host: two southeast new hampshire, exeter, new hampshire, the line for democrats, good morning. how is it going? host: doing well. what your question or comment? caller: the way i've looked at it and i haven't heard anyone talk about it but the major reason for it being taken away from new hampshire is just campaign-finance. i feel like they think they will make more money off another state that new hampshire. i was just wondering if you had any insight on that, thanks. guest: i don't know that it's so much a campaign-finance thing as it is -- this has been brewing on the democratic side in terms of t national party elites for some time. the question has been -- is new hampshire a representative electorate of the democratic party? by certain criteria in terms of racial diversity and so forth, the answer is no, new hampshire is not representative in that fashion. the question has always been -- what are their political traditions and other factors regarding new hampshire and the fact that it's a small state and the fact that it's basically an open playing field to these other cri

today, the people get a say in new hampshire, primary day in new hampshire.his is sam in san diego, independent. thanks for getting up early. caller: yeah, hi, how are you, good morning. i am very alarmed about this upcoming election. i think president biden, his popularity is at an all-time low. and i think he was voted for by constituents that were just kind of tired of trump. you know, trump was a very bombastic personality. but his policies -- i mean, there's good to be said about his policies. what alarms me the most is that over one-third of the country believe the election was stolen. this is unheard of. when you look at the flow of election workers that have left their jobs because of this the legal cases and all the scrutiny, i would even go with the word scandals, it is creating an environment that is potentially very alarming. because, already, you have tens of millions of dissolution voters. so if this becomes the two candidates to elect, even if trump loses, those voters are not even going to come close to believing it. biden was elected as a mod

l-ñ-ko hampshire, how far as i for mexico?as governor chris sununu has been pointing out, there has been a surge of crossings from the northern border and of people who are on the terrorist watch list, so that is a spark. another thing is high profile incidents in new hampshire, for example a gentleman from brazil who allegedly took part in a mass murderer in priscilla and was convicted was found livingin new hampshire a few months ago and seized by police. last week, you had a story of someone charged with sexually abusing ciz mentally disabled person in boston. i sent over a detainer because the person was hereand the judge under the sanctuary philosophy said we are not going to recognize your detainer and they release this person who allegedly raped someone. the kind of stories people are reading in new hampshire and is having an impact on the electorate. also, the arnikki haley said donald trump is the candidate of chaos and i think that is a legitimate argument. other voters say look at the chaos we have gotten since bid

they have that in new hampshire. nikki haley is there, it isjust hampshire.ey is there, it isjust a one—on—one contest. ron desantis has moved south, so here is the test. if we do not do well in terms of nikki haley doing well against donald trump, than it looks like it is going to be an early finish to this nomination contest. i finish to this nomination contest-— finish to this nomination contest. s, s, s, s, s, contest. i want to ask about a hypothetical _ contest. i want to ask about a hypothetical here, _ contest. i want to ask about a hypothetical here, it - contest. i want to ask about a hypothetical here, it doesn't i hypothetical here, it doesn't look likely that donald trump will be the eventual republican nominee unless something changes. if you were to be convicted in one of the four criminal cases he is currently facing, in your mind, which of the republican party do? first of all, the republican party do? first of all. they — the republican party do? first of all, they should _ the republican party do? first of all, they should not - the republi

host: we will start with lisa in new hampshire. lisa in new hampshire. independent. go ahead.ler: i just wanted to say, civilization would be great right now. that is what my kids say. that is why i'm going to vote today. we just need to get rid of the -- causing all of this confusion and chaos. host: who will you be voting for? are you willing to say? caller: probably nikki haley. she has good principles, good team around her. people that don't have lives that are not in entertainment, not really funny at all. it is actually causing a lot of chaos between families, communities. she wants to go back to being peaceful again. host: lisa, an independent. one of those undeclared, i'm assuming. the role of the undeclared voters today, and turnout expectations on that front, james pindell? guest: such a great point from lisa. a point that nikki haley have been making in her argument, time for a new generation. 70% of america doesn't want joe biden and donald trump in every match this year. this may be the contest that decides if it will happen automatically or not. to your point abo

, new hampshire. can hear from those folks in new hampshire of the consternation over whether or not they will remain the first in the nation primary after tonight's election. let's go over the results, the associated press, fox news and others. the primary election race has been called for former president donald trump. let's hear what nikki haley has to say. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> you are a great american! >> what a great night, god is so good. thank you, new hampshire for the love, the kindness and support and a great night here tonight. thank you so much. i want to first say thank you to my husband, who i know is watching right now. i want to thank my kids who are here and who have stepped up and just given me what i need. you really pull on your family went something like this happens and i am incredibly blessed by their support. i have my parents at home and i will always say that the way they raised me, to know we lived in the best country in the world, but to also know that the

new hampshire is one of few u.s.s to follow an open primary system, meeting 39% of voters who registered as undeclared can vote for either party on election day. there is plenty up for grabs in this important primary. let's go to our correspondent, carl nesbitt, who has been following the action on the ground. carl, good to see you. you have been visiting polling sites. tell us what the atmosphere has been like. carl: we are expecting a record turnout for this primary in new hampshire. you can see behind me, a long line of people. we have seen a steady stream of voters coming into this polling station in manchester, new hampshire. this is the registration area. they will be getting their names checked. they will proceed over there to those voting booths where they will be casting their ballots. i was speaking with an election official earlier. he is a 30 year veteran of these primaries. he said, look, the interest and vibrancy is not as high as he has seen in the past. but already, some 50% of the voters registered h

special coverage of the new hampshire primary continues right now. >>> turnout is strong in new hampshire. voters are continuing heading to the polls at this hour. welcome to our coverage of the new hampshire primary. >> the new hampshire secretary of state thing there could be record turnout today in what is now a two-person race. donald trump versus nikki haley. >> she is the clear underdog tonight. she has staked her entire campaign on a strong finish in new hampshire are trying to make the case she can defeat trump and win in the general election. today telling orders she is in this for the long haul. >> this has always been a marathon. it has never been a sprint. we want to be strong in iowa, stronger in new hampshire, even stronger in south carolina we are running the tape. >> meanwhile, trump telling reporters even if he is able to secure a decisive three tonight he will not ask nikki haley to exit the race but we will be getting early clues about what has been happening. are not looking very strong. in an hour from now we will get the first exit poll results and that could tell us

for folks in new hampshire. that, paul, how do new hampshire voters differ caus of ideology and what motivates them to vote? guest: i used to be a purple state -- iowa used to be a purple state. it has become much more conservative. republicans have done very well at the ballot boxnew hampshire a dozen through battleground states. we have a republican governor, a legislature that is majority republicans and the executive council also controlled by their publicans. our congressional delegation is entirely democrats. we are very much a battleground state. call it what you will. we state where independent voters, we call undeclared voters up here, they are influential in our president to primary. they make up about 40% of the electorate. we can vote either the democrat or republican primary. we c go into the polling station, register and get a republican ticket card or democrat card, cast our ballots and go back and reregister as an indendent. yes, moderate voters and independent voters in new hampshire are very in

host: we will start with lisa in new hampshire. lisa in new hampshire. independent. go ahead.aller: i just wanted to say, civilization would be great right now. that is what my kids say. that is why i'm going to vote today. we just need to get rid of the -- causing all of this confusion and chaos. host: who will you be voting for? are you willing to say? caller: probably nikki haley. she has good principles, good team around her. people that don't have lives that are not in entertainment, not really funny at all. it is actually causing a lot of chaos between families, communities. she wants to go back to being peaceful again. host: lisa, an independent. one of those undeclared, i'm assuming. the role of the undeclared voters today, and turnout expectations on that front, james pindell? guest: such a great point from lisa. a point that nikki haley have been making in her argument, time for a new generation. 70% of america doesn't want joe biden and donald trump in every match this year. this may be the contest that decides if it will happen automatically or not. to your point a

nes new hampshire.icant. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, dana. >>> ahead fresh off his win in iowa as i was talking about with governor haley, donald trump is back in court today. a jury is set to determine how much he will pay in damages for defaming columnist e. jean carroll, who has accused him of sexual assault. stay with us. >>> right now donald trump is back in court for second defamation case against him. a jury will decide how much he must pay for defaming columnist e. jean carroll who has accused trump of sexual assault. it is a very different scene from last night's victory address in iowa. i want to bring in cnn senior legal analyst elle honic. just to be clear. there's a lot swirling and this is complicated because it's a criminal trial he was found libel for abusing e. jean carroll and now the question among others is, what the damages will be? that's part of what is happening in the court, correct? in the hearing i should say? >> right, dana. yes. so this is actually a second trial and he

here in new hampshire.re was a lot of movement in these last days of his campaign. he was planning on being in south carolina all weekend long. the concern there is, maybe he thought he'd be getting better support in nikki haley state. um, not sure if he got that or not, but the reality is his trip back to new hampshire now canceled the event that was supposed to be here at 5 p.m. no longer happening, obviously, as 2024 race is suspended. so definitely disappointed supporters. i don't expect that they're going to stop yet. they should be still coming by and asking questions, but we have confirmed with the manager obviously that tonight's speaking engagement to rally support is no longer happening. all right, madison, thank you. and the race continues, though, because, uh, desantis is out. trump is still very much in. and so is nikki haley. right now we're going to go to brian yanis. he is with the haley camp. and he will join us now live with more on the ground there. brian hayato, we had just spoken to nik

c4 new hampshire new hampshire voters a live free or die as the state motto. good to see you. >> take care. before thank you. arthel: are an exclusive reactin from former president trump saying he is quote very honored by the desantis endorsement. and as we just saw alexis mcadams is following the trump campaign she is live from new hampshire so again, alexis we have you back there. we are getting reaction from the former president said he's very honored by the desantis endorsement. already the attack mode seems to be set aside. we will see where we go from here. >> arthel, that is right how things a change in politics it's only a matter of hours ago we heard more about the attack ads but now things are much different florida governor ron desantis is dropped out i just talked to him a couple times this week and he told me he was not giving up on the granite granitestate and was all in els9 counties did everything he could to an iowa, he felt sure they are the ground game shifted a bit i did asked ron desantis are you looking for an offramp here are a focus on

their first snowman in new hampshire. they are one of the reasons we fight so hard for what we winston churchill once remarked that success is not final, failure is not is the courage to continue that counts. while this campaign has ended, the mission continues. down here in florida, we will continue to show the country how to lead. thank you and god bless. >> a healthy democracy does t just look like this. it looks like this, where americans can see my chrissy at work because citizens are truly informed. get informed straight from the source on c-sunfiltered, unbiasr word, from the nation's capital to wherever you are. because the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. c-span, powered by cable. rst this morning, two days ahead of the new hampshire primary, with andrew smith. he is the survey center directr at the university of new hampshire. we are going to be talking about new hampshire primary polling and other trends. good morning. guest: good morning. host: let's start off. tell

they stumbled in new hampshire, but learned from new hampshire. mccain defeated george w. bush in new hampshire by a sizable margin. both candidates and the rest of to south carolina where there was a very different type of conversation and a different type of debate. i think again, because new hampshire has an open primary, because it is a relatively small population and geographicallthin a couple of hours in any direction you have covered, more than 80% of the states population because we side in a small geographic area in our state, it makes for a accessible way to get to voters and have a real, authentic conversations and q and a. the voters take it seriously. they have participated in this in many decades. we are used to having these conversations. i think we are good at it. ■yit should not be a barometer that you should have to meet the expectations as a front runner to win new hampshire in order to maintain the order of states, in order for new hampshire to stay first in the nation. that would make it a far more subjective exercise to have

>> you mentioned in new hampshire with the primaries, there's a reason it has happened in new hampshireent voters, they make up a huge share of the presidential primary electorate in new hampshire, more than any other state. how big? let's put numbers to right here. these are the past three competitive republican primaries in new hampshire. these are republican primaries, but look in 2016, more than four in ten voters in that republican primary was an independent. in 2012, 45%. in 2008, 37%. those are awful leigh big numbers for a primary and the rule in new hampshire has been you win the independent vote. donald trump did in 2016. mitt romney did in 2012. john mccain did in 2008 and you win new hampshire. so if there is going to be a surprise on tuesday night that would probably be haley more than desantis just based on the polling. haley would need independent voters to come through for her and she would need them to come through for her big because if you just take a look at the latest polling we've seen out of new hampshire just this morning, a brand-new poll from the boston globe,

host: you heard it from a new hampshire democrat. stake for that party in newat hampshire. the party will not be assigned because new hampshire has decided to stick with the first in the nation date, partly because they have a republican governor who wouldn't let them switch. ll not get to count the delegates from tuesday's primary. you have to write in the president's name. there are going to be 21 democrats on that ballot. the writing option will be the very last one. let's take a look at the last time president j ben ran in new hampshire. this is from the 202decratic primary. you will recall bernie sanders the granite state. pete btieg came iamklobuchar thm nnesota was third and elizabeth warren came in fourth. joe biden that year with 8.4% of the vote. the 2016 16 democratic primary results. bernie sanders again winning 60.4% of the vote in 2016. hillary clinton with 38% and martin o'malley .3%. let's go back to new hampshire. nick is an independent. you are voting tuesday? caller: yes i do. voting for the former president. host: you have got to mute that television, be

in new hampshire, we have an id law.ew hampshire we have same-day voting and very limited absentee voting, so we don't have optional mail-in voting for anyone who feels like it. we have not got voting on sunday in advance of tuesday because it is more convenient. very strictly applied.we have i cannot speak for other states, cannot speak to the caller's concern about other states, but i know in new hampshire we don't have the issues. we don't exclude people from the unless they are truly not qualified and there is an appeal process for them if somebody tries to exclude them from the ballot. while those may be valid concerns that a voter has -- and i am sure he is sincere in what he says -- she wouldn't run into those problems in new hampshire. host: let me take you back to the granite state, dover, new hampshire. this is sylvia, independent. caller: good morning. one of the things that hasn't been mentioned and i want to make sure hasn't been changed,■s if you are an independent and you go into vote, you can pick a ballo

host: new hampshire's secretary of state.ight on campaign 2024 as we continue our live coverage of the new hampshire primary here on c-span. tom n caller: north carolina is trump country. the day joe biden spent in that office, everything has gone up. name me one thing that has gone down. go try to buy a car or truck. you are going to pay sticker or above. look at the border. by the time november comes, over 10 million people will have these democrats just sit back. that's fine. on top of that, we have to have cars by 2032. i saw the news the other day they had the big start -- no they had to leave their cars the middle-of-the-road. if you want an electric car and keep paying high gas prices and leave the border open, vote for joe biden. if you want change, i suggest you vote for donald trump. host: democratic caller. caller: good trump loves to say how much he hates the media. one of the important things republicans should remember about trump, he was whispering into the media's ear, meaning bob woodward, two months before c

to new hampshire voters. this is from andy, who's an investigative report wh cnn. high volume of robo calls featuring an ai voice resemblin president joe biden is ving new hampshire residents against vongn the upcoming primary. than-robo call app suggests a significant number of calls. it's unclear who was behind this disinformation. and he later reported that the fake joe biden robo call was set between 5000 to 25,000 phones on sunday, according to estimates from the anti-robo call application. there is this from the wall street journal. this is a statement from e founder we serve better pack on this mysterious robo call in new hampshire. we had absolutely nothing to do with the robo call and thi i is wrong. you also had t n hampshire department of justice putting out this on. voter suppression robo call complain to the unit. new hpsre doj has received complaints regarding a message encouraging voters not to vote in the dash and the governor chris sununu said he talked with the attorney general in new hampsh

a live look at nashua, new hampshire. all six registered voters there putting their support behind nikki haley. we are continuing our live coverage from manchester, new hampshire, this morning. let's go to them right now. set the scene for us. >> i think what we saw there with nikki haley is quintessential new hampshire, at least what new hampshire maybe used to be and has been until this point. a freewheeling moment on the trail. nikki haley there at a polling location out by the beach, taking as many questions from reporters as they could almost deliver. that's what traditionally you have had to do in new hampshire to appeal to voters. go to town meeting after town meeting, talk to as many people as possible. things feel different this time. one of the things i think that we have heard from nikki haley supporters as we went to events is that maybe they would have liked to have seen more unplugged moments like this. chris sununu, the governor with her, he is unplugged all the time. >> no matter what, i want chris sununu

new hampshire corrected. i think she was speaking tongue-in-cheek. this could be it. it really looks like trump has it in the bag but you never know with new hampshire. the republican primary here is always had a different result from n hampshirewhen it's an op, not an incumbent. this was breaking the mold but trump in some ways is a causation incumbent. host: let's talk about new hampshire. the primary will be on this coming tuesday. what are you watching for this coming week? guest: just watching to see what the arguments are. can anything that changes the dynamic? you've got donald trump doing a lot of events. he was in court yesterday in the e. jean carroll case which you would think would be a distraction from campaigning in new hampshire but him facing legal challenges is part of his campaign. he is running from court -- from the courtroom. what kind of crowds do they draw? on tuesday night, i saw donald trump had a massive crowd in atkinson, new hampshire. night in brenton woods. she had a good crowd.

new hampshire loves to give us surprises.cally it's because all of these independent, nonaffiliated voters. so we're going to be looking for that. and if nikki haley wins, we were just a talking about this earlier, it will be a tech tonic shift. does that mean she is has a path to the nomination? probably not. as we move into super tuesday, all of those states become win or take all. it will be tough mathematically to catch up to donald trump. but so what democrats will be looking at is the margin. what does that mean? if the margin is large in terms of donald trump's victory, then clearly i think he has it put away. but if haley is close and you look at how many independent voters, how many unaffiliated voters there are, it's going to point to a deficit and i think a weakness in donald trump's electorate that we really aren't talking a lot about today. if you go become to look at what happened in iowa, yes, sir, he won overwhelmingly percentage wise, but almost half of iowa voters who voted in the caucuses did not vote for h

new hampshire is stubborn. i hear a lot of talk right now about trying to bring the campaign to a conclusion and rallying around donald trump. and from our standpoint, you know, voters are out in polling places now, casting ballots, and we have shown that stubborn streak before. there is always that possibility. it is difficult to poll new hampshire. i'll say this that nikki haley has run the most authentic full spectrum new hampshire campaign i've seen this year. she put a lot of investment on the ground early, a year ago, and it paid off to get her into striking distance here. we'll see if she can carry it off today. >> let's talk about potential turnout. according to the new hampshire secretary of state, independent voters make up 40% of the electorate. that's ail little bit less than 2016. how do you expect voter enthusiasm and the independent vote to compare this year? what is your sense? >> the good news for nikki haley is undeclared voters are the biggest bloc in new hampshire. that's a group that tends

iowa and new hampshire are not the same. a lot of people win iowa and lose new hampshire. it may not be over just because it looks like it's going to be a blowout. but obviously the blowout helps him move forward with a contests to come with steam behind him. >> thank you all so much. and the expectations game. coming up, top performer campaign strategist coming in to talk about how republican candidates are preparing for their next stop on the campaign trial. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. l. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. - i got the cabin for three days. it's gonna be sweet! what? i'm 12 hours short. - have a fun weekend. - ♪ unnecessary action hero! unnecessary. ♪ - was that necessary? - no. neither is a blown weekend. with paycom, employees do their own payroll so you can fix problems before they become problems. - hmm! get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. - see you down the line. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew.

he's awesome at new hampshire. great to hear from him. >> both of you have never been smarter or looked younger. >>> major developments overnight. iran launches ballistic missiles at noren thern iraq. what's going on here not far from where u.s. troops are located? >>> new this morning, we're seeing new images of an iranian air strike inside iraq. now iran claims it was going after a spy base they say was being used by israel's spy agency. they say it was in northern iraq. iran also says it fired ballistic missiles at what it called a terrorist headquarters in northern syria, and there were other strikes in syria as well. these were the strikes in the iraqi kyrgyzstan region. with me now, cedric layton. i glossed over what i think is the most significant part there. iran says it conducted air strikes. we're not talking about proxies or hezbollah or houthis. we're talking about iran that did this. how significant is this? >> that's huge. john, good morning to you. the big thing here is that the iranians themselves a

hampshire. >> who lost the house for us? the senate? the white house? donald trump, donald trump, donald trump. >> will the former president with a divisive record and facing criminal charges get another step closer to his ultimate goal? >> this could end it. then we can focus on biden. >> our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the trump biden nightmare. >> now it's time for voters to have their say. with the power to shake up the race. >> the granite state has put political pundits to shame so many times. >> or help catapult trump toward the nomination. >> you'll be able to vote for your all time favorite president. me. >> it's new hampshire's turn and voting is underway across the state right now. ♪ >>> take a look, a live view of the new hampshire capital as voters across the state are putting their stamp on the republican presidential race. t they're casting ballots in the first primary of 2024. a contest that could be decisive. welcome to cnn's live special coverage of the new hamps

gop front-runner is now looking to new hampshire. >> now off to new hampshire, great place we won last time and we won both times. and we love it. the people are great. truth is people in our country are great. we are a nation in decline. we are going to turn it around so fast, it will happen so fast. >> brooke: and vivek ramaswamy making a major announcement. >> as of this moment, we are going to suspend this presidential campaign and this is going to have to be -- there is no path for me to be the next president absent things we don't want to see happen in this country. i called donald trump to tell him that i congratulate him on his victory and now going forward, he will have my full endorsement for presidency. >> brooke: today mark says one week before the new hampshire primary. trump won in 2016 and 2020. >> todd: in new hampshire, nikki haley hoping to make some gain after finishing third last night. >> we are expecting candidates to show up in new hampshire. within minutes, donald trump won the iowa caucus, for many that was not a big surprise. governor ron desantis hit all 99 c

today, the people get a say in new hampshire, primary day in new hampshire. this is sam in san diego, independent. thanks for getting up early. caller: yeah, hi, how are you, good morning. i am very alarmed about this upcoming election. i think president biden, his popularity is at an all-time low. and i think he was voted for by constituents that were just kind of tired of trump. you know, trump was a very bombastic personality. but his policies -- i mean, there's good to be said about his policies. what alarms me the most is that over one-third of the country believe the election was stolen. this is unheard of. when you look at the flow of election workers that have left their jobs because of this pressure and then all the legal cases and all the scrutiny, i would even go with the word scandals, it is creating an environment that is potentially very alarming. because, already, you have tens of millions of dissolution voters. so if this becomes the two candidates to elect, even if trump loses, those voters are not even going to come close to believing it. bi

register group in new hampshire.over 40%. as a result of the undeclareds, and new hampshire, if there is -- there is a choice. they can pick up democratic knowledge or ballot. on the day of the primary. there was no reason to pick up a democratic knowledge because what is the point? the motivation for them, all the motivation was to pick a republican ballot. what were they going to do with they picked it up? they really only had nikki, i describe as mega polite, or they had maga. they had donald trump. a lot of them were -- there's no way they could support donald trump. republicans may become a conservatives baby or even something moderate, but donald trump was so offensive to them that there was no way they were going to do it. so nikki benefited from the undeclareds having nowhere to go on the democratic side. that is one of the reasons why she was so successful with these undeclareds, more moderate voters. donald trump was able to clean up with what? the conservative republican base because republicans today are

to overcome that but new hampshire is very independent, new hampshire thinks through it all i am hopeful different direction next tuesday. governor, you are officially out of the race back home in arkansas. i'm going to ask you, is there a candidate you would endorse now in this race? i could see myself down the road endorsing an alternative to donald trump so i'm watching it. i have not made a decision yet and we will see how it goes. i have helped build the republican party in arkansas, i have always expected to support the republican nominee but this is a precarious time for the party and i think we can come out of this but we have got to move quickly away from donald trump's hold on the party to a more independent voice, a more conservative voice and a principled voice and we will see if we can do that but that is what i will be focused on. governor, last question, you travelled the state of iowa, you braved those freezing temperatures like everybody else, what is your takeaway, having spoken with the voters across the state? first of all, gives you type in democracy, theyjust washin

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he's also in new hampshire tonight. dave weigel, political reporter for settle for an endorsement, director of the university of new hampshire survey center. andrew, you are that new hampshire expert. does what we are seeing in darkesville not tell us anything? what are you watching for? >> doesn't really tell us about who can actually win the primary or who's going to be coming the next president. it does say something about the history of the new hampshire primary. the hoopla that goes on around the primary. some of the quirky events that occurred in the state over the decade in the new hampshire primary that has been first. it's really part of the fabric of politics. it's always important to remember that politics isn't just that not symbols of policy and so forth. it's all of the other factors that go into the race and make it interesting. this is certainly one of them. >> tonight is also about the great traditions. bond, we all know that this is a very, very small sample size. tomorrow will be bigger. what are you

and now, back to you, kate in new hampshire. >> yes, new hampshire.e campaign collides with donald trump in court. and with me, the one and only dana bash, and chris sununu. >> i feel like i saw you on a plane overnight. >> yes. >> and it wasn't a dream? and you were there and you were there. >> yes, and i was snoring in 4a. so now what john and paula were talking about, donald trump fresh off this huge win in iowa and back in the courtroom, and a split screen of how the courtroom and the campaign have become the same thing for him. >> i was thinking that i feel like we can get rid of the term split screen, because it is the screen. >> true. it is a great point. >> it is the campaign and it is donald trump's 2024 candidacy. and since even before we really got into it when other people joined race, it was abundantly clear that a big part of the reason for him running was to fight his legal battles from a perch of not just a former president, but a candidate for president, and we are seeing that play out, and just in the context of what happened last ni

i will call for more, debates she is not giving new hampshire wet new hampshire demands in a state or a time when they want, they may not want to be for her, but trump has not really gone up or down here. he's gone at 55. he's been stuck there pretty much throughout there for months. >> he hasn't given them a choice. >> she hasn't allowed them to want her. >> one of the things that i think, which is frankly wishful thinking, is if we can just get rid of trump it will be over. if we just get rid of trump. it's like cutting off the head of the snake or whatever the analogy is. it will be over. i do not buy that. i mean, matt gaetz was here. he's the heir apparent. there is a lot of people campaigning for that. but what do you think about that? >> i get, that i agree with that to a point. i also think though that trump is a singular thing. without the center of gravity that he represents and has provided for so long, the republican party would be completely loss and they would collapse in on itself in a way that it might not survive. so i think to some degree they're hanging on with him,

based on recent positive polling out of new hampshire. >> when you lock at how we're doing, in new hampshire, in south carolina, i can safe ly sy tonight, iowa made this republican primary a two-person race. >> haley is continuing her message of leadership. >> 70% of americans don't want another trump/biden rematch. >> reporter: entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy suspending his campaign for president after placing a disappointing fourth. he called trump to offer his endorsement. >> we're going to do our part now going forward to make sure that america first lives on. to make sure that donald trump is successful as the next president of the united states. >> reporter: entrance polling providing insights into how trump locked in his victory. two-thirds of caucus goers believe that biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election. despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. and nearly half of caucus goers say they identify with trump's maga movement. >> we have an invasion of millions and millions of people that are coming into our country. we can't have that. we can't have that. it's not sustaina

it's election day in new hampshire. polls are open for the state's traditional first in the nation primary. this year is different. all the action is on the republican side, with democrats not choosing delegates because they opted to let south carolina, with a more diverse voting electorate, go first. as is the tradition, it has been this way for 64 years, the first results are in from the tiny six-person hamlet of dixville notch, which goes to the polls at midnight, casting all six votes for nikki haley. her campaign calling it a great start to the day. despite donald trump clearing the rest of the gop field after his iowa caucus landslide and haley still trailing him by double digits in new hampshire. undeclared voters are today's wild card. this is still anyone's race to win. >> i could envision a double digit trump win ends the primary. if nikki haley wins, then buckle up. it's going to be a good one. >> a final tracking poll shows mr. trump steadily increasing his lead to 22 points. if that proves accurate, the for

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the first set of polls just closing in new hampshire.se, president trump looking to deliver a knockout blow to nikki haley and take full control of the g.o.p. nomination. but haley says no matter what happens tonight, she is in it for the long haul. we're just minutes away from getting the first results. plus my angle on what's at stake in moments. but, first, tonight we have reporters at the trump and haley headquarters. let's go right to alexis mcadams who is standing by at trump watch party. alexis, what are you hearing? >> hey, laura, we were able to check in with the former president today on the ground in new hampshire as he stopped at a polling location and to put it quite simply he is feeling very confident. he thinks he has it in the bag here in new hampshire. he thinks the granite state son board. why? he believes they like his border policies. and that's something that we have been talking to with voters, laura. what do they care about? the border and the economy here. really hitting home on immigration in this state. and, fox

i don't think she's going to win new hampshire.ainly doesn't win new hampshire, i don't know that she want to be embarrassed in her home state of south carolina. >> all right, well, and maria, this is why you're so good at this, all of you, but maria, you have teed up what we're going to be talking about in the next block. we're going to show some of dana's interview with nikki haley. breaking news out of the campaign trail, ron desantis dropping out of the presidential race. he's suspended his presidential campaign. more on all this when we come back. 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. in order for small businesses to thriv

we do a really good job in new hampshire abetting the candidate. >> she's talking about a new hampshireant is that is that perhaps part of the reason why nikki haley has gotten as far as she has. >> i think it certainly to think about this today as ron desantis gets out of the race because that was his achilles' heel is not particularly good at the gladhanding that say something like donald trump is very good at. >> is a little tougher for president trump to get in and out of diners any other high-profile. >> this is a very small diner i have been hearing it psychotic and politics and the owner was asked what is it like when trump comes with the various other candidates, when trump comes as a massive massive crowd, she also prays nikki haley since she's very good at interacting with voters and she loved him scott you get a real feel for the candidates in a setting like this. molly: is that what are the challenges we have a state like this a two-person race and they have barely more than 24 hours to get out there do this retail handshaking. >> for now but they have been doing it for mont

will they in new hampshire? >> in new hampshire you may see people who feel like, oh, my gosh, donald trump is really coming. we've got to figure something out. trump is like a walking, talking middle finger, right? so people are thinking about -- people think about him like, oh, this guy is the way we get back at the elites. the way we get back at the people in charge leaving the rest of us behind while they continue to make more summon and divide the spoils amongst themselves. he does have i think what we were talking about earlier from the polls. he does have this persona. haley has got to figure out how she converts in new hampshire. i think the des moines register poll last weekend that put her in second place is what kind of dampened all this enthese usias today. >> she is in striking distance in our, you know, poll in new hampshire of trump, about seven points. did his huge win in iowa make that even harder for her in new hampshire? but also after that poll, christie's out, you know, and that poll showed

this is new hampshire. new hampshire, you know, is notorious for this. one of the universities that had hillary clinton winning in a couple of bellwether polls we did back in 2008 when i thought the end of my polling career was inevitable and lo and behold, hillary clinton beat barack obama that year. so i don't, i mean, the polls show what they show. there's a margin of error. there's a 95% chance that the numbers fall within the margin of error, but absolutely a surprise is possible here. >> one of the big questions i've been hearing david is where did desantis' supporters go? >> they did break to donald trump. in the first half of the two-day tracking, it spl pretty evenly but last night's numbers rotated to donald trump. we saw those voters and some undecided voters breaking late to trump. but again, you know, polls are a snapshot in time and you know, it was a small sub sample in a two-day rolling average. >> we've heard voters this morning saying they changed their mind this morning. so ion know. i think you're in a tough business. kevin, your pape

. >> we work new hampshire hard. and excited to see what the day brings. >> nikki haley made more sense to me. >> we've had more enthusiasm than even the other two races. >> he did very well the last time he was president. >> the only one that will correct the madness going on in this country. >> this isn't the 56,000 vote coronation in iowa. >> end this primary right here. ♪ >> neil: it is the final countdown. the last polls set to close in new hampshire in less than four hours. make or break time for when nikki haley. she needs a strong finish. but donald trump hoping after tonight she's finished period. what about joe? the president is not on the ballot. the latest on the rush to write him in before people start to write him off. is that weird? that's new hampshire. it's all going down now. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. so much to get to. let's get to it with bryan llenas in concord, new hampshire with how the voting site there is handling this and the folks coming in and out. to you, bryan. >> neil, good a