endorsing trump, senator tim scott join lindsey graham and the state's governor henry mcmaster.esantis has no events listed today for south carolina, has an event tonight in manchester, new hampshire. shannon. >> thank you, rich. here in new hampshire, i've been talking to voters getting ready to head to the polls on tuesday, savvy consumers. you will hear from voters throughout the show today. here is one of our first chats. >> shannon: lois, what i find interesting, you went to the trump event, waiting outside in the freezing snow and you are here at desantis event and voting for someone else? >> yes, for naikki. >> what is difference for her she won you over? >> no baggage. >> shannon: joining me is j.d. vance. you heard what lois told me there, there is no baggage with nikki haley. that is what i had heard from people opting not to choose president trump in new hampshire, what is your argument to them with nikki haley saying choice for chaos. >> trump is headline in new hampshire and nationally. my response to that voter, nikki has baggage, she has not faced the onslot of ye

i mean henry mcmaster was lieutenant governor under her and he endorsed me.y in south carolina has endorsed me. what is that tell you? shannon: you ask about the vice presidential and then we get into that critique of one of the current rivals. >> went through a lot of things action this interview will be putting out a lot today. in the vp think he did say and our town hall he had come to a conclusion he knew who it was and may be at a later point he would tells who it was. he said that's a 25% chance but that's a good person who's thinking about. i think his thought process over all was that he feels he's in a good place. this rally here was really well attended was really packed heat likes that. he thanks it's a pole in and of itself. and, at the end of that rally he brought out the south carolina figures to say the next stop is going to be even bigger. shannon: i would agree the events i've gone to hear the been trauma focused events even when he is not there is got a sarah get there, they are a packed house. that is eight measure of how people are feeling

and henry mcmaster, if i took her and put her someplace, any place and put her someplace, henry mcmasterrnor in south carolina, he will become the governor. i moved her to the united nationses she wasn't a good naishtor and she talks about when i negotiated with china, i negotiated with china. we got in hundreds of billions of dollars. and she has a hit on social security and wants to raise the substantially. we don't want to did that. we don't want to do that to our seniors. you earned that. who said that. you did earn it. and same thing with meed care. i say this. get out and vote and make sure we win by big margins, the bigger the mandate that we have, the stronger we are going to be and i mean strong for the next state and the next state is nevada and leading by 90 points. i mean, unless you had a catastrophic event and then we go to south carolina. they will not have done crooked joe biden and this administration have done to the united states of america. we want to send a strong signal and leading by a lot. you have if it is cold or hot, i don't care, you have to go out and vote. o

turn out to be friend and henry mcmaster would become the governor. so i moved her to the united nations. and honestly she was not a good negotiator. >> haley's campaign appears to have anticipated those attacks. they released this video yesterday. >> i like nikki haley. nikki haley. nikki's going to do a good job, great job. and i want to also thank your former governor nikki haley who's doing an awfully good job for us. she's representing america very well as our ambassador to the united nations. she is doing a spectacular job. >> let's bring in the political panel, south carolina's bakari sellers and scott jennings. thanks to both of you, bakari, haley has wanted a two-person race against trump. do you think she needs to sharpen her attacks? >> she definitely has to sharpen her attacks, but one of the things nikki haley can do is actually take the attacks. i mean, jake, this is south carolina. our politics are rough and tumble, and many times people don't make it to the national level just because of how -- how dirty our politics are. i mean nikki

henry mcmaster, the republican south carolina governor. governor, always good to see you.o you are sending troops, and you are committed to doing whatever's necessary to help governor abbott, but this could be the making of a constitutional crisis here. what do you make of it? >> yeah, it already is, because the president's not enforcing the laws he's required to do by the constitution. so texas, greg abbott, dan patrick, they're having to step in. i think that lieutenant governor path rick estimated that by the end of the year -- path rick, estimated there'll be something like 10 or 11 million illegals that have come in. i don't know if that includes the ones we don't know about that got away. and that's bigger than most states. south carolina has 5.3 something million people and you're talking about 10, 11,000 illegals we don't know who they are, what's on their mind, where they came from. they're totally abandoning the immigration laws designed the not let this kind of thing happen. so we're in deep trouble. neil: you know, governor, i understand exactly where you're co

you said, folks were just onstage behind him, we're telling, south carolina governor henry mcmaster then he became governor was that he took over when nikki haley was a point to be human ambassador by downtown, but also lieutenant governor, three members of congress, of course, south carolina senator tim scott, the reason he became senator was when nikki haley was the governor south carolina, who appointed him to be the u.s. senator -- he was here in new hampshire and endorsing and supporting donald trump on the campaign stage, and of course the -- about donald trump as well. and they were all but making this closing punch message here for donald trump in hand remove master of onstage said that new hampshire should support donald trump in south carolina, will support donald trump, and he will see them at the finish line. ayman? i >> all right, nbc's vaughn hillyard there. ivan, we appreciate, you and competing there with the noise there behind you. greatly appreciate that setup. with us now is new hampshire house democratic leader wilhelm. wilhelm, it's great to have you with us. i know

-- i'm sorry, lieutenant governor, i should say, his name was henry mcmaster, of south carolina, heack for endorsing trump, on the first day, jen, he was elevated to governor when president trump nominated the governor of south carolina, someone whose name was nikki haley to be the ambassador for the united nations. speaking of, full circle trump endorsement from 2016, yeah, one of those is still playing out today because of the reason why trump appointed her to the u.n. wasn't because they had a relationship, jen. she obviously came out for rubio in the south carolina primary in 2016. he appointed her to elevate mcmaster to be the governor of south carolina as a reward for him for being one of the first people in the country and the first statewide republican official to endorse him in 2016 because to your point, there was so dam few people in the party at that point who would dare to neck out for this celebrity casino magnate. >> i mean, a lot has changed. he's done a lot since then -- >> yes! >> a lot of this has changed. i think the question that is tricky and you may have a vie

in the granite state with top officials from the next primary race, south carolina's governor henry mcmaster and senator tim scott. >> we need a president who understands the american people are sick and tired of being sick and tired. we need -- >> trump >> and dasha joins us now from a nikki haley event in new hampshire. dasha, is there a path forward for either haley or desantis if trump wins big in new hampshire? >> reporter: well, jose, in my interviews with both of these candidates they struggled to answer that question desantis couldn't name a state that he could win. and haley couldn't say that she could win her home state of south carolina jose >> dasha burns in new hampshire. thank you. >>> right now a deadly deep freeze is sweeping across the country in nearly every state, and it's already led to dozens of deaths. as temperatures dip far below normal george solis has the latest on how long it could last >> reporter: tonight, dangerous and bone-chilling weather gripping much of the nation. this is what it looks like along lake michigan. the lighthouse in grand haven frozen solid win

it's very hard for a governor to endorse somebody -- i mean, henry mcmaster was the lt.he endorsed me. he is going to be here tonight. in 15 minutes you will be watching him speak. i'm going to introduce him. he is a great guy. he has done a great job. almost everybody in south carolina has endorsed me. what does that tell you? >> bret: governor, you lieutenant governor who is now governor endorsing trump. the two senators, including one you put in the trump endorsing trump is under tim scott. other south carolina lawmakers he says that tells a story what do you say it? >> sure does tell a story. the governor is the same person i defeated when i ran foregovernor and he lost to me. of course he is going to be supporting donald trump. and then you go and look at all the legislators. those the are same ones i forced them to show their votes on the record they were hiding things. those were the same ones that didn't want to pass ethics reform and we got it done. same ones i made totally transparent and sat there and made them veto all of their pet projects so they could not

. >> the governor, henry mcmaster and, you know, they're all standing next to trump. >> any number ofa of the conviction, is that what people who are still supporting her are kind of hanging their hat on >> there is so much turmoil out there. and 90 some counts and all these different cases and she continus to say crazy things. i saw one poll that said he would drop 18 points if he was convicted among republican voters so that gets -- >> you got, you know, georgia, i don't know she's got more problems down there than almost trump -- we'll see. and alvin bragg, that almost emboldens people to back -- washington could be significant. and there is -- i don'tsingle rn that even lives in d.c. >> one or two, i think sounds like you're giving up i'm the eternal optimist i like the fight i like to see the competition. i wouldn't bet all the money on it but -- >> i don't need to -- like you ask at the very beginning of this most of the time, will you support the nominee? and they ask all the republicans, so, you know, if it is a binary choice, that's an easy choice for a lot of republicans. no

he welcomed several people from south carolina, including governor henry mcmaster, one of trump's fiercest allies who endorsed him in 2022, shortly of trump had announced his third bid this is part of a broader strategy to really hammer nikki haley in the final days before the primary. we saw tim scott offer trump a major endorsement last night, and another senator from south carolina. again, this is part of a strategy to under cut haley's momentum in the final day, and a sign, according to my conversation with trump advisers, they think it's a sign he will do well. the timing is important. a lot of people would could be giving it full court press in the days against south carolina. they are doing the now because the trump campaign is certained about nikki haley, and trying to use any strategy they can to under cut her momentum, and trying to paint her as not well liked my people in her own backyard. >> trump has been going after nicky haley? >> i would say they are writing desantis off. they view nikki haley taking the number two spot behind him. that is according to conversations with tr

on saturday, he called up a series of south carolina lawmakers, including governor henry mcmaster, a fierce trump ally who endorsed him back in 2022 and of course that comes after friday night when he picked up a massive endorsement from tim scott. i'm told from my conversations that they had been courting hihis end endorsement. but they accelerated the timeline because they wanted to have it come before new hampshire. again, new hampshire is a state where they are worried about nikki haley's rise in the polls. potentially her popularity with moderates and independents. so you're seeing the campaign and donald trump himself try to implement every tactic to undercut her in the final days. another thing to point your attention to is donald trump defends his cognitive abilities on stage after a gaf on friday where he seemed to confuse nikki haley with nancy pelosi. we should point out that nikki haley was in office then and had nothing to do with security at the capitol during that time. but donald trump continuously brought up her name on friday and that drew a response from nikki hale

governor henry mcmaster of south carolina will be appearing with donald trump tonight at his rally in manchester. look, i mean mcmaster is a very fierce ally of the former president. he was one of the first people to endorse him shortly after trump announced this 2022 that he would be launching a third bid for the white house. and really his appearance as well as tim scott, obviously a major endorsement pickup for donald trump last night as well, all part of a broader strategy from the trump campaign to try to hammer nikki haley in the final days before new hampshire's primary on tuesday. part of that is south carolina is nikki haley's home state. she was former governor herself. and what the trump campaign is trying to do is theoretically paint her as someone who is not as well liked by people in her own backyard. so you will see more people from south carolina as well including congressman russell fry also appearing with donald trump on the trail this weekend. really just a full court press as they continue to attack nikki haley. now, speaking of him attacking nikki haley, donald tr

some of them from south carolina henry mcmaster, north dakota few of them, tennessee they didn't shutown. florida did. ron desantis did shut down. he shut his state down very violently. shut highways, roads, we had, i am a federalist in a sense. i didn't have a shutdown. we had great governors. governors that did the best job were republican governors. >> thank you. >> love you. >> martha: allow of people say -- ron desantis would argue with your characterization. >> president: biggest fan of dr. fau chi. >> i go by what dr. fauchi said. nobody wants to cover that. when they hit me with this question, dr. fauchi wasn't big in my administration. he was in government 40 years. long time. you have been doing this 40 years get out. he wasn't a big factor with me. he was a really big factor after i left. >> bret: you said if there is an economic crash you hope it happens now. you don't want to be herbert hoover. you are not hoping for a crash just to be clear. >> president: i think the economy is horrible. stock market going up. i think it is going up because i am leading biden in every si

called up a series of south carolina lawmakers to the stage including south carolina governor henry mcmaster. a fierce trump ally who endorsed him back in 2022. and of course, that comes after friday night where donald trump also picked up a massive endorsement from tim scott. i'm told from my conversations with trump's campaign, they have really been courting his endorsement ever since he dropped out of the presidential race. last year. but they had accelerated that time line because they wanted it to come before new hampshire. they are worried about nikki haley's rise in the polls. you are seeing the campaign and donald trump himself trying to implement every tactic he can. another thing is donald trump also defended his cognitive abilities while on stage. that comes after a gaffe where he seem today confuse nikki haley with nancy pelosi when talking about security with the capitol. nikki haley was not in office then. and had nothing to do with security at the capitol. during that time. but donald trump continuously brought up her name on friday. and that drew a response from nikki haley.

some of the people on taj including governor henry mcmaster, a fierce trump ally.ho endorsed him back in 2022 as well as a series of south carolina congressman. take a listen to what trump said as he introduced them. >> almost every politician from south carolina is endorsing me. how do you do that when she was the governor? the radical left democrats are supporting nikki haley for one reason. because they know she's very easy to beat. she's them. that is why i'm so proud to be joined today by an incredible group of leaders from nikki's home state of south carolina where we'll be in about three weeks. >> reporter: now, him parading the south carolina leaders on stage coming after friday where he picked up a major -- since scott dropped out of the presidential race last year. and i think the timing here is what is really worth noting. of course, that endorsement has led trump's team to feel confident about their chances in south carolina. but they are choosing to make the south carolina lawmakers and their support of donald trump a big moment this weekend, just days

several republican leaders, and some of them from nikki haley's state of south carolina, governor henry mcmaster, governor tim scott. they were both campaigning with the former president this weekend. has that rattled or even distracted haley or perhaps even, you know, have voters who were supporting haley now second guessing their support? >> well, it's not clear, but what is clear is that the trump campaign is trying to put forward an image of inevitability. they're trying to convey, to telegraph to primary voters, but also top republicans around the country that the jutoutcome of s primary is a foregone conclusion, and they're trying to put together a show of force. last night in new hampshire, they brought out a lot of top south carolina endorsers, and what they're trying to do is say, look. trump's ahead by almost -- between 10 and 15 points now according to polling in new hampshire, and if he wins there, and he goes on and wins in nevada as he's favored to do, it's going to create a steamrolling effect in which primary voters and other top republicans will get on that bandwagon. >> and the

the list of politicians in your state who are lined up against her, tim scott, the governor, henry mcmaster, both senators. >> anderson, all of my friends. these are all of my friends. everybody i did business with, everybody -- i just happen to be with nikki haley. she has never been the kowtow to the political class. she looked out for the taxpayer. i don't expect a lot of politicians to fall this line like they have with donald trump that are looking for something or looking for favors or whatever. at the end of the day, she will look after the taxpayer. we will be reminded of that. we have the money, because nikki has done the work. we outlasted, outraised and built a campaign made to last. nikki works hard. we have a chance. there's joe biden, nikki haley and donald trump. one of those three will be president. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >>> i want to bring in three cnn political commentacommentators. he will be optimistic. what do you make of her chance snz. >> she has the most political tal ept of 14 candidates who are running in the gop primary, including do

the list of politicians in your state of mind up against our, tim scott, the governor, henry mcmaster, both senators -- >> all of my friends, these are all my friends everybody i did business with, everyone i helped elect. i just haven't been with nikki haley. nick he's never been kowtowed to the political class. she's always looked out for the taxpayer. i don't expect a lot of politicians to phone in line like they have with donald trump that are looking for something, are looking for favors or whatever. at the end of the day, nikki's gonna look out after the taxpayer. south carolina's there to be reminded of that. we have the money anderson, because nikki has done the work. we've outlasted, outraised and built a campaign that is made to last. we don't throw our money away. nikki works hard, and we have a chance. there's three people in this race, joe biden, nikki haley and donald trump. one of those three is going to be president? >>> katon dawson, appreciate it as always thank you. >>> i want to bring in three political commentators, robinson's former deputy assistant to biden, and

but governor henry mcmaster, now both senators, house members that have lined up behind donald trump,t's pretty devastating, especially considering donald trump has passed, according to polls, polls are total b.s. and whatever, they are irrelevant and they should be irrelevant. all that matters are the elections. but, it is kind of amazing how many of these -- all these polls show trump breaking 50% in south carolina. if nikki haley goes to south carolina and does a great showing and comes within ten points of donald trump, she is still losing and it's just -- all you do is you sort of like delay the inevitable, her losing to donald trump. >> sandra: for her part, she maintains she's still got a shot there and it's anybody's shot at this point. >> charlie: not a single ballot has been cast. >> sandra: media out for donald trump after the landslide victory in iowa. >> the projected winner of the iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech. we will keep an eye on that as it happens. we will let you know if there is any news made in the speech, noteworthy, substantive and im

senators and governor henry mcmaster. jon, back to you.ch edison with governor desantis in myrtle beach, south carolina rich, thank you. president biden is not stumping in new hampshire and has friends pushing a write in campaign for the sitting president because he's not on the democratic primary ballot in the granite state and the president told dnc to make south carolina the first democratic primary state of 2024. after that state put him over the top in 20206789 ron didn't like that and didn't comply. now there's fears that president biden could suffer the embarrassment of losing the state to a challenger. much more ahead on fox report. new allegations tonight against fulton county georgia da fani willis, the woman prosecuting former president trump on charges of election interference in that state. how a messy divorce is fueling the growing scandal there. analysis from washington examiner political reporter next. some people have minor joint pain plus stomach problems. they may not be able to take just anything for pain. that's why do

they have been very heavily trying to rely on surrogates, including the governor henry mcmaster and senator lindsey graham, to leaders in south carolina, to help them with their campaign and also try to, you know, pose some attacks on nikki haley as well as we're seeing his campaign ramp up their attacks against her, and so i think they're going to be happy to not only have his endorsement but potentially use him as another surrogate for trump and his campaign. >> yeah. he potentially use him as a surrogate and then in the last block we were talking about deep states, people who could be on his list to be his running mate if he gets the nomination. i have not talked to anybody in trump world who does not have tim scott on that list, and it helps with the candidate donald trump that tim scott is endorsing. you know as do i that matters a lot to donald trump. thank you so much. thanks to kristen holmes for the reporting as well. merrick garland sat down with cnn and is insisting politics has no influence over decisions made at the justice department especially when it comes to former presiden

tim scott now expected to join former south carolina lindsey graham and governor henry mcmaster in endorsing trump. why do you think scott is not endorsing nikki haley at this moment when she could really use the help from him? >> reporter: let's be clear. tim scott only has a job because of nikki haley, so let's start there. but u.s. senators don't like to be held accountable. they know trump will completely fall and cater to them. nikki haley wants to hold this u.s. senate account nl. she has said thore a bunch of overpaid, underprivileged, underperforming politicians. they don't like that. they don't like leadership out of the white house is going to demand accountability, demand results, so that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. >> you've endorsed nikki haley and campaigned with her, so you must think endorsements really do matter, right? >> well, i'm hoping -- look, my endorsement -- i don't think any endorsement really matters. all i'm trying to do in new hampshire is open a few doors, allow her to be introduced the right way, and she's campaigning the right way. she's going from tow

called up a series of south carolina lawmakers to the stage, including south carolina governor henry mcmaster, a fierce trump ally who endorsed him back in 2022, and of course, that comes after friday night, where donald trump also picked up a massive endorsement from south carolina senator tim scott and i'm told from my conversations with trump's campaign that they've really been courting his endorsement ever since he dropped out of the presidential race last year, but they had really accelerated that timeline, because the wanted to try to have it come right before new hampshire. again, new hampshire is a state where they are worried about nikki haley's rise in the polls, especially her popularity with moderates and independents, and so you're seeing the campaign and donald trump himself try to implement every tactic they can to undercut her in these final days. now, another thing i would like to point your attention to is donald trump also defended his cognitive abilities while on stage. that comes after a gaffe that trump had on friday, where he seemed to confuse nikki haley with nancy pel

he has governor henry mcmaster. he has lindsey graham, the two senators in south carolina.cy mace announced. enough to she is going to support donald trump. she was on with carley and todd earlier this morning. she said nikki haley ran a great race. she made it to the playoffs. but she hasn't won the game. so the question is, what is her plan going into south carolina? if the polls are right, she is not going to win south carolina. she has the money. she is allowed to stay in this race. a lot of people want her to. a lot of people like her but what is her plan. brian sununu is coming up. it. i think it's just interesting, too, can you no longer say democrats, that well there is not much interest in this race because iowa was a little low. the turnout was great. over 320,000. still getting final number. >> steve: record breaking. >> brian: factor in minus 27 degrees. can we finally take that in. other thing is you have two really good candidates. historic candidate in donald trump and nikki haley is formidable. very conversant on the issues. experience, foreign policy, domes

the junior senator tim scott is going to endorse donald trump and the governor henry mcmaster have allmp that's not sort of favorite son, favorite daughter stfor nikki haley. >> bret: you wrote this piece as they move past iowa is recognize a sense of alienation that doesn't mean calling to burn everything down. vivek ramaswamy tried that and freaked people out it. does require a campaign that offers more than vague promises to strengthen the cause of freedom or run on your issues i get the guest of that the former president is in the poll position. what's your conclusion? >> they are going to have to do a lot more. she has to do a lot more if she actually wants to catch him. you have seen her since moving on to iowa. she has sharpened her attack got a new ad out putting trump and biden in the same category of people who that are obsessed with past grievances, chaotic, their rein will be chaotic. she is going to turn the corner. what is lack something a real distinction between how she would do that vs. how trump would do that noteddable area of difference on foreign policy. these vagu

is the first statewide official to endorse trump in 2016 was also a governor and his name was henry mcmasterieutenant governor. his name was henley mccaster of south carolina. he was the lieutenant governor. and the pay back from mcmaster for endorsing trump, the first statewide official to do so, jen, was that he was elevated to governor when president trump nominated the governor of south carolina, somebody whose name was nikki haley to be the ambassador to the u.n. so speaking of -- >> wording. >> full circle endorsement in 2016 one of those is still playing out today. the reason trump appointed her to the u.n. wasn't because they had a relationship because she came out for rubio he appointed her as a reward for him for being one of the first people in it country and first statewide republican official to endorse him in 2016 because to your point there were so damn few people in the party at that point who had dare stick their neck out for this, you know, celebrity casino magnate and hotel developer. >> i mean a lot has changed, right? he's done a lot since then. a lot has changed. and i

henry mcmasters endorsed me. the governor of south carolina.tician in south carolina endorsed me, which is tough for nikki. fauci became much more important for joe biden. he liked fauci. he was there for like 40 years. >> martha: he was out there every day in all of the news. >> if you listen to fauci, many of the things he recommended, he wanted to keep it open to china. i said no way. he admitted after that that i saved hundreds of thousands of lives. i closed it immediately to china. there was a room of 11 people. he was one of them. they all said no. now they give me credit for having closed it. it would have been worse. when ron goes out, i thought he was actually pretty gracious to be honest. i think the fact that he endorsed was a big factor. if you think about it, he wants low taxes. i gave the largest tax decrease or cut in the history of our country, bigger than ronald reagan. >> martha: would you do larger corporate cuts? >> yeah, i was planning on it. had the results been different, the result was just fine, by the way, you're prob

it's very hard for a governor to endorse somebody i mean henry mcmaster it was a lieutenant governord he endorsed me and he's going to be here tonight in 15 minutes we'll be watching him speak i'm going to introduce and he's a great guy and is not a that agreat job. almost everybody in south carolina has endorsed me, what does that tell you? >> it at that rally he had all the south carolina lawmakers and the governor who endorsed him send the signal is not just here in the granite statement is moving on to south carolina. he is trying to get the focus on inevitability here i headed tuesday. >> and after new hampshire you've got south carolina, shannon. trump is looking very good and nikki haley's home state. if she should lose their did she continue the campaign? >> will be interesting to see up close that is paid now but it is just the two of them she has said just as ron desantis made the argument let me go head-to-head with former president i can really accomplish something potentially pulling off a victory of one of these early states. i talked to one of her few supporters out of

charlie: is like a home fest the south carolina home francis bacon yet henry mcmaster the governor ofina, tim scott, all campaigning for donald trump. >> lindsey graham, trump is lining them up. >> i think president joe biden is skipping the granite state primary but supporters are trying to drum up but the effort may not go as far as the polling suggest. young voters in new hampshire would be angry if he won reelection, lucas tomlinson is live in rehobeth beach delaware at the beach. >> it's not exactly a lot of enthusiasm that were feeling at the beach, president biden went to mass yesterday and we did not see a large crowd since the president has been here and his enthusiasm with the young people has plummeted and president biden is on the ballot new hampshire might be do to finish the fifth place in 2020 when he finished behind those in ahead of tom steyer but i digress let's read this out, young people 29% are angry with the president 21% dissatisfied, 36% satisfied and only 6% are enthusiastic, biden has the lowest approval rate in modern history for any president running for re

saying rather sarcastically that, i'm sorry, referencing governor henry mcmaster. it is that the person i ran against her governor and be? just checking. her top endorser here, chris the new, responding yet another nearly 80 year old trying to make it impact. we are watching haley not only sharpen her attacks against trump but also make age essential issue. it is usually a cota they level against joe biden. now he is leveling it against both biden and trump. >> am i right she turns 42? today right? today is her birthday? >> it is indeed her birthday today. nothing better to underscore the age factor than a birthday on the campaign trail. >> nice to see, you ali. not nbc's dr. burns with the desantis campaign. the florida governor decided to skip mantra for the weekend. instead campaigning in south carolina. he was in the state yesterday. but he's putting more of his chips in south carolina. polling a distant third in new hampshire. have you given up on the state? hampshire. >> i don't think his campaign would put it that way but all of the signs certainly point to

scott, a former gop rival just last night, today, he was endorsed by south carolina governor, henry mcmasteroing to have a major rally in the manchester area, later tonight. so we have those two really fighting for the voters in this state, and talking to voters, they are listening to what these candidates have to say as they make their decision. knowing the importance of new hampshire primaries being the first-in-the-nation primary, just on tuesday. >> all right, thank you nbc's shaka brewster. now, let's bring in tonight's political panel, two former congressman, the joe walsh, a republican from illinois, turned independent. and max rose, a democrat of new york. thank you both for being here. joe, donald trump is the front runner, but nikki haley appearing to be his strongest opponent. meanwhile, trump took to social media yesterday, to mock haleysburg name, which t latest example of the racially charged attack he has lobbied at a politi rival. during tru speech last night, he told e owd that he was unlikely to choose her as his running mate, and haley offered the sharpest rejection to the

you have henry mcmaster who is our governor who supported him.the first elected official to ever support donald trump when he ran the first time. he has a lot of backing. nancy mace decided to back him. what does nikki haley do in south carolina? does she get out now and save her money so she can run in four more years? does she try to make one donald trump so maybe he would ask her to be the vice president so that they get independent vote and they get the maga vote? it would unite the party. >> steve: that is the key, ainsley. if donald trump is going to go ahead and right now big win last night. big win last week. if he is going to be the nominee, he has got to unite the party. and right now bunch of nikki haley people who voted for him last night didn't vote for him, and there are a lot of swing voters. he has got to bring them back into the fold. he has got plenty of time. >> brian: we have tim scott coming up a little bit later and governor sununu. >> lawrence: yeah. that is the true question. and when you look at the candidates, look, ther

himself with leaders from nikki haley's home state, including current south carolina governor henry mcmasterd supporters at a rally in manchester. >> this tuesday, it is finally going to turn your way and i believe that new hampshire is going to speak very loudly and clearly. >> reporter the former president already picked up a major endorsement this week from south carolina senator tim scott. pay attention. >> listen closely, and let's talk about four more years. >> reporter haley says she was disappointed by the political snub from scott, whom she appointed to the senate while she was governor of south carolina. of course, i was disappointed. >> he's got to live with that decision. i don't have to live with that decision. >> haley, though continuing to hammer away at donald trump and president biden's age. when you see them hit a certain age, you there is a decline. >> this is a situation where our country is very vulnerable right now, and we can't just have four years. we've got to have eight years of somebody that's on it all the time. >> while not officially endorsing any candidate, asa

henry mcmaster going for trump and it's helping him. >> ainsley: first final to endorse donald trumpolina but trump is just adored and loved. she has plenty of time if she doesn't take south carolina to possibly win a presidential election later on. on the 3rd, that's the democrats. democrat shifting opening primary to this day on the 24th that's a big day. it's a saturday. that's interesting they are doing it on a weekend that's republicans. >> brian: saturday, probably going to be a huge turnout. what is so interesting is that you have the president of the united states -- current president of the united states who says on the 3rd that's going to be my first. really because you have no shot of winning south carolina. you had a moderate shot of winning new hampshire usually democrats compete in iowa. you blew them both off i'm sure they have a long memory. >> ainsley: desantis focusing on south carolina first in the south primary. people in the south love him. a lot of evangelicals down there. a lot of people anti-abortion and they like desantis for that reason. >> general feeling d

it's a big chunk of my show, the crisis at the border with south carolina republican governor henry mcmaster will be joining me. he's a very big backer of donald trump and as the south carolina primary is a little more than three weeks away, there's growing pressure on this being the waterloo moment for nikki haley. he could make sure that she doesn't have the chance to fight on. that's a big part of our show. this will be part of it as well. what happened at the corner of wall and broad. all the doubts and everything else, a series of good economic numbers that had the dow at a record and the s&p not. all the major averages advanced to the point that they got their third winning week in a row. all the majors are up as well. the biggest catalyst is improving economic news. you heard about the better than expected earnings news and you no doubt have been hearing about optimism a number of americans are showing. we'll explore that with more detail including this push right now to settle this once and for all at a convention or presumptive nominee kind of thing. that battle after this. (♪) some

the governor the, henry mcmaster has endorsed him. nator lindsey graham, senator tim scott. the latest from the congressional delegation is representative nancy mase, enrsing today, donald trump, and norman is the only one from the congressional delegation who has endorsed nikki haley. on the mase endorsement, here's what she sent out on. today i'm endorsing donald trump or president. i don't see eye to eye perfectly with every cdidate. the time has come here and i behind our nominee. to be honest, it has been a complete -- since he left the white house. that's her post on xp or a dillon, who is a reporter for the washington post. she endorsed her when she was primary by a trump backed challenger. haley campaigned with her on the trail and nancy and even cut in ad for her in the race. alex thompson, also reporting. icky haley did a lot to help nancy, tim scott and marco rubio in the past. marco rubio also endorsing donald trump. all three thanked her by endorsing trump in the final stretch. nikki haley helped mase against a trump backed challenger in 2022, appointed scott to

rally joined by leaders from nikki haley's home state, including current south carolina governor henry mcmasterif you want a person that puts america first, there's only one person that you can vote for, and that's donald j. trump. and you saw that for four years in a snub to haley, the former president already picked up a major endorsement from south carolina senator tim scott, whom she appointed to the senate while she was governor. >> of course, i was disappointed . he's got to live with that decision. i don't have to live with that decision. >> haley scooping up support of her own while not officially endorsing any candidate, asa hutchinson, who has suspended his campaign, throwing his support behind haley in tuesday's primary, posting on x, saying anyone who believes donald trump will unite this country has been asleep over the last eight years, a win on tuesday could help fast track trump to a third gop presidential nomination, even though polls show haley trailing close behind. i am voting 100% republican. >> trump all the way. >> i think nikki is the right person who should hopefully be

who's who of south carolina republican political figures, including the states current governor, henry mcmaster. that is in addition to the south carolina senator, tim scott, endorsing trump on friday. scott was appointed to the senate by nikki haley herself. since iowa, and despite trump's literally historic margin of victory there, haley has tried to pivot the conversation to make this seem like it's a two-person race. she is right. but they two people in this race are joe biden and donald trump. virtually, all signs indicate that the two of them will be facing off again and the general election this november. high-ranking republicans like -- have begun calling for haley and desantis to drop out of the race. although she is not an entirely disinterested party in this conversation, she might want to be trump's running mate. meanwhile, the biden campaign has already operated on to the assumption that trump will be their opponent this year. a spokesman for the campaign told the new york times last week, quote, the president los forward to spending the next ten months reminding the american peopl

rally joined by leaders from nikki haley's home state, including current south carolina governor henry mcmasterou want a person that puts america first, there's only one person that you can vote for, and that's donald j. trump. and you saw that for four years in a snub to haley, the former president already picked up a major endorsement from south carolina senator tim scott, whom she appointed to the senate while she was governor. >> of course, i was disappointed. he's got to live with that decision. i don't have to live with that decision. >> haley, scooping up support of her own while not officially endorsing any candidate. asa hutchinson, who has suspended his campaign, throwing his support behind haley in tuesday's primary, posting on x, saying anyone who believes donald trump will unite this country has been asleep over the last eight years, a win on tuesday could help fast track trump to a third gop presidential nomination, though polls show haley trailing close behind. i am voting 100% republican trump all the way. >> i think nikki is the right person who should hopefully be able to brid

governor henry mcmaster. one of the best governors in the country. we will be there three weeks.hree weeks, so i am -- kamala evans. alan wilson, he just won a very big case. love that name. thank you curtis. ■congressman joe wilson. do you remember? that made him very popular. mine i'm going to ask you to say a couple of words. we have to be good to south carolina. we are only up i 60 points. >> hello, new hampshire. how are we doing? joe biden heard that from his basement in delaware. it's an honor to be here. the first time i ever stood on stage with president trump was two years ago. h#what was amazing to me is thousands of people came out to support donald trump for president of the united states. are you already for donald trump? who has never been to myrtle beach? who wants to go to myrtle beach. [applause] i came all the way to new hampshire because i have one western. is this nikki haley country? or is this donald trump country. that right there is the power of america first and there are so many south carolinians here. we chose to, to new hampshire for a reason. there i

i gave her the position but i give it to her much more so because i wanted henry mcmaster, who was thernor to be the governor of south carolina, and he has been a great governor. great governor. he has done a great job. nikki haley did a great job but she is not right to be president. i know her very well. the wrong thought process, the wrong policy, and honestly, she is not tough enough. these are tough people. we are dealing with the toughest people in the world, with people that are on their game at a level that you have never seen. president she of china, putin. putin would have never got into ukraine. if that election was not rigged, not even a chance. the apple of his i and you can take a look at north korea. kim jong-un, very smart, very tough, but he liked me and i got along really well with him and we were safe. we were going to have a war with them and they have a massive nuclear stockpile, possibly as big as anybody so we did a great job, but ronwanted to think of r him and i just sort of said he is a sanctimonious guy. i said ron desanctimonious. sometimes, they grow on you