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>> nikki haley. >> can i ask why? he has the best chance of going against joe biden. >> what made you switch your support? >> looking for youth. >> any attributes specific to haley that you really like about her or things you dislike after having voted for trump in the past? >> i'm just not sure -- i think it's time for a change. military you have to retire at 65. surgeons don't operate at that age. i think it's time for a younger generation. >> what immediate you change your mind away from trump to haley? >> trump brings a lot of chaos. i think i'm just kind of tired of it. >> so you can see there both of these voters different reasons for switching their support from donald trump. one was about age being a concern. the other saying that trump brings chaos. i think those interviews, it's interesting. it highlights just what new hampshire is like. it's a very different state. there's a lot of independent voters here. people are changing their minds. past trump supporters are not necessarily trump supporters today. so i

those who talk to us seem to be really pulling for nikki haley. take a listen. >> i actually voted for nikki. i really didn't -- trump has had some good stuff but he has got too much baggage. i almost wrote in biden but i am a republican. >> you heard that there. quite unusual. this is a person who says he is a republican voter but almost wrote in joe biden for president because he was so disturbed by some of the actions of donald trump and decided in the end to go with nikki haley. we heard the word holy a couple of times from voters who said that they could not in themselves to vote again for donald trump and that they were going to vote for nikki haley. this will make her campaign very happy but you have to look at numbers in the end and look at everything in totality. everything is really quite cool. every time there is a voter who registers to vote and votes for the first time, they rent a cowbell. we have heard it ring in the last two minutes or so there are new voters who are coming out to take part in this primary. >> thank you very much. p

nikki haley, it feels futile.ense that nikki haley rushed out to claim a second place victory that was less than the polls will probably come out. here with new hampshire republicans they feel like they have done their job. we are here with fox nation reporting on every aspect. back to you. >> sandra smith ha more on the issues that propelled the president to victory in new hampshire. >> just digging into some of the brand new data we have been collecting from the voters on the ground in new hampshire. a we -- key question for voters for our role in the world. we said do you want a more active, less active role. less active was more than half. 68% supported donald trump in this trump. just a quarter went for nikki haley. we asked them about the key issues with our role in the world. whether or not we should continue aid to israeli in the fight against hamas. 64% favoring continuing. 54% of those voters, voted for donald trump and 40% for nikki haley in this race. when we asked them about ukraine it was a bit of a

this is a left-field tactic for nikki haley and i think honestly it's a low blow. ty the entire year with john fetterman, dianne feinstein, joe biden. and for nikki to go after trump, that's a little too left-field for me. >> gillian: one of trump's strength has always been white voters who are college educated. interestingly, the exit polls coming out of new hampshire tonight are showing preliminarily that he got about 37% of the college-educated votes in the state. an indicator -- i mean, it's good news for him, obviously. is that a sign that maybe he's going to base? >> i think so. if you are looking into the polls maybe a week or so ago compared to iowa, new hampshiree the one that was the college-educated voters will come out for nikki, because they are the educated ones who know the issues versus the blue-collar workers who have the dinner table issues that they talk about every night. so i think that trump is really working at the base because we've seen him talk about the same issues and deliver since 2016, 2015, since he started. now nikki is just throwing

all the way, trump. >> reporter: are you considering nikki haley? ever. >> we seen her a couple times. >> never. >> i want someone that's going to fight for our country. that's why i'm voting for trump. >> nikki. >> reporter: you too? >> yep. >> reporter: how did you make up your mind? >> we heard her speak. we had been following her for a while. she's the most positive person for the job. >> reporter: were you considering donald trump? >> not this time around. >> reporter: that couple said three weeks ago they went to see nikki haley and walked away compelled to vote for her on this tuesday. another gentleman i talked to, he walked in with his kid and he said that he didn't make up his mind until literally this morning weighing whether to go with nikki haley or donald trump. he said a big reason that he cast his vote for donald trump was because he thinks that he has a better chance against joe biden in november's general election. >> thank you, vaughn. shaq, you are in a polling location where the 2016 vote closely mirrored statewide results. nikki

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why why nikki haley?because my conscience won't allow me to vote for him. >> what has led you to vote for hailie? -- the attributes that drew you to her? >> she is not trump. >>> a key factor in today's primaries, independents. we are looking at how they could impact tonight's race between italy and the former president. primary voters don't need to register to vote in new hampshire. we will go to cnn's phil mattingly at the wall. nikki haley's campaign has been investing heavily in new hampshire. how would you be able to pull off this upset? >> she spent more than double what donald trump suspended his campaign, the ally groups around him over the course of the last several months, making very clear this is the moment for nikki haley and her team if they want to really challenge donald trump in the primary ahead. i was listening with fascination to your conversation with jack heath. his key points i think are so critical. i want to explain why. here is where we stand now. there were votes after midnight

that is certainly good news for nikki haley to have support among those demographics. thing for haley as she is way behind in the polls right now 16 -- 20% depending upon which poll you look at and that is not a good place to be. new hampshire has been known to make some pretty wild swings late in the cycle part amy klobuchar on the democratic side in 2020 surgeon last few days that is what nikki haley is going to be hoping for there is a surgeon independent turnout or independence to her side, not impossible since there is no competitive democratic primary it's not like they're going to be channeled into the other primary. but that is what she was really hoping for it right now is a surgeon was independence. before finally former president trump talks about democrats voting as he pointed out octobeo change so if you are a democrat i knew it undeclared was octobea registered democrat just about 4000. this this propel anything to haley 4000 undeclared is not a huge number. i now do bear in mind a lot of people who say they are undeclared are doing so to keep their option

next go to nikki haley's headquarters where bryan llenas is on location. hat are you hearing from the haley camp about number that they hope to hit or a threshold that they hope to hit tonight? >> yeah, it's a good question, i have been trying to get them to confirm the reporting out there that they are trying to hit a 47% number with independents. that's not a number we have been able to confirm with the campaign. but the reality is, laura, is that they are looking for strong voter turnout. and it' as they are getting that the secretary of state's office tells me that they are very confident that there was very strong voter turnout today. it doesn't reach the estimated 322,000 with about 100,000 independent voters. we will see. we will find out shortly. but nikki haley campaign knows that they need those independent voters to swing heavily their way to offset any of the gains that former president trump is going to make among registered republicans in this state. you know, laura, we have been in new hampshire for the last week. and it has been all about re

donald trump or nikki haley?k when you take a couple of steps back, todd, talking about hispanic demographic in south carolina, they hispanics make 57% of south carolina's population. 28% and nevada. so i think nevada gives us a little bit of a holes where the hispanic vote will lie with the republican party. it is important to know republicans talking about hispanic vote, they usually similar to the puerto rican vote. a very critical voting block. more than 67% of the hispanic voting block within the hispanic demographic is mexican to send puritan mexican-americans that live around the border. you are talking about brownsville, eagle pass, mcallen, tucson, arizona, and every single one of those cities went republican this midterm election. you are talking to counties in south texas under democratic control for over 120 years. because of this border crisis, two districts flipped republican. as we get out of south carolina and go to swing states like nevada, ohio might think it will be the hispanic vote that will

nikki haley is there, it is just a one—on—one contest.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 want to ask about a 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, they should not support a convicted felon for president of the united states. i am one of the few candidates who has said i will not support that candidate if he is convicted of a serious felony and if these are serious felonies. the republican party needs to be aware that donald trump's strategy is to wrap this nomination up quickly before the storm clouds gather, before the convention, and then, if he is convicted, the republican party has an even tougher decision to make, do you stick with him or abando

nikki haley at 50%. there are significantly more college educated voters in the state of new hampshire than iowa. so nikki haley should have a pathway here. but the real question is whether or not this number breaks big her way. as poppy was noting, undeclared voters are critical. whether or not undeclared who can go it in and vote whichever side they want decide to lean heavily towards nikki haley. remember joe biden won this state handily in 2020. if they start to move heavy towards nikki haley, then perhaps you have a race. but right now the polling hasn't picked that up. >> and we'll hear from the folks who are in that category of undeclared. kasie, nikki haley wanted this, a two person race. and she got it. now what? >> for a year we've been waiting for this to happen. whether it was behind the scenes, over beers with republican political consultants, on television sets, the idea was that we can get one person to stand up against donald trump in the republican primary, then they will be able to take

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nikki haley is around 20%. my big question going in here is how long does do ron desantis donors continue to fund him? egoprevents people from getting out of politics, but running out of money can end presidential campaigns. >> nothing you can do about that. thank you. stay with us. we have a lot ahead. >>> we're going to dig into the iowa results. each candidate performed well and what that could tell us about future primaries. >>> also looking ahead to new hampshire, how voters feel about the final results of the 2024 election season and what's ahead. >> they have all been watching cnn's coverage of the caucus. the first question i want to ask, one headline of what you think this caught cut was all about? >>> it would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and all of the death and destruction witnessing. >> that was president trump last night attempting to send a message of unity after a landslide victory in the iowa caucuses. trump finished the caucuses with a historic 51% of the v

and that is what nikki haley does. gives people a reason to vote for her, that is what is attractive about her and why she's gaining. people like what they see and polls show that and she'll do well in new hampshire, do well in south carolina. >> shannon: so you were once a supporter of president trump and you voted against votes on january 6, what reason did you pivot to support one of his biggest rivals? >> a couple of things. i called president trump, his policies were greats, what he did is great. it is time for a change, shannon. i think the youths, nikki just turned 52, she's 25 years younger than donald trump. i'm sorry, when you have a president like the pressures they are going to be facing and what they have to do to attract new talent to congress and senate, you have to go to work doing that. nikki will do that. the other big thing people need to know, donald trump can only give you four years, that is like a football team can only play half the game. it will take eight years to get this country straight. nik

those should be nikki haley voters. take the town of bedford. very prosperous, well educated, historically republican, trending democratic lately in general elections. haley and bedford should be made for each other. if trump does well there, expect a great night for donald trump. >> he cleaned up in those counties in 2016. i know 2016 was a different time. a lot of the heavily conservative vote went elsewhere. he cleaned up among the more moderate vote. you think haley needs to overperform. >> i think for trump, it's do well in small town new hampshire. hold your own among more prosperous areas. and you're fine. but if you start winning those college-educated towns, it could be a big night for trump. >> i was speaking to a volunteer out a the polls in concorde for nikki haley who said the same thing, bedford is the place to watch if she's going to pull it off. >> great to see you in person here. again, this is where it's all happening on the ground here in new hampshire. the site of the first in the nation primary. we'll continue to cover it her

just in, our dana bash spoke one-on-one with nikki haley. y has been feeling momentum going boo the iowa caucuses going into the iowa caucuses tomorrow night? will it be enough? will it turn out? will it put a dent in trump's massive lead? i want to get straight to dana. you had a chance to talk to governor haley, and you talked to her about a big endorsement tonight. marco rubio, who she endorsed in 2016 but now is endorsing trump. talk to me about what she said to you about that. >> well, it was really interesting, erin. i was in ames, iowa, where she had one of many events that she is doing today. she had just come off talking about the need to move on, the need for a new generation, a lot of what she told you in that town hall a couple of weeks ago and then got the news about marco rubio. i asked her about that. also what donald trump had said about her at a rally where i was just before where he said that she is not tough enough to be president. listen to both. >> i was with you in 2016 in south carolina when you endorsed marco rubio. i

that nikki haley represents. the days of putting americans last, of kowtowing to large corporation of caving to woke idea ol. >>ology are over. >> desantis is back in florida tonight. fox business correspondent madison alworth is joining live with more on desantis drop out. >> the restaurant next to me was to host governor ron desantis tonight and mark his return to new hampshire but now his exit from 2024 race to president,'s took so social security to announce he was dropping out and throw his support behind president trump. >> if there was anything that i could do to produce a favorable outcome, or campaign stops and more interviews, i would do it i can't ask our supports to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don't have a clear path to victory. >> despite finishing second in iowa, desantis did not gain traction in new hampshire, polls show governor with 6%. president trump who mocked ded desantis det on the campaign trail, showed -- >> now there were desantis supporters who still showed up t

a different map to nikki haley. she wants to appeal to independents and moderates. 99 counties in iowa. joe biden won six of them. these are the counties where nikki haley might have the most fertile ground. they include poke county, and dorrie county where iowa state university is and other college towns here. this is what to look for, wolf, as the night goes on. >> we'll be looking together with you. you'll be busy. >>> still to come, following all of the final pitches by republican candidates in this first big event of the republican race for the white house. ron desantis' showing in iowa potentially could be a turning point in this campaign. his deputy campaign manager will join us. that's coming up next. >>> it's not just iowa. dangerously cold temperatures are stretching across much of the eastern and central u.s. several cold records being broken today. who should be on high alert? we'll update you. >>> more breaking news into cnn this hour. two attacks in central israel. at least one 1 person killed, 1 more

people are going to remember the top of the speech where he was clearly upset about nikki haley. who the heck was that imposter who came on the stage? that's a line that will go down in trump lore. >> as i bring you in, casey, i got a text from somebody in haley land. why do they keep talking about her? >> i got a note from someone else in haley world who called the speech weird, nasty and angry. to chris' point, this is an opportunity for any normal candidate, you would expect them to do exactly david axelrod's advice. obviously, this is evidence that donald trump can't let it go. i have never seen a candidate in that kind of an environment invite other people to talk. i thought that was -- is he going to use vivek ramaswamy as anticipate attack dog against nikki haley because of the things he was willing to say that are not considered to be acceptable? not that that has bothered trump before. this is what we are in for here, for the next however many months. >> we are about to get the south carolina version. as we have seen in new hampshire, there's been a parade of south caroli

the big move, nikki haley at number two.g second place at 20% followed by desantis and vivek ramaswamy. today donald trump held a rally in iowa where he reacted to the rankings. >> somebody points, i don't have the same vast wealth. >> in the meantime ron desantis and nikki haley finding out for second place for weeks. they been attacking each other incessantly. what desantis says haley is too liberal. haley says desantis is dragging in the polls and can't be biden head-to-head. desantis points out he's got more endorsement that south carolina haley is punching back. >> we have 74 endorsements from current former state legislatures, she's got 14. i have way more than donald trump as well so she was governor for six years get most of the with me because they see me as representing values. >> let me tell you why that is, that's because i push the legislature instead of was felt that they had to start showing their votes on the record so taxpayers could see it. i created transparency so no, elected officials and the statehouse

it more about donald trump or nikki haley?— nikki haley? it does not matter- _ nikki haley? with the assessment that donald trump is — with the assessment that donald trump is not getting stronger. when — trump is not getting stronger. when it— trump is not getting stronger. when it becomes a binary choice between — when it becomes a binary choice betweenjoe biden and donald trump. — betweenjoe biden and donald trump, a _ betweenjoe biden and donald trump, a lot of voters who gave joe biden— trump, a lot of voters who gave joe biden a _ trump, a lot of voters who gave joe biden a chance a very disgruntled with his policies along — disgruntled with his policies along the border, when it comes to the _ along the border, when it comes to the economy and in a close race, — to the economy and in a close race, low— to the economy and in a close race, low into low propensity but high _ race, low into low propensity but high intensity trump voters will come — but high intensity trump voters will come out in droves once again— will come out in droves once again and _ will come out in

nikki haley was goig tng to wine undeclared but a question was how much. when we look at the exit polls, when it came to republicans, 74%. that is a huge number to haley's 25%. independents, haley at 60%. that is a significant margin when you are talking about the numbers there and dealing with in undeclareds. but not enough. if you go back to john mccain's stunning victory in 2000, he was winning by more than 40 points. that is where haley needed to be. she wasn't there. but it does underscore some serious issues that republicans will have going into this race. i think this is a key thing to remember going forward. when you poll up where things are, apparently the magic wall is giving me serious attitude at the moment -- this is awesome. love when this happens at 5:00 a.m. >> it is all in that brain of your. >> the point is if you look at these numbers, when trump has 74% of republicans, that is a huge problem going forward particularly heading into south carolina. yes, it does allow might be who wants to vote in their primary vote, but it is a republican

nikki haley. nikki haley. yeah as the vote comes in for nikki haley, you can see the, uh, the dog also supervising this election in real time. but an indication, again, of how friendly people are here that they all know each other. uh, that this is a, uh, i mean, you can't you can't beat this trace. it's so much fun to watch. you can't beat this. i mean, bill melugin was in iowa. bill melugin. oh, wait. are they going to read him? hold on. and another. and another result for nikki haley. yep. oh, wait. so what's the tally so far? mark? i missed it . nikki haley got all believes all six have gone for nikki haley. i just want to make sure i believe it's all six for nikki haley. but let me before i. you know, i want to make sure i get this right for you. trace. they're going to put it on this whiteboard. and as you see and stand by trace, here we go. oh, hey. yep. uh, attention building here. trace is the, uh, as the number comes in, and i believe as six is being drawn. yep. trace it is official. wow. all six of

nikki haley won that buy 31 points, pete.magine that donald trump can't lose independents in the united states by 31 points in a general election and win. so how much of a warning sign is this going forward? and alongside that, nikki haley, there's some reporting this morning from david drucker and michael warren, that her speech was designed to bait donald trump into, you know, acting out, being rude. and it worked, right? so how does that play with these independents, these moderates, that he is losing in right now? >> it doesn't take a lot to bait donald trump. i think you just have to run against him to accomplish that goal. but i think she's running the strategy of 15 or 20 years ago to say, oh, look, he's attacking me, that means he must feel threatened. we know that donald trump doesn't follow the normal rules of politics. typically, we say you punch up. if you're behind, you go after the leader in the campaign. donald trump he punches down, he punches left, he punches right, he punches in every single direction. that'

a repackaged form of warmed over corporatism that nikki haley represents. putting americans last, of kowtowing to large corporations, of caving to woke ideology are over. >> with the first of the nation primary just days away, haley is now the lone trump charlg in a party that is falling behind the former president. steve has been following the desantis campaign for us. steve, a stunning turn of events, and there you are in florida, not following desanting on the campaign trail. what more can you tell us? what was really the deciding factor here, do you think? >> reporter: well, you mentioned this was a stunning turn of events. and certainly given the advantages he had coming into this race, it is quite astounding what he has squandered. the amount of money he had, the momentum he had after that 19-point victory, you mentioned that some people in the party saw him at the future of the party. rupert murdoch's new york post put it on the front cover the day after the election, writing the future. in that respect, yes, what happened a few hours ago is stunning,

necessarily a bad thing you meant to the political headline, it's republican women are not feeling nikki haleyn she has been doing well over 70% of haley supporters are men. we will see how that turns out with the republican party on the abortion issue has been losing some voters that it shifted towards independent, we will see how those numbers shake out as we get closer to potentially a general election but she has to get there first. charlie: talking about that in the smart way is important and she did that in the first debate, something to keep in mind as we move forward. coming up next a granite state diner becomes the center of the political world during election cycles. we will talk about that straight ahead on "the big weekend show", we are live in new hampshire. ♪ when i think about purpose, i don't know if st. jude donors realize the magnitude of what they are doing. their donations are funding the research. the research is allowing for the treatments to happen. and those treatments provide cures. and the cures are allowing patients to get to grow up and live amazing lives all around

i want to show our viewers why this is difficult for nikki haley. show you why it is stacked against her. this is a survey from monmouth polling, widely respected. trump 18 points up, which is broadly in line with other polls. the challenge for haley is beneath these numbers. she's winning the undeclared voters and the college educated. but, she is losing among republican voters 64-22, n on-college-educated voters 60-27, and those who consider themselves very conservative 78-10. to win this, she needs a big slice of that undeclared vote but also needs a broader slice of the republican base and that is what she's not getting. >> yeah, the republican base has always been the challenge for nikki haley. the base is firmly behind the former president donald trump. when you talk about the undeclared voters in new hampshire -- let me take a step back, when you look at that picture you laid out, that is why new hampshire is perhaps nikki haley's best chance in these early states to maybe get an upset or do quite well here because of the demographic and the

would you rather see nikki haley or ron desantis tonight? >> i think tonight, nikki haley. i feel like the momentum is with her. something like this, the momentum is beneficial on caucus night. again, i say that with the caveat. were going to have caveats all night but the caveat that ron desantis, this is his stand. he has to come in second or he's out. i will also say with that, if he comes in second tonight, the chance of having anybody but donald trump. it's only nikki haley that could be at this point, then it becomes basically donald trump is the nominee. nikki haley has to have momentum coming out of tonight. out of new hampshire for any prayer of her to gain momentum anywhere else. right now, it is donald trump. >> you watch, you live in florida. you know him. he has visited all 99 counties. he says every hour, all 99 in iowa. why is he fighting so hard to come in second place? >> maybe because he has spent too much time in iowa and they have gotten to know him and seeing what i have been saying for a long time which there is no it there when it comes to ron desanti

i saw nikki haley on the stump. she hasn't given the unaffiliated voters a reason to turn out for her. she's been unwilling to take on donald trump. she's been unwilling to say anything that a potential maga voter might find offensive. in politics, sometimes you are judged by your friends. sometimes you have to make the right enemies. she's not done what she needed to do. >> yes, you are a former party official. but you are a new hampshire voter here. you have a certain thirst that hasn't been quenched. >> that's right. i saw her thursday night. i was looking for her to take the case against donald trump. she had this very timid rightly or wrongly chaos follows him, like donald trump has no responsibility for some of his actions. she's not been willing to take him on this week. i think i have seen john mccain in new hampshire win this primarily twice by appealing to independent voters. she needed to give them something this week to motivate them to turn out on her behalf. i'm not sure she did enough of that. >> the

ambassador, nikki haley.then vivek ramaswamy came in fourth and dropped out of the race. >> and asa hutchison just announced he was dropping out of the race. 100,000 iowans turned out, much lower than in 2016. >> so it's now off to new hampshire. great place. we won it last time, and we won it both times, and we love it. the people are great. >> we thank you for your effort and we thank you for your support. you helped us get a ticket punched out at the hawkeye state. >> our campaign is the last hope of stopping the biden/trump nightmare. >> and steve kornacki at the big board, and ali vitali in manchester, new hampshire, and darsha burns with the desantis campaign in greenville, south carolina. steve, what stuck out you last night? 98 out of 99 counties went for trump. >> yeah, trump nearly did the 99 for 99 sweep. one county where nikki haley finished above him, and it was by one single vote in johnson county. this is where the university of iowa is, and iowa city. in the general election this would be the

ron desantis edged out nikki haley for a distant second place. now, trump swept 98 of the 99 counties in iowa, all except for one where haley is currently leading by a single

we are sleepwalking -- think about this. >> nikki haley says -- >> nikki haley would beat joe biden byble digits. >> would you vote for nikki haley over joe biden? >> i want to vote for a democrat. we are putting ourselves in a position where a lot of democrats are going to have to think about that. you know what happened last night here in new hampshire? democrats voted for the republican, not for joe biden. they voted for nikki haley. >> that's donald trump's argument, which is not true. you would have had to change your registration. >> 8% did. a giant number of independents who vote for democrats -- there was a superpac trying to convince them to vote for nikki haley. your question should ask other democrats. that's the point. they didn't vote for joe biden. >> tell me about what you have done on the ground in south carolina. what outreach have you done to the african american black leaders in the state who are so critical to the party there? >> you are right. we have wonderful things planned. i'm not going to share them. we have good surprises. >> how long are you in this? >> unti

nikki haley has had several events there over the past few weeks. desantis is going there today. >> if trump turns it out there, that's a sign. if haley is holding strong there, that's a sign. if desantis is gaining strength there, that could be something to watch. i want to a nikki haley event yesterday, packed house. i met a man, mark, he had been trump all the way in 2016 and 2020. he said now trump is too di divisive and he was now for nikki haley. after the event, he was visibly emotional about what he heard. he admitted he's a bit of a cryer. he said that, for him, she was so grounded. she was so authentic. that's what he really saw. if that is what is connecting with folks, what does that mean in iowa? >> it means she has momentum. people love a band wagon. they looked at that iowa poll that came out from the "des moines register" and they see she has some momentum. the other thing is that her story, her personal story, she talks about growing up in a small town. that sells well in iowa. >> talked about her husband. >> talked about her husband

it was yesterday, trump 62% and nikki haley 35% and undecided 3%. >> brian: there is speculation willuys come together? haley is not letting up, going after his mental health state and talking about policies. talking about the bro-mance with putin. she is going down swinging, if she goes down. >> steve: she's not playing for second place, she made it clear yesterday in listening to her, she does not want to be vice president, she wants to be president. she will not go to the third party thing either. >> ainsley: i don't know if he would choose her to be vice president -- >> steve: too many people say no employs >> ainsley: it would be dynamic if he gets magas and she gets independents. >> steve: she could be the first woman president of the united states. >> brian: reagan lost against ford and mitt romney lost and came back next cycle, reagan became president, bush 41 ran against reagan and ended up being president. it doesn't mean you are down for the count, especially this president will term limit out. >> lawrence: question for the audience and people i talk to in the diners, what

and i supported nikki haley. and then three months from now, four months from now, when you're ready to go to the convention, she comes out and is his vice president. what will i look like? what will all the people who supported her at my behest look like when she is up on the stage in milwaukee with her hands up like this with donald trump. >> do you think it would be worth it for ambassador haley to rule out ultimately being donald trump's running mate? if it meant she got an endorsement before new hampshire? >> yeah, no, look, i hear this question a lot. i got to tell you, as someone who has been a candidate multiple times, when you're in the race, you're not thinking of anything else. you're not thinking what the administration might look like, what other opportunities you have. you're literally thinking about your message, where your next stop, how you're earning the votes that is 110% all her, or her campaign is remotely even thinking about right now. i can imagine it hasn't even crossed her mind, nor shoul

you know, nikki haley, nikki haley, you know -- do you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything? deleted it and destroyed all of it. all of it. because of lots of things. like nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people. soldiers. national guards -- whatever they want. they turned it down. >> of course, she was not even in office on january 6th. trump confused her with nancy pelosi who was never in charge of capitol security. and the former president was, of course, glossing over his actions on january 6th when he egged on supporters to fight like hell and then watch the attack on the capitol unfold on tv despite his bizarre blunder, trump is touting his intellectual prowess, bragging he aced a cognitive assessment. haley was quick to pounce on his mental misstep. >> i'm not saying anything derogatory. but when you're dealing with the pressures of a presidency, we can't have someone else that we question whether they're mentally fit to do this. >> hailley is sharpening criticm of her claims including this one this week from trum

look among republicans, 25% for nikki haley. you're not winning primaries if you're getting 25% of the republican vote and not going to come close to the republican nomination if you're getting 25% of the vote. where haley was able to do better and keep this thing to the low double digits independent voters. made up more than 40% of the electorate. she did win them by 22 points. that's a good margin for her. that is not by far the best margin we've seen in independents in the new hampshire primary. the biggest margin was 42, john mccain in 2000. john mccain went to south carolina, as this race will go to south carolina and in south carolina, george w. bush was able to say, john mccain is winning this thing or is competitive on the backs of nonrepublicans, and he was able to turn that republican electorate in south carolina heavily toward him, towards bush. trump certainly, you saw him last night, among the things he said, he seemed to be setting up a similar dynamic and he's got a stronger argument to the core republican base tha

nikki haley. she found 43% of her supporters would vote for joe biden. she says she is locked up never trumper vote >> mollie: we have seen that and people who are never trump have been asking supporters to vote for her. chris christie was hoping his people would go to nikki haley thachl is her problem. she has to come in second with polling in iowa and could poll off new hampshire win that is pretty open primary and you can vote if you are democrats or independence. she has a ceiling of republican voters who want her. . >> harris: ask you about trump's words, he is going after nikki haley. he has gotten away from calling her the bird brain and he's saying she is not strong or tough enough and that may resonate with voters, they want somebody to bring about change whachl is your take? >> jason: key factor is safety wa wallets, neighborhoods and borders. if they are not strong enough, they are not able to offer safety you need. if donald trump gets north of 50%, game over. game, set, match. >> harr

i did talk to nikki haley yesterday.sunday before the big voting tomorrow and, of course, the thing about new hampshire, the voting, it's got to be in person, unless you do an absentee ballot. and that's due by tomorrow as well. so, she hit seven different events, all over the state. i was with her for a lot of them. and i was with her right after the news about desantis broke. and here is what she had to say. >> it's a faceoff. you vs. trump because desantis has dropped out. >> yeah. i mean, look, this somewhat we are waiting on. we said it is a two person race, it really have a two-person race we have a country to safe. do we want the same or a new generational conservative leader. i think people want a new generational leader. >> steve: as soon as he dropped out, he threw his support behind dotrump. does that mean his 6% go to trump. >> his swatter supporters are up for grabs. his supporters love america and they wanted a new generational leader. we give them that this is how do we go in a conservative direction and a

he will win big here. >> carley: nikki haley's campaign manager says south carolina elected nikki haleyw nikki's strong conservative record because she lived it. haley said donald trump will have a harder time falsely attacking me in south carolina, they know me and know i cut taxes. this race coming up is first she will face where she has a record in the state, that raises the stakes. >> i've nefrp seen anything like it in south carolina, number of people i've spoken to and i sit on the sidelines for a long time before i decided to endorse. nikki haley was a great governor and south carolina loves nikki haley, but they want donald trump united states baof his record of strong economy, because of his record of peace overseas and none of the endless wars. he has that record. people trust him and want to go back to the time donald trump was president. they were wealthy, more prosperous, they were safer here and around the world and that matters. >> carley: your endorsement took some people by surprise. you and he had harsh words for each other. what was that decision for you personally, w

nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley, you know they -- did you know they destroyed all of the information, all of the evidence, everything? nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people. soldiers. national guards. whatever they want. they turned it down. >> and he is going on and on mentioning me multiple times as to why i didn't take security during the capitol riots. why didn't i handle january 6 better. we can't have someone else that we question whether they are mentally fit to do this. >> so mental fitness, michelle. two questions here. one, did trump actually do that on purpose since he is conflating two female politicians trying to draw lines between nikki haley and nancy pelosi. let's say okay, maybe he's not doing it on purpose. nikki haley hits him on mental fitness which is something that when we requested the question about joe biden in polls, that is something that voters raise and certainly an attack that trump likes to use against biden. it actually hit trump. >> whether he did it or purpose, it is a very hard question to get to, but his rallies are so

.>> you know, nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley, do you know they destroyed all the information, all the evidence, everything? they deleted and destroyed all of it, all of it, because of lots of things, like nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, national guard, whatever they want, they turned it down, they don't want to talk about that. these are very dishonest people.>> i wonder what you make of that. just in general, the campaign he is running right now. >> to some extent his campaign, from what i hear, it is more professional than it was in 2016. they had an operation in iowa. they had an operation in new hampshire. sometimes i get names a little confused, but i see that again, how many times he said nikki haley. you can understand somebody saying anderson cooper and he confused at seven or eight times. that's pretty weird. there are so many things about trump that voters don't know. they don't know that a jury found him guilty of a woman. this is not a good thing. another determination is that he is a business fraud. when we get that to

that nikki haley represents. days of putting americans last, of kowtowing to large corporation of caving to woke idea ol. ology are over. >> desantis is back in florida tonight. fox business correspondent madison alworth is joining live with more on desantis drop out. >> the restaurant next to me was to host governor ron desantis tonight and mark his return to new hampshire but now his exit from 2024 race to president,'s took so social security to announce he was dropping out and throw his support behind president trump. >> if there was anything that i could do to produce a favorable outcome, or campaign stops and more interviews, i would do it i can't ask our supports to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don't have a clear path to victory. >> despite finishing second in iowa, desantis did not gain traction in new hampshire, polls show governor with 6%. president trump who mocked d desantis d on the campaign trail, showed -- >> now there were desantis supporters who still showed up to restaura

nikki haley running ahead right here. again, not a ton of votes. licans there, but you want to win it if you can. if you're in the haley campaign headquarters you're looking at that and saying, okay, that was one of the places we needed to take away from donald trump. we're not there yet. we have more votes to count, but you're encouraged by that. because this is an interesting mix. one of the fishermen in my piece and his wife, they vote here. blue collar trump voter, but you also have suburban voters here. people have moved up the haley campaign 70%. if you're in the haley headquarters you're saying, okay, that's one of places we took a good look at it. if your map is to work, 30% still to count here as we go on, but that's what they're doing in campaign headquarters right now. the rest of the map that was this sill balmic victory she got at midnight. >> what's this? >> you're climbing up to the white mountains here, harts location. >> they used to do early voting, too. >> look, there's 19 votes and you're halfway there. so not a lot of math, but

and he beat nikki haley headley in the haley. carolina, her home state. so pleased that donald trump was just going to wallop her, but i think it makes sense. she has the money. see what happens. but it is garnering the ire of trump and the question is, what he will do or vivek or one of his surrogates will do to try to smear haley more and more and that gets ugly like it was with george w. bush and john mccain many years ago. >> neil: we will have to watch it closely. i hope to get you back. so many great books. sometimes we repeat history or at our peril to ignore it. just a reminder, we had a record on the s&p 500. the bull market is still going on. the dow a little is fortunate. nasdaq going just fine. here's the five. ♪ ♪

>> i'm leaning toward nikki haley. >> why nikki haley?ght now. i think she has momentum. and i think she could win the state here. >> you're not going to support donald trump here in new hampshire. what do you think about the fact that he won iowa so convincingly? >> i still don't think that's a big surprise. he was leading going in. he maintained that. >> any chance you support the former president? >> no. >> why not? >> i don't like him. i don't like the way he conducted his presidency. and i just don't think he's a good viable candidate. >> reporter: now, you hear even one of the voters mention this idea of momentum. and that's what this early primary process is all about. trump's dominance in iowa now means that the question is can anyone beat him? can anyone take him down? he still has the lead in polling here in new hampshir but this is one of those states where he has looked the most vulnerable out of those early primary and caucus states. d that's why you have these candidates focused on new hampshire, former president trump is ta

nikki haley arrived in new hampshire overnight. she's focused a huge amount of time and resources here in recent months. she spent the most of any of the candidates, $28.6 million in advertising here since the start of last year. haley's message heading here today that the iowa caucuses have now made this a race between her and donald trump, even after she finished third in iowa behind ron desantis. gary tuchman, we watched this unfold, and some of these people, nikki haley supporters. watch this. >> i thought she would be a close second to donald trump, but i did not envision her losing by that much. disappointed in the results. >> how do you feel? sgl >> i'm optimistic with tonight considering how much time and munroe ron desantis. i think she fared really well and she's coming to new hampshire where she'll do very, very well. >> if donald trump is nominee of the republican party, are you all prepared to vote for donald trump? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> anyone not definitive about voting for donald trump? >> not definitive. >> ver