kunta kinte. >> alex haley came into his work through his grandmother's stories. about at this point in the 1970s. >> didn't you have entertainment or anything? >> oh, i used to dance. but i don't do it now. >> reporter: you hear those recordings. what were the emotionth when you hear the recollections of a celia black? >> first, it's just the miracle of her survival. it's just that i'm actually hearing this person who had been enslaved. that's kind of a miracle. >> reporter: celia black was alive when abraham lincoln was president and lived to see the resignation of president richard nixon. >> they thought abraham was the best. they thought everybody thought abraham was the best president there was. >> reporter: the goal is to put names and faces on this vital history. not only to give the enslaved the dignity they deserve, but to connect those living today with their family story. with the help of the "10 million names" genealogist, we were able to find the direct descendents of celia black. in rhode island, 68-year-old curtis royal who spent time with her as a

alex is going share his alex haley is going to share his amazing , creations with us. alex, you brought in some of your samples. it's wonderful to see you here. i've been talking a lot about the fact that you source is a cacao. is that how you say cacao? cacao? >> how is the beans? >> how is the beans? >> so, yeah. yeah. and where do you source that from? why is it so special , that's a good so special, that's a good question. so i think the question. so i think most of the chocolate in world is chocolate in the world is commodity chocolate. around chocolate in the world is comm 95% chocolate. around chocolate in the world is comm 95% chworld e. around chocolate in the world is comm 95% chworld supply. 'ound about 95% of world supply. what we're doing is something totally different. flavour. different. it's fine flavour. chocolate and it's very, very small, perhaps the best analogy is it's very similar to, craft beer or something like that, or, with cacao , it's just like fine with cacao, it's just like fine wine. so you've got different terroirs , you've got different

haley voters over juju. >> alex, thank you.he candidates are the same this time around, but the issues have changed. voters making their voices heard and their concerns known at the polls. >> trump is the best president, pretty much a never trumper. >> it's looking like a 2020 rematch. but four years later, the issues driving voters to the polls are different. >> body autonomy is very, very important to me. >> i'm getting tired of paying $4 $3 for a milk. >> among trump supporters, we spoke to many mentioned the border, the open border and the criminal aliens pouring across it. >> i'm all for people being let into our country legally, but not illegally. >> but biden supporters seem to be split over the most pressing issues facing the nation. >> abortion is something i really care about and access to people making their own health care decisions. >> i'm concerned about the threat that donald trump poses to the decency and morals of this country. >> voters also say the war in gaza could pose trouble for biden. >> i really don't l

we have had some hot criticism of nikki haley staying in the race from alex wagner who is sitting here with me. saying, highlighting the fact that haley and game is, if she thinks she is going to win that is not going to happen, if she think she is doing any damage there is no evidence of that. and that she continues to talk smack about joe biden in a way that potentially suppresses enthusiasm for biden or possibly sort of serves as a sort of heatsink for democrats that might otherwise put in by this camper can put himself uselessly in haley's camp as long as she is still in the race, what you think about that? >> listen, she is my beloved alex wagner, too. let me just say i don't big it really matters. i think it matters for nikki haley's future. what does she want to do? does she want to make a bunch of money? like stephanie was talking about giving speeches and being on corporate boards. does she see some way forward in this republican party? no way, she is done it is over. she makes mike pence look popular. so i don't think haley has a future in this republican party. and i don't i

haley's voters. >> i'm a capitalist. >> exactly. alex -- >> and he is not talking to nikki haley's voters. >> you have a guest to bring in? >> we sure do. the president and ceo of reproductive freedom for all was there at the room in the state of the union as the president gave his address. he was a guest of house majority leader, hakeem jeffries. we have been talking about the fact that president biden just came out of the gates swinging and in particular focused on the justices of the supreme court at one point when he was really sharply criticizing the decision in dobbs overturning roe v. wade. what was that like as that was happening? >> you know, this is my first time being in the state of the union live. it was pretty electric. you know, i have to say i was sitting with amanda zurowski. when the president looked at the supreme court and delivered those lines, it was exactly what we needed to hear, what women in america needed to hear. that is the fighting joe biden we need back in this race, and it felt powerful, it felt empowering

. >> bret: alex, what did you take from nikki haley's speech? what does she want?e wants anything, except maybe long-term political viability in the republican party. and i think trump is going to wait to see a bended knee. nikki haley come to him and say hey, you lost, you go first. but, at the end of the day, i do think the party comes together. because of that, you know, threat to the country. not because of the inside politics here between these candidates. >> bret: what issue do you thik drives most voters? do you think immigration still. >> if you look at most issues it has to be immigration, crime, it's also a values issue. the wokeness that is changing the country. everything -- you know, it's not just about men playing women's sports, disdissolving every boundary that people -- trump voters think exist in the country. those things are big. >> bret: that effects independence as well. we see those i want numbers independent numbersgoing upside. >> this is a country trump voters sphere and in decline they want strength and not weakness. a lot of voters see we

alex ward. thank you. we'll speak again soon. >>> nikki haley gets a couple senate endorsements.gton, d.c. >>> coming up on "morning joe," the private chats and chance encounters that shape joe biden's thinking. "the washington post" tyler pager will have a look at his new series digging into how president biden learns and leads. >>> plus, a look ahead to super tuesday as republican presidential candidate nikki haley appears to walk back her pledge to support donald trump if he is the republican nominee. >>> and we'll bring you more from trump's gaffe-filled weekend of events. at certain moments, he simply didn't make any sense at all. "morning joe" a few moments away. et's fight back against discomfort. with new poligrip power max hold & comfort. it has superior hold plus keeps us comfy all day with it's pressure absording layer. time for a bite! if your mouth could talk it would ask for... poligrip. ♪everything i do that's for my health is an accomplishment.♪ ♪concerns of getting screened faded away♪ ♪to my astonishment.♪ ♪my doc gave me a script i got it done without a delay.♪

alex. joining me donald trump is now the presumptive republican nominee for president. his only opponent in this race, former governor nikki haley, had vowed to stay in the race through super tuesday. and this morning after only winning the state of vermont and the city of washington, d.c., nikki haley dropped out. now, if there was anything truly significant about haley's campaign, it was the degree to which it was a symbol of the dissatisfaction for donald trump. yes, nikki haley advocated about theal deficit but really the whe point of the project was to offer republicans an alternative to the guy with the orange blow out. so when nikki haley dropped out this morning the big question was who was she going to endorse? you might think this would be a moment the last person standing between donald trump and the take over of the gop wouldn't just tupitulate to donald trump. maybe she wouldn't endorse joe biden, but couldn't she, wouldn't shet suggest her supporters didn't have to vote for trump, that there were other alternatives, that the haley people mighthe put country over party in times like these. as it turns out that is no

alex. we are going to begin in washington d.c., mayor republican primary voters, they are casting ballots today. this gop presidential, race donald, trump nikki haleying off for the city's 19th delegates, republican convention, we are going to take you there in just a couple of minutes. then, trump handedly winning yesterday's michigan idaho and missouri caucuses. as the candidates look ahead to super tuesday, nikki haley is vowing to fight on. her supporters, say she should not give up yet. >> i think that she is a very unifying figure for democrats and independents under republicans in this country, my whole family actually switched from democrats to independents to vote for nikki. >> she is the only stain candidate out there that we still have left. i think she takes a balanced point of view. she is also very strong in terms of financial, in responsibility which i find very important. >> do you know who you are voting for? >> probably trump. probably. unless she amazes me, i could be persuaded. >> could be persuaded, and today also marks a 59th anniversary of bloody sunday, that voting rights advocates are gathering in alabama where vice preside

alex, 219 days until election day in case you were counting there. if president biden spent the last week raising some serious cash, trying to court nikki haley boaters, yes, to try to get under donald trump's skin. the thursday fundraiser you saw the video from there, liz olson, -- lizzo sang with colbert. some people spent over $500,000 on tickets. the folks from radio city music hall were not people on the edge, those people were wondering whether or not they should support the president in november because these type of people that he really needs to reach out to. the nikki haley boaters, perhaps. this is what he had to say at the fundraiser thursday. >> a real inflection point in history. things are attending. this guy denies there's global warming. this guy wants to get rid of not only roe v. wade, which he, in fact, brands about having done, he wants to get rid of the ability of anyone, anywhere in america, to choose. all the things he is doing on so old -- speaking of old -- and, you know, little old and out of shape anyway. >> knowing former president trump, there's nothing he likes less than a tax on his appearance an attack on his finances

alex. >>> and then there were two. it is now the biden versus trump campaign for the presidency. the challengers dropped out of the republican and democratic primary today, as expected. nikki haley managed to win one state last night, vermont, before dropping out of the campaign today. dean phillips one absolutely nothing, as expected, before dropping out of the democratic national primary today. the campaign was run on the assertion that joe biden is too old to be president. democratic primary voters almost unanimously agreed that joe biden is not old enough to be replaced by dean phillips. o'malley dillon, the chair of the biden/harris campaign after serving as a brilliant campaign manager for mac years ago, the winning campaign measure, released a memo today on the state of the race. if you choose to pay attention to one campaign operative this year, it should be jen o'malley dillon. she was right about everything she said about the biden presidential campaign last year. today she said upwards of 10% of the voters remain undecided, much larger than the current margin between trump and biden in pulling. and these voters are highly supportive of the politics -- policies of the

alex, and thank you, ben. always great to see you. >>> moments from now nikki haley will announce the end of her presidential campaign up the coverage in just two minutes. before you were preventing migraine with qulipta? do you remember the pain, the worry, the canceled plans? and look at me now. you'll never truly forget migraine but qulipta reduces attacks making zero-migraine days possible. it's the only pill of its kind that blocks cgrp and is approved to prevent migraine of any frequency. to help give you that forget you get migraine feeling. don't take if allergic to qulipta. most common side effects are nausea, constipation and sleepiness. learn how abbvie could help you save. qulipta, the forget-you-get migraine medicine. >>> it is 10:00 eastern, and we are following breaking news this morning with nikki haley expected to announce in just moment