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nikki haley. donald trump has been endorsed by south carolina senator tim scott, who was appointed to the senate by nikki haley when she was governor. abc's rachel scott in new hampshire tonight. >> reporter: tonight, just four days before the new hampshire primary, a big boost for donald trump. an endorsement from his former rival, south carolina senator tim scott. >> pay attention, listen closely, and let's talk about four more years. >> reporter: it's a blow to nikki haley. she was the south carolina governor who actually appointed scott to his senate seat. now scott, who is the nation's top black republican elected official, is going for trump. >> so good to see you, thank you for taking the time to be here. >> absolutely. >> we'll get everybody out on tuesday. tell everybody you know. >> reporter: haley's team once predicting a landslide win in new hampshire now lowering expectations. >> the road is never going to stop here in new hampshire. that's always been the plan. strong in iowa, strong in new hampshire, even stronger in south carolina. >> reporter: haley has been under relentless attack

what is next for donald trump versus a distant contender, nikki haley? senator well, "the faulkner focus" top of the hours. >> bill: there is a craze in getting these stanley cups. now it's turning criminal. a woman was arrested in california accused of stealing $2,500 worth of viral tombler. she was caught at the traffic stop after taking them from a store. i would say check perino's suitcase as she leaves new hampshire. just to make sure. >> dana: i could barely get it closed. i didn't take anything, don't worry. the stanley cup. i thought it was for hockey. i don't know what's going on. >> bill: the mind is in dana's sports. >> dana: i got my mind in gear. i want to talk to this guy. president biden's cancellation of the keystone pipeline led to the loss of thousands of jobs. our next guest was one of those workers who lost his job and saying this i had a job in a keystone xl until biden fired me. he is bugsy allen. you said if presidents will go after us for political reasons and ignore the damage to the national economy and our security, then we should all

. >> it is official, that is south carolina senator, tim scott, endorsing donald trump tonight in the fellow south carolinian, nikki haley. the senator, and the former president, appear together at a rally in new hampshire. his endorsement comes four days before the new hampshire primary. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, a long-awaited conversation between president, joe biden and israeli prime minister, benjamin net yahoo, we learned it happened today. it has been nearly a month since the two leaders have spoken directly. the biden administration has backed the prime minister throughout, however the relationship is showing signs of strain. benjamin netanyahu repeatedly ignored signs for palestinian sovereignty. including an effort to secure the release of all hostages held by hamas, as well as ways to increase humanitarian aid for civilians, while keeping military pressure on hamas. >>> back here at home, two bay area school districts are facing several rights investigations. the office for civil rights is investigating title vi violations. the agency doesn't speak on cases, but title vi is specifically for cases of religious

nikki haley. nobody cares what tim scott thinks. if they did, he wouldn't have been driven out of this race three months ago. the reason senators don't like nikki haley is because she calls him out for being overpaid and underworked and being a privileged nursing home. that's what congress and the u.s. senate have become. they get frustrated because somebody will become president that holds them accountable and fiscal discipline and wants drain the swamp. that's what nicky is trying to do. you shouldn't be surprised that senators feel threatened by it. they made a career out of public service. >> martha: what do you say to those that her language as sharpened against the former president in recent days and maybe that's something that should have happened some time ago. she's walked a careful line when it comes to donald trump. >> nikki has managed what she said about the president and about herself and what she will deliver better than anybody. what is the proof of that? a one-on-one race. she's done a great job. she will hold the former president accountable. he's not a conservative or fiscally responsible, this big government

nikki haley. he got tim scott the senator from south carolina, who also had worked closely with nikki haley as senatorterestingly, though, when desantis dropped out, the endorsement, describing it as tepid i think is generous. >> definitely, and donald trump or ron desantis even made a knock at donald trump in that four-minute video posted online yesterday that donald trump was the one who kept fauci around. clearly it's been a bitter year-long campaign against donald trump. donald trump not only called him bobblehead, he said he walked like a duck. he accused him of grooming high school girls when he was a teacher. he has been quite atrocious to ron desantis on a personal level saying he needed a personality transplant, and yet, there's a recognition that not only does he have to govern in the state of florida for three more years, but if he wants a political future beyond it likely will have to run through the donald trump maga movement. as for nancy mace, somebody who in the aftermath of january 6th said that the republican party needed to rebuild and that donald trump should be held accountable fo

stay in, and even nikki haley really doesn't have a reason to. >> i, in less than two minutes we have left, in talking about nikki haley, and also seeing that clip of tim scott, senator endorsing donald trump. i am just wondering, do you think they are both auditioning for vice presidents? maybe tim scott more than nikki haley? donna, you first. >> well nikki haley said today or yesterday that she is taking that off of the table, even though she had been rishi washy about the number two slot on the ticket. tim scott, maybe, but then you had elise stefanik up in new hampshire, over the last couple of days as well. i think there are a lot of auditions going on. donald trump is going to have his choice of trump acolytes to choose from. and i think that nikki haley, if she wants to preserve her opportunities in 2028, the best thing for hers to withdraw before getting slaughtered in south carolina, and to stay off of that trump ticket. >> what do you think david? >> the maga base, the fox news base, is too suspicious of nikki haley for donald trump to pick her. if you think elise stefanik is in the game. you know, we used to call it a lindsey graham, when you went from op

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 town to town, person to person, location to location. this is like the tenth event today. she's just chris crossing this state. that's all i'm doing. she's the one earning the votes. she's a strong conservative, but she's so likable. she ha

tim scott from nikki haley's home state of south carolina. senatoras running for president as well, but he suspended his campaign after failing to gain enough public support in the polls. he's now being seen as a potential running mate for the former president. here he is a short time ago. we need a president who will close our southern border today! we needed donald trump! we need a president, we need a president who will unite our country. we need donald trump! some big energy from tim scott. the endorsement is seen as a blow to nikki haley in her home state, but in response to reports of tim scott's endorsement of donald trump. nikki haley said simply "the fellas are gonna do what the fellas are gonna do." well, afterfinishing second in iowa, florida governor ron desantis is looking past new hampshire, instead focusing most of his efforts on nikki haley's home state of south carolina. but before he heads south, he wanted to stress to voters that he is still in the race. we had a little tussle in iowa, and people were saying, you know, unless you f

nikki haley first time a nonincumbent republican candidate wins both iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries the governors of both states endorsed trump's competition iowa governor kim reynolds do haved desantis, sununu walking nikki haley tennessee senatorrty member senate banking foreign relations appropriations committee senator, good to see you thanks so punch for being here give your reaction to win in new hampshire from president trump. good morning, maria. great to be with you again, and as you know i-endorsed president trump very early in this process, not surprised at all, top two issues that we're hearing from voters both states immigration, and economy, president trump essentially closed our southern border finding immigration problem had economy growing twice rated any other major economy in the world before pandemic, strong in issues strongest by far i think american public is lining up demonstrating support in that regard i hope we consolidate behind president trump do everything to see he wins last things the nation needs is four more years of president biden. do you think president trump is going to lock up nomination soon? i think get it done very soon, depends on you know other candidates in the race i think what we've

>> south carolina senator tim scott endorsing former president donald trump last night instead of fellow south carolinian nikki haleyer president appeared together at a rally in new hampshire. senator scott dropped out of the race for the white house back in november. his endorsement comes four days before the new hampshire primary. >>> and we are learning a long-awaited conversation between president joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu happened yesterday. it had been nearly a month since the two leaders had spoken directly. the biden administration has asked the israeli prime minister, however the relationship is showing signs of strain. this as netanyahu repeatedly ignored biden's calls for a palestinian sovereignty. biden says the conversation included an effort to secure the release of all hostages held by hamas as well as ways to increase humanitarian aid for civilians while keeping military pressure on the militant group. >>> back here in the u.s., thousands rallied in washington, d.c. for the march for life that happened yesterday when anti-abortion activists packed the national mall to li

nikki haley doesn't want establishment endorsements. she doesn't want any of them. trump has, he's gone from the disruptor to the establishment guy. he's never held the senate accountability. nikki haley wants term limits. she says they shouldn't get paid unless they do their job. she wants congress to be held accountable. of course they'll go with the guy, he rolled over for them the first time. he'll roll over for them the second time. nikki is breaking that mold. she wants accountable in government. trump never held them accountable. congratulations, donald trump. you're everything that you're pretending not to be. >> i'll have what governor sununu is having. >> it's great, man. it's a party. >> thank you. >>> families of israeli hostages disrupted the israeli parliament, the knesset today. their new message for lawmakers as prime minister netanyahu turns down the latest deal for a hostage release. stay with us. >>> our world lead senior benjamin netanyahu's political future is looking very grim according to a new poll by cnn affiliate channel 13 in israel. that shows if new elections were held today in israel, benjamin netanyahu and his party would come

is coming a day after the former president touted an endorsement from south carolina senator, tim scott, who nikki haley appointed to the senate and her response to all of that is that trump is lining himself up with the very swamp he swore to drain. so clearly in these last few days, this is what's going to make the race for nikki haley here to see if she can get as close to the former president as possible if not beat him here. >> omar, thanks so much. elena is also in new hampshire. where former president trump will be holding an event later today. he has had a lot to say about his challenger, nikki haley, hasn't he? >> reporter: he has. that has been really a big theme of his in all of his remarks over the past several days and i can tell you from my conversations with his advisers that he's going to continue to rail against her in a speech tonight as well as his speeches over the next few days leading into tuesday's primary. but look. part of the reason why he's attacking her so hard is because she's doing so well in the polls. i know that his team has carefully watched her rise in the polls over t

. >> reporter: including south carolina senator tim scott. >> nikki haley put you in the senate years ago, and now here you are campaigning for her rival. >> yeah. well, donald trump made her an ambassador, and here she is running against the person that put her there. what makes america the strongest, most viable option for the world? it's donald trump. >> reporter: for new hampshire voters now, decision day. >> i think nikki has a better chance of carrying the country. >> who did you come out and vote for today? >> i voted for trump. >> why? >> as much as he shoots his mouth off, he is an old bs kind of guy. >> reporter: the current president is doing the same. interrupted multiple times by protesters during a speech in virginia as he hopes to motivate the democratic base on the issue of abortion. >> the reason women are being forced to travel across state lines for health care is donald trump. >> you're joining us from a polling station. what have you been seeing? >> reporter: well, you can see, lester, people still lining up to get their ballots in before polls close tonight with

weeks away and nikki will have a lot of time to build on the momentum she's created. >> let's talk about momentum because, of course, as you know, south carolina, senator tim scott who nikki haley has now endorsed donald trump. he's got momentum from that and momentum coming out of iowa, can nikki haley win her home state? >> tim scott doesn't matter. >> even if trump has a double-digit lead? >> of course. trump had a 35-point lead. there were polls that had them neck and neck. so you don't know what will happen. new hampshire always looks forward and we always want the next generation of leadership and the next big idea. we don't want iowa. iowa had, 56,000 people voted for trump. 56,000 people out of 3 million. that will dictate the republican choice for president? i don't think so. you have to let this play out. >> you say new hampshire is not break or break, if haley can't win in her home state can she continue in this race? what's her path? >> that's a month away. to be honest, not even looking at that. right now i'm looking at the next 72 hours and we're going like gang busters and she's criss-crossing the state and hitting every voter and no one else is doing that. she's

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nikki is out. that's the angle. joining me now texas senator ted cruz. nikki haleying she had a big victory last night she is in it to win it. >> that's just not right. this race is over. donald trump is the republican nominee you look at iowa. iowa the results in iowa were staggering. he won over 51%. he won by 30 points. won 98 out of # 9 counties. the only county he lost most liberal county in iowa he lost by one vote. that result was staggering. that's why i have endorsed donald trump. it's clear is he going to be the nominee. the voters have spoken. they spron overwhelmingly. then you look at last night. new hampshire in modern history if you win iowa and win new hampshire, you are the republican nominee. without exception that is the case. new hampshire was nikki's last stance. she put everything in. she had every moderate never trumper billionaire behind her, and she lost. she lost by 11 points. trump won. won decisively in new hampshire. he is the nominee. now, look, i think nikki is probably going to stick around because she has got money. she has lots of p

>> no. >> in response to that, tim scott told me the senator texted nikki haley on thursday, the day before he endorsed donald trump to let her know he'd be making a decision soon. and there's that. >>> coming up, it started with so much hype, landed with a thud. we're talking about ron desantis' campaign, and we will dive into what went so wrong. >>> ron desantis dropped out in a sunday surprise. a new terrific reporting out today from cnn's jessica dean. campaign insiders had this among other things to say. what he did not have was room for error running up against the popular former president. his advisers, allies, and supporters have acknowledged cnn and interviews. "every single thing that could have not gone as he had hoped or planned went horribly wrong." that is according to one post adviser. it is really, really good. let's go to the not so wayback machine. this headline was written by alex casiano and kurt anderson, two republican operatives. the ron desantis team won the worst campaign. that's super harsh. jeff? >> this campaign will be studied for a long time. the things

tim scott who nikki haley appointed to the senate back in 2012. haley, herself here at least as far as we're talking about u.s. house members has just one congressman who has endorsed her. that is congressman ralph norman from south carolina, there last night, supporting nikki haley, telling people that she is in it for the long haul. poppy. >> it was not subtle when the trump campaign dropped four dozen south carolina lawmakers supporting them last night. fresh off the new hampshire double digit win. trump is ditching the campaign trail in south carolina for court in new york. just hours from now, the trial is set to resume in the e. gjea carroll against him. trump's lawyers say he wants to testify. that's not actually confirmed yet that he will. cnn's kristen holmes joins us now. what are you hearing from trump's team about his mind set, the decision to go to court instead of south carolina now. >> good morning, phil and poppy. we talk about him testifying. it's 100% possible that he's going to take the stand. we know that he is fixated

nikki haley. nobody cares what tim scott thanks if they did he would not of been driven out of the race it months ago for the reason senatorsaley because she calls them out for being overpaid under worked and being a privileged nursing home for that's what congress and the u.s. senate have become. rachel: tim scott was like let's not talk about privilege when your daddy was governor check this out. >> i need to respond with to the criticism as well i want your thoughts on that. >> chris sununu's board on third base making his way home his father was a governor and his brother was a senator and for him to give advice on jobs third-place is a good place to do it from. >> not bad not a bad response. cooks kind of what you might expect at the end of a campaign. governor chris sununu look like he is pedaling really hard and going to throw anything out there you c can looks like tim t endorsing donald trump isn't important if you can acknowledge that it is significant. he is working really hard for her because this is a firewall for nikki haley in new hamp hampshire. but to say something nobody cares what tim scott thanks? tim sc

nikki haley? >> look, i think endorsements generally don't matter much. but when it's someone you appointed and it's the other senator from your home state i think it does matter. likewise, i think you always have to flip these things. would it be really good for nikki haley if tim scott would be on stage endorsing her tonight? yeah, that would be pretty good. this is just part of the complete collapse of the republican party in my view. these senators who a lot of them issue very strong statements after january 6th, and yet now they're falling in line. while at the same time, a new york court has found donald trump liable of rape. it's just inconceivable to me this has happened to the republican party. the reason donald trump is winning is because he is giving republicans what they want. nobody is making anybody vote for donald trump. and he's running away with this probably unlike anything in modern history. he's really performing like an incumbent president. >> you did point out it was a new york court sexual abuse. why did senator scott choose donald trump over nikki haley. >> a year ago, marco rubio was running.

with nikki haley, we win senate seats back. we win governorships. we win school board seats. we win all these seats that we have lost that we should have won over the past six years. i'm so tired of losing with this guy. he's a loser. i want a winner. electability isn't just winning the seat. trump could potentially maybe squeak out a win, but he'd have no ability to do anything he's talking about, right? so, what's the point there? let's elect someone we know will win and carry all these other republican initiatives along the way. that's how you get stuff done. >> let's compare a hypothetical, president haley versus president trump. what would be the outcome of a president nikki haley on immigration and the border versus a second trump presidency? >> well, she can actually build the wall and secure it. you have to secure the border. >> why can she do it and trump couldn't? >> because she has a record -- as a governor, she has a record of knowing how to work with a legislature, even when they opposed her. trump, one of his ultimate flaws was that he thought you could run the

by come pair and contrast, the only, the only conclusion is donald trump. >> senator, nikki haley said yesterday in new hampshire that she was disappointed. did you call her beforehand to give her a heads up? have you talked to her since? >> we had texted several times since i got out of the race so we've had a conversation at least once. we've had multiple texts back and forth. here's the question, i'm not asking a question about who's from my home state. i'm not asking a question who would be a good person or better person. i think president donald trump is a strong president, will be a strong president again and will have the kind of accomplishments that will unite this nation around economic opportunity. >> so just to be clear, you texted after you got out of the race but you didn't give her a heads up before you endorsed her opponent? >> actually, i text her the day before. >> okay. >> i made my announcement. >> got it. okay. senator, i want to play something that you said when you launched your own presidential campaign in may. >> victimhood or victory? >> victory. >> grievance o

let's also talk about the other senator from south carolina, tim scott, who we played a bit from just then, i mean, this is also for context purposes, and a reminder, nikki haleyott a senator when she appointed him to fill a vacancy in 2012, just showing some of the history there. but tim scott saying that his/their/trump strategy is to make south carolina do or die for nikki haley. do you think it is? >> oh, absolutely. she knows this electorate very well. she's won this electorate twice before when she was governor. if she cannot persuade this group of people which are very typical of a lot of the southern states where the campaign is taking off to next, if she can't persuade this group of people there is no path forward. so, yes, i think scott is absolutely right that this is make or break for her. if she cannot get to either neck and neck with trump, or beat him in south carolina, there is no rationale for continuing. >> and another thing that we saw last night is that nikki haley has gotten under donald trump's skin in a new way and he's now stepping up his personal attacks against her. you say there's a history in south carolina, a strategy like that mig

senators. some key gop leaders still remain neutral when it comes to trump. backing trump over nikki haley. e has that story from capitol hill next. ♪ stuart: to the new hampshire primary. most senate republicans have endorsed donald trump for president. not one has endorsed nikki haley. are any of the senators joining trump on the campaign trail? >> we saw senator tim scott out with the former president in new hampshire. his name was floated as a possible vp pick, but i've got to tell you there are still some concerns among some senate republicans privately about trump being at the top of the ticket primarily because they point to the midterms and what happened with some of the trump hand-picked candidates. the quality of these candidates, we are looking at key numbers of senate leadership like mitch mcconnell, john thune, that stayed neutral so far, have not endorsed the former president as well as john cornyn but steve daines is publicly calling for everyone in the senate to unite behind trump posting this on x. he posts donald trump is the present of nominee. i'm encouraging every republ

senator, donald trump is watwatch i launching some pretty personal attacks against nikki haley, who inow you've known for a very long time. he's insisted she is ineligible to be president, even though she is. she was born in your home state of south carolina. he repeatedly her given first name, even though she has gone by her middle name, nikki, her whole life. are you comfortable with that kind of rhetoric from the president, former president? >> well, i'm watching rhetoric on all sides of the issue facing becoming president. what i mean by that is the rhetoric from joe biden is terrible and it's salacious. nikki haley questions whether 70-year-olds should be allowed to run for president. i think there is so much negativity and toxicity in this aim to becoming president again or for the first time that we should be very clear and look at both sides of the comments made. what i can tell you, the average voter is more interested in their future and their kids than they are the comments being thrown by political -- >> would you rather that the man that you endorsed not use terms like, n

to the senate by the then south carolina senator, nikki haley, was telling. he took the stage alongside donald trump last night. it's not just him on the trail here. ohio senator j.d. vance, who has endorsed on trump, is also campaigning with him. and stefanik, the new york congresswoman who is a potential vp pick of him. a chief defender. i wanna let you listen a part of an exchange ahead last night with at least a fonac. while donald trump is seeking this gop nomination, the trials continue to hinder, not only his time on the campaign trail, but also draws scrutiny on him. particularly in the e. jean carroll trial expected to continue this week as a jury determines how much to award for how much -- take a listen to me asking stefanik about e. jean carroll. >> these are witch hunts against president trump. whether it is the bogus case from tissue james, who was a radical prosecutor. they are all witch hunts against president. trump no, of course not, they are all witch hunts. they are all a witch hunts against president trump. the reason why is because he is

haley had endorsed rubio in 2016. and now we're watching senator tim scott, fellow south carolinians and the person who nikki haley putn 2012, tim scott now coming out and endorsing trump, a source familiar telling me that scott is down in florida right now, he'll fly up to new hampshire tonight with trump, and speak at the rally that he'll be hosting here tonight. in response to that, we're hearing from nikki haley in a statement, though when i first asked her about it, it was as th ns was breaking and she ignored our questions as she was leaving a diner. now in a statement she's saying in part, it's interesting that trump's lining up with all the washington insiders when he claimed he wanted to drain the swamp. haley then goes on to say but the fellows are going to do what the fellows are going to do. clearly this is not welcome news because, again, this is someone who ran in the primary, is from her home state, and to the extent that endorsements move votes, which i think you and i could debate, and i'm not sure that i'm in the camp that says they move vote, it is notable that trump has been able to coalesce this m

that's really a snub to nikki haley, who appointed him to his senate seat there in south carolina whenhaley, nikki haley has really been clearer in her criticisms of former president trump as she has pushed back on his assertions that he has presidential immunity amid these legal cases that he's facing. she's also been more apt to liken him to former -- excuse me -- to president biden in terms of lots of things, and we've seen her say that, do we really want to see 80-year-olds running for president? there is an ad in new hampshire right now that is running, and it's hard to avoid it if you turn on the television in new hampshire where she is saying that both trump and biden are consumed by negativity and chaos. we'll see whose strategy is more effective come primary night. >> gio: absolutely, and let's go to new hampshire. maryalice, you are there right now. give us a sense of the dynamics on the ground. is it looking any different than iowa? >> reporter: well, big picture, gio, it feels like a two-person race here. ron desantis has really struggled to catch on, and we know that this

nikki haley, there's no clear leader? >> yeah, you know, when you talk to, especially the senate republicans, they will tell you that they believe nikki haley is the stronger general election candidate. in fact, the strongest of any of the republicans in the field, and that she would beat joe biden. and they don't feel the same way about donald trump. they feel like donald trump is at risk of losing to joe biden during the general election. so this week when new hampshire is called for the vote, it will be a do or die situation for sort of that mainstream wing of the party. if nikki haley can beat donald trump, or even come close, they still have a chance to have a non-trump candidate for the general election. but if it's a blowout, if trump has destroyed nikki haley in new hampshire and destroyed ron desantis in iowa, it's hard to see how anyone could keep going, and this is not just donald trump's nomination. >> some say it will be the make or break contest. thank you so much. >>> make sure you tune in this tuesday as voters head to the polls in the granite state. live coverage starts tuesday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on cnn

things, tim scott now is shoeing nikki haley and falling foursquare behind donald trump. >> something embarrassing obviously for nikki haley, she appointed him to the senate was governor. but if you are tim scott, looking at this, which person is going to be the republican party candidate and the next president, it's not nikki haley. we can talk about the percentage change here or there, but donald trump has basically a lock on the primary. so if you are a politician that wants to have an impact for someone to remember who you endorsed, backing donald trump. >> john: it didn't surprise me tim scott went behind donald trump, front-runner for running mate. >> i don't know if he's front-runner, but considered as the old black republican in the u.s. senate and was on the stage and not very hostile toward donald trump while he was running against him. i must say that you know, despite the political realities that chris just described to you that trump clearly has the lead, looks like he will win, you have to stop and think about the fact that haley put tim scott in the u.s. senate and really owes her on that sense. so the sense of personal connection and loyal

nikki haley. tim scott, the senator that she once appointed, now endorsing donald trump, giving him the backing just four days out from the make or break new hampshire primary. plus, the district attorney who indicted donald trump in georgia now facing allegations of her own misconduct involving the man that she hired as the lead prosecutor. what new credit card records reveal and what it could mean for the future of the case. >>> also, alec baldwin indicted for a second time in that deadly movie shooting. charged again with involuntary manslaughter, hunting major questions about what changed. i'm kaitlan collins and this is "the source." >> any minute now we're expecting another endorsement for donald trump. someone who has been racking them up constantly since his dominant win in iowa on monday as the republican party falls in line. this one in particular is notable. not because it is necessarily surprising, but because it's a stinging blow to his rival nikki haley who is fighting to keep this race competitive with a strong performance tuesday in new hampshire. senator tim scott is expected to app

doug burgum, vivek ramaswamy, and south carolina senator tim scott, who then governor nikki haley appointed to the senate. also endorsing the former president governor haley's om home district congresswoman nancy mace. she is it. in the wake of january 6th, she said things like this. >> their lives would have been endangered to the two most pressures people of my life. we need to hold the president accountable. >> so much for that. governor haley when asked her viability as a candidate, a democracy is about giving people options. new hampshire governor and haley supporter chris sununu, joining us. so do you believe ambassador haley needs to win tomorrow? >> no. new hampshire has never been a must win for haley. it's a must win for trump. three things i think we wanted to do, get it down to a two-person race. she wiped everyone else out of the race. a strong second. all but guaranteed. build on the momentum out of iowa. going into her home state, building on that here in new hampshire and going into her home state with -- the election isn't next week. it's three, four weeks away. she has a l

play some of it, criticizing nikki haley, going after her dress that she was wearing, on and on, just completely humiliating the men standing behind him, particularly senatornto the insults. this is who he is. this is who he's going to be, and she says i win. he loses against joe biden. you got to think this through. it's an uphill climb as we saw last night and we'll see in south carolina. >> and my god, who is tim scott? who is tim scott? the guy that nikki haley appointed to the senate, he's supporting a guy right now who defended nazis in charlottesville. he's defending a guy that supports the replacement theory. he's defending a guy and supporting a guy happily, happily that's easily the most racist president in our lifetime. it just goes without saying, he's inspired racism across this country, just all you have to do is go on social media and see what his supporters are saying. >> we want to show you trump's leering meltdown of a speech last night, but first, along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," elise jordan is with us this morning and in new hampshire, nbc news national affairs

senator scott endorsement? does it move the needle in a place called new hampshire? >> >> well, the endorsement of governor sununu pretty valuable for nikki haleythis last minute that senator scott's endorsement is going to have a lot of impact in new hampshire has a lot of impact in south carolina. where have you haley former governor of south carolina running in the senior senator lindsey graham has endorsed donald trump. the junior senator tim scott is going to endorse donald trump and the governor henry mcmaster have all endorsed donald trump 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 movin

nikki haley should stay in the race? >> i think it would be a very tough road for her. i think if you look at our state, our governor, both of our senators or five of our six congressmen all came out for trump. >> reporter: two people on our panel are planning to vote for nikki haley. >> she said she's going to stay in the race and we'll see what she does. i think at the proper time, she'll make that decision. but right now, she's not at that decision yet. >> i think she should stay in the race. i think she has come from behind in other races and i think that she has four weeks, i believe it is, to make some changes in her campaign. and i think she needs to really drive her message home to south carolina voters. >> reporter: notably, 12 of the 13 people in our group tell us that they thought nikki haley was a good governor. >> well, i think it's undeniable that nikki haley had a good track record as governor, but president trump had a good track record as president. >> i don't know if it's so much that she wouldn't do a good job, but i think she's the wrong person for the job. >> why is that? why is that? >> i just think that donald trum

senator tim scott. >> oh, man, i'm so excited for the announcement tonight. >> reporter: that announcement is a setback for nikki haleyer home state senator rejecting his former governor. haley is a distant second in the polls, and she is taking the gloves off, challenging trump to tell the truth. >> when trump says that i'm trying to kill social security, that is a lie. >> reporter: on social media, trump has falsely questioned haley's eligibility to run for president and refers to her indian ancestry, mocking her first name, nimarata, although she has used her middle name, nikki, all her life. she was born in the united states. do you think that the attacks that trump is waging against you are racist? >> i mean, look, i'll let people decide what he means by his attacks. what we know is, look, he is clearly insecure, if he goes and does these temper tantrums, he is insecure, he knows that something is wrong. i don't sit there and worry about whether it's personal or what he means by it. >> oh, yeah. it's disgusting. >> reporter: independent voter dan o'donnell says his vote for haley is a vote against trump. he asked

senator tim scott would become a targed t when he endorsed trump. >> by god who is tim scott? who is tim scott? the guy that nikki haley appointed to the senate. he is supporting a guy right now. >> he is easily the most racistw president and our lifetime. >> i don't know ho hw he sleepsi night. i don't know how he faces his friends and family. >> laura: i don't know how he faces his friends and family. i don't know, but he came to>> i face me on theov "the ingraham angle." senator tim scott --of senator, were you expectingha this kind f treatment? >> i>> was not, but your is whai do expect.ru i expect the left to lose their mindth because donald trump didh more for minorities thenin joe biden who will ever do. think about the fact that donald trump put more money and black colleges and universities than any other president, any other president. tot >> laura: how about wages and small businesses? >> the wage growth was her than the top 30% and lowest unemployment rate in the country. first under donald trump.ia you think about sickle celldo anemia who help champion theft? donald trump here and think about the greatest antipovertyny program in

. >>> senator tim scott is endorsing donald trump, even though nikki haley appointed him to the senate. the lead starts right now. four days before the all- important new hampshire primary, former presidential candidate and senator tim scott is about to weigh-in on the race and endorse donald trump. will his pate -- pick make a difference? plus president biden and benjamin netanyahu have a lot of catching up to do. they spoke for the first time in nearly a month as benjamin netanyahu openly rejects the u.s. backed plan for the future of gaza and the palestinian people and the possible palestinian state. what we know about the critical call, coming up. and two major developments in two major criminal cases. alec baldwin indicted today for his role in the deadly accidental rust movie set shooting. and the l.a. innocence project is looking to defend and exonerate one of the most notorious convicted murderers ever, scott peterson a court found killed his wife and unborn son. >> welcome to leave, we start today with their 2024 lead and a shock endorsement in the republican race for presiden

nikki haley. lots of republican senators i noticed or not only endorsing donald trump, but saying the same message is to not give nikki haley millions of dollars and weeks more to be mashing our nominee. we should closings behind her. so i assume this was an orchestrated play why the trump campaign and the rnc. you had trump promoting this motion on his social media while saying, no, it is, okay i will win fair and square in the vote. we do not need to have it. but clearly there's going to be an increasing drumbeat to try and push nikki haley officially out of the race, and for her not to go all the way to her home state of south carolina in late february. we will see if she has the resources and desire to keep in it. obviously you could keep growing even if you are not going to win. we saw in 2016 both had cruz and todd kasich refused to get out of the race for months, even though it was clear that donald trump had sewn up that nomination back in 2016. so if new kayleigh wants to, she can stay in, but it is still hard to see that she has a viable path forward after losing both iowa and new hampsh

treacherous systems and form -- in a major blow to nikki haley, south carolina senator tim scott hasnew hampshire primary. scott was appointed to his senate seat in 2012, by then governor haley, and now back to dateline. dateline i'm andrea canning. >> welcome back to dateline. i'm sandra cannon. detectives investigating the murder of mother to be, rhoni reuter, or add two potential suspects in their sights. an explosive tip about a girlfriend with a grudge was about to break their case wide pen. here is rub stafford with more of our story, deadly liaisons. >> not long after rhoni reuter was gunned down in her own home in -- suburban deerfield, illinois, long term boyfriend, shawn, gayle and former lover of his, monica, were being investigated as possible suspects in rhoni's murder. now, the mystery was deepening. callers had given police a new name, yet another woman in shaun's life. marni yang. police soon learned she was a divorced mother of three, a chicago native who work multiple jobs, including as a real estate agent to support her family. she was also an aspiring witness mode

nikki haley. >> why nikki haley? >> term limits. i think that is important. we have too many of these senators who made a career out of this.t was never meant to be a career. if you go back in the history, these guys volunteered when they first started. they never got paid or anything. now, these guys are in there for 20 something years. it is ridiculous. it is time for a change. i think nikki haley will make a big change for the country. and we really need that. senator graham, they can hardly talk anymore. same way with biden. he can hardly talk anymore. we need good leadership, younger people in office, and we need a change, and donald trump is not a candidate anymore. you got too much baggage right now. we need a younger candidate and i really believe nikki haley is a candidate. >> was donald trump your candidate at one point in the past? >> yes. >> when didmake that change? >> with all the luggage he has got with him, all the baggage. it is ridiculous. i mean, it's going to be one lawsuit after another after another after another. and he wore me out being president. he talked way too much. >> what do you think for this

people who listen very carefully there might have noticed that i said you, a state senator from south carolina, where nikki haley was the governor, is here on behalf of ron desantis. why is that? >> we just lost him. >> you just lost me? it was really a great question. a shame you missed it. are you back? senator? has been in iowa campaigning on behalf of ron desantis quite a bit, but as i did say, he is a south carolina state senator, which might make for an interesting answer if we get his audio back, about why he chose to support governor ron desantis and not south carolina governor nikki haley. can you hear me? >> i've got you now. good morning. it's always fun to do live tv. good morning from south carolina. you're right. a lot of people raised eyebrows when they hear a south carolina senator endorsing the governor of florida over the former governor of south carolina. there's a reason. i'm a native south carolinians. lived here my whole life and involved in politics even during the haley administration, and ron desantis is a conservative that haley always claimed to be. governor haley unfortunately campaig