i would not be surprised if conversations in 2028 involved chris sununu.host: independent line, sarah. >> i believe in the second and met and women's rights over their own bodies. i encourage all independents to vote against donald trump and joe biden. neither of these guys should be in the race. joe biden is too old and has pledged allegiance to a foreign government. donald trump has tried overthrew our country and is a known narcissistic psychopath. as far as the israeli thing goes, i support israel as a country, but i do not support israel's genocide against the palestinian people. so for joe biden to pledge allegiance to a foreign government should have outed him from this race. most christians and muslims, if they are real christians, jews and muslims, believe in the 10 commandments. treat people the way you want to be treated. innocent women and children have been murdered, but my government is still supporting him. and said the other day there is more work to be done. more hospitals to be bombed? host: we will have our guest respond. guest: i'm curi

i think governor chris sununu. also want to mention some other people who have been incredibly gracious to us. the entire sununu family. thank you. [cheering and applause] senator greg, thank you for your advice and encouragement and thank you for your support, i am truly grateful. tim rice, thank you for being with me since the very beginning. [applause] and to janine, melinda and our amazing women for nikki, thank you [cheering and applause] thank you to senator bill gannon for his support and advocacy, to george and his mom terry. we really enjoyed our time with you. our county and town chairs who have fought for us, volunteered at events and been with us every step of the way. [cheering and applause] i said this to you before. i will say it again. i'm going to spend every single day proving to you that you made the right decision. god bless you, thank you. ♪ >> ♪ well, she was an american girl raised on promises she couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life somewhere else after all it was a gre

she has been joined by governor chris sununu at all of those events.ow has that endorsement worked out for her, what was the expectation when the endorsement came? guest: number one we should mention this was a strategic endorsement by chris sununu. it is not that he was in love with nikki haley from the very beginning. they disagree on a lot of things quite frankly. but he was very exquisite about this. by the way, we should point this out. i don't think i've ever seen this in american is trying to ef to be the single most important endorsement in this presidential process of all states. jim clyburn in south carolina, we know an extreme important endorsement to joe biden and his path to the nomination. chris sununu is trying to be jim clyburn on steroids. he flirted with running for the u.s. senate years ago, became a national name, then he flirted with running for president even, became even more of a national voice, keynote for the republican national convention last year. he is trying to elevate his voice and power and clout in the party. he is not

how cool is chris sununu? give it up for him.ause] we are obviously grateful for his endorsement, but what i love is watching his relationship with you. i have watched this entire time. he doesn't talk to you from a podium. he talks to you at a bowling alley. he talks to you on the street. he talks to you wherever he goes. that is the kind of governor he has been, and that is more of what we need, isthe other way around. chris, you continue to prove it every day. god bless you for it. happy pre-election day. year that we have been campaigning in this great state, touching every hand, answering every question, being the last person to leave. that is why i am excited that tomorrow is the big day. i know yoarted becauselé commercials, no more mail. i know you are excited not to have any of that. but look, this is what we are down to it is now a two-person race, and what that meansdo we want more of the samr do we want a new generational leader. i am going to -- i am in accounted, i know the value of a ■dollar■, i know the money we a

. >> governor chris sununu, is her biggest and most important supporter. >> she's a winner and she can get more winners and build more winners. trump is a loser. >> reporter: with the battle lines drawn. >> nikki haley is a disaster. >> chaos followers him. and as voters plan to cast their ballots, what does new hampshire governor chris sununu say now. >>> "firing line" is made bobble by robert grenier, the fair weather foundation, the astins family foundation, the beth and -- charles r. schwab, and by the rosalind p. walter foundation, roger and susan herring to, and blair efron, al and kathy hubbard. corporate funding is provided by stevens ink. >> governor chris sununu, welcome to "firing line." >> this is great. i'm very excited. thanks for having me on. after this week's decisive win by donald trump in iowa, all eyes are on your state in new hampshire, where you have endorsed governor nikki haley. what are the stakes of new hampshire? >> the stakes are very high for donald trump. the first few states, he's said he's going to win them, hands down and run away with it. he did well i

she has been joined by governor chris sununu at all of those events. has that endorsement worked out for her, what was the expectation when the endorsement came? guest: number one we should mention this was a strategic endorsement by chris sununu. it is not that he was in love with nikki haley from the very beginning. they disagree on a lot of things quite frankly. but he was very exquisite about this. by the way, we should point this out. i don't think i've ever seen this in american politics. he is trying to elevate himself to be the single most important endorsement in this presidential process of all states. jim clyburn in south carolina, we know an extreme important endorsement to joe biden and his path to the nomination. chris sununu is trying to be jim clyburn on steroids. he flirted with running for the u.s. senate years ago, became a national name, then he flirted with running for president even, became even more of a national voice, keynote for the republican national convention last year. he is trying to elevate his voice and power and clout

nikki haley is here along with the governor of new hampshire, chris sununu. they're going to be here and we'll talk to them live after a short break. >>> welcome back. let's get right to my next guest. joining me now is republican presidential candidate nikki haley and her top backer here in new hampshire, the governor of new hampshire, chris sununu. nice to see you all. that was pretty funny when you came up and didn't realize we were starting the show. >> had no idea you were doing that. we're always thrilled to be in a diner and talk to people. it's a great day in new hampshire. we're excited. >> good to see you, governor. >> good to see you. >> i want to start with what happened in iowa last night. donald trump won 98 of the 99 counties he won registered pintsds pents, college men and women, the cities, suburbs, rural areas. can there be any doubt that right now the republican party is donald trump's party? >> look, i mean iowa has always been a pro-trump state. we knew that going in. i was thrilled at the fact that we just wanted to come out strong, and

chris sununu is here. ebony, talk to us about -- i wanted to give you a chance to tell us what you have been experiencing. going through this where you are day in and day out with the candidates, it's a unique experience. you see and understand voters, why people are doing what they're doing in a way the rest of us don't. what have you learned about the voters you have been talking to and hearing from about our country as you have been doing this job? >> as you know, we are the eyes and ears on the ground. i'm following nikki haley. i have been for a month now. it's been exciting. she's seeing momentum. for me, it ramped up with events, speaking to so many voters excited to see nikki haley. they want new leadership. it has been exciting. it's been exciting to watch history unfold as we -- i have never covered a campaign in this extensive way before. lately, it has been seven, eight events a day. i'm hopping in and out of a press van. i'm following her every move. it's been exciting. it's nice to hear from

. >> i want to play a little bit about what governor chris sununu of new hampshire said, he endorsed haley, but what he said about your candidacy over the weekend. >> chris christie is a friend, but his race is absolute dead and. he is going say everything he can. this is a two person race, it's between trump and nikki haley, everyone understands that. he knows his voters want to see trump defeated they are all coming over to nikki haley. in fact, the only person that wants chris christie to stay in the race is donald trump. >> whenever somebody says, he's my friend, but, i'm always wondering. >> yeah, what's gonna happen. well the nice thing he stuck in, right. look, it's, since chris started two to work for nikki haley and become an employee of nikki haley, he's not the same chris sununu anymore. chris sununu, as you'll recall, was one the most vocal donald trump critics in this country. in fact, he went to one of those big media events in washington d. c., and used incredible obscenity is that i can't repeat on the air here to describe what he thought of donald trump's mental state

, chris christie was very interested on the specifics of chris sununu yesterday and trying to get ahead announcement. i would imagine this is not an announcement made with snap judgment. i would imagine this is something chris christie has been considering for days now to reach this point, this conclusion that there is no path to the nomination. so he probably wanted to reject the very specifics of what chris sununu was saying without dealing with the overall fact that even yesterday, perhaps, he wasn't known he was in this race in the long haul. >> just to be precise on one specific point, i suspect we'll hear chris christie say he's suspended, suspending his campaign and that has legal ramifications to suspend as opposed to end as far as campaign spending is concerned. explain to our viewers. >> exactly. i'm sure he will use that word suspending and that is common for the people to use that terminology because sometimes campaigns are left to the end with a bunch of debt. we'll see when we see chris christie's final financial filings in the month ahead, but if you do suspend the campai

i'll ask governor chris sununu when he stops by!we're back live from manchester after a very quick break! to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. >> today marks 51 years since the supreme court decided roe v. wade which protected the right of women in the united states to have an abortion. just 19 months ago the new conservative super majority on the supreme court, including sorry judges appointed by donald trump struck down that right. a right that they held for nearly half a century and opened a door to an america where millions of women no longer have the freedom to make their own decisions and doctors can provide jail time. de

chris sununu is showing her yes, you can. when you're speaking the truth about someone who had sex with a porn star and took the money for his campaign, start there. someone who defamed and raped a woman, start right there. stole documents and admits to it and says they're his, start right there. foreign policy go after him and let's talk about the threat that he poses to our democracy. i think that he can show her that it's actually easy once you push through that. republicans have kind of like these brakes they put on in their brain where they're to afraid to go at donald trump. if she wants this campaign to continue, i don't think she has any other choice but to go in 100% after him. >> there's one way out, that is by winning. that is by going after donald trump and just telling the truth. as mika said, it's the truth to say a judge in new york, after a jury said she was -- she -- donald trump was libel -- >> instead of saying i'm not following that. >> for sexually abusing her, the judge said what he did was rape. call ra

chris sununu, thanks for being was there has been no love lost between you and chris christie in the last couple of days. what is your reaction to him suspending his campaign? >> well, chris is a great friend. he really is. and i give him a lot of credit. he ran a hard race. he ran a race that was consistent on message. he worked very hard here in new hampshire. so i have no doubt obviously he is disappointed. a lot of his voters are disappointed. so you have to appreciate kind of that moment now. at the end of the day, as was just discussed, nikki haley is the one with the chance to beat donald trump. there is no question about it. trump and desantis have set expectations in iowa. they both said they're going to win iowa. there is no real expectations around nikki there. but what she is doing in new hampshire clearly has momentum. it isn't just one poll. it's multiple polls. some now that put her within single digits of the former president. a lot of folks in mainstream media say that could never happen. but it's happened. and there is still a lot of time left when she is the only o

chris sununu will join us this hour. first we start with kristin holmes in new hampshire where trump is expected to speak tonight. kilie atwood is in salem, new hampshire. a big three days for donald trump. he picked up the endorsements of former competitors, tim scott, ron desantis. what is the trump campaign's message? has trump spoken to desantis since danys dropped out of the race yesterday? >> yes. that's what we've been hearing from senior advisers all day. they want the message to be that republicans are coalescing around donald trump. that's what you'll see tonight, when tim scott, vivek ramaswamy take the stage with donald trump. republicans are joining together. these were my opponents. now they have endorsed me. it is time for nikki haley to drop out and make sure that i'm the republican nominee. the one person you're going to note who will not be on that stage and as you mentioned, ron desantis. former opponent, did endorse donald trump but isn't going to be here. and i am told the two of them have not spoken

. >> i want to play a little bit of what governor chris sununu of new hampshire said. he endorsed haley but about your candidacy over the weekend. >> chris christie is a friend. but his race is at an absolute dead end. this is a two-person race. between trump and nikki haley. everyone understands that. he knows his voters are all coming over to nikki haley. the only person who wants chris christie to stay in the race is donald trump. >> whenever someone says he's a friend but, i always wonder. >> yeah. the life in is about to be stuck in. it's, since chris started to work for nikki haley and bec becoming for her, chris sununu was one of the most vocal people against donald trump. he went to one of the big media events and used incredible object sents that i can't repeat on the air to describe what he thought of donald trump's mental state. he has said that donald trump is you unfit. all thing his candidate is unwilling to say. chris sununu has said that the states should decide abortions. nikki haley is in favor of a six-week ban. he's abandoned that as well. the shame

. >> >> the new hampshire governor, chris sununu, who's endorsed nikki haley for president says you should drop out of the race. i want to play a clip. watch this. >> chris has an opportunity to be the hero here, not just bow out gracefully, but help consolidate this race, help do the right thing, help deliver that loss to trump which we know is all possible. >> how do you respond to sununu? >> i wish that governor sununu would remember all the things he said about donald trump before he started working for haley. now he has a partial muzzle, because the haley campaign doesn't want to take things about donald trump. chris used to be one of the most outspoken, but since he's working with nikki haley, he's saying he would even vote for donald trump. he's made a political decision, that's his light to do, as it is my right to make decisions that i think are in the best interest of the country. my candidacy and the honesty and integrity we're presenting regarding donald trump is something that not only the whole party needs to hear, but the whole country needs to hear. i wish chris would get b

all along chris sununu has gone all out to campaign in her name. win by a landslide and that's not an exaggeration. and last hour he told you that was never the expectation. the expectation is to build off haley's third place finish in iowa. >> come out iowa strong. >> she went from 2% to 20% in one point. neil: she's third. >> one point behind desantis. neil: if she doesn't win, you still say that is okay. you have it both ways? >> the goal is to have trump-haley, i wanted it one-on-one before super tuesday and it's happening way sooner than that. >> haley has said in the last couple of days she wants to do better than in iowa and she shall see. she's focused on making it a two-way race with desantis in south carolina, neil. neil: we shall we, my friend. bryan llenas in peterboro, new hampshire. and next, the former new hampshire governor endorsing nikki haley like the present governor. governor, good to have you. >> thank you. good to be on. neil: it's interesting, governor, i've talked not only to the governor, but the present governor, talking

>> governor chris sununu joins me now from manchester.respect, that's the way it's done. that's the kind of campaigning that the voters in new hampshire want to see. your candidate has been vaunted for being a little bit too, you know, too little too late, little too timid perhaps. >> really? you're going to criticize how nikki haley's gone about the campaign when she's knocked every single person who has challenged her on that debate stage? she's the last one standing. no one in the media thought it was just going to be nikki haley versus donald trump six weeks ago and she knocked them all out. she's taken the exact right approach in this campaign. >> why didn't she do the debates? you know what the impact of that tv audience is? >> the debate? >> yeah. >> nikki -- andrea, nikki -- it was -- she said i will absolutely do the debate. it was donald trump who said no. she was very clear about that. you guys can't report she backed out of a debate. she said i will absolutely get on the stage right now with donald trump and he said no. >> but

a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> and let's get straight to the breaking news. donald trump's new york civil fraud trial comes to a close. the judge in the case aiming to reveal his decision on the state's request for a $370 million judgment against trump by the end of this month. cnn's kara scannell is just outside the courthouse where all of today's drama just went down. how did this all unhold? >> reporter: kwuflwolf, trump's attorneys gave their arguments for much of the morning. the big question was donald trump going to speak. the judge had setout terms that said he could only speak if he stuck to the facts and the law and trump did not agree to do that in advance of the hearing. at the end of the day, the end of the closing arguments trump's attorney asked the judge if he could speak. the judge allowed trump to stand up and address him. and trump

chris sununu. >> there's another major factor, independent voters are not a monolith. there are some independent voters who are too conservative in their minds for the republican party or too liberal for the democratic party. in new hampshire you see the classic, centrist independent voter. they can participate and we'll see whether they show up for nikki haley in numbers that sort of mccain-esque. the growth of trump between '16 and '24 not surprising. he's effectively the incumbent. mccain wiped the floor with bush after a big win in 2000 because of those independents. i'm not saying nikki haley can capture that magic again. >> mccain wiped the floor with him. he did not become the nominee. >> correct. >> jamal, doug, john lee, thank you. >>> and today at noon, speaking of chris sununu, nikki haley, watch dana bash's show "inside politics." she's going to sit down with nikki haley and sununu, and you'll see that live here in a couple of hours. >>> 80 million people right now are under winter weather alerts from louisiana to maine, people in places like new york seein

how cool is chris sununu? we're obviously grateful for his endorsement but what i love is watching his relationship with you. i have watched this entire time, he doesn't talk to you from a podium. you at a diner, he talks to you a bowling alley. on the street. wherever he goes. that's the kind of governor he has need. it's people who remember that they serve the people, not the other way around. chris,rove it every day. god bless you for it. so, happy pre-election day. i'm so excited, it's been almost campaigning in this great state, touching every hand, answering every question. being the last person to leave read that's whye big day. i know you're excited because tomorrow, no more commercials no more mail. i know you're excited not to f that. but look, this is what we're down to. it is now a two-person race. what that means is your decision to is do we want more of the same? or do we want a new generational leader. i am an i know the value of a dollar. i know it is your money we arsp we have to stop this was

chris christie called chris sununu a liar. chris christie and chris sununu used to get along. i think what sununu is doing is making it more likely chris christie stays in the race out of pure hatred than anything else. >> first i want to say, it wouldn't be a one-on-one matchup if the leading contender and the former president actually showed up to a debate. i mean, he is still in the race, but he refuses to debate, which is telling in and of itself of how serious he's taking this race and the other candidates. to the point on new hampshire, we knew this republican field at some point was going to have to consolidate. i have to be honest f i'm chris christie, i'm not going to drop out before iowa because i made this point before, but i think chris christie is helping nikki haley right now by staying in the race because he's the only one going after donald trump. if you're not going to -- nikki haley won't punch at donald trump, you need someone in the race and i do think chris christie's attacks are landing in some ways with new hampshire voters. do i think nikki haley can wi

haley stopped by a poling location in hampton this morning alongside her governor chris sununu. she needs to win tonight to prove that republicans want a trump alternative and that she has a path forward. trump meanwhile is eyeing a sweeping victory in new hampshire to make the case that the gop primary is all but over already. we have reporters all across the state who will join us throughout the hour. let's start with nbc's garrett haake in nashua and ali vitali in pembroke and steve kornacki at the big board. garrett, you're in nashua, new hampshire, where trump has an election party watch night planned for latlater. what are we hearing about today's vote? >> reporter: good morning from nashua high school, home of the panthers, voters are voting. and what we have seen from donald trump in the last 48 hours or so is a bit of irony here. one of the most divisive figures in american politics is now calling for unity or unity within the republican party. he's trying very hard to make the case of this primary, one state participated so far, is already over and that it is time for

i'll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn's kara scannell has our report. >> in an extraordinary move for donald trump, the former president briefly taking the stand in the e. jean carroll defamation trial against him as the 2024 presidential front-runner continues his strategy of bouncing between multiple court appearances and the campaign trail. trump testified for less than three minutes in the civil trial that will decide how much money if any he must pay carroll in damages for statements he made about her sexual assault allegations against him. t

i think the governor chris sununu and general don and sharon bolduc, but a few other people have been currently gracious to us. to the entire sununu family, and senator john e sununu. thank you, thank you. senator greg, thank you for your advice, for your encouragement, and your support. i'm truly grateful. [applause] kim rice, thank you for being with me since the very beginning. i love you. [applause] and to -- >> jesse: that was nikki haley again. let's bring in "outnumbered" cohost and former white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany, for real this time. explain this to me. she just probably lost by 10-12, she is staying in, possibly beyond south carolina, it seems. what is that due to the republican party? >> kayleigh: she has said she will endorse the nominee. for all intents and purposes, the present of nominee's donald j. trump. he just won iowa and new hampshire. no one's done that since going back to 1976. the only person i believed to ever win you have to three times. he's currently pulling in the majority of support. but she's making the argument, "i was at 2%, and i'm

to your point, there are a lot of people who look at him, chris sununu, he seems a little bit more moderate. he's saying i will vote for a convicted felon. >> we're at a point in the primary, you have to reach the voters like me, the chris christie followers who want somebody who's going to take on trump and talk about his unfitness and his character. i understand the strategy perhaps of not doing that six months ago, while i disagree with it. there's no excuse for saying this is why you need nikki haley, she's fit, she has the character, the integrity, and they're not doing that . >> he's always so smooth and that wasn't smooth. that's the tell. alyssa farah griffin, sarah feinberg, appreciate it. >>> the u.s. and uk carrying out strikes against iranian-n-backe houthis s in yemenen.. the e press secrcretary, thehe secretarary of defenense will j us witith the latetest detailsl. >>> we are monitoring the escalating tensions in the middle east, just one day after the u.s., actually just hours, we should say, after the u.s. and united kingdom carried out strikes on houthi rebels in yemen. say

deliver donald trump a loss in the first primary of the country. >> harris: new hampshire governor chris sununu nikki haley last night. primary eve. their last event for the night and my team and i were there. "the new york times" call sununu haley's best friend and he won't stop believing. you are like a journey song. haley is sharpening her attacks. will it be on time or too late? she holds a solid lead in the polls in new hampshire and her new ad claims quote, can't stop lying and compares president trump to -- i should correct who holds a solid lead in the polls here. compares trump to president biden. >> you've got a choice to make and the country is all watching. right now what we have seen is we have to make a decision. do we want more of the same or do we want to go forward in a new direction? more of the same is not just joe biden. more of the same is not donald trump. >> harris: a new opinion piece is arguing this. haley has no chance of changing conservatives mind. that's why she needs to seize the support of many voters who don't want a trump-biden rematch. the only way she does tha

chris christie. i don't think it's enough, honestly. i know that governor sununu and chris christie and even nikki haley are putting their hats on new hampshire, however, respe respectfully, donald trump is up by 60 points in south carolina. so even with a decent showing in new hampshire, it's already game, set, match. the new year's resolution for donald trump is to start running a general election because the election he's running right now will get him beat again by joe biden, which i have no issue with whatsoever. >> what do you think of that, scott? bakari is saying the election that donald trump is running right now and one where if you look at the head to head polls he is either tied about president biden or slightly ahead of president biden, bakari is saying that that will not last as the months continue. >> well, we'll see. i mean, a lot of things will happen between now and november. he has his legal issues that will remind people of all the things he is in trouble for. on the other side of the equation is is joe biden running the kind of campaign right

chris sununu, the governor with her, he is unplugged all the time. >> no matter what, i want chris sununu energy all the time. i'm here for the chris sununu energy. we are not promising we will win 350,000-0. that's a good measure to begin with. >> she is right now winning because of the six people in dixville knox. >> she should talk to mike bloomberg who won there. >> she's reiterating a lot of the message we heard last night going to nikki haley's final campaign event. big crowd, overflow, stop people from getting in. i talked to a handful of voters as they leaving the event. the general consensus that they are either registered republican or undeclared. general consensus, they like nikki for what she said. she said normalcy. they are ready for the grown-ups to return to the room. a lot of them voted for trump at least once, some voted for trump twice, but say they are ready to move forward. where the struggle came in in my conversation was when if it comes down to donald trump versus joe biden, what do you do? that's where i heard struggle. >> very difficult. you are hearing that mess

and while chris sununu won by one of the largest margins in our history. from a chris sununu perspective, republicans are tired of losing. we want to win at the federal level. so donald trump doesn't necessarily give us the best opportunity to do that next november. nikki haley would seem to. so that's the argument she's been making, but right now, there is a big part of the party that wants to see that re-match, trump versus biden. we'll see tomorrow night if new hampshire gives him that or not. new hampshire's stubborn, so is nikki haley, it seems like. so we like to mix things up, we'll see what happens. >> a lot of money has been spent when people haven't been paying attention. appreciate your time. >>> well, calls are growing for the prosecutor in the georgia election subversion case to step down. the details on that ahead. >>> and apologizing for an apology. the ceo of texas-based kyte baby clearing up her comments after not allowing an employee work from home to care for her newborn. that's next. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our h

chris sununu won't be an effective surrogate post new hampshire.a comment, something people have been paying attention to is what the donors say. they have a lot of influence. when they stop calling or saying it's time to get out of the race, it often sends a strong message. the co-founder of home depot was saying he was ready to give haley a nice sum of money as he put it, but if she didn't get traction in new hampshire tonight, which trump has a comfortable lead, that was not going to happen. he equated it to throwing money down a rat hole was the word he used. >> we shouldn't discount the turnaround for donald trump. i was in the capitol january 6 right after the attack talking to senators, to house members. they were done with him. republicans were done with him. they did not think he would come back. then his impeachment trial, they thought there was no way he could turn things around. look at the last two states, he did. republican voters voting for him. i spent the day talking to republican senators about why that is, including john cornyn w

chris sununu was one of the most donald trump critics in the country. he has said donald trump is unfit. all things that his candidate is unwilling to say. the shame is that chris has now abandoned his principles in order to try to, you know, get himself some political favor inside of his own state. >> governor, welcome to the program. sorry to start with a friend bashing you but we do want you to answer. sounds personal, chris is a mart guy. he is working hard. he is frustrated. you know, i kind of -- you have to remind the candidates -- chris knows when he got into the race it was a long shot for all of them. everyone knew we had to consolidate around one candidate. he has done a good job speaking the truth on trump, as a lot of us have, and i think there is an opportunity -- we are not saying, hey chris, get out of the race, disappear. chris han an opportunity to be kinda the hero here, not just bow out gracefully, but help consolidate the race, help deliver trump that loss in new hampshire that we know is very possible. we don't want his 5 or 6%, wh

you so much. >> you got it. >> and joining me now is the republican governor of new hampshire chris sununu sununu, welcome back to "meet the press". >> thanks for having me on. >> there's momentum. >> there sure is. >> i want to talk to you and talk about the expectations game. when you first came out you endorsed nikki haley and you set the expectation pretty sky high. i want to play what you were saying about a month ago. >> if everyone who wants to vote and can vote, nikki doesn't just win, she wins in a landslide. >> in new hampshire, i think she can win independent no question about it. >> and now you are saying a strong second place showing would be, quote, great. so what changed? >> it would be great. >> no, i think she still can win, no doubt about it. everything is nikki is trying to do is build on more momentum here. the fact that she's knocked all of the other candidates out. nobody thought that was possible, but she's really knocked everybody out and even ron, but he's not even in it and it's a haley-trump race. you want a one-on-one race going into super tuesday and super tues

pete: it's not that chris sununu is is insincere. i don't think these endorsements mean that much.of it is that nikki haley would love to have the endorsements. she would absolutely love to have tim scott's endorsement. and now that she doesn't he has undercut the value of the endorsement. >> is going to be interesting donald trump won overwhelmingly in iowa but new hampshire's really important spirit this tuesday is going to be interesting where that margin is a pretty could get a lot less interesting pretty quick if the polls hold and tropical runs away and then runs away in south carolina. it could be over quick. convalesce firewall. rachel: pete what would make it significant enough? pete: you have to win. but right now she's down by 15 points in the most recent poll. will: [inaudible] pete: a close call it would cause a immediate two-person race. will: the heading to south carolina. pete: of you -fest about the match up in south carolina but it would have to be very close. if it is a 15-point even 10-point or 20-point win, it's hard to argue with the polls in south carolina wh

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chris sununu saying "coming in a strong second is a win, i that is what our expectations are," but it hampshire . if that is where she ends up. i have been- at nikki haley events all this past week in - new hampshire, and there were a lot of independents there, a lot of— people looking for. an alternative to both trump and biden. i talked to people who were both democrat leaning - and republican leaning but who want someone new and young and fresh. the issue for nikki haley is, are there enough of those l voters to come outl next tuesday to put her over the edge. there is a high- watermark of 2012, republican primary independents showing up and voting, _ and if she doesn't - hit something around the 40—45% of independents i coming out and supporting her it is almost nearly impossible for her to surpass donald - trump. nick, i want to turn to you now and just keeping with nikki haley, would a second—place finish be enough for her to move onto her home state of south carolina and really be a legitimate challenger to the former president? it is certainly hard to see building momentum fro

she has been crisscrossing the country with the governor, chris sununu.d some of the democratic candidates. campaigning. dean phillips as well. president joe biden is considered the front runner in democratic primary, but he isn't on the new hampshire ballot because the state's day runs afl of the democratic national committee's own primary date rules. eatoday, c-span was in portsmouth where ro khanna was at a house party encouraging democrats to write in the president's name this year. >> the fundamental choice here is someone who has dedicated his entire life to public service and the belief in democracy. president biden didn't start out by making a ton of money and he didn't start out by becoming famous or a talkshow host ora media celebrity. he started out running for the city council. in delaware. and then he served in the senate for 36 years. didn't make any money. public service. and then he became vice president and could have retired , could have done anything. but he saw the threat the donald trump posed and he came and said, i'm going to come a

. >> that is new hampshire governor chris sununu who has endorsed nikki haley, and now, joining us is eva mckend. we are two weeks away from iowa. >> yes, and there is an ad from chris sununu telling chris christie telling him the same to get out. and he is the most vocal anti-trump candidate in the granite state. and last night there was a gathering, and he has traveled to all of the states, 99 county, but governor desantis, and the rest of the field trail far behind frontrunner former president donald trump. take a listen to desantis' closest message to iowans. >> i am not somebody who is confused about how constitutional republic works. as a governor, as a president, i'm not a ruler of the people, but i am a servant of the people. i come from the people. my job is to serve you. >> reporter: so here is how the week is shaping up. nikki haley is going to hold events in new hampshire tuesday and wednesday. chris christie also returns to granite state this week, and governor desantis, and asa hutchinson is going to be iowa as well as vivek ramaswamy. john? >> every single day matters n

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. >> ron, we have seen new hampshire governor chris sununu who has endorsed nikki haley saying chriseds to get out of this. it's a two-person race between trump and nikki haley. what do you think? >> chris sununu says chris christie has to get out because anyone drawing votes from neal makes it more likely for donald trump to win. chris christie says i won't get out because i don't trust nikki haley to truly make a case against donald trump if i leave the field. the reality is they're probably both right. the reason the remarks about the civil war are potentially a problem for haley, for exactly the reasons scott and maria said, not as much driving away republicans as it is preventing democrats from crossing over. she tries to be all things to all people. she won't take a clear stand on key issues in the party, including whether she believes trump is fit to be president. so sununu is right in one sense, that if christie got out, voters will probably go to haley. christie is right, if he got out, there will be nobody making a strong case against donald trump. >> ron, scott and maria,

especially as we see that versus the two early state governors, kim reynolds and chris sununu, who have endorsed other candidates besides trump. i do not know if a senator's endorsement matters, but trump really values endorsements. they are super important to him. he uses them almost as currency and politics. a great example is endorsing j.d. vance in the 2022 ohio primary. j.d. vance won. he was one of the first to endorsed trump, and now trump is backing j.d. vance's preferred candidate in ohio. that is how he uses endorsements to affect politics across the republican party. >> politico's congressional bureau chief, thank you. next we are in iowa where marjorie taylor greene of georgia was stumping for former president trump. here is a bit of her interaction with caucus-goers and the press, including questions on a local school shooting. ♪ >> all right, iowa. i am so excited to be here, it is like starting the primary election with the super bowl, which i think is really wild. in georgia, we just go and vote in a primary, but you guys have this caucus system. i had to learn all about

the governor of new hampshire, chris sununu, is a moderate republican and endorsed nikki halei would say he's fairly libl on abortion rights, very popular but he's retiring at the end of his term. that was a good kid for nikki haley. he didn't just endorse her, he's been going with her from event to event and he's a very dynamic speaker and he introduces her and sticks around and poses for pictures as does she. i wanted to show you since you mentioned the iowa voters, the hill has this article that says -- what do you make of that number? stunning. it really demonstrates how much that argument has penetrated voters through whatever media they are watching and from donald trump directly. donald trump is focusing a serious part of his campaign on his assertions that the 2020 election was stolen and that he is trying to vindicate himself and by extension, he says i am yourtion meeting his supporters. i was talking to a trump supporter yesterday, a friend of a family member, a new hampshire republican and donald supporter and hep at the beginning of the cycle but with all of these legal