but it is not a big voting issue in new hampshire. watch iowa. >> new hampshire is very different. new hampshire republicans than iowa republicans. thank you so much. >>> today republican senator rand paul of kentucky said he will not sign any government spending bill that includes funding for ukraine. i'm going to get reaction from retired navy pilot turned astronaut and u.s. senator mark kelly. that is next. stay with us. - they slept on me for 15 years. things i collected, pollen, dust, dander. all that time they could have protected me with an allerease mattress protector. it would've been soft and blocked 99.9% of dust, dirt, and allergens. allerease for a clean, healthy night's sleep. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. >>> in our politics lead, as house republicans argue over a spending agreement to try to keep the

but new hampshire -- the democratic party in new hampshire has no control over that.state law. it's part of their constitution. they cannot change it. so they basically -- the white house has made a decision, we're going to disenfranchise them. not only that, they're considering a new proposal. so if i go into new hampshire and i go into iowa, which i have -- if i set foot in the state, they have a rule that no voter that votes for me in the state, that their vote will be counted. any delegate i win will go to president biden instead. they're trying to change the rules to make it even broader by saying that any candidate which is me, that goes into new hampshire that any vote that they get in georgia will not be counted. any delegate that they get in georgia will not be counted. they've also -- they've provided for president biden this giant loop hole, which allows him to raise $750,000 per donor when i'm restricted to 6,600. and in that way, they've raised almost -- my understanding is that they now have about $2 billion. but they have used a lot of 0 other -- >> mar

i think the new hampshire poll, you know what new hampshire folks have been hearing?ame, right? it's new hampshire, and making this really forceful argument against donald trump. that's probably effective too. >> in a state like new hampshire, you know who he was talking about? you can't lose people. in new hampshire, it goes town hall meeting to town hall meeting, church to church, school to school. so if somebody heard nikki haley saying what she said, and heard chris christie saying what she said, that's getting around when they're in church and the car line in school. did you see what nikki said at the hall? did you see what she said last night at the lot? that does start to spread in new hampshire, and it starts to accumulate. >> you know, despite all the glittering media we have around the country in every state and the nation focusing on politics, new hampshire remains unique and it still goes back to mo running for president in the 1970s in new hampshire and he went into a barbershop and asked for his vote and he said, i haven't made up my mind about you. i've

bring in new hampshire gubernatorial candidate and former senate from the granite state, good to talk >> nice to talk to you, john. >> john: last week there was a mexican national in the u.s. illegally who was arrested for smuggling in people to new hampshire, came through vermont, from canada. again, this person should not have been in the country. yet this person also had a washington state driver's license that was presented to the police. you argue, as a gubernatorial candidate, that not enough attention is being paid to the northern border. make the case. >> there's not enough attention being paid there. biden administration's open border policies are causing a surge over the northern border. you just talked about the statistics. over the last 11 months, they have had thousands of illegal immigrants arrested from 76 different countries, john, over our northern border, more than in the last ten years, and recently we had indicted on new hampshire's northern border what you've talked about, a mexican immigrant who was trafficking people illegally into new hampshire and also before

people from new hampshire get priority. sen. scott: i thought i'd get to ask them questions. >> new hampshire resident mark, aarp. >> welcome back. really appreciate your spending so much time in new hampshire. sen. scott: thank you. >> with that, more than one in five new hampshire residents, 317,000 -- 317,389 people receive social security benefits. part of the reason for that is new hampshire's social security plays a big role in poverty reduction. one third of granite staters age 65 and older would be living in poverty were it not for social security. 41% of individuals, 65 and older, live in families that rely on the program for at least half of their income. how will you protect social security for them, my children, and my grandchildren? sen. scott: thank you for your question and thank you for your work with aarp. as a former senior member of the republican party on the aging committee, i spent a lot of time thinking about this issue and tackling issues around social security and medicare. we're around $1.1 trillion on

i know this is new hampshire. you probably don't do this in new hampshire but she walked me outside to a tree. she said please pick a branch. i'll pick the branch. >> some of y'all from the south? 1 okay, very good. so, she introduced me to a new form of encouragement. i will say a switch is a southern apparatus of encouragement. she applied it liberally. it was the last subject i failed for the rest of my life. i thank god for that lesson but if we are going to arm parents with options, we are arming the kids with the brightest future. if we take seriously. i just came out with a plan called empower parents, protect kids. i believe you have to put parents back in charge of education. here is a need access to the curriculum -- the parents need to have access to the curriculum that their kids are being taught. we need our kids to be educated, not indoctrinated. we need to get back to the abcs not the crt. we've got a lot of work to do in public education. if we introduce competition, i believe the price will go dow

iowa first, then new hampshire. what is the specific state of play in new hampshire? >> look, the state of play in new hampshire is similar to iowa. the former president certainly has a sizable lead at this point. but there still is a sense that some republicans are window shopping, are eager to win the general election. and they wonder if donald trump is the person for that. i was having a conversation earlier today with the new hampshire governor, chris sununu and he pointed out how donald trump fared here in the general election back in 2020. lost to joe biden by some 60,000 votes. four years earlier, he only lost to hillary clinton by 3,000 votes. so, he believes if there was a rematch between trump and biden, that this simply would not be good for the republican party. so, yes, there is no doubt donald trump has a lead in this race. but even some trump voters with trump hats on, trump shirts on, still say they are sizing up this field of candidates, paying careful attention to the debate. so, the burden is on someone or perhaps a couple people to, you know, certa

what else do you see in the numbers in new hampshire?yes i, i'm a fan of going on twitter sometimes, and there is a meme of a dumpster fire. to me that is the desantis campaign in the state of new hampshire. the fact is he started off with north of 40% of the vote and those independents, and he has ticked down considerably. now is in the mid twenties, now is at 10% of the vote. nikki haley going up, ron desantis going down. >> if you are nikki haley, chris christie, or desantis now very much in those four way tie. it promises army in there as well. how do you break out? i think the important way to break out is to continue to do well in these debates, in full defy yourself as the person to go head to head with trump. there are a lot of folks that said that it won't matter that much, trump will not be there. it's true it does not affect trump's standings, who has not been there, but it really did elevate haley to the top of the pack. it proved to republicans who want to move beyond donald trump, hey you have a very good option here. the p

we don't know, but in new hampshire, that might not work as well. the fact that chris christie has risen so dramatically. so chris christie is probably taking some of those moderates away from desantis. >> you know, gloria, i think it actually might be vivek in some respects. >> could be. >> because new hampshire, i'm from new england, people love a good libertarian streak. the love the conversation about woke versus not woke, not the obsession with immigration, those things aren't helpful in new hampshire. i did notice that figure, that 13%, it felt like that was a 13% that ramaswamy was able to gain because there are very particular things about his platform that would appeal in that environment specifically. >> he's also new, and he's not regarded as a politician per se, and so people look at him as this shiny new person out there on the field, and that, you know, is good for him, i guess. >> that's interesting. in this new cnn poll, likely republican voters how they felt about a potential 15-week abortion ban. federal abortion ban in the united

i'm sorry, guys, new hampshire's primary going to be first.hat's why you even have robert kennedy here pounding the pavement on the democrat side of things. so, you know, once again,joe biden's folly haves led for problem for the democratic party. >> carley: is he going to be on the ballot though. >> heck if i know, heck if i care. really he has completely turned his back on the state. everybody realizes it. another reason why come the general election new hampshire will very much be in play. people realize what -- it's just insulting. i mean, it really is. the president has insulted the democrats of this state and so i think a lot of folks realize we are independent minded state. tend to be a little more republican and that's why there could be a very strongs possibility this stated goes republican in november. >> todd: predicted new hampshire would be first. you mentioned r.f.k. jr. is he a new englander, new hampshire is massachusetts backyard it is their playground in many respects okay potentially r.f.k. jr. win the new hampshire primary

and new hampshire decides how to do it. that's the way i think we can deal with it. you pull down those core functions and send it to the state. while i can't abolish an agency, i sure can clean it up and get rid of all the guts of it. >> [indiscernible] the money is shifted directly to the states. yes, so the block grants would say, ok, this is how much you get for academics, the state can decide what that looks like, this is how much you get for special ed, the states decide how to do that, but we are completely reducing the size of the department of education -- you don't let all those people stay there, you reduce the size and you say, ok, what should they do? what should they be doing? they should be telling us how our kids can excel past india and china. they should be telling us how we can use new advanced equipment or technologies. they should be telling us what skills our kids need to learn for the jobs in the next decade or couple of decades. i think it should be more that than mandating anything. i don't want the

up next, lawrence is having breakfast with friends in new hampshire. check in with bill hemmer and find out about his show. >> bill: dana will join us in moments, her first take live on debate number two. she's in california, we'll talk to her top of the hour here. nikki haley is live, ron desantis is here live. in between all of this now. republicans kickoff impeachment inquiry to president biden 10 a.m. eastern time, it is live and we'll see what case they make. big thursday, see you in a couple minutes, top of the hour. arm around any vet that i y can. absolutely. at newday usa, that's what we're doing. we put our arm around the veterans. when i think of the veteran out there that needs to refi his home, he may want to purchase and we can help them and provide that financial solution for them and their families. it's a great, rewarding feeling. everybody in the company, they have that deference and that respect and that love for the veteran that makes this company so unique. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. wel

to me, that is the ron desantis campaign in the state of new hampshire.e started off the year with north of 40% of the vote among republicans who might vote in that primary, and he has ticked down continuously. now he's at just 10% of the vote. so, nicky haley going up, ron desantis very much going down at this particular point. >> so, if you are nickki haley, chris christie, now in a tie for second. how do you break out? >> i think an important way to break out is to continue to do well in these debates and cement yourself as the person to go head-to-head with trump. there were a lot of folks that said this first debate won't matter that much, trump's not going to be there. it's true. it didn't effect trump's standing to have not been there. but it really did elevate haley to the top of that pack. and it proved to republicans who want to move beyond donald trump, hey, you've got a really good option here. the problem is going to be that, for instance, nikki haley's doing quite well in new hampshire, but ron desantis is doing well in iowa. so, there may w

apple picking marks the start of autumn in new hampshire. we're currently well into september, and what should be apple-picking season. this past weekend should have seen billsy -- busy crowds, with families apple picking, eating cider donuts, sipping apple cider. sadly, this was not the case. you heard from growers like trevor harding from brookdale fruit farm in hollis who called his counterparts at meadow ledge farm in loudoun, poverty lane orchards in lebanon, and other other charts to learn it wasn't just about his farm that lacked the usual bustling energy of children and families on the farm. local growers across the state, like windy ridge orchards in north haverhill, are concerned that families won't come this season for their annual farm visits, and the total resulting revenue losses will be enormous. for a lot of families, my family is no exception, going to the local pick-your-own orchard to get, whether it's apples, pump cinls, or veg -- pumpkins or vegetables, that's an annual event. my daughter and her four children have pictu

he's performing better overall in new hampshire, which means new hampshire may fall off a true battlegroundue state on the map as we get into the electoral college map. >> if you look at some of the state level special elections, the numbers probably shouldn't be that surprising. democrats have flipped a few seat asks overperformed in the special elections, but i have been told for the last several months because of the new calendar on primaries and what the dnc did a few months ago, new hampshire is going to be angry and this is going to hurt president biden. is that true here? >> that's not showing up among democrats. take a look at our brand new poll numbers among likely democratic primary voters in new hampshire. joe biden is running away with it. he's at 78% support. robert kennedy is the at 9%. to your point, though, about biden and his team changing the rules and wanting south carolina to go first and leapfrog new hampshire, we asked folks, if that's the case and biden is not on the ballot, what would you do? 69% of primary voting democrats say they would write in joe biden on the ba

new hampshire is one of those early states. of all, they like to be courted, so even if the candidates don't shake someone's hand, they know -- the people know they were there through their local media. that matters. the other important thing, and why chris christie is coming up number two or number three in some polls in new hampshire is the largest voter population is not democrat or republican, it's independents in new hampshire, and independents can vote in the democrat or republican primary. there's not much action on the democratic side, so we're going to see a huge influx of independent voters voting in the republican primary. that's where a difference can be made, and if someone can beat trump in iowa or new hampshire, that shows a crack in the armor. >> eugene, gop candidate vivek ramaswamy says he's not interested in running for the role of trump's vice president right now. let's listen. >> i'm not looking for a number two position. i think that it's just the way you can make contributions to this country. that's the

voters in new hampshire will window shop until the last minute.y'll continue to change their mind and pick different candidates and that bodes well for all the candidates. i suspect these numbers to change dramatically with a supposed head to head with biden and trump, but also with desantis and vivek and nikki haley. they could inch up on trump and make a difference in new hampshire. >> let's talk more about the primaries. the democratic national committee wants south carolina to be the first primary in the nation. new hampshire democrats are refusing to give up their first in the nation slot. if they defy the dnc, biden will not be on the state's ballot. this poll shows 69% of voters in the state say they would write him in any way. is the dnc taking an unnecessary risk, michael? >> absolutely. it was a political unforced error on behalf of democrats. there was no reason to put our delegation in new hampshire in this position to have to defend t their state over the president they support. however, i'm not surprised that biden would written a wr

we are looking at new hampshire.nald trump lost twice, narrowly to hillary clinton in '16 and biden three years ago. joe biden's approval rating in new hampshire is at 46%. 54% disapprove. this, too, like you were saying about the horse race, is a better number than joe biden gets nationally. 39 or 40%. so this is welcome news and may take this battleground state and tilt it a touch blue. >> as we look at the national polls, you talk about how that's different than the 46% is higher than the -- the head-to-head with trump is significantly better than what we have seen on average nationally. what does that mean for the age question? because that has contributed so heavily to ind coo of the national unease. >> yeah, and listen, this a factor, as you know, talking to your white house sources, is not going away. they understand that. we see it in the new hampshire poll. among likely democratic primary voters. just talking about democratic primary voters here, what is your biggest concern about joe biden as a candidate? o

how many people are not from new hampshire raise your hand? so good that super,, super.ike to introduce my wife gayle. [applause] >> thanknk you. senator welcome. governor welcome. i was a member of the media for about 30 years one of the reasons we started this is because said why do you get to meet all the candidates and everyone else doesn't get to? i don't want everyone to have to be funneled through the lens of someone else's. i want everyone to have the opportunity to meet the candidates face-to-face and ask their questions. that is what this is all about me think about your questions. think about what you want to ask. these are not pre-canned questions everyone has a chance to ask questions. think about what you want to ask. i'mm going to give the microphe back to my honey. [applause] rocks all right, first of all a little bit of history. in his 60 with 16 out of 18 presidential candidates. senator scott is the seventh. i will talk to you later about the others coming up. i want to thank all of us of the folks of the media takingg time. i know this is going to be

quick question. >> thank you for coming to new hampshire today. weth appreciate you taking partn the first of the nation primary and is something that we in new hampshire are ver proud of. as i talk with my constituents, they are very concerned about the border situation. it seems to be front and center with all the news, and i'm glad to hear today to hear you even mention theor northern border. very active talking about this governor ofhe montana also spoke about the problems that they are having with illegal immigrants crossing in from canada. this year in the state budget we've allocated over $14 million to address this issue and my question to you as president of the united states, how would you work with our canadian neighbors to stop the flow of illegal immigrants coming in through canada? >> one of the things i did his head down with your t governor, chris sununu to understand the challenges that t you see on the northern. to provide the resources and help the promise was never kept. keep the promise to make of the solution of the problem.

you don't find them as much in new hampshire. okay.least hasn't worked well enough so far. if we're going to change the dynamic of this race, what do we do? trump, leading by big in iowa, leading by big in new hampshire -- although, again, those numbers show he can be beat. you need one person to beat him and it's all fractured right now. is there some other way, should i try something else? >> at that second event, if you're one of those tied for second, do you go after another second place candidate, or do you go after donald trump? >> that's a great question. the chess, right? if you're going to go after donald trump, you have to fundamentally change what you're saying. you're going to say he lost the popular vote twice. he lost the electoral college to joe biden is 2020. he lost the republican majority in the house. christie does it, haley does it a little bit. most are afraid of doing that because you'll offend the trump voters who still believe he won in 2020. you are seeing it to adegree on the abortion issue, which might play i

>> well, we did look at the democratic primary in new hampshire as well, and take a look.ng in this primary, and excuse me. he has 78% support in the primary, and 9% for robert kennedy jr., and 6% for marian williamson, and so he is the clear winner of the likely democratic voters in new hampshire, and kate you mentioned that joe biden is looking to change the order of things, and he wants south carolina to go first and not new hampshire, and if they ignore that call, because of the pride of being first in the nation, they may be under sanction, and the contest may not count toward the delegate progress, and so the new hampshire democrats don't care, because 69% said they would still write his name in on the democratic primary ballot. >> and with joe biden's national poll, and cnn's own poll is squishiness of the democratic poll, and so what does this new hampshire poll say about the softness that democratic voters have? >> well, the same concern about age, and we asked the open-ended question about what is the biggest concern of biden's candidacy, and it is age. and 57% a

that means that ron desantis has dropped to third place with just 10% in new hampshire. meanwhile in iowa, a fox poll shows that trump is out front with 46% there. here desantis still holding on to second, but nikki haley in third. and in south carolina another fox poll shows that trump again at 46%, this is closer to his national average, but this time haley comes in second at 18%. and desantis lands in third again with 10%. >>> just ahead here, what president biden is expected to give to ukraine's president at the white house today. >>> plus kari lake's next move in arizona and a rare outing for donald trump turns cheesy at an iowa pub. unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicatorors, including mental alertness from onene serving. to help keep me sharp. try new neururiva ultra. think bigger. choosing a t treatment for your chronic migraine - 15 or more headadache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migine before they even start. it's the1 prescri

new hampshire is much more a purple state or a moderate state than most people realize.of our federal offices. when the democrats held the governor's office, it went the other way around. you also have to remember that independents in new hampshire have a tremendous amount of influence. there are more registered undeclared voters in new hampshire than there are registered republicans and democrats. they have a tremendous amount of influence. there is no question that donald trump will lose new hampshire. >> tara, you and jennifer both are both conservatives, i think it's fair to say, regardless of what you think the republican party is today. i wanna get to the argument of the pros and cons of a strike. from a putting perspective, tara, when you have joe biden heading to michigan the night before donald trump, what did you make about that move from the white house? >> i thought it was brilliant and exactly what they need to do. joe biden has credibility with the unions. he's dedicated most of his life to being that guy from scranton, pennsylvania talking about unions and

it's hard to find in new hampshire, only a quarter.nt these two states electorates are. all right, very different electorates, very different terms their ideology. and yet, donald trump is way ahead in both states, which makes in the faraway front runner, not impossible to be, but very very hard to beat. >> but did you get a grasp on the level of excitement that exist for trump in new hampshire this? time >> if you listen, what was interesting is that there is no question that trump has a lead. and everybody, again, even people in our -- think it's a pretty sizable lead. but it is so interesting, the biggest takeaway for me, the biggest takeaway was the disillusion across the board, which is why some republicans are going into robert f. kennedy junior. but among trump voters, so many of them, anderson, said i am with him now, but it is not like 2015, it is not as exciting as early 2016. and some of them said, as we get closer to the primary, they haven't set the date yet, but will be probably in january, that if desantis. they both men

the new hampshire tradition.'re not even old enough to vote yet, and you're a self-described independent also a new hampshire tradition. you have heard from a lot of republicans in the field, who's catching your attention, who's standing out to you and your peers? >> obviously we see candidate likes chris christie and vivek ramaswamy doing well. they're going all around the state, taking questions, and meeting voters after events. stump speech only goes so much. people in new hampshire value their time with candidates and to be able to ask hard-hitting questions that are on their minds and when it a candidate doesn't allow that, it's not going to go well in new hampshire. i think chris christie will do well in new hampshire. i expect him to do well, and vivek ramaswamy is going all around the state and taking questions and encouraging healthy debates. nikki haley as well. new hampshire really values their retail politics, so those candidates will do well. >> i'm a big fan of tough questions, too, quinn, i think y

if donald trump loses iowa and new hampshire he is really toast.n just differentiate from themselves which is why with trump not on the staining it doesn't matter right now. >> lawrence: who do you think had a moment there that the voters said, okay, this is a person i can support? >> i will say this, i think nikki haley showed that the first debate wasn't an an enter recognition. wasn't a flash in the pan. she understands that elections are about choices and differentiation. and she knows -- she does her homework on all the other candidates. i think desantis did very well as well. vivek is still vivek. he is fiery, incredibly smart. comes well-prepared as well. i thought burgum and tim scott did not push themselves on the stage the first debate but they really kind of made sure they were part of that discussion this time around. >> lawrence: are you going to make an endorsement? >> absolutely. >> lawrence: the reason why i ask is folks are looking for that to be the game changer in new hampshire. maybe not in iowa but in new hampshire, you are ver

new hampshire, only 26%. ee evangelical christians, easy in iowa. hard to find in new hampshire.ok how different the two states electorate. donald trump is ahead in both states. not impossible to beat but very hard. >> did you get a grasp on the level of excitement that exists for trump in new hampshire? >> there's no question he has a lead. everybody think it's sizable. it was interesting. the biggest takeaway was the disillusionment across the board. some republicans are going to robert f. kennedy junior. so many said i'm with him now but it's not as exciting as early 2016. some said, as we get closer to the primary, it will be probably in january, if desantis -- they mention desantis, but if somebody else was surging, they might reconsider. trump has a big lead. you do sense some vulnerabilities. in a crowded field, can anybody take advantage of it? we have lived that before. >> john, stanley's liquid therapy bar looked like fun. how was the craft beer? >> awesome. come along on the next trip. >> i would like to. >> i'm laughing about it. stanley is fascinating. had is my tent

and i was up at the northern border in new hampshire with canada -- yes, new hampshire does border canada -- and what i heard from law enforcement up there was the concerns that they have about additional people coming across from canada, the concern that that is having on the drug trade in northern new england and the cuts to cbp would have a huge impact on us in northern new hampshire. so this is also something that our adversaries are watching. you can believe that china and russia, xi and putin are watching with glee to see if the government shuts down. to see if we are going to pass -- the house is going to pass a bill that's going to get opposed in the senate and shut down the government. so i believe we should honor the funding agreement. the last i knew when you're in politics, you should be as good as your word, if you agree on something, you should try to follow up on that. let's get this agreement. let's get that done, thank you. >> senator murphy. >> thank you, senator schumer. listen, i am so proud to be a member of the appropriations committee, to be able to do this work on

we also tested kamala harris' standing in new hampshire.ou see here about two-thirds of them or 63% if you add these together aren news yastic or satisfied with harris as biden's r running mate. but a quarter of likely democratic voters, 26% are either dissatisfied or angry with harris as the run imate. as for her overall standing opt popularity with the broader electorate, she's underwater. 23% favorable rating, 54% unfavorable. and about a quarter of new hampshire voters are either neutral or unsure. david chalian, cnn, washington. >> thank you, david. joining me to discuss former south regional are director for obama 2012. we have not been together in a very long time. and i am happy to have both of you gentlemen on. let me start with you. we're a week out from a potential federal government shutdown. chuck schumer, the major ity leader senate says that maybe the senate should start if the house can't get it together. do you see a path that avoids a shutdown, considering what mccarthy is juggling now? >> it certainly seems to be getting

kennedy campaigned in new hampshire, they are saying according to our rules, you campaign in new hampshirethe votes will not count, you will not get delegates. that is not american and mr. kennedy has pointed this out. the biden campaign is the dnc and the other issues have to be taken through that lens. >> todd: dnc says they want voices heard. joe biden is president because of state of south carolina, likely trying to punish new hampshire. what is in new hampshire's backyard, massachusetts, where the kennedys are big people. instead of calling out dnc, what can you do legally to fight this? >> mr. kennedy has taken a conciliatory approach, written a letter last night to the dnc the chair and members that says we're family. posted at kennedy24.com. we are trying to in spirit of lincoln, with malice toward none and charity for all. kennedy wants to heal the country and the divide, you can't do that if the election is rigged and we are pointing out there is no difference in dnc and biden campaign because of that, they breached impartiality that the patient was promised in 2017, party unity

manchester, new hampshire, this morning. >> reporter: john, good morning. one of the big questions hanging over this republican presidential race is whether it's becoming more of a coronation for donald trump or a full-blown campaign for the rest of his rivals. talking to many voters here over the last several days certainly offers a more nuanced view of the race. >> catch up to trump, it's a big climb. >> reporter: bob has a front row seat to the republican presidential contest. he likes a few options, but he loves former president donald trump. his wife crystal does not. >> i think he's had his time and there was a lot of controversy over it and it's time to move on. >> reporter: their disagreement brings to life monumental divide inside the republican party. >> they were attacking him constantly. how can anybody do a good job? i mean, he did, but he was constantly attacked and it was all fake. >> reporter: here in new hampshire home to the first in the nation primary, a summertime campaign has given way to a fall fight fo

i mean, you take this, this simple idea that, if you win new hampshire, you should win new hampshire,get the delegates. but the dnc says because mr. kennedy campaigns in the first, in the nation state, that's what new hampshire's about, no, his votes won't count. what in the world is that about? i want everyone to think about that. you can win, and then they don't let your votes count. this is the way that the democratic party is engaging in self-defeating activities. for example, jesse, new hampshire has four electoral votes. does anyone think that new hampshire's going to go democratic with these kind of shenanigans played by the dnc. does anyone think iowa will go democratic when the dnc has switched from caucus to a mail-in ballot with the votes counted by a private firm hired by the state. >> jesse: you sound like a conspiracy theorist dennis. we went through a year and a half of every vote must count, the integrity of election and this is like soviet russia. do they get that? >> well, you know, look, we -- i'm a democrat, mr. kennedy's a democrat. we just want to make sure all t

you mentioned your gain in new hampshire.howed you have gained 3-point -- you know, 3%. that's still behind tim scott, even mike pence. this is one particular poll. of course the former president. but you were telling me that really new hampshire, that is the focus, that is the game, that's where you think things will really change and you point back to your experiences in 2016 when you ran for president. >> sure. in 2016 early on at this stage jeb bush was winning in new hampshire, scott walker was winning in iowa and donald trump came back nearly won iowa against ted cruz, won new hampshire 2-1. it changed the entire race. and if you look at the national polls with all due respect to the people who pay for them, they're useless at this statement i want to remind people who remember this from 2016, in 2016 donald trump never led in one national poll in the general election until election night and the reason for that is because we don't elect presidents nationally. we elect presidents state by state by state, both in the pri

yes, new hampshire does border canada. and what i heard from law enforcement up there was the concerns they have about additional people coming across from canada and the concern that's having on the drug trade and northern new england. and the cuts to cbp would have a huge impact on this in northern new hampshire. this is also something our adversaries are watching. you can believe that china and russian, she and putin are watching with glee to see if the government shuts down for you to to seeif we are going to pass -e the house will pass a bill that's going to get opposed in the senate and shut down the government. i believe we should honor the funding agreement, the last i knew when you are in politics you should be as good as your word be if you agree to something you should try to follow up on that. so let's keep this agreement. let's get this done thank you. >> think you'd senator schumer. listen, i am so proud to be a member of the appropriations committee. to be able to do this work on behalf of the american peopl

you brought up new hampshire. the governor sununu wants trump to lose, he's been very clear, but he says ron desantis and nikki haley have the best chance to beat donald trump. here is governor sununu. >> right now it would be desantis and nikki haley. chris christie is doing well. i think the program with christie, even if he does well in new hampshire, how does he get from here to there with a victory. >> so, what do you say to him? >> we do have an operation in south carolina. he's the governor of new hampshire, so i don't expect him to be aware of that. i'm doing very well in new hampshire also. all the polls basically have me, desantis and hallie within a margin of error of each other. so, it's a battle up there, and i believe that we're going to be able to pull that together, and we'll be able to go against donald trump in new hampshire and beat him. you know, i have regular conferences with governor sununu. he's been very encouraging, as he was in that clip. he said exactly what's accurate, me, haley and de

new hampshire's going to decide. i have complete confidence in the people of this state that when you have the opportunity to really think about these issues, you will think about them the right way. i think that if donald trump is our nominee, he will lose. he lost to joe biden before. the only person ever to lose to joe biden outside the state of delaware. it doesn't mean the election was stolen. so we can have that happen. we just can't. whether you think any of the treatment of the former president is fair or unfair or a mix of both, in the end, we've got to start nominating people who can win again. we lost the house in 2018, we lost the white house in 2020, we lost the senate in 2021, 2022 we lost two more governorships. when i left, we had 31 governorships. we are now down to 26. we are two way from being minority governments. and we lost another seat in the u.s. senate in 2022. it was supposed to be a red wave. why? we had the leader of our party who was picking candidates based upon whether they would agree

you spent a lot of time in new hampshire. >> in iowa and new hampshire, trump is ahead. what gets fascinating, one of them is trying to convince republicans, i have a chance to beat donald trump. i am the alternative to donald trump. that's the challenge for these candidates. iowa, about 60% of the electorate will be evangelicals. watch for desantis, tim cscott. yes, he gave you the dobbs decision with the supreme court justices, but he's gone soft on abortion. what does nikki haley do? he's more moderate. she says she's pro life, but let's not judge people. she wants to take back the suburbs. you have a libertarian electorate in new hampshire, where abortion is much less of an issue. to these fractured candidates to try to find a place to make a statement. someone's going to try to win iowa. someone's going to try to win new hampshire. if no one catches donald trump, the fracturing and the state by state strategy helps donald trump. >> one of the interesting strategic questions is, should you focus on trying to differentiate yourself from trump, or should you focus on t