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abc's political director rick klein joins us now from washington. rick, good morning.great to have you, as always. let's start with that 2024 primary lineup change. south carolina now will go first instead of iowa. what's the significance of this? >> yes, janai. for decades, we've seen iowa and new hampshire kick off the primary process. on the democratic side, neither of those states might be part of the next round. iowa taken out of the system entirely after their debacle four years ago, and in new hampshire, they're being put into an almost impossible position where they may not be able to comply with these democratic rules because of their state law. the upshot is south carolina will go first, and two additional big, diverse states, georgia and michigan, will have an outsized role in the process, but bottom line, janai, is if there is a competitive democratic primary, and that is still a big if given biden's pending announcements, we could see uncharted territory across the board. >> we certainly remember how crucial south carolina was for him, rick. turning to the

joining us as political director rick klein. good to see you. >> great to see you as well. kristen: big news today, though probably expected for months by political insiders. former south carolina governor nikki haley announced she is running for president with this video she put on twitter, though the big announcement with the cameras and everything else is coming tomorrow. this is the first republican who is not named donald trump to jump in, right? >> there has been a little bit of a waiting game. trump jumped in free months ago. people have been kind of paralyzed by competing interests. do you want to get in and get some of the media coverage and name recognition or do you just want to make yourself a target by getting in first? i think she is the first of what will be probably a pretty large field. this is going to be a lot of republicans that will be interested in the job. i have talked to a lot of strategists and potential candidates, and nikki haley is the first to test the up -- the proposition. kristen: former south carolina governor. i think she was trump's unite