our republicans do. and so this is how we get to th first two speeches of the president joe biden re-election effort in 2024. friday at valley forge in pennsylvania and today at the mother emmanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina, the two kickoff speeches of his re-election campaign.n speeches about our status as a democracy, the fight to establish ourselves as a democracy in the revolutionary u war, the fight to keep our democracy in the civil war, the threat to end democracy today posed by the republican party and trump. and i don't know. i don't have insider information, but i doubt this is the ground on which the biden campaign hoped to be making its case for re-election. they have other things they want to talk about, like nancy pelosi was just describing with jen psaki in her exclusive interview tonight. they want to talk about kitchen table issues, right? and they have a lot to talk about. the unemployment rate has been below 4% -- below 4% -- for nearly two straight years. that means thi

our republicans do.o, this is how we get to the first two speeches of the president joe biden reelection effort for 2024. friday at valley forge in pennsylvania, and today at the mother emmanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. the two speeches kick off his 2024 reelection campaign, speeches about our status as a democracy, establishing ourselves as a democracy, the fight to keep our democracy in the civil war, the threat to end democracy today by the republican party and trump. and i don't know and i don't have insider information but i doubt this is that ground on which the biden campaign is hoping to make its case for reelection. they have other things they want to talk about. like nancy pelosi was describing in jen psaki with her exclusive interview tonight, they want to talk about kitchen table issues. they have a lot to talk about. the unemployment rate has been below 4%, below 4% for nearly two straight years. that means this is the best jobs market in america since the 1960s. jobs number

the republicans do. if with the departure of bill johnson it is going to stay the same, but if tom suozzi wins, higgins remains, they will go down to a one-vote margin. have you had any conversations with brian higgins about staying longer to tighten up that margin of error? >> i have not had that conversation with congressman higgins. it is also not by understanding that he has put a precise definitive date on his departure and it's a reasonable conversation at least in the short term for democrats and republicans to figure out how we can govern in an enlightened way that will benefit the american people that we serve and what is clear is that the only way to get things done for the american people in the house of representatives is through a bipartisan governing coalition. that is the only way forward. at this point, house republicans can't organize a two car funeral . they can't do it. they can't even pass their own rule. it is not clear to me how anything gets done unless traditional republicans can

what are republicans doing?hey're trying to ban abortions and their focus on stupid stuff like impeaching a cabinet member. this is so ridiculous that even the witness that they routinely call, jonathan turley, that issl that all of these different hearings, himself said there is no quote cognizable basis, end quote, for this impeachment of secretary mayorkas. so the republicans are focused on issues that no one in america really cares about. and i hope the american public tells them stop this sham impeachment of that work together on trying to make our economy even better. and with that i yield back. >> questions?ott. >> there seemed to be some democrats who are uncomfortable with what they are hearing in the senate negotiations, tightening amnesty, some that are republican policies. how confident are you that your were together whatever they can pass out? >> well, we need to see what the language looks like. we have seen in a legislative texts. we've talked about that before an immigration policy. it's incredi

republicans.o you think joe biden legitimately won the 2020 election? which he did. it's split half and half. 49% say yes. 49% of primary voters today say no. again, in iowa last week, two-thirds of republican caucusgoers said biden didn't legitimately win. though he did. big difference. is donald trump fit for the presidency even if he's convicted of a crime? today in new hampshire, republican primary voters, half say yes. he is still fit for the presidency even if he's a convicted criminal. no, 47% of voters say no. again, big difference from the two-thirds who said yes in iowa last week. then we asked overall, no matter who you're supporting tonight, will you be satisfied or dissatisfied if donald trump wins the nomination? 56% of republican primary voters, no matter who they support, say they will be satisfied if trump's the nominee, but 43% will be dissatisfied. that shows the work ahead for donald trump if he becomes the nominee, that he will have to do some healing within the party, jake. >

to me that's a very sad thing, as someone who grew up as a republican, who joined the republican party because i view myself as a reagan republican. the party today has very clearly said if we have to choose between the constitution and trump, we will choose trump. we seen that happen again and again. the are a lot of reasons. i think the elected republicans themselves have been playing a very damaging role. i think donald trump has managed to lie to and convince millions of americans, very good people, that somehow he will be their voice. he has prayed on patriotism. the people who are elected in washington like mike johnson and many others, know that what donald trump is saying is not true. they know the election was not stolen and they know what he did on january 6 w illegal. yet they have decided to go along with it. we have sort of lost sight of the extent to which elected officials have an obligation not to be a collaborator or enabler. not to sit on the sidelines. when to many republicans have sat on the sideles and suggested that trump will just fade away, what that means -- wh

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>> the house republican agenda is chaos, dysfunction, and extremism. just to circle back on new yorka dead horse here but obviously you were stressing the evidence provided by past elections. >> i'm curious if you think given the circumstances that led us to the new yo election and the extraordinary george santos story if there's any evidence that will provide actually about 2024 in november and then separately i curious what your responding say to alise stonic echoing the use of the word hostages to describe january 6? >> alise stonic should be ashamed of herself that no decent rational credible y who were here on january 6 when the violent insurrection took place or are closely connected to the institution of congress should claim that the violent inrrectionists who attack and -- who attacked and brutally beat police officers are hostages. extreme maga republicans have become captive of donald trump's radical ideology and are parting -- parroting his words, his thoughts, his ideas. the real question is why haven't house republicans in new york like m

the republicans have done just that. have not taken the a sink the fact witness in the two hearings we had. the only two were temperature cats that what you are charging and secretary mayorkas does not rise to the level of when you are in charge do igg about you want to and are prepared to address the impeachment effort tomorrow with facts. we think hisry is on our side and we are convinced that at the end of the day, the public will see at the end of exactly what you see taking place. and absolute expha k charade in the name of an impeachment process. we'll lead the floor open to any questions you may have. >> we know that referral was based on the resolution offered by congressman green. it's to pacify her. and in all if you make a referral, you should go to judiciary, but it came to homeland security. we were there and prepared to just it. pa again,t's ausual and speaks ever a deal being made. and the republican leadership weren't beated. i will let leader jeff nice respond. mr. jeffries: what bennie thompson has indi

house republicans are paralyzed. don't support bipartisan reform that's happening in the senate, so this is the only thing they can hang their hat on. this is the only thing that unites them related to the border. they have but i would caution any democrat who is thinking about supporting this, that this is republican extremism that brings them all together. [inaudible question] so what happened to the ukraine peace? is her chance of that passing severally? >> we don't know. there was an opportunity. the first act that the speaker himself did was to pay her aid to israel with, you know, with dramatic cuts here in the house. he had an opportunity to advance ukraine and israel support, and he did not. right now i don't kw what those prospects look like. the united states senate seems to be incapable of advancing that. and mitch mcconnell is listening to donald trump, and donald trump doesn't want to help ukraine. so until house and senate republicans come back to reality, put our national security interests first, we'r

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the fact it is republicans that are threatening aid to ukraine and republicans cannot pass aid ukraine and israel, have a lot of procedural explanations for why they can't get aid to ukraine past, the meantime vladimir putin is watching with glee. that's not the party of reagan. it's not the rty that is effeively advocating what i believe is the right position on national security policy, which is peace through strength and king sure -- and the lenski has said -- and zelinski has said democracies have to be armed. gerald: another part of the republican formula is it was a party in which business people in the country were comfortable. it is now not so much that party, there is a much more nationalistic, populist economic policy. i'm wondering whether repuicans like you and business people have a home. ms. cheney: i think we need to build a new home. i think that is a product. right now the focus has to be on defeating donald trump when weet through the election cycle, the coury needs to have a party, wheth it is the republican party we can rebuil or a new conservative party, i think ar

sometimes trump will talk about maga republicans, who is and who isn't maga republican. she she said the voters aren't talking about that or thinking about that. take a listen. >> this is not what americans want to talk about. they want to know why inflation is high, why everything's more expe expensive. they want to know how we're allowing the lawlessness at the border that's out of control. that's what they want to talk about, no whether someone is maga. >> reporter: when i was at that diner, i was speaking to an iowan who told me he's been caucusing since the 1980s and this bitterly cold weather won't stop him. >> eva mckend, thank you. joining us now jeff kauffman who's the chairman of the republican party of iowa. kate, you have the interview. >> reporter: thank you, wolf. >> jeff kauffman is here with me, the chairman of the republican party of iowa. how many interviews have you done up to this? >> over 50. >> 51 will be the best one. you know iowa republican politics better than most. how does this one feel? does it feel different? >> even with the weather and eve

i have called out republicans and i called out democrats. i praised republicans. i praised democrats. legislators love to be prized and hate to be called out. whether i was calling out china and russia, they didn't like to be called out. >> governor haley, thank you very much for being here in the room and speaking to the voters here in iowa. thanks so much for all of you for sitting through this evening and thanks to our hosts at grand view university. governors hailey and desantis will be back for the final republican debate before the caucuses. jake tapper and dana will host here. right now, abby and laura will take it away. >>> it is our special two-hour coverage of tonight's cnn republican presidential town halls with ron desantis and nikki haley. it continues now. i'm laura coates in washington both are taking their shot at the candidate you didn't see. we are digging into all of it over the next two hours together. >> so stay with us. we are going to start here in new york with our great panel onset with me here. scott jennings, you're in the hot seat. i wa

democrat or republican. republicans, 268, thousand democrats, 262,000. vast majority of republicans that vote today are almost certain to go to donald trump, poll after poll after poll, has made that point, jack, has made that point as well. it's undeclared how many of them vote in the primary and where those votes go that are so critical. what we know going into this day is that nikki haley has a clear advantage with the undeclared voters. the latest cnn university -- donald trump at 30%. here is the reality with that. number 28 point spread is certainly a good number for nikki haley, needs to be bigger given trump's strength within the republican party. those who are already registered republican. what is that going to mean? where is nikki haley really need to run up the vote going into the night? let's go back to 2016. this was a critical moment in the republican primary. after donald trump had lost iowa narrowly, he won new hampshire and by a wide margin. nearly 20 points. really going across the graphics, across socioeconomic lines, showing his stre

he's encouraging republicans not to support this emerging border deal and encouraging republicans toemand everything or nothing. you will see at home and on the ground, a lot of supporters of the former president get frustrated with the folks were supporting this. the fact that james lankford received his reviews at home, he has been the central republican figure so if anybody it would be him but a pretty stunning situation and fallout, the fact that t man leading border security negotiations is getting democrats to cave on some of their key things and put things on the table they never would have ske previously. james lankford has been the leading republican for this negotiation. it shows the pole that john --that donald trump has in the host: party. host:what about senator murphy? guest: it was a question asked earlier. they've been consensus builders. chris murphy played a key role in the gun safety bill passed recently. they have worked across the isle before and they are now taking on one of their biggest challenges. kyrsten sinema is the third negotiator from arizona who is kno

this electorate was basically half republican and have non-republican. among those who are republicans in this primary, trump won by basically 50 points. 74 trump, 25 haley. among independent voters, they made up for 3% of the electorate, hailey 60, trump 38. and among democrats, this is an unusual member of -- the strength for her was just overwhelmingly to the extent it was a government for her, it was almost strictly on the backs of non republicans. just based on some of that rolls in the hands, the political traditions and new hampshire, the democratic makeup of new hampshire, that's with the perfect mix for nikki haley, for a candidate with the strength she's shown. and she still is going to lose, it wouldn't, they're probably by governors. so if you take the cut apartment she had with republicans, losing them by 50 points, self identified republicans, and start going through what's next in this race. nevada is complicated -- that next contest is halle south carolina's, a month from now, if the mix is like what we showed you with republicans, indepe

the republicans do not want to solve problems.y want to create chaos because as leader jeffries said, they consistently put politics over people, and we are here to want to address the solution to the border because we want to secure our homeland, and we want to do the work that the american to do.sent us here thank you. >> thank you thank you . there's a term in the south thay says don't confuse me with facts, my mind is made up. republicans have done just that on the committee. they have not taken a single fact witness in the two earrings we had. the only fact witnesses presented were democrats, and they all said that what you are charging secretary mayorkas with does not rise to the level of impeachment. but, you know, when you're in charge you can do anything you want to, whether it's right or wrong. so democrats are prepared to address the impeachment effort tomorrow with facts. we think history is on our side we are convinced that at the end of the day the public will see at the end of the hearing exactly what you see taking

will this wind up hurting republicans?it's a sort of signal moment here, the idea that they would put naked political game ahead of a problem they say is intractable and the demise of america, there is poisoning the blood of the country, and then it would be so naked lee partisan i think is a searing referendum on the modern-day gop. to be honest, i'm a little surprised that this story even leaked, because it makes republicans who support trump look so bad. this is not a border deal. we don't know exactly what was in it, but from the initial reporting that we have, it was not a deal the democrats really liked. it was in exchange for funding ukraine. i honestly think this moment plays very well for president biden, who starts his presidency with a comprehensive immigration plan. it goes nowhere. he basically plays with the republicans on their terms, and they scuttle it because it's not going to help trump, or it could help brighten and therefore hurt trump in an election year. it's so craven as to almost seem like a democr

in the republican primary. in 2016 it was 22% independents as a share of the overall republican primary electorate. nikki haley had 44% independent share yesterday, and still came up short by double digits. and then look here, dana, among white born-again evangelical christians. in the 2016 republican south carolina primary, two-thirds of voters identified themselves as white born again or evangelical christians. two-thirds. just look what happened in iowa last week among this same voter group. not a monolith obviously, but donald trump won a majority of white evangelical christians out in iowa, 53%. nikki haley was only at 13%. you could add up all the opponents of donald trump and he still had more. >> david, i want to bring our friend and colleague jeff zeleny in who is here with me now, was here with me last night. what are your thoughts on those numbers that david just showed us? >> look, it's a dramatically different electorate. if nikki haley was going to have a big rise and up-end this race it needed to

house republican extremists want to impose a nationwide abortion ban.nt to criminalize abortion care. house republican extremists ameh government mandated pregnancyies even when that pregnancy undermines the health, safety and well-being of women in this country. we're going to stand on the side of reproductive freedom and expose the republican extremism on this issue which will be on this afternoon. the house floor questions? democrats here this n now? now? reporter: you're going to have the c.r. this afternoon and probably a lot more votes on this bill than the republicans, you've done that on the debt ceiling and other c.r.'s that you're in the minority and you have to continue to carry the weight of the majority. hakeem: house democrats believe in doing the right thing for the american people on every issue. l government shutdown will hurt everyday americans, hurt the economy, and hurt the ability of the federal government to meet the needs of the american people. so it's my full expectation, and houseemocrats will continue to do the responsible thi

if a lot of -- >> so vulnerable republicans? >> vulnerable republicans, not from deep red district. talking nicola lotte on long island, nick vardy in -- biden won that district by 20 points. endorsing trump, the sort of pressure points are not the same for them as they are for the rest of the republican conference. and you are seeing this capitulation that -- you look at the map that steve just showed us, it is a bulldozer plowing through the next several primary races. and you are seeing that reality doan for republicans. >> although nikki haley as mayor of washington, i would like to see that contest. >> yes. >> and why not, everyone needs a second act. look, i guess i see it like this. good night for trump. not a great night for trump, precisely for the reasons we've discussed. when you're standing on that much ground and you are only doing this number that you have some weaknesses, even if yes, you are clearly being declared front-runner by your party. so you think back to years ago. eight years ago feels like a long time to me in the news business. and i remember where i was,

, elected republicans echo him.hey win, then there's no problem. if the deep state is so powerful, it can deny him election victories but they didn't do so in 2016. there is no logic to this. for tens of millions americans, he put together a conspiratorial narrative that overlaps qanon and has hung out with anti-semites. they are buying this and republicans from top to bottom are going along for the ride but most don't. i think they are there for the power and the ambition. it is dividing the country and creating issues so that rich and i can't come out here and talk about what's the best tax policy or what we should be doing or not doing about climate change. we are being sucked into this black hole the donald trump is created that republicans have enabled him and are encouraging as we head toward the next election. guest: obviously, the only says elections are rigged when he loses. he is working his way up to nikki haley. the exit polls seemed more encouraging for her than the final result. if he had been beaten i

i am a republican activist. tell that the lady who was on earlier from pilot -- i do not really worry about voter fraud in places like iowa or north or south dakota. what i worry about our states like illinois our neighbors to the west. declaring that chicago was the most corrupt city in america, i have seen studies that showed illinois was the third most corrupt state in america. when you have that level of corruption, can you seriously think that the public officials involved in illinois and chicago -- i live in indiana and i work in chicago. i am -- i worked in chicago. i am retired for many years. what astonished me was how tolerant they are with the high levels of corruption that go on in that city. they are very resentful of even bring up the idea that official corruption -- one of the top democrats in chicago was convicted of corruption. he is like the 39th councilman that has been convicted for corruption. voter fraud is a reality. progressive democrats pretend that it does not exist. or they will say it

first of all, the republican party do? first of all. they — the republican party do?ll, they should not - the republican party do? f "st of all, they should not support a convicted felon for president of the united states. i am one of the united states. i am one 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 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 abandon him and go with him or abandon him and go with somebody else? none of this is a pretty scenario but right now it is set for a strategy that will lose in the file. i hope we can get it together and change the course but it is going to take some momentum coming out of new hampshire and it is going to take the electorate to rethink t

look, and coming from the republican base like idea, republican voters want a son of a bit. jerk. they want an asks. they want someone cruel to be the their nominee. desantis was cruel, and he tried to give them that, but as simon said, trump is cruel, but trump has charisma. he does the trump thing. desantis is cruel without any charisma. >> and some would argue his cruelty was even a bit of a fake. he was putting on this stick in order to appeal to the right of trump. but in reality, it was just performative. and that's not who he really was. maria, simon, joe, please stick around, we have more to discuss. after the break, a deeper look at what led to desantis failed to campaign. congressman matt gaetz says republicans want trump, not diet trump. does gaetz have a good point for once? we'll talk about that. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ask about nurtec odt. ♪3, 4♪ ♪ nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are you ready♪ power e*trade's award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with

house republican extremists want to criminalize abortion care. house republican extremists want to see an america with government-mandated pregnancies, even when that pregnancy undermines the health, safety, and well-being of women in this country. we're going to continue to stand on the side of reproductive freedom and expose the republican extremism on this issue, which will be on full display on the house floor this afternoon. questions? reporter: what's it like for you and the democrats here where we ■hrnoon now? you guys are probably going to have a lot more votes for this bill than the republicans. on the debt ceiling, two of the c.r.'s, you guys are in the minority, and you have to continue to carry the majority. rep. jeffries: well, house democrats believe in doing the right thing for the american people. on every issue. and we recognize that partial government shutdown will hurt everyday americans, hurt the economy, and hurt the ability of the federal government to meet the needs of the american people. so it's my full expectation, and h

it makes me sound like a republican.course, republicans bow down to the democrats whenever the democrats say we want this done, and they let it go. i lived in a town that has got at least 15 people living on the streets. we could be spending it right here but we are sending an overseas to other people. host: on this issue foreign aid, specifically focused on israel and ukraine, there is a caller saying this is a small assessment of what we get back. a lot of our callers saying we could spend that money here in america. host: what is the argument for foreign aid? guest: i think that number one, some leaders don't see it as a zero-sum game. we could effectively spend on her foreign priorities, domestic priorities the argument for some lawmakers, let's talk about ukraine. protecting ukraine against the russian invasion, lawmakers who are in favor of increased aid see it as one way to keep american soldiers out of a fight. you can arm the ukrainian army without shedding any american blood. and they also see putin's ambitions

republican line. you are on. caller: how are you this morning, tia? host: doing well. caller: happy new year. first thing i would like to say, i never hear anyone say, take down the statue of liberty, which says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. i never hear anyone say, take down the statue of liberty. we do not want that. nobody ever say that. immigration been a part of america like mcdonald's, coca-cola and chevy. emigration, illegal, legal, is as america as apple pie. the politicians should just be honest and say, we do not want people coming from mexico, we do not want people coming from africa, we want them coming from europe. just be honest, that is all i am saying. politicians should just be honest. that is what they are saying in so many words. i work around immigrants. they worked hard. my neighbor is from africa. she is superduper educated. that is what i cannot understand. why don't they just be honest? take down the statue of liberty. give me your

and he got the votes of republicans. so maybe they think this audience wants to see nasty, i'm here to do nasty. >> on the politics, they have to convince people through this debate, in the little time they have left, that there is an alternative to trump they can unify behind. you just showed, rachel, chris christie speaking to, that there can only be one. instead of offering an alternative to trump, they were offering different websites. rhonda center star, calm desantis, lies and that kind of feeling small ball. in watching the trump town hall, if i can speak about the assignments, i'm sorry. >> man. was all short straws. >> watching that i have bad news and good news, but also more bad news. not bad news is, as joy said, we are seeing the unvarnished under oath in court reality of how you build towards an autocratic regime. whatever you thought the first term was, it is measurably on evidence looking worse if there is a second trump term. we saw that in the courtroom yesterday. new flights of good news from the persp

, elected republicans echo him. then there's no problem. if the deep state is so powerful, it can deny him election victories but they didn't do so in 2016. there is no logic to this. for tens of millions americans, he put together a conspiratorial narrative that overlaps qanon and has hung out with anti-semites. they are buying this and republicans from top to bottom are going along for the ride but most don't. i think they are there for the power and the ambition. it is dividing the country and creating issues so that rich and i can't come out here and talk about what's the best tax policy or what we should be doing or not doing about climate change. we are being sucked into this black hole the donald trump is created that republicans have enabled him and are encouraging as we head toward the next election. guest: obviously, the only says elections are rigged when he loses. he is working his way up to nikki haley. the exit polls seemed more encouraging for her than the final result. if he had been beaten in new ha

i have helped build the republican party in arkansas, i have always expected to support the republican a precarious time for the party and i think we can come out of this but we have got to move quickly away from donald trump's hold on the party to a more independent voice, a more conservative voice and a principled voice and we will see if we can do that but that is what i will be focused on. governor, last question, you travelled the state of iowa, you braved those freezing temperatures like everybody else, what is your takeaway, having spoken with the voters across the state? first of all, gives you type in democracy, theyjust washington and our federal government to work better but they believe in our country and they really paid attention. they obviously came to a different conclusion than i did but we have to respect that and say this has been the honour of my life to run for president, to engage in the debate and i think it reflects the strength of our country and our people and i know, i was really impressed with so much of the foreign media that was there and how they are pull

you talk about republicans forcing statewide abortion bans.or you former vice president, mike pence, just yesterday talking about his hopes for a second trump term. >> first time sitting down at the resolute desk. >> our new president should direct the new attorney general to suspend all efforts to harass pro-life activists. frankly, i think they should pull the abortion pill off of the market and demand that the law is properly enforced. >> senator, these calls for pulling the abortion pill off the mark at, a drug that is currently, it is been litigated and the courts. the supreme court has yet to weigh in on this approach don't. what is your response to what you heard there from former vice president mike pence? it sounds like it's about, they're coming for all abortion. abortion pills. there are reports that republicans are also having places across the country about birth control. >> absolutely. first of all, you go back to the testimony you played earlier of dr. floyd at our briefing last week. she said she knows she has saved lives by pr

among republicans we have two cross current issues.they believe it's an invasion at the southern border, and they have no faith joe biden would follow a law if it was passed. not having text and having joe biden be the principal cheerleader for it right now is hurting among republicans and if he wanted some good faith, he would say to the american people, i will reverse all of my day one executive actions and go back to the trump policies and that would show faith. >> this shows joe biden is taking initiative on an issue that has been a thorn in democrats' side for a long time. they said it didn't really exist, it wasn't a problem. we awoke to that, and donald trump is being an impediment. the mayors of thee cities who have complained to the white house, we need our good mayors like frank scott from little rock, like jackson, mississippi, we need randall wolf from birmingham, alabama, and mayors like eric adams in new york city to stand up for this piece of legislation and say this is what we need done. this has to be the messaging and

phil. >> it's a huge day for anti-trump republicans, republicans that want someone else than trump as nikki haley faces what could be her last chance to not just pull off an upset. let's take a look at why the haley campaign has been so keyed on the granite state, the second competition that's happening, the primary after the caucuses in iowa. if you want to know how seriously they were taking this race, look at the spending it itself. $29 million for nikki haley, nearly double what donald trump and his outside groups have spent, much more than ron desantis who is now no longer in the race. what did haley say? it's going to correct what they did in iowa. you'll see one township is filled in, that would be dixville notch. just after midnight, all six votes in that place voted for nikki haley. that's not really indicative of what is going to happen. it is a fun tradition, over six-plus decades. haley happy with that. can it continue on? if you went to know why nikki haley wanted to choose this state. it's demographic. higher income that iowa, less evangelical, let's conservative. modera

it is a republican primary, she's getting decimated among republicans. i think the fascinating thing that we have seen and we saw in iowa, that we're probably geeing to see in new hampshire, is on one hand donald trump's incredible dominance of the republican party and how well he does among republicans, he's probably going to do better among republicans than any other republican that has run for president on a nonincumbent run for president in the history of the republican primary system. new hampshire is showing his incredible vulnerability that he has in a general election, where he's losing unaffiliated voters, democrats are enthusiastic enough to vote against him to come vote in the republican primary. you have two opposite things going on. incredible dominance and incredible vulnerability among voters that are going to decide the yen election. there was a "wall street journal" article that had a scathing summary and i want to read it. between desantis's withdrawal and haley's having little path forward, the race could be over on wednesday. the part

if you are going to have republican voters choose the republican nominee, as what happens in the iowarnout scenario that helps trump, and a low turnout scenario that helps trump. >> jonathan: you're setting up expectations which could hurt him. >> that's right. >> jonathan: this question in terms of the cases he has argued, for a president, which means in layman's terms that president is above the law and they cannot be prosecuted for anything tied to office while president even after they leave the white house. is that -- knot -- that's going to fail in the courts it seems. >> well, look. >> jonathan: is that going to be a campaign issue that he's saying the president is above the law? >> absolutely. when it's become a choice between joe biden and donald trump, and when we're really talking about the economy that donald trump left behind and the economy that, of course, joe biden has created, it is going to be a choice, but let me just say this. he is not above the law. he's not a king, and he should be held accountable. >> but democrats keep saying when this becomes a choice. i hear

we must unite the republican party. i think she's playing for that. >> jesse: so you think she's going to force the issue, drag this out, get some clout with some delegates going into the convention, and leverage her way onto the ticket? >> kayleigh: i think it's a real possibility. >> jesse: that should be interesting. i'm not sure the republican base is going to be thrilled about that. politics is crazy. >> kayleigh: they will vote for trump. >> jesse: what contributed to this trump win? let's bring in sandra smith, coanchor of america reports. >> sandra: we have brand-new data to show you about voters and what they said about trump's strengths, and what we have seen so far tonight. as far as those maga supporters on the ground in new hampshire, half of them identify as maga supporters. look at their support for donald trump, 87% of them voted for trump. he also did very well with those conservative voters, as you can see here. 68% supported donald trump. he also did well with those without a college degree, the rural

i am a republican activist.ell that the lady who was on earlier from pilot -- i do not really worry about voter fraud in places like iowa north or south dakota. what i worry about our states like illinois our neighbors to the west. declaring that chicago was the most corrupt city in america, i have seen studies that showed illinois was the third most corrupt state in america. when you have that level of corruption, can you seriously think that the public officials involved in illinois and chicago -- i live in indiana and i work in chicago. i am -- i worked in chicago. i am retired for many years. what astonished me was how tolerant they are with the high levels of corruption that go on in that city. they are very resentful of even bring up the idea that official corruption -- one of the top democrats in chicago was convicted of corruption. he is like the 39th councilman that has been convicted for corruption. voter fraud is a reality. progressive democrats pretend that it does not exist. or they will say it is i

and he sounds like a regular republican. and he is standing in for people like liz cheney who they see is an elite, people like adam kinzinger who they've thrown away. it's hard to throw him away. he's the regular guy but close the bridge. >> he said something in there that were so important to me personally because he knows donald trump. he knew donald trump. he knew what dom trump was going to be as president and he still supported him to be president. so i retain a certain strong feeling about that they don't let go of easily. but he did something. he said at least one line about why he did that and it was confessional and he said it was because of ambition. and if he didn't have that line in there, my respect for this, i would cut it significantly but, it would still be extremely effective communication to republicans. but he actually communicated to me what that first decision was about when he knew he was supporting someone who was then unfit to be president. >> much more of our special coverage ahead tonight. and i sh

does that give you hope as an anti-trump republican? >> pro-democracy republican. it certainly does but that number is staggering. all these numbers show us some sharp contrasts with what we saw in iowa. there is hope that nikki haley should be able to be within a sense, couple points of for a couple points down, and has a full month to walk into the south carolina primary. if she shows up a few points up or down in this race, think the donors will start to come in and give her a legitimate talk -- shot to change some minds. >> another number that was significant -- the same number of voters in these early exit polls so that they did not believe that joe biden won the election in 2020. the same number thought that joe biden did win the election in 2020. >> that is disturbing for the republican party because it means that people are living in fairytale land. they have taken what donald trump said and they are not asking questions. i listened to it kristin was saying earlier about makeup of the electorate and it reminds all of us that when donald trump ran the first

let democrats and republicans vote on it as americans can not as democrats or republicans. i think we could get something passed. the question is if he puts something on the floor. and while we are waiting for the senate bill can i set is thinking number for homeland preparation, we don't have the numbers, allocations. part of it is because we don't know if we will put $14 billion with a supplemental, how does that affect that allocation for homeland appropriation? there is a lot of things affecting the appropriations because we don't have that allocations. guess what, march 1st, march 8th are around the corner before we know it. >> your argument that the momentum is here and these are opportunities that are rare when something can pass, something this controversial as immigration reform. i want to play what independent senator kyrsten sinema, one of the three senators negotiating has said about all of this a few minutes ago. >> i think because we are at unique. of time where we have never had a border package this substantial, this serious in front of the united states con