nikki haley: i wrote "let's do this." thank you. >> so we are just going to do the press conference from here. >> what separates you from other candidates on the trail in new hampshire, and also why should new hampshire republicans fall in line around the former president? nikki haley: i have been a chief executive, i have been a governor, i have also been on the foreign policy world. i dealt with china, russia, iran, every day for two years. not a couple of times a year. every idea -- every day. i know the threats that face us in the world and i know what it takes to keep america safe. i think people are ready for a new generational conservative leader. we feel the momentum on the ground in iowa, in new hampshire, and in south carolina. we are going to work hard to earn every single vote. >> you have talked about the need for moral clarity in leadership. you worked for the front runner in this race. we heard his comments this week. does he have moral clarity? nikki haley i think we need a : new generational leader, we ne

guest: nikki haley was sort of stagnant when she entered the race. when she got on the debate stage, she performed well and was well received. it was relatively unexpected. she had lower expectations than ron desantis for example. she began to surge. she is still not anywhere close to donald trump just to keep that in context. but she is showing an upward trend which a lot of people are not. that has sort of resulted in some attacks, putting her as a moderate, painting her as a centrist, something that will not bode well for a republican primary electorate. you don't want to be voting for someone that is seen as a weak republican. you had tim scott's super pac telling donors she is a moderate and she's not going to win and she's a moderate. amid the mudslinging between her and ron desantis this past week, to santos pretty much called her a moderate. and that she was being politically correct to appease both the left and the media. that's a pretty big claim when you're talking about the republican primary election. host: in general, how are the candid

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haley: i am so glad. spread the word. >> i will. ms. haley: thank you. am so grateful for you. >> i appreciate you. >> so good to see you. good to see you. i am glad you all came. spread the word for us. >> i was the one person who clapped. i lived in south carolina. when i went to the baptist church, it was not like, did you believe in jesus? [indiscernible] >> and we call it in south carolina as a religion. thank you for coming. >> thank you for inspiring us. and thank your husband. >> i have my daughter and husband and we need to get you outside. >> i was wearing this shirt so i could stand out. [laughter] >> [indiscernible] i know they want you to get on the road. >> thanks for coming. >> spread the word for us. ♪ [crowd chatter] >> you all are amazing. thank you so much. >> thank you for coming. [indiscernible] [crowd chatter] ♪ >> we will do one more right here. ♪ >> [indiscernible] >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we will be back. >> thank you. >> we are going to work hard. spread the word. >> i will. ♪ [crowd chatter] >> all

desantis and nikki haley 16%. even if it was just trump versus desantis or trump versus haley, spencer, you have very little chance with two and a half months to the iowa caucuses of overtaking the former president. >> that is sort of a political lifetime. that much time is a lot. so is the former president's lead. even though 54% of people might be able to convince that their first choice is not actually their first choice, there is a lot of work to be done. other republicans have been chasing this momentum. fewer have done that and have dropped out. nikki haley is showing the ability to build momentum. i'm sure her team is looking to capitalize on that in the third debate next week and continue to do it because she has a lot of ground to make up if she is going to seriously challenge trump. >> speaking of nikki haley, someone will finish second in iowa. they say in the olympics silver may be silver but it is still second but could easily give that individual momentum to attract republicans who are not sold on a

haley entered the race.ecall, she tried to level set expectations, and she said, you know, really we've got south carolina in our sights. it's one of our early states. that's really where we're going to flourish, but what we're seeing is that she's starting to pick up momentum even earlier on. again, she is a distant second compared to trump. i'm going to set some to the side for a moment, but she is gaining there, and i think that a couple of items here, first of all, she adds a softness. she adds a respectability when you look at the bombastic brand that you have of a trump and that you have a desantis, you also have somebody with international bona vides at a moment where you see coming to the fore. the other piece that is a great news item for nikki haley is that earlier this month, we saw her doing really well with fund-raising. so while we've been seeing ron desantis struggling, tim scott another palmetto state candidate falling, nikki haley slowly but surely is going up in the polls and also in fund-r

so there is probably something going on with the desantis, and haley splitting the donald trump view,nd he is very much liked on the iowa caucus. >> are people's minds made up? >> okay. two different ways the kind of looking at this metric. mind made up of the vote choice, and those backing up trump, 63% of those backing up trump, the mind is made up, and that is much higher than desantis backers or haley backers at 26%, and that means that trump has a big base built in, and what this also means is that i do think that there is a chance for some consolidation, and the desanty, and the haley backers if they are not going for trump at this point, one of the two trump blocs could decide that our candidate is not going to win, and so we should go with the candidate who is going to win, and this is the best metric for those who hope that trump is not going to be the nominee, maybe this one. >> but if you add it up, every haley and desantis voter in this poll, you are still less than trump. >> you are still less than trump, and you have to win over the vivek ramaswamy and all of the others

host: talk about nikki haley as far as she is doing. it seems like the name gets mentioned more and more as she campaigns. what kind of impact does she have? guest: over the past debates nikki haley has had standout performances in both of them. you saw the impact in the polls, especially in new hampshire, the first primary state. she is rising in the polls. she has overtaken ron desantis, who has been in second place for the majority of the race in new hampshire and he has fallen in the polls, especially in new hampshire where he hasn't spent time. he is betting on isle in the iowa caucuses. nikki haley has been in the state taking advantage of that and moving ahead. she is far second to former president trump but rising in the polls in new hampshire. that is where you can get momentum and bring it across the rest of the primary calendar. she will be interesting to watch as she emerges from a very crowded, large-scale republicans to start to stand out in a state that really matters. host: if you go online you can find the story taking

haley prefbs lee served as mentioned as governor of that state. one of the state's current senators tim scott is at 6%, a very lowumber but good enough for fourth place. desantis is heading to iowa while facing a critical cash crunch. yesterday his campaign announced $15 million in third quarter fund-raising and plans to move roughly a third of its staff to iowa, part of a plan to focus on the first in the country gop caucus. it's all in the hawkeye state. while campaign aides of the florida governor saw this as part of a comeback, desantis actually can only use $5 million of that total in the primary push, an amount that many poll experts say just isn't enough. and movie staff to iowa instead of hiring locally, something that was typically done in past presidential campaigns in a last ditch cost saving effort the experts believe. desantis promised to visit all 99 counties in iowa before the 2024 gop caucuses which is set for january 15th. he trails trump in iowa by more than 30 points in the number of polls released just last month. joining us no

so, i think haley will pick up some of that.ike pence is wired to give voice to the evangelical voter and the republican party, and get still fell flat. i do think it means most evangelicals are content to stick with donald trump. whatever his feelings are, he delivers in the supreme court and other winds. i do think we have to keep an eye on ron desantis, whether he is able to grab some strong, very strong evangelical endorsements now, who may have been neutral because mike pence was in the race, or -- abandoned pence. i would look for that. but ron desantis picked up some tail winds now from the evangelicals. >> my question is, who does mike pence get behind now? >> and that is the final piece. does he endorse, and i think that is an open question, obviously, he would not endorsed donald trump. does he -- behind someone else? no, there's a question for the iowa governor. ron desantis has been -- very hard to endorse rounds of santa's. there is still, what, 60, 80 days before the first caucus? but ron desantis put together a ki

it was all nicky haley. this is a different crowd. most of what i do i go to trump rallies and trump events. this is not a trump event. this is a different section of the republican party but they liked her foreign policy. now, they were still happy with a lot of what trump did for the middle east and they said they would likely eventually back him, but there was a lot of movement in the nikki haley, so much so i was emailing people about it because i had not heard that at an event recently. >> really interesting. thank you all. appreciate it. >>> and the new speaker of the house vows to move forward with a multibillion dollar aid package for israel, but democratic divisions over support for that country and for the war in particular exposes deep rivets within the democratic party. we're going to go live to capitol hill to talk about this next. >>> $14.5 billion, that is how much aid the new house speaker mike johnson wants to send to israel but it will tee up a billing fight in his first full week with the gavel since democrats and a

do >> you sketched out a really interesting offensive play there for nikki haley. we've got to keep an eye on this. go ahead. >> real quick, the historical precedent. in 1984 walter mondale won the democratic caucus in iowa by about 35 point, but gary hart surprised everyone by finishing second instead of john glenn, the astronaut senator hero. heart then got significant momentum that allowed him to a new hampshire. mondo ultimately won the race, but hard to come all the way to the last of the primaries. i'm not saying haley could do that, but she has the potential to essentially replicate that kind of model if she can come in second in iowa. >> okay, game on. and then we moved this other issue of colorado, right? ron, what do you think? is this significant? we said this group of voters is trying to disqualify vote, but does any of this really matter? can you see it making a difference? >> well, look. at the end of the line, for all of these legal challenges, is the u.s. supreme court with six republican appointed justices and three concluding by judge trump. i don

nikki haley is former governor. tim scott is a sitting senator in south carolina and -- >> who just won re-election? >> let's look at how committed these voters are to their candidates. >> it's an important question. it shows you why trump is so dominant in this race. look here. among all the republican voters we talked to in the primary, more than 6 in 10 say they'll support their first choice. 38% say they're open to changing their mind. among trump supporters 82% say they're locked in to donald trump. they're definitely going to support him compared to 18% who say they might change their mind. even in this world of overall voters, a third who might change their mind, some might change them to donald trump. >> that shows you why he's ahead. the question that everybody has is, he is locked in a lot of legal battles, federally and across the country. what kind of impact is that having on the voters? >> i know this shouldn't be surprising, but i can't stop being surprised. if the charges against donald trump regardin

should democrats be worried about nikki haley? >> i think democrats should be worried about whoever is going to be the republican nominee. no election for sure going to go to one candidate or not. i don't think right now the way it is trending, it doesn't seem like nikki haley potentially has enough time. and based on the poll numbers we just discussed, and there are so many candidates in the republican field still that she could potentially overcome trump and become the nominee. but if she is the nominee, or if donald trump or ron desantis, the biden-harris campaign is going to have to take this election serious, have boots on the ground, talk to voters, meet where they are. they cannot take this election for granted. the poll numbers are too tight, and there is too much at stake for our country. >> good point. ashley allison, thank you very much. krysten anderson, thanks to you as well. >>> "outfront" next, a new warning tonight from the fbi director that threats against the jewish community in the united states are reaching, an

maybe nikki haley comes in second here. the democrats in 2020, once they got past iowa and new hampshire, nevada, south carolina, biden won big. we kind of have a national primary now. even if the candidates can rise in the early primary states, there's no sense that there is support beyond that to overtake trump. he is ahead by 30 points. >> let me just say, what about south carolina? in her favor is after nevada she hits south carolina, which is home turf. >> then you hit super tuesday. that's what happened with the democrats in '20. biden led in the national polls. to be honest, i doubt it. his ability to go the distance, because he didn't do well in iowa or new hampshire, and it turned out that people decided -- democrats decided there 2017, joe biden is our guy. i think probably the same on the republican side. >> tim, what about ron desantis and the draining money? donors are running away. he is sliding to third place. moving headquarters. he can't spent all the mon he has in iowa because of the rules about what you c

that's like nikki haley, ron desantis.hey come out of iowa is at least a little closer on and on. >> there is an article in your publication i'm sorry this is in the "des moines register." spotting naturally tim scott shifts resources to go all in on iowa caucuses. we got senator tim scott got florida governor desantis really moving a lot of campaign resources to iowa. seen on the ground and any impact that might be having? >> we did cover that in the cedar rapids gazette as well. though governor desantis has already sort of made that calculation. senator grassley hear from iowa made famous his annual effort to visit do the same in this campaign is in very focused on iowa from the start you mention mentioned senator scott. he recently made the decision for all the folks here in iowa. that's where they clearly see as their best shot moving forward. herea. and iowa. i wheezing the impact of that on the ground? not yet i would say but there is still time for that. senator scott has been here plenty of times. pilotte voters ar

is nikki haley really that much better?ically came to your desk, would you sign it? >> i will answer that when you answer, when you asked kamala and biden if they would agree to 37 weeks, 38 weeks, 39 weeks? then i will answer your question. >> how do you define woke? >> there's a lot of things. you want to start with biological boys playing in girl sports, that's one thing, the fact we have gender pronoun classes in the military now. all of these things that are pushing what a small minority won the majority of americans, it's too much. >> she's gonna walk herself off that stage of that right. joining me now, tara summers, tim adviser to the lincoln project and former calm structure for the gop. tara, just because nikki haley seems like the least extreme, although that tape would prove otherwise, right? the least extreme of her opponents, it doesn't mean that she is good for america. so, let's go through something quickly before i get to, abortion. strongly pro life, she supporting states being able to do a ban. she wants

nikki haley is gaining some traction. haley has increased her fund-raising in recent months.llion in the third quarter. haley is fighting governor ron desantis for the number two spot in the primary gop field. both lag far behind the front-runner, however. that's donald trump. although desantis raised more money than haley this quarter, she enters with significantly more cash on hand, $9 million compared to roughly $5 million reported by desantis' camp. in addition haley picked up an endorsement from a former rival yesterday after republican will herd suspended his presidential campaign. the former texas congressman call off his long shot bid deeming haley a candidate that can, quote, unite us. this news comes as haley's campaign reportedly steps up operations in iowa, opening headquarters and hiring staff and advisers. that's per the des moines register. ron desantis, meanwhile, will be a guest with us on "morning joe" later today. presidential candidate jfk jr. declared himself an independent candidate. >> and the republicans are frightened that i'm going to spoil it for pr

nikki haley now ties florida governor ron desantis for second place in this month's nbc poll. same poll we conducted last month. over the weekend, former vice president pence suspended his campaign. he had just 2% support. tim scott announced he qualified for the third republican debate, and there you see haley and desantis tied for second. haley and desantis share the same problem -- they want to be seen as an alternative to trump. here she is speaking before jewish leaders in las vegas. >> the abraham accords were historic. i'm happy to give president trump the credit he deserves. [ applause ] and i was honored to have played a part in those efforts. [ applause ] >> haley went on to question if trump would make the proper decisions in the future, but her biggest crowd response was when she praised the former president. the white house issued orders this morning telling companies they must warn the government if the artificial intelligence they're developing poses a risk to national security or public safety, particularly if the ai could be used to develop a weapon. these are

on the other hand, we have nikki haley saying people were vilifying members like that in trying to cuternment spending so a couple of mixed reactions. >> before we leave, california considered a new state, whose the republican will be put up in california to try to take over this open california in 2024? >> we do know one candidate is already announced they believe there might be a second chance the profile the democratic candidates have it isca somethig that might take time to sort out. >> generally, are we watching for is a covid campaign 2024? for my cases and cases a political tool for the campaign but beyond donald trump, tim scott will be in texas tuesday with johnson. >> coverage of those events available for readers that bloomberg.com. national political reporter with bloomberg, thanks for stopping by. >> thank you so much. ♪♪ >> c-span stamping 2024 covered is your front rosie was alleged election. watch as the fall on the campaign trail with the debates, speeches and more as you make up your own. campaign 2024 on the c-span network, c-span, a free mobile video up or anytime o

guest: nikki haley was sort of stagnant when she entered the race. when she got on the debate stage, she performed well and was well received. it was relatively unexpected. she had lower expectations than ron desantis for example. she began to surge. she is still not anywhere close to donald trump just to keep that in context. but she is showing an upward trend which a lot of people are not. that has sort of resulted in some attacks, putting her as a moderate, painting her as a centrist, something that will not bode well for a republican primary electorate. you don't want to be voting for someone that is seen as a weak republican. you had tim scott's super pac telling donors she is a moderate and she's not going to win and she's a moderate. amid the mudslinging between her and ron desantis this past week, to santos pretty much called her a moderate. and that she was being politically correct to appease both the left and the media. that's a pretty big claim when you're talking about the republican primary election. host: in general, how are the candid

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i keep on the nikki haley thread, but when you dig into the cross tabs, haley leads trump and desantis with suburban poll respondents. that's interesting. >> it is very interesting. it points to jump ahead to the possibility she may end up on the ticket with donald trump. the reality is he has the biggest amount of trouble and frankly a lot of biden margin victory in 2020 was due to college-gted suburban women. that's what nikki haley is. that's what she brings to the table. if she can bring in some votes in a few key states, she would be a potent edition to the ticket. >> 32% for her in that sub suburban poll. >> that's exactly right. and she was in his cabinet in the first terms. it's entirely possible they will figure out a way to work. >> thank you. "cnn this morning" continues now. >>> the situation here in the middle east is the heating up

haley has 54%. outkick founder clay travis says this. >> the question that will be out there as we approach iowa in ten weeks is who is going to be the clear contender to go after trump? it will either be nikki haley or ron desantis. the faster we get to a lesser number of people out there competing, the better we find out whether trump's lead is so durable that nobody can challenge him or if it's a one versus 1 or 1 versus two. >> harris: tammy bruce and patrick murphy are here. we welcome you both. what is your reaction to where the numbers are for trump and at least two other republicans who are really alone at the top after trump? >> it has been a big field. there has been a lot of drama and a lot of personalities out there. it shows you that the american people are watching, they are thoughtful about what's going on. noticed who is saying what and i like the fact that nikki haley has moved up. it is earned. i think what she has really done resonating with people with today's world is that she h

ambassador haley, thanks so much for joining us.re president right now, would you consider using the u.s. special operations to rescue american hostages being held in gaza? you just heard jake sullivan say that one of the complications with that is we don't know exactly where the hostages are and but i'm wondering if you would consider such a thing? >> thanks for having me, jake. i think it's important. you have to tell hard truths to americans and when you talk about this and you showed the percentages about what they think we should do, you have to be honest with them. this is messy, right? we desperately want to get those american hostages out, but if you saw those kids in the hands of those terrorists like with a mom heart it made me sick to my stomach for all those parents having to see those children in those terrorist hands, so of course, we want them out and why is it so easy that we can do that? it's because we don't know where they are. i have been in those tunnels that are massive, that are sophisticated and that hamas us

going to governor ron desantis and nikki haley. last week arguing over a marginal issue like admitting gaza refugees into the united states. desantis pac spent $1 million putting up a tv ad attacking nikki haley for saying she would admit gaza refugees into the united states. nikki haley spent most of the week responding to governor desantis's distortions of what she said. there must be ten more important issues we are debating and how we got bogged down in something like this, such a waste of time is a sad thing. paul: to santos is worried about nikki haley catching up. >> the biden administration announced sanctions really for venezuela based on a list of promises the dictatorship made about future democratic elections. the regime holds 270 political prisoners, no guarantee the elections next year will be fair. president biden says the unpopular dictator when he loses the election will step aside. paul: kim. kim call in the department of justice, former irs contractor charles littlejohn said he was the man who stole donald trump'

haley's interception sealed a 17 to nothing win.haley slater kicked himself for not scoring that second touchdown, but he really stood out on the field that day and he was named the rose bowl mvp playing in the rose bowl is one of the greatest thrills of my life. haley's recalled. some 60 years later, that was the only game i ever starred in. now, that rose bowl took place in january. the war had ended a few weeks earlier in november. states by training camps demobilized pretty rapidly and life got back fairly much to normal. but our soldiers in europe weren't going to be so lucky. they were going to be stuck over there for a while. but with no battles to fight, troops would have little or nothing to do. officials were once again feared a fearful of the same things that they feared. in 1917, thousands of american soldiers chasing liquor, gambling and women. and now in foreign countries where any slip ups could cause an embarrassing international incident, officials also feared a morale problem when the troops realized that they were

paper, headlines how haley is sending sparks flying.is where things are. but there is still 40 points ahead, could they make up 40 points or make up that deficit ahead of iowa. >> it is hard to envision. because he is just sucking up all of the oxygen right now. he continues to do so. the better haley performs, the more she might be setting herself up for 2028. the republican party has a long tradition. a lot of tradition has been broken in the last seven, eight years in the republican party but they do have a long tradition of that person who finished second gets the leg up for the next go around. so, if she continues to perform well, i don't think she'll end up on the vp slot. >> exactly. >> but she could be positioned herself to be a front-runner we'll see how that plays out. thank you, guys. coming up, mitt romney is doing his own name calling on his way out of washington. >>> retiring utah republican senator mitt romney is not holding back on his way out of washington. "the new york times" published from the new biography of the re

stuart: the trump campaign sent nikki haley a birdcage, give any explanation for this. >> bazaar, haleythe trump campaign sent a birdcage and bird food to her hotel room. she posted a day after the former president trump called her birdbrain, haley posted a photo of the gifts on acts with a # pathetic try again and you just made my case for me. funny. last week trump stated birdbrain doesn't have a talent or temperament to do the job, make america great again. haley responded suggesting a sugar campaign's momentum saying love this were in second will be not fast. bring it. it's getting ugly. stuart: i'm moving on, thank you very much, check the market. the dow is down 85, the nasdaq is up 85 points. that is a monday morning action. stocks took a beating in september. i read your stuff and you say it should not be seduced by the negativity, what does that mean. >> don't get seduced by the negativity. it is out right now, if you see how oil prices and higher interest rates and the naysayers that were negative earlier in the year are coming out of the woodwork saying this is the end. the e

if haley drops out, much lower percentage of hers, i think 12%, would go to trump.santis. that is a big argument for desantis in terms of trying to say he should be the nominee. of course, the thing that's working against him is that his trajectory has been nothing but downward since he got in. you've seen haley build slowly over time in a very upward, if slow, trajectory from being, you know, virtually unsupported to being tied for second in iowa. you see her having moved in new hampshire and, obviously, south carolina, her home state, a place where she would be expected to do well. >> john, we're about a week away from the next republican debate. trump, of course, skipping it again. tell us who you think, give us a candidate or two who you believe it's a make or break moment. >> i think it is a make or break moment for ron desantis right now, john. i mean, he has been losing altitude, not just in polling but also in terms of donors, some who stopped giving to him, some who started giving back to donald trump, as nbc recently reported. you know, i'm not saying he n

- this is haley marie. - haley marie. (haley mary) berries right there. - yeah. there are berries right there. - o.k. she knows what to get. - you're going to get some berries. - you like that. - so yummy. - are you the one who comes and gets the egg in the morning? let's see. oh yeah! great! - we'll close it up. see you later chickens! - i guess you have to go. - i have to go. (rachel jones) hunting season opened today. - yeah. - we'll be preparing food for the winter. - o.k. - you'll be o.k. - yes. see you later! see ya. bye miss kiera lee. (sophie fouron) let's go. all right. you want to pick some peas? do you know how lucky you are, to have peas in your garden? can i eat them all? (haley marie) no. - come! come! what are we going to do? (rachel jones) we are going to bring some fishies outside. so these are king salmon, filleted, and they have been brining overnight. - look. this is pretty neat. - yeah. - so just like that? - yeah. just lay them right out. we can't go too far, because there are ravens and they'll come, swoop down, grab the fish and take off w

you look at haley and you say, okay, she's had sizable growth here. going, build on it, make this a race with trump? a couple notes of caution on that. take a look at this. the source of haley's support on this surge, a lot comes from outside the republican party or comes from republicans who view trump negatively, for instance, independent voters. they can join the caucuses. they'll probably make up about 20% of the caucus electorate. you see trump does very poorly, relatively speaking with this group. he leads, but not nearly the margin he leads statewide. haley has moved well into second place here, doubling up ron desantis. that's a big shift from what we saw in august. haley making inroads with independents, suburbanites who express dissatisfaction with trump. if she wants to make headway, she'll have to appeal to republican voters who say they'd rather vote for donald trump. she'll have to make inroads with that type of voter, not just independents and anti-trump republicans. in iowa, a couple things jump out. first of all, desantis is the most

a super pac backing ron desantis just hit nikki haley with an ad targeting her record with china. >>s governor, haley rolled out the red carpet for chinese companies. >> they want to do business in south carolina our home, your home. >> as governor of south carolina, nikki haley did praise the chinese company for creating jobs in her state. a spokesperson for haley condemned the ad as lies and hypocrisy from desantis, who also recruited chinese companies to florida >>> the middle of the country is in for a warm week but the ohio valley is in for cold morning with freeze alerts popping up nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking those trends good morning, michelle. >> good morning to you both. it is a chilly start we're looking at 20s and 30s parts of the appalachians as well the interior parts of the northeast, 28 million americans waking up to these alerts. we have freeze warnings. that is in the hot pink. frost advisories louisville down to asheville just above freezing in pittsburgh, only 35 degrees. lots of 30s. detroit, columbus, and we have some 40s chicago just 47 degre

haley's interception sealed a 17 to nothing win.haley slater kicked himself for not scoring that second touchdown, but he really stood out on the field that day and he was named the rose bowl mvp playing in the rose bowl is one of the greatest thrills of my life. haley's recalled. some 60 years later, that was the only game i ever starred in. now, that rose bowl took place in january. the war had ended a few weeks earlier in november. states by training camps demobilized pretty rapidly and life got back fairly much to normal. but our soldiers in europe weren't going to be so lucky. they were going to be stuck over there for a while. but with no battles to fight, troops would have little or nothing to do. officials were once again feared a fearful of the same things that they feared. in 1917, thousands of american soldiers chasing liquor, gambling and women. and now in foreign countries where any slip ups could cause an embarrassing international incident, officials also feared a morale problem when the troops realized that they were

haley's interception sealed a 17 to nothing win.haley slater kicked himself for not scoring that second touchdown, but he really stood out on the field that day and he was named the rose bowl mvp playing in the rose bowl is one of the greatest thrills of my life. haley's recalled. some 60 years later, that was the only game i ever starred in. now, that rose bowl took place in january. the war had ended a few weeks earlier in november. states by training camps demobilized pretty rapidly and life got back fairly much to normal. but our soldiers in europe weren't going to be so lucky. they were going to be stuck over there for a while. but with no battles to fight, troops would have little or nothing to do. officials were once again feared a fearful of the same things that they feared. in 1917, thousands of american soldiers chasing liquor, gambling and women. and now in foreign countries where any slip ups could cause an embarrassing international incident, officials also feared a morale problem when the troops realized that they were

mike pence dropping out of the race does that create an opening hor nikki haley?t does she have that pence doesn't? they share a traditional hawkish views. >> i think it's good news for republicans trying to defeat trump, but not that big. he was only polling in low digits. so it's not like someone can con s sol date the field. you would have to have everyone drop out except like ron desantis or nikki haley and then maybe that could create some momentum. but like these trump voters, they are so loyal to trump where nothing really matters. remember, they were chanting hang mike pence and it was at the january 6th rally and trump was saying, well, actually, you know, that was a good line. so i think this is kind of of a fake primary where this is -- nothing is really going to move the needle even if -- after he has been charged with 91 felonies. >> trump has an incredible hold on the republican party. it's as strong as ever as seems. he is a republican frontrunner for 2024. also has a lot of influence over the republicans in the house as we saw over the last few wee

governor haley, american students are in academic trouble.hronic absenteeism at record highs, and this has even been called education homicide. you say school choice is the answer, but south carolina, your home state, still has not enacted universal school choice, and even a current expansion won't be fully implemented until 2027. parents can't wait four years for a fix, so what would you do right now? >> well, school choice isn't the only answer, but i'll tell you, it's not out of a lack of trying that we didn't get school choice in south carolina. first of all, we have to acknowledge the fact that 67% of our eighth graders are not proficient in reading or math. over 80% of our eighth graders aren't proficient in history or civics, and recently 12 and 13-year-olds are scoring at the lowest levels in reading and math in decades. so the first hinge we've got to do is make sure we catch our kids back up. we have to make sure they can read. a child that can't read by third grade is four times less likely to graduate high school. we need to do re

hal haley's superpac is spending big money to attack me in iowa.ou don't do that unless you view me as the threat. so i look at how the campaigns behave, and if donald trump had it sewn up, he would not be attacking me there. we would not be the point of the focal attack. >> haley all too happy to tout her rise in the polls. listen to this. >> if you saw the polls today in iowa, i am now in second place in iowa, second place. [ applause ] we are now second place in new hampshire. we are now second place in south carolina. i got one more fella i got to catch up to, and i am determined to do it. >> that fellow though at a distant first, being donald trump. in iowa, this comes just after the first major republican candidate dropped out of the race. former vice president mike pence making a surprise announcement this weekend, and joining me now is mark short, senior adviser of mike pence and also the former chief of staff to vice president pence. it's good oto see you, mark. what was the final straw? why do you think he did not gain traction? >> well,

nikki haley -- human wind sock. she could whatever way the political winds are rolling and she will be pro trump when she has to be, she will be anti-trump when she has to be, she'll say anything, she'll to anything. i do think that is good news for her in part because she has performed well on post debates stages. but also because everybody around her has been so mediocre or less than mediocre. that reason there is room for nikki haley to the on an upward trajectory is because ron desantis has failed and flailed like fish desperately gasping for some oxygen, when they're out of water. >> we will see first of all if there is another debate, and how that one goes for all of those candidates. and -- ed -- >> just let me say one thing. debates don't win the presidency. -- campaigns is getting out and meeting people, articulating issues they care about, and connecting. none of these candidates are connect again either of these debates have been disastrous as far as i'm concerned. >> that's an important point. ed rollins

and former south carolina governor nikki haley.inland and orange county south carolina senator tim scott. and former new jersey governor chris christie. dana: on the wing tonight former vice president mike pence. and north dakota governor doug burgum. stuart: questions on a wide variety of issues and primary voters and candidates get one minute to answer and 30 seconds to respond if singled out. when their time runs out, we'll all hear this [ bell tolling ]. stuart: we have a holt of ground to cover so please keep it civil civilized. dana: let's get going. we're in a sparkes sunny place tonight designed to reflect the very nature and character of ronald reagan. it's a place that makes you proud to be an american. yet today our nation is drowning in division, and incivility. ilia: voters say they dread the 2024 election and find politics exhausting. two in three americans think the country is on the wrong track. and three in four say the economy is not in good shape. stuart: prices are up 18% since 2020. more than half of the u.s. p

and dropping out of the race, but he did take aim at his republican rivals, ron desantis and nikki haley.>> like a wounded bird falling from the sky. there it is. he is falling beautifully from the sky, it is a beautiful thing to watch. i got him elected. anybody know who bird brain is?

now he's given one to haley, which is bird brain. the next step usually is he attacks in the media.n trail. he actually has been pretty glowing of nikki haley in the past to remind people that she was his u.n. ambassador. is that about to change, do you think, and is she someone who can take him on one on one? >> first, i one up your team problems with my team's problems, the detroit lions. we have never been to a super bowl, let alone won a conference. >> we just made it to the afc championship. >> we haven't been to an nfc championship ever, ever. so i get your problem. >> you feel my pain. >> anyway, at least we're winning games this season. on to the probably less important thing which is the presidential race, i mean, i think that's the fundamental problem in this. donald trump turned his sights on ron desantis. ron desantis plummeted in the polls. he's beginning to turn his sights slightly on nikki haley, my guess is it will stay slightly until she demonstrates sort of that she can move fundamentally into second in a permanent way and then he'll turn his sights on her. that's