i donald john trump do solemly swear. swear that i will faithfully execute, that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the unit upon assuming office in 2017, donald trump, who described himself as israel's best friend. began working vigorously to support the country and consolidate its hegemony over the region. he first declared al-quds as the eternal capital of israel. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. that is why consistent with the jerusalem embassy act. i am also directing the state department to begin preparation. to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. then in may 2018, trump terminated the nuclear deal with iran, deal that israel strongly opposed. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. in few moments, i will sign a presidential memorandum. to begin reinstating us nuclear sanctions on the iranian regime. we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. later in mar

i donald john trump do solemly swear. solimly swear that i will faithfully execute, that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the upon assuming office in 2017, donald trump, who described himself as israel's best friend. began working vigorously to support the country and consolidate its hegemony over the region. he first declared al-quds as the eternal capital of israel. i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. that is why consistent with the jerusalem act. i am also. hello, we're going to go. help us attain victory, it matters not which sector and sphere we are in, whether it's military, whether it's economic, whether it's political, whether it's social or environment or raising children, it makes no difference, how we learn taught us a lesson. and peace and god's blessing upon you all mohammad live in iran a ceremony uh commemorating late lieutenant general qasim sulaymani martered by us drone strike out of outside of baghdad international airport four

donald trump. deputy clerk, can you please state your name for the record. but witness, donald john trump. that judge, you might proceed, ms. habba. thank you your honor. question, mister president. you viewed your deposition which was played by plaintiffs counsel at length during the trial. didn't? you answer, yes i did. question, do you stand by your testimony at that position? answer, 100%. yes. question, do you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an exhibition? answer, that's exactly right. she said something, i consider it a false accusation. no difference. roberta kaplan, e. jean carroll's attorney. objection, your honor. everything after yes, i did, is strike. and the jury will disregard. go ahead. question, did you ever instruct anyone to hurt carroll and your statements. no, i just want to defend myself, my family, and frankly the presidency. ms. caplan, objection, your honor. the judge, objection is sustained. everything asked to know is stricken. the jury will disregard. ms. habba, i have no further questions. thank you. the judge, thank you. cross-examination by ms. ka

carolina lawmakers who have backed donald trump and i will tell you that it is seemingly that more and more republicans are circling the wagon around donald trump. john got the numbers from the super pac that is backing donald trump on what they raised the second half of the year versus the first half of the year. they more than tripled their number of donations between the first half and the second half. meaning there was $46 million in the last six months of the year compared to $13 million in the first half. so it's not just these endorsements and it's also the money coming and and the team was eager to see. >> people want to put their money on the team that might be winning. >> it's not the campaign or the courtroom, he's been using this courtroom very much as a campaign. sara? >> all right. with us now senior legal analyst ellie honig and chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid. so you, looking at this case, is his attendance at the civil trial affected if he testifies? what are you seeing here? >> what's interesting is watching voters in new hampshire, every time the case came up, it was clear to me they were swayed by the idea that he was

donald trump you have one bout of chaos after another. >> now one of the biggest cases against trump has gotten sidetracked. >> the indictment brings felony charges against donald john trump. >> in georgia fa kn knee williss accused of having a an affair. >> it's inappropriate for an elected official to be in a romantic relationship with some -- with a contractor who they selected. >> willis facing calls to step down, possibly putting the historic prosecution in jeopardy. >> now, we should point out that friday afternoon a jury in new york city awarded e. jean carroll $83.3 million in a civil defamation case, but kristen, why does it seem to be that republican voters, a majority of them, don't care if donald trump is convicted of a crime they're going to still vote for him? >> they don't think it's a big deal because they think the cases are illegitimate to begin with. i think frankly the fact that the very first of this series of cases was the new york case, which was about -- i don't want to call it ticky tack, but kind of the michael cohen hush money, something that happened a long time ago. >> paying off stormy daniels. >> correct. that case felt political and i

john yang. on the sunday before the primary, the presidential field has narrowed. ron desantis ended his candidacy and endorsed donald trump. he made the announcement on x. >> it's clear that a majority of republican primary voters want to give trump another chance. trump is superior to joe biden. john: this make the contest a two person race. nikki haley is the only other competitor. lisa desjardins is a new hampshire. what does this do to the race? >> if you ask former president trump, he said he have the votes regardless but for nikki haley, while some of her supporters say it gives her an opportunity to win over some new voters, the truth is they believe most of the santos voters will go with former president trump. however, they want to see any bump they can. i am told the margin will matter. the closer she can get, the longer she has and the longer she has to prove herself. how much does it matter? it's probably a matter of margins. at the end of this, that is the reason the santos is dropping out. his margins are small and it's not clear he had money despite initially having tens of millions of dollars. the campaign

that's not a small thing when it comes to donald trump. john? >> we wanted to pick up on what you were talking about, the nature of the arguments that donald trump and now his legal team are making. paula, the first thing out of christopher kise's mouth tells the story. >> i'm reading notes from our colleagues in the courtroom reporting this to us live. the first thing that trump's lawyer said is, quote, this entire case is a manufactured claim to serve a political agenda. that is the crux of their defense. we heard this multiple times over the course of this trial. we just heard it from former president donald trump even though he's not formally participating in closing arts. he argues in the court of public opinion, letitia james ran on a promise to prosecute me. he's made a series of claims alleging it's a political vendetta, ignoring the evidence that's been presented about allegations of his company not being honest about the value of their assets to get better tax rates, to get better terms on loans and insurance. they're framing their argu

donald trump sitting just feet away. we're getting new details from inside the courtroom. >>> and it is all about new hampshire and donald trump is, as john said, back in new york. trump, haley, desantis, sharpening their attacks with so much on the line. >> breaking news this morning out of london, the princess of wales, kate middleton, she is in the hospital after abdominal surgery. we are told she will be there for two weeks. that's a long time. we have very few details here, but we will tell you what we are learning. sara is away. i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is "cnn news central." >>> right now donald trump is back in the courtroom where his accuser e. jean carroll will soon take the stand and he will be watching there feet away as carroll testifies right in front of them face to face they will be. the columnist has sued him and won a sexual battery civil case against the former president, but today's case is ability defamation. she is suing over remarks he made in 2019 about her. her attorneys claim his comments destroyed her sense of safety, ruined her reputation, but trump's lawyers say carroll used the spotlight to mak

donald john trump is facing serious repercussions including financial liquidation and potential time behind bars. but rnc chair ronna romney-mcdaniel and elise stefanik are circling the wagons around him anyway. according to jake sherman of punchbowl news, congressman stefanik, a former george w. bush staffer and paul ryan aide, walked into a closed house republican meeting, waving a rasmusal poll which is notoriously right wing leaning and proclaimed trump the winner of the nomination and probably the election, stating all house republicans should bend the knee to their emperor. these people are so committed to trump, he's been able to get two of his super pacs funded by donations from his working class fans to pay for his legal defense to the tune of $50 million according to two sources who spoke with "the new york times." we talk about this every day. but it's not really surprising that everyone within his party is making his re-election their only priority. congressional republicans have completely capitulated to him and given up on their primary professional responsibility, whic

donald trump -- they had it on the senate. donald trump squashed it. donald trump squashed it. that is on the republicans. number two, johnthe assault weapons. when they rescinded the assault weapons that president clinton had signed, they have blood on their hands with all of these deaths. the number one killer of children now, these assault weapons and rifles. it is a national disgrace. number three, the leading candidate from the republican party a convicted rapist, tax fraud, who stole documents, shared them with individuals in a staff member. he said he does not believe in the constitution. no nothing republicans, john. thank you. host: your first point was on the border issue. let's talk about what's happening in the senate right now. ongoing negotiations. we keep getting told a final deal is close on border security, a deal that could unlock additional aid for ukraine. what are your thoughts on that? caller: well, john, biden had a proposal on day one. the republicans did not want to come to the table.

donald trump has basically a lock on the primary. so if you are a politician that wants to have an impact for someone to remember who you endorsed, backing donald trump. >> johnrprise me tim scott went behind donald trump, front-runner for running mate. >> i don't know if he's front-runner, but considered as the old black republican in the u.s. senate and was on the stage and not very hostile toward donald trump while he was running against him. i must say that you know, despite the political realities that chris just described to you that trump clearly has the lead, looks like he will win, you have to stop and think about the fact that haley put tim scott in the u.s. senate and really owes her on that sense. so the sense of personal connection and loyalty comes into play. now, during the debates i do remember that tim scott went after her for buying some curtains while she was u.n. ambassador and she went after him for not lowering the u.s. debt despite 12 years in the u.s. senate. i never thought they were sort of giving pointed jabs at each other. i thought service very polite and expected he might honor the debt he owes to her. >> john: probably a real in

donald trump in the past going in. calling it a witch hunt. calling it election interference interference. making it clear once again what is happening in the courtroom is a campaign strategy for donald trump. johnman is outside the courtroom. ana ana navarro here with else. also, s.e. cupp. donald trump saying he wanted to speak, but not allowed to and attacking the whole process and trying to incorrectly connect it to joe biden what he's up against in this new york courtroom. >> reporter: yeah. as you said correctly, this was a political speech filled with some legal inaccuracies as he was describing what was taking place here. paula reid was with me watching this in real time. let's talk about the legal inaccuracies so they can jump into the political discussion. >> he's alleging a conspiracy between the state attorney general and the white house. we know the new york state attorney general letitia james has attended meeting

the most shock part of it at 2:15 when alina habba stood up and said the defense calls donald john trump. you could have cut the air with a knife because even though the judge only said alina habba could ask three specific questions, none of us knew if trump was going to answer them or whether he was going to go on a diatribe as he has done in prior depositions or in press conferences or in other opportunities to be interviewed, and in the presence of the jury, donald trump was disciplined for donald trump. but only because lou kaplan did not give him any room. this is where i say to you and our viewers, what a difference a judge makes. the difference between how counsel and donald trump were allowed to behave down the street at 60 summer street and how they comported themselves at pearl, where kristy and i have practiced extensively was dramatic. he knew that lou kaplan would not hesitate to drop the hammer on him. he didn't know what the penalties would be. kaplan left that vague. i can eject you. even though truck driver's people say they're not afraid of this case, there's no questio

point in time will be going to attacking donald trump and reminding those 50% of voters who don't want donald trump there's another alternative out there. >> john: and joe biden reinforcing that with a tweet following trump's victory, said looks like donald trump just won iowa, clear front fronter on the other side at this point, but the election was always going to be between you and me versus extreme maga republicans. it was true yesterday, it will be true tomorrow. so, republicans are saying he's painting all of us with the same brush but independents are really the ones the message is geared toward, and how do they feel about it. >> and yet donald trump, like nikki haley and like ron desantis, all beat joe biden right now. because two-thirds of americans don't approve of the job this president has done. and that's what the white house has to worry about is that americans just don't like the direction this is going, particularly in key battle ground states, pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, georgia, they will decide the election and republicans are well positioned to win those states no matter who the nominee is. all beating joe biden right n

donald trump? what does that mean for the general election? >> well, the problem here, john, is that 43% of the people who came out and pulled a republican ballot yesterday voted against donald trump. the question is, in a general election, after these primaries, does donald trump's floor become his ceiling. how do you expand voters in even a race against somebody as inept as joe biden, at least from the republican standpoint? the fact of the matter is, these races are about addition and multiplication, not subtraction and division. i don't know that donald trump can allow himself to be successful in this race without drawing in more independent voters. you and i both know, a handful of swing states, very similar to new hampshire, as a matter of fact, in their behavior, are going to decide this race. and without those independents, this is looking like a very close nail-biting contest. nikki haley will continue to say, i think, this is not so close a race, it's a stronger annuity for republicans, if i'm the nominee, then he is. but this remains to be one of those races we've

donald trump sitting just feet away. we're getting new details from inside the courtroom. >>> and it is all about new hampshire and donald trump is, as john said, back in new york. trump, haley, desantis, sharpening their attacks with so much on the line. >> breaking news this morning out of london, the princess of wales, kate middleton, she is in the hospital after abdominal surgery. we are told she will be there for two weeks. that's a long

general election, taking on his presumed opponent in that election. donald trump and his messages, i will secure democracy. donald trump long john henry l g 0, montgomery county, pennsylvania, speaking as his own campaign, advanced in the us state of iowa. trump, to criticize the president's economic and foreign policy is cookie. joe is staging . is pathetic. fremont greene campaign event in pennsylvania today. did you say i me was stuttering through the halls. i gaze got up. i got a, he's a threat to democracy. i'm the if you take a look at what he's doing on the border, or a full inflation or our military that horrible day in afghanistan, you look at what he's done with energy all throughout the world. we're in embarrassment as a country. we become an embarrassment as a country. meanwhile, the us supreme court has announced its will consider trump's appeal of a colorado state including body and from the republican primary bound at that. well, the states top quote, disqualified the full, the president last month, citing his role in the 2021. the capitol hill right trump's lawyers are appealing a similar pattern in the state of

donald trump is accused of lead. so he jumped ahead, biden did to the general election, taking on his presumed opponent in that election. donald trump and his messages, i will secure democracy. donald trump long john henry and l g 0, montgomery county, pennsylvania. meanwhile, speaking of season, that campaign events us types of iowa trump or criticize the presidency come know they can foreign policies cooker joe is staging is pathetic. fear mongering, campaign event in pennsylvania today. did you say? and we were studying through the halls. i gaze got up, i got a, he's a threat to democracy. i'm the and if you take a look at what he's doing on the border, or a full inflation or, or military that horrible day in afghanistan, you look at what he's done with energy all throughout the world. we're in embarrassment as a country. we become an embarrassment as a country. meanwhile, the us supreme court has announced that will consider trump's appeal in colorado state routing. the boss came from the republican primary button that the states top quote, disqualified the former president last month. so i think his role in the 2021 capitol hill right trump's lawyers are appealing a similar band in the state

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like you need to be a rematch of 2020 pissing president joe biden, against format president donald trump, john 100 and has moved from des moines. the candidates are making their final pictures in the iowa caucuses. donald trump is speaking an indian ola nikki. haley speaking in dubuque and rhonda sanders at had for appearance is scheduled for sunday. he's now got 3 schedule. apparently one of those was cancelled in there. doing this in very cold weather. it's in the negative. twenty's could get down as far as negative 28 degrees on caucus day. and that means those candidates are going to have to get their voters out in difficult conditions for donald trump. who in the latest poll is a head by 48 percent to 20 percent for nikki haley to 16 percent for rhonda santas, that's an nbc des moines register pool. and that shows hailey jumping up one spot, leapfrogging over to sanders who had been number 2 in previous polls. but trump's voters are largely rural. that means varying areas that are not as well cleared from snow. they may have a while to drive, so it will be an effort for them, but they've

donald trump still hasn't gotten over the late senator john mccain's decisive vote in the senate againsttomary for senators to raise their hand to cast their votes, signaling a thumbs up, or a thumbs down on the senate floor. they do that to make it very clear to the senate clerk, who might be some distance away, exactly how they are voting. everyone in the senate always knew that because of his war wounds suffered when shot down in vietnam, and he was tortured for several years as a prisoner of war, john mccain could not raise his hands above his head when casting his vote. he wasn't the only one. republican senator bob dole could not remove his right arm at all because of the wounds that he suffered in combat in italy in world war ii. democratic senator of hawaii had no right arm because he lost it in combat in world war ii. other current and former senators left parts of their body on battlefields while in combat, something no one in the trump family has ever endured. the day after donald trump lied about joe biden and his stuttering on the word democracy, he told iowa voters that he

donald trump is going to have to pay in damages to e. jean carroll for comments that he made about her sexual assault allegations. >>> i'm john berman in newthe republican presidential campaign is centered at this moment. kate bolduan is in new hampshire where it is all going to be this afternoon. donald trump's first campaign stop after winning the iowa caucuses, a federal court in manhattan. the jury selection began moments ago and this a trial the determine damages after a jury found him liable last year for sexual abuse and defamation. e. jean carroll is seeking $10 million in damages, kate. >> and here in new hampshire, we will soon find out how everything that you just mentioned, john, and much more, will resonate in new hampshire, will impact voters' views here. new hampshire is next up in the republican presidential primary. donald trump's rivals nikki haley and ron desantis are already back on the campaign trail this morning. >> we are going to work this entire week to continue what we have been doing for 11 months and we are a stone's throw away from trump, and it is going to work in new hampshire. >> despite everything that they

you hear that all the time, you can't out trump donald trump. >> there's no gray with donald trump supporters. >> i want to ask you something interesting. john brought up the fact that democrats can change to the republican party for one day to take part in the caucus. >> and independents. >> 5% of democrats have done so. could that make a difference? >> for haley, it's essential democrats come to the caucuses. my wife was concerned about somethings the republicans were doing. she registered as a democrat. she'll be there tonight and reregister as a republican to support haley. >> that's fascinating. we're looking outside. you can't see this. when you're looking outside, the snow in someplaces is hip high. it's so cold your nose hairs freeze. my husband's going to be mad i said that. we all have them. the roads are a real issue, not so much in des moines. it's pretty good here. when you go to the rural areas, 99 counties, it's hard to get to certain places. do you think that will have an impact? >> iowans are tough. we take this seriously. i think iowans will show up. i think it will have a marginal impact. when it's 15 below and if your gra

john? >> for the first time in decades donald trump is in the same room with his accuser e. jean carroll, the woman who sued him and won for sexual battery and defamation. cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid is with us, and now, the jury selection is under way and moving quickly and what are some of the tea leaves that we can read thus far? >> it is that the jury is and now mouse, and they have faced threats, so they are going to be anonymous, and travel to court each day as a group, and sort of meet at a different site and then come to the courtroom. we know that the jury is going to be seated by noon and then opening statements will be under way, and here, the jury's job is to find out if trump owes damages to e. jean carroll and she is asking for $10 million and last yeare year, a separate that dealt with allegations that president trump sexuallyassault assaulted her in a department store, and that jury award her $5 million, and the judge says that verdict carries over and the jury just needs to look at damage. we have seen one notable incident here in the co

. >> john: former president donald trump blasting fulton county district attorney fani willis for hiring her alleged lover, nathan wade, to be the special prosecutor in the rico case against him. a judge granted willis a temporary stay to not testify in wade's divorce proceeding. fox team coverage now, leo terrell standing by on whether the courtroom drama could eventually lead to willis' ousting. first steve in marietta, georgia, what was the big take away from today's hearing? >> two things. willis does not have to talk about her relationship with the prosecutor yet but also the divorce documents are going to be unsealed for nathan wade, the prosecutor she hired. we saw friday what can happen when the documents come out. estranged wife released several bank statements that wade purchased a number of plane tickets for himself and his boss willis, to san francisco, to miami, caribbean cruise, as well as hotel in napa valley. some are saying it's time for the d.a. to move out. >> i think that the case is -- it has not gone off the rails already, it's about to. and i don't see -- i don't s

question i put to a number of these top senators today, who even the ones who have endorsed donald trump, senator johnnyn, one of them, came and announced his support of donald trump last night, he has raised concerns in the past about trump's electability, and made clear that trump needs to broaden his appeal to beyond his base in order to win in november and help the republicans down the ticket. >> i think if the president would pick tim scott as vice president, i think that would be a really good ticket. but i think you're right, there needs to be -- after a primary there needs to be a broader appeal than just primary voters. you can't win with just your own base. >> do you think it's time for nikki haley to drop out? >> i'll leave that up to her but trump is in a commanding position in south carolina, i think, for all practical purposes, the primary is over. she's done better than anybody in the history of south carolina, she has a lot to be proud of. but her assessment last night of president trump, i don't think would be widely shared in south carolina. >> last comment coming of course from sena

any of jerry has ordered for my us press events. donald trump, to pay right is john carroll. $83000000.00 in damages for defamation. a trial last year found trump liable for sexually assault on carl in 1996 and for the fame and a half by claiming she lied about the salt, the rights of egypt. and carol, um 10 legal team lead the court house off to winning a lawsuit against donald trump again. oh, she said her reputation as a jam. this was destroyed by donald trump. because he continued to deny sexually assaulting her in a dressing room in a department store in new york almost 2 years ago. trump was found liable for that charge of sexual assaults last yeah. in the slightest trial, the jewelry or the trump, to pay over $83000000.00 in damages for continuing to attack the rights or on social media. the some was more than what carol's lawyers had asked for to to include $65000000.00 in punitive damages. that the rights as low as argued when needed to stop from, from the saving back client in future. it's not clear when trump will have to pay up, though, as his lawyer is planned to contest the

john. >> john: we should point out the news conference at 2 or 2:30 this afternoon at 40 wall street, a building that donald trump owns. david spunt is live in los angeles where hunter biden is due in court about three hours from now, and david, what can we expect to happen today? >> david: john, we expect it to be an initial appearance and likely arraignment but things with hunter biden in court have changed dramatically in the past so we are prepared for anything. he's appearing at 4:00 eastern time, 1:00 p.m. local time here in los angeles in federal court to answer for those nine federal tax charges, three of them are felonies. he was indicted last month by special counsel david weiss who says that hunter biden failed to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes, even though he eventually paid it back via the help of a friend, david weiss says hunter biden had plenty of money to pay his taxes. instead, spend it on a "extravagant lifestyle," some of the expenses. 1.6 million plus in atm withdrawals, 683,000 plus for payments to various women. $188,000 on adult entertainment. $237,000 on health, beauty and pharmacy pr

what we are hearing now. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. >> trump and his maga friends. >> trump is a loser. >> imagine a future nightmare if trump is being ba in office. >> johno make this a person-to-person race as opposed to policy race, but that could backfire on him. >> it could, depending on trump's popularity and the former president's popularity increase, whenever somebody is out of the spotlight their popularity increases. a lot of folks look back and wonder, maybe things were not so bad under the last guy. for years donald trump was a name democrats could run on. i knew guys in connecticut who lost local races to democratic candidates who did not even campaign because donald trump's name was out there. and biden used to be able to write him off as his predecessor. but now looking at the polling and the way people are acting, potential donald trump could be his successor, and the campaign has to take that on. >> john: when you look at name versus name, this new morning consult bloomberg poll that came out shows when you look at the names, trump and biden, trump is winning in seven battleground states. is biden wise to make this race about him versus t

it shows the pole that john --that donald trump has in the host: party.ost:what about senator murphy? guest: it was a question asked earlier. they've been consensus builders. chris murphy played a key role in the gun safety bill passed recently. they have worked across the isle before and they are now taking on one of their biggest challenges. kyrsten sinema is the third negotiator from arizona who is known for her work across the aisle. these are bipartisan negotiators who can work across the aisle together. host: on the line for democrats, tennessee, good morning. caller: good morning. host: what your question or comment? caller: my comment is i believe that as they come up across the border, you should have a place for them to go to and families, people that have family in the united states already should be able to come in first but the family needs to come to the border and pick them up and the ones -- th next ones are the children coming in they are so much under age. the first up they make is to a medical clinic where doctors are available at the b

. >> john: scott perry is not the only member of congress supporting donald trump and the bid to someurn the election, other supporters would say he wanted to make sure there was not a way that things did not end up the way he wanted and could it upon be remedied. so, when do you stop going after the members of congress? >> exactly, why there's been a lot of calls for the supreme court to step in and put a definition to insurrection and say who gets to make that determination and stop this before it does spread. it could spread to dozens of republican congressmen. but for trump, i think this reinforces his narrative that democrats are coming after him. even if you are a trump critic, you have to concede a lot is being done to stop trump. not crying wolf on that one. >> john: you have liberal activists going after republican lawmakers, could it happen in other states, tit for tat retaliation, on the screen, 2016, after the election, seven democratic members of congress who objected to the 2016 electoral votes, not to say that they did anything wrong and not to say anything they did was

i found mine at findahandspecialist.com. >>> donald trump's former national security advisor john boltonism of his former boss donald trump. a mountain of facts demonstrates trump is unfit to be president he writes. he could dismiss two federal cases brought against him and on foreign policy he writes it's a close contest between putin and xi jinping, who would be happiest to see trump in office. bolton refused to testify during donald trump's first impeachment over ukraine. he joins me now. it's a hefty forward. i think it's 28 pages. you get a lot in there. what worries you most about donald trump taking office again? without some of the guardrails, some of the cabinet members who surrounded him in the national security cabinet the last time. >> there are two main things to worry about. one is national security where there's no telling what he is going to do. i personally am convinced he will withdraw from nato, which would be a catastrophic mistake. i think that's what he will do. >> in the middle of the war with ukraine, when nato is supplying them with weapons and doesn't have to fi

john berman in new york. kate bolduan is in new hampshire. are you surprised i said new york? donald trump's first campaign stop after winning the iowa caucuses, a federal court here in new york. his motorcade arrived just minutes ago. this is this first day of a trial where a jury will determine how much trump must pay e. jean carroll for defaming her after she accused him of raping and sexually assaulting her. this is where donald trump is taking his campaign today. >> and we're going to have more on that legal battle and where trump is going to be in court. we'll have much more on that in a moment, but let's talk about why i'm here in the great state of new hampshire today. iowa was yesterday. new hampshire is today, and the focus of the political universe now lands squarely here. after donald trump's big win, dominant win in iowa yesterday, we have big news that just dropped, nikki haley now suggesting that there may no longer be any debates coming this week. her campaign releasing a statement that read -- let me read this. we have had five great debates in this campaign. unfortunately d

general election, taking on his presumed opponent in that election. donald trump and his messages, i will 6 your democracy. donald trump want john henry l g 0, montgomery county, pennsylvania. and these are life pictures from su sensor. i what, what donald trump is speaking to his supporters. right now the state courses start in 10 days, kicks off the 2024 election day. yeah, this will let you and could not. but let's explore all this so that we have democratic political strategist, our shot has signed. he joins us from burlington, vermont, former executive director of progress now. and joining us from arlington, virginia is the republican strategist james davis. he's founder and president of touch down strategies gentlemen. thank you both very much for joining us on the show. i should have signed it. was it was your guys big event today? so any say we should start with you. i think i'm one quotes i picked out of his speech. was this uh whether democracy is still america's sacred cause is what the 2024 election is all about. as far as american voters are concerned, is that what the selection is about? is that a message that's go

john. >>> we are standing by, sara, to see if donald trump and his team enter the courtroom here in new york. they appear to be running late. closing arguments were set to begin moments ago. now i am just getting word, trump and his team have just entered the courtroom in the defamation damages trial against him. it's starting late. we're going to get new reporting about why, next. >>> just moments ago, our team saw donald trump and his legal counsel entering the courtroom. closing arguments set to begin any minute in the defamation damages trial against him, and at some point today, the case is expected to be handed over to the jury who will decide how much, if any amount, e. jean carroll should be awarded. with us now is former manhattan prosecutor, counselor, great to see you here. let's break this down one by one, the prosecution's case in closing argument will be? the plaintiff's side will say, listen, this is an actual injury, and we had an expert who testified and said there was a $12 million worth of damages for e. jean carroll, but it's correspond that. e. jean carroll was a vi

republicans are saying and nikki haley was making the argument that donald trump means losing for republicans. but at the same time, you are seeing john cornyn endorse donald trump. do you see a trump loss as in-ze eventable in the general election? >> i wouldn't say it is inevitable. in 2016 everybody thought it was a loss but we won. and so you look at the iowa caucus, a low turnout affair. only the most conservative activists showed up to vote. you look at the exit polling, a significant number said they showed up just to vote against donald trump. and so it is incumbent on donald trump and his campaign should he be the nominee to figure out how do we bridge that divide. how do we change and how do we bring the voters who clearly are expressing a message right now back into the fold in time for november. >> certainly president biden is counting on people showing up because they don't want trump but that fear factor for them. also i think donald trump's campaign is counting on their candidate to give speeches more like what he gave in iowa than the one we heard in new hampshire last night. >> slightly different tone. >> slightly ind

out, many of his votes would go to her, and more possible to show vulnerability for donald trump in new hampshire. >> john: if all of christie's went, she would be within 10 of donald trump. a full calculation changing, it happens in new hampshire rather than iowa and if haley performs well, a lot of talk in the republican party the pressure will be on former president trump to take her as his running mate, perhaps she could help him win. but listen to this "new york post" headline based on something that steve bannon said, big fight to erupt in maga world if trump chooses viper nikki haley as running mate, steve bannon predicts. what do you think? kristi noem said she would take the job in a heartbeat but people push for haley. >> she said let's have that conversation later after we see what happens in new hampshire, but some love lost in the more trump-friendly wing of the party for nikki haley. early on and throughout this process many have thought that desantis is the one more likely to marry trump's skeptical and friendly voters nonetheless a little skeptical in 2024. so i think that it would -- ther

looks like a to be a rematch of 2020 pitching president j binding against former president donald trump. john 100 has moved from des moines. the candidates are making their final pictures in the iowa caucuses. donald trump is speaking in india and ola nikki haley, speaking in dubuque and rhonda sanders at had for appearances scheduled for sunday . he's now got 3 schedule. apparently one of those was cancelled and they're doing this in very cold weather. it's in the negative. twenty's could get down as far as negative 28 degrees on caucus day. and that means those candidates are going to have to get their voters out in difficult conditions for donald trump. who in the latest poll is ahead by 48 percent to 20 percent for nikki haley to 16 percent for rhonda santas. that's an nbc des moines register pool. and that shows hailey jumping up one spot leapfrogging over to sanchez who had been number 2 in previous polls. but trump's voters are largely rural. that means varying areas that are not as well cleared from snow. they may have a while to drive, so it will be an effort for them, but they've sh

he all but pleaded at ron desantis to go directly at donald trump, suggesting that donald trump alienates his voters when he attacks johnrefers to women as horse face. and when asked why he isn't more direct to voters to donald trump and the effect that could have on the general election. desantis said he said, in his words to choose not to smear others on the campaign trail. that leaves what the right approach is, but right now ron desantis is at a deficit at least to the polling here with just 30 days left to the caucus. >> trump has called nikki haley the chaos candidate. both said they would pardon donald trump if he is convicted. do you think that is because they're trying to not offend the trump base? >> you know, i think that's part of it, i think in reality, neither one of them have a chance to repeat. of course, they're not going to say they're running for that either. trump has called nikki haley bird brain. he's got some pretty hard-hitting ads on her, on tax tax and china. desantis, he wants to -- it's like he's got his foot on the head of a snake. i mean, they are not going to come back together under any c

i know you and i were both covering that gop primary when it was donald trump up against the likes of johnich. the conversation at that time covering the primary was, what if it was one on one, donald trump against somebody else? donald trump got 35% of the vote in that 2016 gop primary. and yet, that's what we have this time around. we have a one on one race. frankly, all of the potential anti-trump support from republicans as well as independent voters, they are -- have one option. that option is nikki haley. it's hard to walk away today thinking that anything but an actual win of actually beating donald trump in new hampshire could be justified as a win. it's very difficult for her to go and make the case looking at the republican electorate around the rest of the country in other states ahead that somehow she has better prospects elsewhere than here in new hampshire. >> ashley, let me ask you, what's a win for nikki haley? is getting into double digits good enough? could we be wrapping this up and have a presumptive nominee by the end of the night? >> reporter: it depends on who you as