the latest from the campaign trail and the new legal blow to house republicans pushing to impeach president biden. >>> florida beach tragedy. a little girl killed and her brother injured. a hole they were digging suddenly collapsed inside that frantic rescue effort and what we're learning about the boy's condition this morning. >>> in court the first trial in that deadly "rust" movie set shooting gets underway today we'll have the latest and the potential impact on the case against alec baldwin. >>> all that, plus going up. a major airline increasing baggage fees ahead of the spring break season what it means for your vacation and if other airlines will do the same. >>> and philadelphia freedom yes, that is a horse the wild video and how they finally corralled him, today, wednesday, february 21st, 2024. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. welcome

right now i have no clue if it means i need to move to another state in order to have children >> nikki haley siding with the alabama court, saying this to us >> embryos to me are babies. you talk about an embryo, to me that's a life. >> the national infertility association saying this decision by uab is a horrifying signal of what's to come across the country. >>> nikki haley and donald trump are making their final pitches to voters before the saturday primary while president biden's brother was questioned on capitol hill drew wilder. >> reporter: the president is on the campaign trail in california, his brother on the hot seat in washington house republicans questioned james biden as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president, an inquiry said to be baseless. >> it was built on conspiracy theories and lies from the beginning. >> reporter: a former fbi informant was charged with providing false information about the president and his son hunter in the 2020 election. false information prosecutors claim that came from russian intelligence officials russia, again a topic on the r

you know, nikki haley -- nikki haley, you know, they -- do you know they destroyed all of the informationit, all of it, because of lots of things like nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, national guard, whatever they want. they turned it down. they don't want to talk about that. >> is trump mentally fit? you're saying he's not? >> not in that moment he sure as heck wasn't. the point is you have two nearly 80-year-olds fighting this out. that's not what america wants. that's a great example of this is not the donald trump, the great disrupter of 2016. he's lost his fastball. we always want to go forward in america. we always want the next generation. neither of these guys represent the next generation. >> that was chris sununu on "meet the press" sunday morning, and he is endorsing nikki haley. >>> florida governor ron desantis quit the presidential race over the weekend, immediately endorsed donald trump, saying he had promised to support the republican nominee. trump, of course, is not yet the republican nominee, but the numbers show he likely wi

she does this same routine about 3 times a week, helping her daughter nikki and son-in-law babysit. their huntsville home has surveillance cameras installed and it has caught some pretty funny moments before - but after grandma fessed up to what happened, this time, nikki and her husband decided the video was too good to keep to themselves. ...and we can laugh because baby lola made it out ok. last weekend... nascar dominated the valley. and in the viral craze of the moment... victory lane was a little different after daniel suarez won the nascar trucks race last friday. suarez, his crew and nascar officials all pulled off one very uniqe mannequin challenge. we have seen a lot of them over the past few weeks, but this

a mysterious blogger nikki fink.ry. >> she's a mystery and a unique voice in town. that's what makes her interesting. she's largely just the voice. as you said, she's rarely seen. in fact, we set out to see just a few pictures of her. not a lot. even that turned out to be a scavenger hunt. >> who's there? >> reporter: hollywood has always been known for ghosts -- most haunting only the silver screen. ♪ >> reporter: but there is a real life specter over hollywood, face unseen who, with the click of a mouse, can expose hollywood's skeletons all over town. >> she knows what's going on in hollywood before it even happens. >> reporter: her name is nikki fink, a 57-year-old veteran journalist who spotted deadlinehollywood, a website run out of her apartment. it's such a player in hollywood, it even got a shoutout on entourage. >> did you not see deadlinehollywood? i'm sorry. >> everyone from executives to agents to managers to assistants read it. >> reporter: as much as the blog is revered it is feared. her takedowns can b

ron sdanlts desantis and nikki h battling it out for second place. >> waterloo, thank you very much >> reporter: with the iowa caucuses less than two weeks away, donald trump towering over the gop field, inflicting the power of his die hard base >> the poll numbers are scary, because we're leading by so much the key you have to get out and vote >> reporter: the former president boasting a 30-point lead over his closest rivals in the hawkeye state, gaining strength despite growing legal challenges, 91 criminal counts against him and pushes in multiple states to take him off the ballot >> we're not going to allow them to rig the presidential election of 2024. we're not going to allow it. >> what's the next thing they take away once they've done that it's just a steppingstone onto the next thing >> reporter: trump saying he would act as a dictator on the first day of the second term and using inflammatory words to describe grabtss. >> they're poisoning the blood of our country >> reporter: the caucus now appears to be a race for second place. a recent emerson college poll finding ron des

. >>> stage is set for a south carolina showdown, nikki haley against donald trump, the next gop primary>> new chapter in the battle over reproductive rights, the alabama supreme court ruling that frozen embryos are children why critics fear for the future of ivf >>> why walmart is buying a tv maker to take on amazon's ad game. >>> the competitive fishing world left reeling teams angling for the truth in a possible cheating scandal. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm richard lui, we'll start with the search for the 11-year-old girl officials saying they have found the body oe body of f 11-year-oy cunningham who never made it to school thursday. >> my heart aches with this news, i express my deepest sympathies and condolences for everyone who knew, cared for and loved audrey >> in custody, don stephen mcdugal. according to the sheriff, the suspect provided information to help lead them to the body a family friend who took audrey to the bus stop. he's expected to face capital murder charges. >>> a u.s. citizen was detained in russia, suspected of treason. a russian ballerina

on thursday south carolina governor nikki haley used nine pens to sign the bill to remove the flag. one for cynthia hurd whose brother mall con witnessed the moment. >> my sister and eight others serve as the bench mark for why that flag is coming down. they're senseless murder. >> reporter: outside the state house, some protests, but mostly praise. >> we want it down! . >> reporter: a symbol that once divided our country bringing people together. and the state still reeling from a shocking summer. and the flag will come down at 10:00 state. i can tell you that many south carolinaens continue to fly the flag of the confederacy. >> just minutes after governor nikki haley signed the bill to remove the confederate flag the naac>>> and the ncaa took notice. now, that ban has been listed -- and later this morning, don't miss matt lauer's exclusive interview with governor nikki haley on the "today" show. >>> and the fda is dialing up its warning on some big names like advil and aleve. they are cautioning that certain drugs might increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke. >> we see pa

trump posting that nikki halgyey is not under consideration. even after exiting the race, she was still getting double-digit support among republican primary voters. >> trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me. >> reporter: the question, will haley voters follow her lead and vote for trump or will they vote for biden? >>> israel is slamming spain, ireland and norway for announcing they will recognize a palestinian state next week. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it with reward terrorism, citing a poll from late last year, he claimed that 80% of west bank mt bank minutet t palestinians support the attack, saying they cannot be give and state. he added, in the midst of a war with tens of thousands dead and injured, we must keep alive the only alternative that offers a safe home for both israelis and palestinians. >>> a surprise announcement from rishi sunak, calling for new elections on july 4, six weeks from now. the vote was originally expected to happen in november. it promi