is taking over the rnc. what people should appreciate, though, is at least last time around, there was some tension within the party. they were -- and trying to restrain him and within the -- trying to restrain him. that dynamic will not exist this time around. everyone within the entire republican ecosystem, it's all going to be on the same. page and everybody who had an issue will be gone. >> that is so important. >> it is important. >> because sometimes, i think, mo elleithee, i hear that election night music swells, and i see the graphics and their head shots pop up. and it's easy for just a moment to lose track of just how abnormal this moment is. this is not like the election that we have covered in the past. this is a question about the future of democracy in the united states. you even have the haley campaign saying, yeah, we know the odds. but we will also focus on the stakes. those are the stakes here. they could not be any higher. >> that's right. and it's great to hear nikki haley saying all this

the rnc seeking credit lines.ed the lowest bank balance at any point in 2016, comerica said michigan gop defaulted on a loan. >> you i have a lot of money. the money that they get people are not looking at the rnc, they want changes. i have nothing to do with the rnc. i'm cep. maria: how is ronna mcdaniel doing? >> i think she did great when she ran michigan for me. i think she did okay initially in the rnc. i would say right now there will probably be some changes made. maria: some changes made. the rnc meanwhiles says nothing has changed and this will be decided after south carolina. south carolina primary is at the end of february. cheryl, you made a good point, saying some people were questioning ronna's leadership after 2022. >> and there's other races and amber and i were talking this in the commercial break, other races come this november that will matter, not just the presidential rate. you've got governors, senate races. this is where this will come and that's the rnc, that's the job, because it isn't jus

that's concerns about the rnc. anyone that looked at the fund-raising report, realizes they are behind where they need to be. taking mcdaniel out and installing a trump loyalist, i'm not sure that's what boehners want to see. they don't want someone coming in and running the rnc. that gives donors a lot of trepidation. if they're changing leadership in order to shore up the party's fund-raising, i'm not sure that's going to work. it leads to larger concerns about the republican party's organizational and leadership structure going into this election year. >> do you think that they are encouraged by the shakeup at the rnc and the issues we're seeing with dhs, with funding for israel, for the border being built. what it does for democrats focusing into the general election, this is a crew of quote/unquote leaders that are massively unfit. they have no desire or interest in governing. the only thing they prioritize are the feelings of donald trump that they listen to. he says jump, we say how high. we saw the debacle

her departure comes as tension is rising between trump and the rnc rnc committee member, henry barber joins me now. thank you so much for being here. it's good to see you, henry first, somebody just asked you about what your reaction is to both ronna mcdaniel leaving and trump's endorsed candidates for rnc chair michael whatley from north carolina and co-chair his daughter-in-law, lara trump well, it's a bad precedent. and i say that because i think donald trump is jumping the gun before the primary is over should begin to influence things that the rnc he supposed to get a, majority of the delegates wrapped up and we've only voted in four states. >> and >> voters deserve to be able to have a vote in a say, that's the process that we have in place and that we've had in place for decades and in effect, donald trump is trying to change the rules in the middle of the game. but i'm not happy about ronna leaving but i don't think there's any question that michael what lee and laura trump will get elected at the meeting? >> are you happy that they will get elected >> well, i'm not happy that

part of the leadership of the rnc. so we do not know how bad this could get but we do know at this point that there is no bottom so buckle up and we will find out. >> that is right. sabrina, that idea that cpac and probably other organizations inside of what is left of the gop are trying to carve out this space, where they get the people to cover them, that they want to cover them the way they want to be covered, so the idea of independent journalist like yourself coming into the table to cover the news, seemingly that is not what they want. you guys are left to send it because you are not maga right. so how does the press adjust and adapt to this emerging environment in this campaign season, where we probably have less and less access? >> access has been an increasing challenge for the press more broadly for years, no. but she just continuing to go about covering the news, and covering both campaigns, both parties, as extensively as you can. with respect to cpac, i guess that people have no missed out on coverage of t

you have to understand i have nothing to do with the rnc i am separate.ing. >> i think she did great in michigan and i think she did okay in the rnc. i would say right now there were probably some changes made. maria: and those changes are being made. the rnc says nothing has changed in this will be decided after south carolina but the writing is on the wall and it appears ronna mcdaniel is out after south carolina. >> there was a larger course of republicans that are ready to see ronna mcdaniel go in particular that's go back to 2022 in the red wave, a lot of blame goes on her because she did not support financially to your point with donald trump did not support down ballot races she made a lot of mistake and she takes a lot of the blame for 2022. maria: to her credit she did say president trump is going to be the candidate and that's "the bottom line" even while nikki haley is still fighting another day but apparently i had a line of questioning for the president about the rnc and he didn't have a lot of answers in terms of what the rnc is doing ahead

this is the rnc, man, and they will have the hands over it.ause what did the rnc report at the end of 2023, $8 million in the bank, cash on hand, going into a potential cycle. >> one of the two national parties in america. >> $8 million. the reality of that is, that number is fine, if you are coming off an election cycle, where you are spending a lot of money. >> if you aren't, it's 2023. >> not only is that an 8 million dollar you have in january, coming off the 2022 cycle, not in december, a year at the cycle is over. you've already seen problems internally with the problem to raise money. we got the problem that whatever you do races already for trump. from what we are seeing. >> her mission statement there, which is every dollar is to get donald trump elected is at least odd, right? but here is the minnesota party. this is the minnesota gop. after a devastating 2022 election, republicans were left reeling. some big pudonors there and to leave the state, and at one point this year, the party had just $53 in cash on hand and hundreds of mill

this is where the rnc is today.six minute dollars out to help the state party, organization, get up to speed for the upcoming cycle. the numbers did not add up in the. and here is the problem, the state parties themselves have begun to fracture. as michigan shows you, the internal infighting. what does that you, donors don't give? >> right, where is it going to go to? >> major donors are like hell no. that is the michigan problem, nevada problem. >> it will be interesting to see how this plays out. michael steele, who is good to have you. you can catch the weekend, saturdays and sundays at 8 am eastern right here on msnbc. up next, the astonishing story of one of the only black people to receive reparations for slavery and just how he did it. the subject of trymaine lease excellent new practice, and he joins me next. me next. >>> for generations, black americans pushed for reparations or compensation for the descendants of the enslaved people that built america. the country has not made amends and rebuffed these eff

go ahead. >> i think that for these rnc members, a lot of these folks are long time rnc committee members working for them forever. tleez more than two thirds of those individuals that weren't even in the party when donald trump ran to power. when i was covering some of my rnc meetings, they're no longer involved. instead it's the likes of charlie kirk and turning point usa, trump allies who have been working at the county level and state level to get these maga-time characters into committee positions, into county and state chair positions so they would eventually be able to rule the republican party. that's what you are seeing coming to a head here, is one year ago the rnc committee woman out of california actually challenged ronna mcdaniel for the rnc chair. the rnc voted to stick with ronna mcdaniel. now we're seeing some pushback and there's a question over who will rule the republican party and whether it has a resemblance to the one that david knew. >> thank you both so much for spending time with us. >>> florida today considering adding a ballot measure to secure access to abortio

a spring training meeting that will allow, members of the rnc to, vote for her successor as well as new co-chair likely be handpicked by former president trump. now here in michigan former president is expecting a big win but many ways also turning attention to the general election, in november worth pointing out victory speech in south carolina over the weekend didn't mention former governor in last remaining competitor in the primary nikki haley, by name. in fact, over past several weeks teasing a possible vice president pick over the weekend we got a bit of a glimpse what some he conservative voters of might want to see in a vice president. they voted at cpac that south dakota governor kristi noem, vivek ramaswamy ramaswamy would be top pick for running mate. >> nike one million in small grass dosages the americans for prosperity for action announce would stop spending on haley's campaign and focus attention on house and senate races. >> i am not worried americans for prosperity amazing strong loo believe in freedom in limited government they belief in all things i as a conservat

rnc has been gutted of most of its effectiveness. problem solving.s not interested as a party in doing any of those things. so, no surprise, it's getting none of those things done. it doesn't care. >> that is such a dereliction of duty. do your job. >> sure. >> being incompetent cult is not subsequent for solving problem. >> and pay them to do. >>> stay with us. we have a lot ahead. highly unusual move, the national republican party chair offering to step down for former president trump even though he hasn't won the nomination yet. this is very rare. ronna mcdaniel was elected to her post with trump's full support after serving as gop chairwoman in michigan. recently trump's view of mcdonnell has soured due to the rnc's poor finances, his feeling they could have supported him more in 2020 and now he'll make recommendations for her replacement after the south carolina primary. cnn's alayna treene joins us now. not only is it striking because trump's tune on her changed so much, but she held this position for so long and it's rare to ever see something

the rnc -- what has the rnc done, what are the governors doing?ask you since you've been talking about this committee in terms of integrity of elections. what specifically can you tell us that you and your colleagues have done to ensure a free and fair election in november? >> well, we've been meeting with election experts across the country for the last two years including great governors like governor desantis who has done an amazing job on election integrity, instituting the law, jeff landry has been a champion on these issues with us, working with america first policy institute and we've gone around the states and given the model legislation, how do you change this, how do you protect ourselves and how do we get boots on the ground. the reason that florida is now a red state is because of the women's republican groups that did a campaign called heels on the ground. they went around the country, around the state, and they registered voters and not only that, they made sure that our republican voters voted in the elections and made sure we had o

the rnc facing a cash crunch fueling the resignation of the organization chairwoman of super tuesday approaches what impact will the shakeup have on the gop nomination chances in november. will bring you the very latest on all of this i am david asman in for neil cavuto you are watching neil cavuto "coast to coast". david: hello, first to the market stocks are mixed after coming off of a record week but get to read from nicholas wealth management david nicholas, great to see you. it looks like the markets are digesting the a.i. surge of last week what are investors waiting for is there something there waiting to jump up or down again? >> i think this is a pause for markets in the run that we've seen has been so impressive that outliers and nvidia we spent a lot of time discussing for the s&p the 5000 level it does not mean a whole lot but it was psychological in the s&p bank above 5000 the a.i. push put us there but earnings are behind us this is a good earning season and it wasn't the best but it was pretty good i think there's not a big catalyst in the short term i think the fed pc

underway for the rnc in 60 seconds. potentially underway for the rnc in 60 seconds. safelite replace. ♪ emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) emergen-c crystals. >>> get ready for a potentially major and messy shakeup at the republican national committee. facing lackluster fundraising and criticism from the far right, donald trump is signaling that current chair ronna mcdaniel isn't along for the job. her expected departure is a reminder how easy it is to fall out of favor with the former president, no matter what you say. >> the actions of this president show that he is a moral leader because he is working for the american people. when we reelect president trump this november, the best is yet to come. we need to unite around our eventual nominee, which is going to be donald trump, and we need to make sure we beat joe biden. >> here's where it gets interesting, under party rules, donald trump can't just replace mcdaniel, he is said to favor michael whatley. tara set meyer, a former gop, ashley p

i had a conversation with david bossie here at the rnc meeting, that rnc committee man and trump ally who is going to put forward that resolution. he told me, quote, the race is over. it's over today, just because someone says they're not dropping out doesn't make it a race. at the same time, other committee men and women i talked to said let nikki haley do her thing. it's up to the voters to make this decision decisively. >> the next real contest is in south carolina. this was a state that really turned around biden's struggling campaign back in the 2020 campaign season. ali, nikki haley is hoping her home state can have a similar type of response, right? give her a boost in momentum. what is her plan? >> reporter: yeah, look, ana, no doubt about it. south carolina was magic for the biden campaign. i think there are a lot of reasons why it's not a replicable thing for the haley campaign and the republican side of the aisle. nevertheless, we're going to watch the former two-time governor try to make her case here in the palmetto state, a state that she argues knows her well. she's goi

what do you think this means as far as where the rnc is headed now, rina? >> oh, my gosh, there's so much i can say here. i was an elected delegate in 2016. i have been inside of the belly of the beast. it was ugly back then before trump was the presumptive nominee. you have trump loyalists who want to do the former president's bidding. ronna mcdaniels' resignation, it's surprising schepp would go. this is a great job to have. she was a regular woman in politics in michigan one day, then she got the vanity and all the glamour of this job. there's no other reason trump would push his own people to be in the top positions of the cnc except that the trump world needs money. this tells you that ronna mcdaniel is not okay with trump world using the rnc as a bank. that's the big reason she's leaving. she'd rather resigned than be pushed out. last year she sat with us in a private setting and talked about the rnc is a turnout operation, they don't tell candidates what to do. she expressed frustration about how many republican candidates have fudged the message on

an rnc number, his name's henry barber, from mississippi, longtime prominent rnc member. to bring it to the full 168 member body of the rnc. that resolution states that the two entities, the trump campaign, and the rnc, cannot merge their operations until u either donald trump gets the required number of delegates to become the presumptive nominee, or nikki haley drops out of the race. so, for the kayleigh, who is saying that she intends to go nowhere, there are serious questions about whether donald trump can actually put laura trump and michael wally into the positions of chair and co- chair, and move his co-campaign manager, chris lacivita, into a chief operating operator role at the rnc, as he would like, because in the meanwhile, there is this resolution, when these rnc members meet in houston texas on march 7th, they could very well vote for, and i could tell you guys from conversations with multiple rnc members, there is disagreement over whether donald trump should erhave the power to dictate who the rnc chair is. the one rnc member told me explicitly that if dona

my very talented daughter-in-law, lara trump, has agreed to run as the rnc co-chair. laura is an extremely talented communicator dedicated to all that maga stands for he told me she wants to accept this challenge and would be great >> wow >> i mean, there's nepotism and then there's this. now, she is an active campaigner. >> her father on them prolifically appears on television social media, posts, et cetera. to promote him. so this is not outside of the realm of that, but obviously throwing a personal connection into this capacity does raise some eyebrows. but she has been an effective communicator. trump likes effective communicator. people that go out there fight for her. and i believe there is a history of family members sometimes be infused into the party, correct? >> that jared kushner, how they run his campaign, he alignments but outside of the white house said, oh, i thought you were just talking about trump. i'm just thinking ivanka trump. i mean, we know we know the history that wasn't a policy level. this is this is just politics. you talked about nikki hal

what in the hell was rnc doing? [applause] the guilty of a mortal sin against this republic, and that scene is not going to go away until she is removed as the chairman of the rnc. [applause] i'm tired of the happy talk. you know why she's got to take a line of credit? because you cut her off. right? i said not another penny, none another 25 bucks or 50 bucks a month, not one cent until they are gone. >> okay let's be clear here. the idea that steve bannon -- is solely responsible for the foh pitiful fundraising in the committee is laughable. that's not it. but it does remain true that the maga movement has had it with the rnc, which is ironic for a number of reasons. first of all because chair rnc chair is so pro maga, she tried to pressure nikki haley to drop out, only for trump to stab mcdaniel in the back so he could play the dictator and say that he should stay in the race. trump of all people is partially responsible for the rnc's financial woes. because his super pacs are hoovering up all of the small dollar

donald trump harbors a lot of resentment towards the rnc. but mcdaniel, for their handling of the 2020 election. trump felt they should have had more attorneys in place to push back on the election results. that's what i hear time and time again in conversations with trump advisers. a lot of this came to a head last week when they saw that the rnc had reported one of the worst fund-raising years in over a decade. they brought in $8 million on-hand at the end of last year. something that was alarming to donald trump's team. that's when they started to make plans of wanting to send a firm message to the rnc. and you saw donald trump railing against the rnc, criticizing ronna mcdaniel and he met with her at mar-a-lago for a meeting that lasted over two hours. it wcordial. since then, she has gone to donald trump and offered resignation. it's striking this is coming. even though donald trump doesn't have the personal ability to oust the chair, that comes to the members. his power and the pressure over the party to have new leadership is clearly

so what exactly has the rnc did spend it is linear?in 76 election integrity lawsuits in 22 states. and by election integrity lawsuits, what they basically mean is that the party's spending a lot of money defending the big lie. fighting to limit access, essentially, to the ballot box. perhaps no supplies coming from the party of trump. but what's prettier on it is that at the very same time the rnc is also spending big on an early vote initiative called bank your vote. the program to get republicans to commit to voting early, in all 50 states, and six territories. a good thing, participating in democracy. let's just pause on all of this for a second, their priorities. because these two spending priorities are kind of a -- i mean, the rnc's election integrity lawsuits are expensive legal gamut, which foster distrust in early voting and in the system, we are all trusting on to counter votes. why would you go out and participate in a process that someone is telling you over and over again is rigged? while the rnc's bank your vote initiativ

i just received a letter that ronna mcdaniel sent to rnc members.t portion, with the new cycle full of intrigue and speculation surrounding all of us, i want to take the time to reassure all of you that i'm still hard as work as rnc chairwoman, and building a machine that will elect republicans up and down the ballot in november. she goes on to say myself and my staff are refusing to be distracted by the outside noise and we remain committed to our mission. rumors to the contrary are simply not true. nothing has changed, and there will not be any changes decided on until after south carolina, when we may have our eventual nominee. that's interesting, garrett. there will not be any changes decided on until after south carolina. that's basically the reporting. >> reporter: at least on that point, she's been in agreement with what donald trump has said publicly which is that he wants to have a discussion about how to grow the rnc after south carolina is handled. ronna mcdaniel is in a difficult position. she has lost the faith of the maga movement in t

let's listen to what laura trump had to say about the rnc on newsmax. >> the rnc needs to be the cleanest, most lethal political fighting momachine we've ever seen in american history. every single penny it will go to the number one and the only job r of the rnc. that is electing donald j trump as president of the united states and saving this country. >> as a former rnc chair, michael steele, i'm curious if that i'is your understanding of the way that the national committee is trying to work. >> i will start by saying wrong answer. that's not the number one of the rnc to electoral trump. the number one responsibility is to elect every candidate on the ballot on behalf of the party. it is to raise money for those candidates who s are on the ballot. it's to place the infrastructure. every candidate will -- you are required so let me give you a little bit of training here. since you want the job, you are required to organize and coordinate every state party and the territories of the united rrstates who are in that republican family and you are to provide puthem with a platfo from which you

they're publicly insisting they won't take any rnc money to cover these legal bills.y say the fund-raising entities including the leadership pac save america will cover it along with him. so what's going on here? again, this is little different than the talking points and conventional wisdom out there. turns out there's a real clash here. the trump team is trying to deny what laura trump even said because they understand how bad this looks. they don't want the rnc and its members to see trump as a kind of a needy deadbeat like the boyfriend beyonce famously had to ditch over bills in the song "bills bills bills." >> i'm sick of you coming in here asking for my keys. you trifling. take them. i'm sick of you. >> why you buggin? >> but beyonce was not bugging. she knew her value. while many can recall that chorus can you pay my bills, remember in the song she details the long con of a deadbeat scrub. might sound familiar to some in politics right now. at first things started out cool, taking me places, she recounts. but then the con emerges, beyonce explaining you're mak

maria: maria: -- as you aspire to another level in the are rnc. been the case for others. lara trump, thank you. we'll be watching your work. >> thanks so much. maria: quick break and then new front if tiers of hostility against -- frontiers of hostility and the role of the u.s. space force in protecting america following an intelligence report that indicates russia has obtained a dangers weapon that could set modern societies back hundreds of years. house intelligence committee member, florida congressman michael waltz is here on the impact biden's foreign policy has had on u.s. foreign adversaries and america's national security. it's up next. stay with us.gr ♪ am -ugh. -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals. and a new fiber blend with a prebiotic. (♪) nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid before it begins. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. oh, it's cold outside. time to protect your vehicle from

he's named who's going to be the new rnc chair. daughter-in-law will be the co-chair and he is making his campaign manager the officer that runs the party. think about what's happening right now. is that how you're going to try and take an election? >> haley there being really specific with her words, i think, saying that trump is taking this election. we've heard haley as well as her top campaign brass continue this make this point. that they feel this is a primary that's still very active. that only voters in three states at this point have voted and that haley herself is vowing to stay in. not just through south carolina, her home state, but all the way through super tuesday. of course, it's different when you lose in your home state. that could change the calculation after south carolina. never the less, haley continuing on a bus tour throughout the state then later this week, going to texas to campaign in yet another super tuesday state. only the second time that we've seen her outside of the early states like iowa, new hampsh

maria: finish as you move higher, to another level in the rnc, lara.ching that because i know that has been the case for others. lara a trump, thank you very much. we'll be watching your work. >> thanks so much. maria: we will see you soon is. quick break and then new frontiers of hostility against america and the role of the u.s. space force created during the trump administration in protecting america following ap an intelligence report that indicates russia has obtained a dangerous weapon that could set modern societies back hundreds of years. house intelligence committee member florida congressman michael waltz is here on the impact biden's foreign policy has had on u.s. foreign adversaries and america's national security. it's up next, stay with us. ♪ ♪ [farm animal sounds] ♪ meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals aren't what they're cracked up to be, try one where you know what you'll get. (♪) your ancestry is so much more than names and dates. (♪) c'mon! it's the story of your family - then and now. a story that made your name mean

do you think that mcdaniel is out of a job effectively at the rnc?l that she had to go down to mar-a-lago in the first place? >> yeah, absolutely. i don't think the president said what he said idly on tv. listen, there are certain grounds on which you would, say it, maybe they do need a new chair. they did have a miserable midterm election. but the reason they had a miserable midterm election is because donald trump saddle them with a bunch of candidates who couldn't win a general election. so, he at least has to share some of the responsibility for that. but, clearly, you know, she has been the target of some of trump's outside cheerleaders. the bands of the world for sometime, and i think that she is, and he is clearly irritated that this primary season has gone on longer than he hoped. so i think that is something that he is holding against her, as well. >> the thing, is it's hard to argue that mcdaniel, we played all the clips, it's hard to argue that she hasn't been oil. so what exactly is he so upset about? it's not the idea that suddenly the r

laura trump is ready to raid the rnc's coffers admits she doesn't know if the rules allow it, but thinks republican donors are all in. we'll dig into that. >>> and the questions go back more than a decade, did florida prosecutors mishandle the case of notorious sex offender jeffrey epstein, we may finally get some important new clues to answer the question, why was he able to be released from prison after just one year? we'll tell you about that new push by florida lawmakers to answer more than 14 years of questions. but we start with president biden, frustrated and lashing out at vladimir putin over a string of near daily challenges and provocations at a time that the u.s. is running out of ways to push back. for biden it came to a head at a fundraiser overnight when he called putin a crazy s.o.b. the russians called his comments a disgrace. but insults aside, the president's remarks may also stem from the fact that even as he vows to impose robust sanctions on russia later this week, in fact, tomorrow, there's not much more the u.s. can do. as "politico" puts it, the u.s. largely exhau

she'd be working as the number two at the rnc. unprecedented would that be, especially if trump wins in november? >> i think it's clear what's going to happen and why it's going to happen. trump wants to take complete control not only of the apparatus but more importantly the money. that's what's breaking precedent here. the republican national committee has been to support candidates up and down the ballot. what people like henry barber are concerned about is because of the way he has been handling his legal bills which is to have other people pay for it, trump will likely take those rnc funds, use it for legal expenses and leave nothing for down ballot races and republicans across the country. that's the problem. >> a big problem. what about for democrats, republicans either don't know how to talk about, let's go to the alabama ivf decision, trump has come out against that ruling. can this only be good for democrats? can it mobilize voters the way dobbs did? are republicans prepared for that if it happens? >> this is another exa

and he wants to shake up the rnc. so give us the latest. let's start on the mcdaniel of it all and more broadly about sort of the strings he's already pulling in a big way that have to do with legislating and politics. >> when we're talking about rana mcdaniel, it's donald trump with friends like these. mcdaniel was a huge ally of donald trump, helped him win michigan in 2016, she was appointed to the rnc by him in 2016 and as head of the rnc helped pay for his legal bills until he announced a third bid for the white house. but in recent years he turned on her. started in 2020, when he didn't think the rnc or rona mcdaniel had the safeguards in place to help him challenge the election in 2020. complained that she held debates when he didn't want there to be debates. complained she didn't pay enough of his legal bills. and more recently they were complaining about the lack of fund-raising the rnc had. releasing dismal numbers in the last week. so as you have said, ronna mcdaniels telling donald trump he will step down if and when he is the n

for me and did okay initially in the rnc.ould say right now, there will probably be some changes made. >> rnc's 168 members need to decide the party's next steps. trump has said he is backing michael whatley out of north carolina and his daughter-in-law. drew -- given her departure several other staffers could leave the rnc. the trump campaign, no new reaction yet to the news with ronna mcdaniel. >> aishah: thank you, mark. >> bill: we thought we would let our viewers know the state of the race on the republican nomination now and where it stands as of saturday night. not quite six weeks ago we were in a frozen tundra of iowa. just want to take you back there and just remind us what the results were. trump got a tick over 50%. nikki haley won one county, by one vote there in iowa. some six weeks ago. then we moved to new hampshire. ten different counties and trump was dominant well over 50%. the one county nikki haley won. she won that quite handily reasonably speaking when you talk about a race that's competitive. we went to

the problem though is the rnc's a real organization. it takes some real leadership to get republicans elected and to amplify the brand and the image. it's a real job and that's why ronna was chosen. she was coming off of being the head of the gop in michigan. she had done this before. the idea that you'd appoint your daughter-in-law who has no experience with this? i think is really frightening. and i wonder how they'll vote on her if that, if that's what goes through i would say that if they vote her in, the republican party's pretty much giving up on winning and is really just existing now in service of donald trump >> it is pretty interesting that here we go again with the trump family being put in posts. this isn't a government posts, this is a party posts are michael, but you know, donald trump put his own daughter in the white house's own son in the white house now is daughter-in-law, his son in law and the white house, daughter-in-law, going to be helping run the party. and yet republicans constantly for three years now have been

i think she did okay initially in the rnc.probably be some changes made. >> while trump remains the republican frontrunner he still lacks the delegation needed to clinch the nomination. on saturday in south carolina trump picked up an additional 37 haley earning 3. still haley says she will stay in the race at least through super tuesday. >> while nikki haley has a significant travel schedule coming up, she is losing some major financial support that conservative group americans for prosperity, backed by the wealthy koch brothers says it's no longer going to donate to haley believing they don't believe she has a path to victory. she says she is staying in the race for now. >> bret: staying in. mark, thanks. >> we come here and what an honor this is you know, in south carolina, i have won every primary by a record and we have won every election by a record. >> there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who were saying they want an alternative. >> well, the former south carolina governor lost her state in the p

and is he backing his daughter-in-law, lara trump for rnc co-chair. >> you got it. thanks, guys. >> lawrence: i have been talking about ronna mcdaniel it looks like the straw that broke the camel's back the reporting done by jennifer van laura. apparently $3.1 million in private jet services since 2017. $1.3 million in limousine and chauffeur services. $17.1 million in donor mementos. all of this is fine typically if you are winning. because the rnc has not been winning, then they really start to look at these financial documents and from what i am hearing the former president was not too happy when the report came out e was loyal to her. he said it's time for her to go. >> steve: former president and a lot of the allies were trying to squeeze her out. she has faced intense pressure campaign. and we have talked in the past about how trump had repeatedly pressured ronna to cancel the primary debates because he wasn't going to be in them and reportedly the primaries themselves and she resisted. she said look, i don't have the authority to cancel the actual primaries b

now, he has decided he's fired the rnc chair. he's named who's going to be the new rnc chair. his daughter-in-law will be the co-chair, and he is making his campaign manager the officer that runs the party. think about what's happening right now. is that how you're going to try and take an election? >> michael, what is this move from trump tell you? >> this is what he wants to do, what you're seeing play out at the rnc is what donald trump wants to do with the country. he wants to micro manage and control every aspect. he wants to install his sycophants in government, whether it's his son-in-law, daughter-in-law or the dogcatcher down the street who likes him. he doesn't care. so this is an extension of that. and the reality of it is this is going to be a hot mess. laura trump has no idea what the hell she's doing. does she even know what a campaign looks like? has she ever run one? ever sat down with a candidate and strategized on how to win an election? has she raised money for someone in small dollar increments? you just can't install your daughter-in-law in at the rnc and

i think that's part of the rationale for having a trump family member go to the rnc.e know they can trust donald trump, they know he is fighting for causes they care about. having someone like me i think will go a long way for people. i can assure you my loyalty is to my father-in-law and i will make sure every penny is used properly, that people's money is not wasted on flowers or limousines or anything else, it should be going to fight for the causes we care about. >> we've seen trump-like in his legal woes to alexei navalny in russia, how are they similar? >> i think he would have to ask him but i think we are talking about targeting a political foe and that's what you've seen with joe biden weaponizing the department of justice. there's no doubt that if my father-in-law was not running for president, you would not see any of these indictments against him. it would not be trying to destroy his family and legacy. everything he worked his entire life for. these things are not just were real. they are clearly designed to be election interference and that's what it is.

i think she did okay initially in the rnc. probably be some changes made. maria: we'll see what that means in terms of changes at the rnc, cheryl. >> he was actually pretty measured in his response. there's been a lot of criticism about ronna mcdaniel in particular after what happened in 2022, the midterm red wave that was a red puddle. so. maria: it's a good point. >> i'm glad talking about the finances of the rnc, you know, about -- the fact they were holding -- she was withholding some critical funds for down ballot races that they really needed, house races in particular that they lost and the blame came back and circled back to ronna mcdaniel and i have to say, i'm surprised sometimes that she is still there because the rnc really now has had a rough couple of election cycles and here we are again and she's still in charge, maria. maria: yeah, we'll see what happens in the coming days on that. we are keeping a spotlights on it and of course we are talking about the senate bill, the text was released last night. we'll take

to this position as co-chair of the rnc.onths. we have to ensure that every single penny raised goes to voter registration, legal ballots harvesting. which we have been beaten by the democratsa forever. game day election. we need to understand where we are in every precinct across the country. we need to have the most lethal fighting machine in the american political history you have ever seen. that happens day 1 if i am elected co-chair of the rnc. we have no time to waste. we better get started today. >> sean: i like your passion and ideas. i don't know whether to congratulate you or offer condolences. that's one tough job. we appreciate you being on with us. thanks, lara trump. straight ahead. the climate alarmists religious cult have gone too far. you won't believe their latest plans. one involves recycling your hair. a lot of white hair from me. we will explain. god. we take this moment just to give you thanks. we thank you for this time to come together as a family, as friends, and as a country. help us, lord, especial

she did okay initially in the rnc. i would say right now, they'll probably be some changes made. >> she's been -- it's been the biggest challenge walking the line with donald trump, but given everything that's happened, it's hard to think of anybody who could be more loyal and still be in charge of the party at large. >> right. which is not a guarantee keeping your job working for donald trump or on his behest. >> i was in vegas for the rnc meeting, a meeting before that, a theme of this was the rnc did not do enough to set donald trump for a successful election. one of the rnc members from arizona said look at the money wasted on the primary. imagine if that was used to set up donald trump to run against joe biden. they're frustrated with rona mcdaniel who two weeks ago is saying the primary is over. they're frustrated for her not doing more to cancel the opposition. the fact that he's in legal trouble, he has opponents criticizing him means he's strong they say. it's only about a third of the rnc that agrees with tha

i think she did okay initially in the rnc. i would say right now, they'll probably be some changes made. >> that's a polite version of donald trump, but he's basically suggesting she's on her way out and he's going to be a big part of why. >> yeah and would anyone be surprised if trump just decided i'll be the interim de facto head of the rnc? i wouldn't. and it almost doesn't matter who he install there is because it will be someone that will do everything he says. but i'm just reminded of that september in 2015 when reince p priebus, the then head of the rnc, flew up to new york to beg donald trump to sign a loyalty pledge, which should have been the other way around. donald trump should have been begging the rnc. give me your support and all of your infrastructure and resources even though i'm a very unconventional candidate. and i think the flip of that really just foretold what fewas going to happen to the republican party. a total trump takeover. >> we have coleman hughes. you have a new book out tomorrow. it is called t

would consider having the rnc pay for his legal expenses. noting that it was a priority among republican voters. though, when you look at the last two years, the rnc was already putting up more than $2 million towards donald trump's legal expenses. the affiliated super pacs for donald trump have put in more than $80 million to help to for his costs here. i think it's noteworthy that this rnc member out of mississippi, a long-time committee man, he told me that he found it important to put this resolution forward. it could potentially be voted on when the rnc is 168 member -- convenes in houston texas on march 7th and eighth. in order to declare it decisively, the rnc would not spend any of its money in the nine months before the november election on trump related legal fees, instead, focus those resources on winning the white house, winning the senate and house races. the big question here, as who exactly is going to be running rnc. chris -- who is trump's campaign manager, he made it clear to me that's when he intends to take on a chief ope

larry: i love having you there at the rnc a friend of mine who is involved in the rnc says well we havee how many lawsuits you have, it is on the ground game, that's what -- the actual people in place, okay, for the early balloting and the harvesting and the efforts to -- democrats will try to sabotage. you're tough. we need tough. we need trump tough at the rnc to stop the democratic -- you see what they do? i mean this fani willis thing, this is just the tip of the iceberg. she is the bottom of the greasy poll. it is at the top. the white house is running this. you know they are. the white house is orchestrating every single one of these lawfare weaponized lawsuit toe throw potus in jail for 700 years. it is absolutely terrible. anyway, i'm sorry. i should be interviewing you. i'm very excited about this. >> larry, you're exactly right and that is all the more reason that this election, i think we hear every four years, the most important election, the most important, people feel the difference right now, not only is our country in shambles, not only is the world much weaker, destabil

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