when you get ronna mcdaniel and those caa lesing behind donald trump, big question is not just the path, what are donors that want to go to the old republican party back to that, will they stay behind nikki haley? she has their vote now, she will need more. >> brian: she raised $1.5 million since desantis dropped out. langone said he is waiting until after new hampshire before he gives money to nikki haley. voter analysis tells people what they care about that showed up, 41% of new hampshire said immigration. economy is number two at 31, foreign policy 8% and 5% abortion. the bseparation between haley ad trump is foreign policy. the president is like, make a deal with israel. she wants to get aid to israel, people say our border first. that is the debate. other issues are similar. >> steve: you mentioned the iowa caucus a while ago, one voter analysis question, when did you decide to vote for the person you did? lawrence a moment ago, unaffiliated voters, 62 went to haley and donald trump got 36 of un, affiliated. who decided after watching iowa at the caucuses, 54% said i'm going with

going on to suggest the rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel organize a debate in south carolina. go to cnn senior data reporter harry enten at that magical wall. harry, we know if the rnc was poised to declare trump the presumptive nominee. this would really be unprecedented, of course, at this point in the race. right? >> unheard of. there is no other word around. it a competitive gop primary -- ending with a presumptive gop nominee. march 4th, back in 2008, it's the earliest in the last decade and a half, it's also the earliest on record in the modern primary era. and of course, keep in mind, laura, at that particular point, would already run through super tuesday, already run through most of the delegates. other dates more recently, 2012, april 25th. 2016, when of course trump clinched that particular cycle, may 3rd. laura, the idea would have a president nominee in january is frankly off the maps and not anything awkward have ever heard of, it is before this year. >> by the way, only a tiny fraction of primary voters have even had a chance to even cast their votes. you've got

ronna mcdaniel had said this after nikki haley lost new hampshire. >> i'm looking at the math and the path going forward and i don't see it for nikki haley. i think she's run a great campaign. but i do think that there is a message that is coming out from the voters this is very clear, we need to unite around our eventual nominee which will be donald trump. >> are you telling nikki haley that she needs to get out? >> i just don't see the path and the math. i hope she reflects. i think it is time to move forward. >> so after those comments comes this resolution where the committee itself was going to say that donald trump is the presumptive nominee. the president meanwhile initially seemed to support the resolution and then announced on social media that he was against it for, quote, the sake of party unity. nikki haley's campaign brushed it off as irrelevant to voters despite fund raising off of it in an email. julia manchester is national political reporter for "the hill." good morning. always wonderful to see you. i want to talk about this rnc resolution, this back and forth, becaus

on the other hand, many people that are republicans, including ronna mcdaniel, who thinks that donaldmp is the presumptive nominee has to lay out the vision for the general election. that's what we are going to be following this morning. >> steve: also this morning we got a note last night from bryan llenas who is on the ground here in new hampshire. and he actually figured out what the path was. he was told by a top haley surrogate or, rather,-- strike that just that going forward -- and, brian, i think you mentioned this yesterday. she has bought $4 million worth of tv ads in south carolina. she may actually be able to buy more. in the next week or two she will have big fundraisers in new york, florida, california and texas. and she intends to stay in the race through super tuesday because the haley team says five of 10 primary voters don't support donald trump. she is going to stay in the race in case donald trump is forced from the race ultimately. >> brian: that's the path. 15 minutes after the hour. ronna mcdaniel makes this prediction after last night's results. >> looking at t

if this had gone through, it would mean that ronna mcdaniel's job would be in jeopardy. would be shown the door by donald trump or layered over and basically sent to the role as the guy with the stapler in office space. you can have an office in basement. so, this wouldn't have been a good idea for anybody. includes the trump campaign because of the arguments of democracy and fairness and the swamp. >> the next morning if nikki haley jumps out of the race, if she decides not to or is not successful, they then could do that. they could call him the presumptive nominee. >> sure. at that point, you have, if you have anybody running, right, anybody on any ballot, you still have to remain objective. that is why there is the political reality. the mathematical one. two numbers don't compute there. but the rules of the rnc to be neutral. it is why we have a congressional committee and a senatorial committee that don't have to be neutral. the rnc, the rule 11 neutrality is sacresanct. >>> emotions are running high in the trial of the school shooter. her son ethan crumbley pleade

because it came after rnc chair ronna mcdaniel actually called on haley to drop out and support trump, leaving aside she, as the rnc chair, supposed to be impartial during this primary process. but do you think that david bossie felt like he had permission here, because of the comments that were coming out from people like ronna mcdaniel? >> i'm surprised david bossie didn't choose a resolution saying donald trump should be made precedent of that united states today. look, we're dealing with a movement that honestly reject democracy. maga, as president biden has talked about, is the greatest threat to our democratic republic we've seen in our lifetime. it's the greatest threat to our republic since world war ii. these are minor things here around the edges. in the big picture, if you ask for it now, should donald trump be president today of course they'll say yes. if you ask donald trump, of course he will say yes. that's what we're doing. and anti-democratic movement, authoritarian nature. donald trump wants to be king. why have elections? let's not be bothered about things like runn

>> ronna mcdaniel had suggested that everybody should get together behind one candidate after what we question is what she decides to do now. there's a lot of questions about whether she will join a no labels group, maybe joe manchin and she would be running as v.p. or vice versa. the bottom line is she has to figure out whether she's going to be a republican or a democrat, not an independent. she has a future in front of her. 2028 -- >> martha: she's never suggested that she wants to be a democrat, davis or an independent. >> or an independent. 2028 is not that far away. of course, donald trump, if he wins the election, he would only be president for one term. that would mean that either she could have -- she could be v.p. -- after all the animosity, it's hard to imagine that trump would pick her as a v.p. barring that, she could run in 2028. if she broke off or defied the rnc on this, i think it really hurts her chances for the future. >> martha: she has said, robert, that she's a republican, she's a conservative and that she pushes back hard against the idea that she's even a moder

got ronna mcdaniel coalescing saying the party should go. looks like going to be the nominee. he should use this as a moment not to necessarily go after nikki haley. but talk about the agenda that got some of those independents to vote for him back in 2016. what did we find in the number one issue is the border. there has been no other candidate that's been more dominant. >> ainsley: why would they vote for joe biden if that's their issue, why would they vote for him? >> lawrence: that's the question. why do they say. >> steve: lawrence, pardon the interruption. ultimately, the case you are making is donald trump last night, according to the voter analysis by a.p., donald trump did not carry key groups of swing voters as we have talked about for decades on the channel. you need the swing voters, you need independents because those are the ones who pick the president. >> brian: if nikki haley is going to do well it would be in new hampshire and this is how well she did. she lost by 12 points. any other year, this is a substantial win for trump except for trump has this huge nam

this is a democratic republic. >> carlos, ronna mcdaniel has had her hand and a lot of republican politicsrs. probably not as visible as some of the others. what do you think her legacy will be, she has been sure of the rnc during some incredible losses but also with the rise of donald trump and the rise of this anti-democratic movement that's taken ahold of the party? what do you think legacy will be, or state would be on american politics when she's done? >> ayman, i know the chairwoman. i truly believe this cycle, at the beginning, she wanted it to be fair, she wanted it to be open, she wanted other candidates to compete. but at the end of the day, people who are so closely associated with donald trump and his actions are going to have to answer for them. and they are going to have to explain why i said by while he diminished institutions, ignored the rule of law, try to disrupt the constitutional order, diminished our public discourse, introduced all of this anger and hatred and resentment into our politics. so she's been right along there with him and, yes, republicans haven't done ve

rnc chair woman ronna mcdaniel joins us now.aign we have a sense there are 430,000 voters that voted so far. they want to hear more from the other half of the party that doesn't support the former president. what is the rnc's take is this>> well, one thing about the whole field of candidates that ran for president, i commend them. they have been great. this has been a great contest but history was made tonight. we never had a nominee in our party that won without winning both either iowa or new hampshire. donald trump first ever to win both. i don't see it for nikki haley. i think she ran a great campaign. the message from the voters is clear. we need to unite around our nominee donald trump and beat joe biden. it's 10 months away until the november election. we can't wait any longer to put our foot on the gas to beat the worst president who kept our borders opened and allowed fentanyl to pour through and aa allowed rampant inflation. >> what is your take on the republican vote for president trump. 4,000 democrats registered to

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. >> let's talk about ronna mcdaniel.eventual nominee, which is going to be donald trump. she had said before the party apparatus was going to remain neutral. you have nikki haley saying she's not going to give up. bring that to its rational conclusion, which is then republicans in the party itself, the chair of the party saying we actually don't care about you coming out and expressing your vote preference because it is time for us to rally around this one guy. >> look, they have always been behind trump. in some ways ronna mcdonnell is being more honest today than she has been for the last year. this is the republican party of trump. she is the chair of the trump party. she changed her last name because donald trump didn't want the same name as mitt romney. she's a forever trumper from the beginning and so, this party, i think the big mistake that people on the left and people in the center make is that they are constantly looking for this mythological centrist never trumper within the party. they don't exist within the

. >> reporter: rnc chair ronna mcdaniel encouraged haley to drop out of the race, saying the math justsn't add up for the former south carolina governor. meanwhile, after his new hampshire victory last night, donald trump secured the endorsements from two new republican senators. norah? >> norah: caitlin huey-burns in south carolina tonight, thank you. cbs chief election campaign correspondent robert costa's with us now. all right, robert, we were talking about this last night. big donors in the republican party were watching to see just how large donald trump's margin would be. what are they saying tonight? >> reporter: fresh reporting tonight perceived as evening news, calling some of the sources close to some of the biggest republic and orders in the country. the mood behind the scenes, flat. that haley has a lot of support politically but they are not ready to open their checkbooks. they just don't see a viable path but haley is still going to hold fundraisers in florida, california, and new york. >> norah: nikki haley sharpening her attacks on donald trump. talking about his age,

resist this pressure campaign for her to step aside that's coming from everyone from trump to ronna mcdanielthe head of the rnc. i also expect she'll focus on foreign policy. it's a cornerstone of her trump speech. responding to the attack in jordan today, she said the company has to roe tallate with full force. i expect she will address that attack this evening. >> eva mckend, thank you so much. >>> we have more on the deadly drone attack on the u.s. base in jordrdan t that killeded three troops andnd more than 3 30. dedetails are e next. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. >>> more on our breaking story. president biden vows to respond after three u.s. soldiers were killed from a dro

. >> that was ronna mcdaniel adding to the pressure for some for nikki haley to drop out after trump's win in new hampshire. but haley is signaling that that she is still all in. and a memo she issued yesterday, haley campaign identified several states they have their eyes on moving forward. michigan on february 27 and several super tuesday states. the campaign says that they have favorable demographics for haley and all have open or semi open primaries. and john avlon is nodding yes, yes, yes. that is what she's counting on. also joining us, john avlon and out political commentators. john, let's start with that. path and math. >> i love what haley campaign is all about open primaries. i published an op-ed about this. this is fundamental. when phil was wrestling with the wall over there -- >> so mad. >> -- the key data to focus on is haley winning more than two-thirds because they could participate. a better gauge to who is in position to win a general election. obviously trump was decidedly ahead with republicans and with conservatives. but i think that it is premature to call her out

looks like trump is going to do it but i don't think there was away for ronna mcdaniel or david bossink you, but let me win the game. that is what the democrats do. let me win the game. let's go do it. one thing that happened today, nikki haley was able to do an interview and donald trump had to cancel and arizona events to go to court. that is what nikki haley has got to say. that is a legitimate argument. he's got to answer that and i'm sure he has answers to that. don't like the personal attacks, saying the president is too old. the president screws up and maybe the 88th minute of a 90 minute speech this president can't get through a 12 minute speech. stuart: senator joe manchin went to biden's administered in and said this. >> i said you've got the most liberal administration i have ever seen and he said i have the most diverse. i'm not talking about diversity. talking about crazy. i know these people which i've worked with them for 12 years. they are good people, afraid to speak out because they are afraid to get primary or afraid they are falling in line. stuart: i wish i could

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. >> ronna mcdaniel has already declared him the nominee. this is a way of just sort of kicking her out and saying, you know, we're not going to pay any attention to you. and done by, you know, trump's buddies because that's exactly what he wants. >> and in keeping with this theme, donald trump on his social media site, truth social wrote, quote, nikki "birdbrain "haley -- that's his clever nickname for her -- is very bad for our republican party. anyone who makes a contribution to birdbrain from this day forth will be permanently barred from the maga camp. haley retweeted that and said, well, in that case donate here with a link, let's go. but, again, it's been two contests. >> and the next contests, right, are the ones where she was a governor of that state. and really you're seeing a republican party that is trying so hard to keep this in favor of trump and have this be like the last gasp of some effort for beam like haley or other candidates to work the process that the republican party setup, and it goes in the face of what we know part

. >> ronna mcdaniel not telling the full truth. 48 states, she is trying to incite the voters to do what do, having a washington, d.c.-rigged outcome. how bad did this get hit? so far back -- they're backing away. nobody understands p railroad, you don't count, we don't care, we have a plan to rig the primary election. that was too on which. trump is afraid of nikki haley. he has fear, if not about losing outright, but having a long primary where anything could happen. it's become something of a until po line. former president trump says anybody who donates to nikki haley's campaign will be barred from the maga camp. >> what does barred from the maga camp even mean? you're not invited to the next insurrection? >> it's like boy scout camp, except for tax evasion, election fraud, lying about your golf scores. >>> we have someone who has run for president and run the party, howard dean. welcome, howard. what does this tell you that they were trying to rig the primaries for trump, that they were trying to undercut all the remaining republican voters, which i heap you agree have a right to th

week after president trump, former president trump won in new hampshire, the rnc chair came out ronna mcdanielsay she doesn't see a path to nikki haley. the rnc was pushing a resolution to make trump the presumptive nominee even though he doesn't have the delegates to be the case at the home. here in south carolina, nikki haley came to the microphone to accuse trump of orchestrating the rnc plan which he later disavowed. >> and he pushed the rnc and his people at the rnc to say that he should be the nominee and that they should push me out. only two states have voted. there are 48 more that have to vote. no matter what donald trump thinks, he can't bully his way to the white house. it's not going to work. peter: president biden is expected to win easily here in the democratic primary next saturday even dean phillips, the other guy on the ballot stepped up to the microphone a few weeks ago he thinks 95% of the democratic primary voters will go to biden. tommy. >> thank you so much, peter, have a great night in south carolina where hopefully it's warm. it's a little colder here in new york but i

. >> and it wasn't like ronna mcdaniel put it forward. they all voted on it. >> and i don't think she is empowered to do that. but the whole idea of crowning him is unnecessary. why would you need to do that? you won all but one county in iowa, you won by double digit in new hampshire, he will win nevada walking away. and he will win these 30 points up in south carolina. so why do this. they want this to be over because they know that there is a problem. there is a problem out there. if you look at the numbers closely enough, you see that there are a number of republican constituencies that are not with the trump team at this point. they want to wrap it up as quickly as possible. they thought it would help him. he i think properly says let's tease it out, he needs the press, he needs the hits. >> he is a bottomless thirst for attention. so when we say he has parlayed the court cases, no, it is about sucking up the oxygen of attention. and it should be a flashing red sign for republicans who say that maybe somebody who has sexual assault c

you've heard from ronna mcdaniel, they're a typically neutral member until the candidate is selected.n south carolina, where you are, that is that next state. she believes she's going to do wilbur. she's been proven wrong and done. well do you think south carolina it's a must-win for her? >> obviously she had like to win all of them. i wish she had won new hampshire. you try to put all of them. that's not the real world. i'll tell you, she'll too well in south carolina and she's investing. she is not going to quit. the factors will interest, that she's gonna go to town to, tent just laotian tonight. she had probably 800 people tonight. that what she's going to do across the state. that's how she won as governor. that's how she is going to put up a fight. it's the same great that i saw in her when i went into the state legislature together. she beat a 30 year incumbent. >> what do you think she is risking? >> i don't think expressing anything. you've got to remember, she willing to put the time. and she willing to spend the money. she is willing to get up at six and go until ten, 11, 1

ronna mcdaniel pushing for the gop race to be over already. and for donald trump to be declared the nominee even after just two states voted and they got pretty close yesterday. david bossie eventually withdrew a resolution that would have declared trump the presumptive nominee. trump himself now says he wants to win the nomination the old fashion the way. joining us now former rnc chair jim gilmore. governor, appreciate your time this morning. can you explain to people -- i was stunned when i saw this idea start to percolate, trying to think back to what would have happened had hillary clinton done this to bernie sanders back in 2016. as somebody who has worked on the committee, worked within the republican infrastructure, were you surprised? >> the rnc is a great group of people and there are people from all the 50 states elected by their respective states. so it is a good voice for the republican party. but it is clear at this point that donald trump is winning. is probably almost certainly going to be our nominee. and i think that the comm

. >> harris: rnc chair ronna mcdaniel said democrats made a big mistake. >> i think that's important in contrast to the democrats who walked away from new hampshire who aren't here campaigning to president joe biden who said new hampshire does not matter to me and walked away and you are seeing republicans in this state now as we will continue to be when we win this state in november next year as we take back the white house. >> harris: a scathing op-ed calls out democrats with the headline at least republican voters were given a chance. part of it here biden might have the incumbent advantage, but that doesn't mean he is above being challenged, especially when he vowed during the 2020 campaign to be a one-term president and his approval ratings continue to plummet. democratic voters have made it clear repeatedly that they want options. one democrat who is on the ballot and hoping a make a big splash, dean phillips, democratic congressman from minnesota. we have that minnesota connection. i was an anchor there for a while. this is part of my journey and so was that. >> what a beautif

. >> bill: you have seen a lot of these caucuses, ronna mcdaniel spoke with us yesterday and talked about be organized. here is the point she makes. >> i think trump's ground game is better than it was in 2016. desantis has a good ground game and nicki has a good ground game. organization will be key tomorrow. >> bill: you don't poll on that or do you to try to figure out who is best at it? >> we have some clues about it. that's in terms of people having their minds made up and enthusiasm going to caucus. donald trump is far superior on the enthusiasm front. 49% of his supporters who choose him, first choice say they are extremely enthusiastic. by compareson it's 23% for ron desantis. less than half what trump gets. nikki haley it is 9% saying they are extremely enthusiastic. we use it as a proxy for how committed are you to go up and show for your candidate? >> dana: nikki haley was on with us as well yesterday. she thinks it will be a two-person race after tonight. watch here. >> i think he has got a strong lead here. nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. i think everybody sees it for

and trump's allies including house speaker mike johnson and the chair of the rnc ronna mcdaniel continue to call for the gop to unite around him. nevada is next but only trump can win delegates based on the system about to unfold, so he wins nevada and then february 24 south carolina where he's hammering haley in her own state. he's got the support of every elected official who matters in the palmetto state. the latest fivethirtyeight polling average has him at 63%, haley only 29% and that verdict yesterday in manhattan, just another example of the deep state doing everything it can do to deny mac ga the chance to re-elect their man. one candidate has already won the nomination, anybody who doesn't see that has a view distorted by the fact that his name happens to be trump. there it is. those are the conflicting perspectives about the state of the gop nomination. haley's hopes seem pinned on the belief that trump will continue to face legal peril in the criminal courts akin to yesterday's civil defeat of trump and that she will be the last trump opponent standing. how likely is her rope-

. >> ronna mcdaniel once nikki haley to fall in line. let's just say she is not getting in line are following the party line, not even close. the republican party chair seems to be saying nikki should look at the man. that is what the republican opponent to donald trump is doing. haley is apparently concluded, 217. one thousand 215 delegates to clinch the nomination and by her math, there's a long way to go. we thought about it here. and when it comes to the 1-way front runner. what could potentially slow them. before that, brian yannis on the fallout. >> a record 300,000 voters showed up in new hampshire to vote in the republican primary yesterday and if you look at it one more time, you've got trump leading haley, beating haley by 11 points. haley has opted out and currently trump has 32 delegates, haley has 7. haley was about to win 26 from and a winner take all state of 50 delegates. trump was leading in the polls by 30 points, you do the math, haley could be in a much bigger delegate all. this morning, and attacking trump are being

ronna mcdaniel with what nikki haley needs to do. >> i'm looking at the math and the path going forwardd i don't see it for nikki haley. i think she has run a great campaign, but i do think there is a message coming out from the boulders, which is very clear: we need to unite around our nominee, which is donald trump and we need to make sure we be joe biden. >> todd: final thoughts to you, doctor. is that what she should ultimately do in the end sooner rather than later in order to keep joe biden from building any momentum in the month of february some of the month of march and beyond? >> i think we have a month basically and let's see how south carolina falls together and how nikki's donors are acting in what they interpret. let's see how she is received on the ground in south carolina. again, narrow path, but if it exists. there is a path. it is very, very narrow. president trump has a very wide path at this point and lots of options to get there. but again, i really want to see more data before i come to a conclusion on that question. >> todd: close but no cigar for nikki haley in so

you don't get more establishment than the party chair, ronna mcdaniel said this on fox last night. >>o think there's a message coming out for the voter which is is very clear. we need to unite around our eventually nominee which is going to be donald trump. >> the final piece of this puzzle are the voters who crave an autocrat. trump and people like him appeal to a group of americans who hate the modern multicultural and liberal secular society they live in. and they imagine if the real secret majority wasn't being thwarted by a secret kabul of swamp creatures and communist libs they would win. they think the real secret majority wants a theocracy like they do and hates immigrant and fears lgbtq people like they do. majority doesn't. last night the new hampshire results showed that trump is clearly going to be the nominee, but independents, college educated voters and republicans who are unwilling to dishis trump's legal jeopardy voted in large numbers for his rival and former employee, nikki haley. these are not great numbers for a former president who is essentially running as an in

ronna mcdaniel, the head of the republican national committee tuesday night said she thinks you shoulde race. have you spoken to her? >> i let her know how disappointed i was. let's look at the last 48 hours. first of all, you had election night, trump gets on stage and throws a temper tantrum talking about revenge but says nothing about the american people. nothing about what he will do about the wasteful spending that he encouraged and allowed the republicans and democrats to do in his term. nothing about how to secure the border and what he will do different than he didn't do when president before. nothing about how to prevent war. he goes and says that he is going to ban anyone from maga that donates to me. think about that. that's a president who is supposed to serve every person in america and you are deciding you will have a club and actually ban people from being in and out of your club? then he goes and encourages the members of the rnc and tries to push them into saying that he is the nominee in the race. they got so much pushback that he had to backtrack from it. he totally

ronna mcdaniels, however, has said the last 48 hours, i just don't see the math and the path going forwardey. so, we found out late yesterday, david bossie, who is a big trump supporter proposed a draft resolution to the rnc to essentially declare donald trump as the nominee, and then that resolution would be taken up by the full committee and the whole rnc would vote on it with like 168 people. at the 11th hour, after they had gotten a lot of blowback are you trying to short circuit the process, we heard from donald trump. >> ainsley: donald trump wrote this on truth social while i greatly appreciate the republican national committee wanting to make me their presumptive nominee and while they have far more votes than necessary, to do it, i feel for the sake of party unity that they should not go forward with this plan, but that i should do it the old fashioned way and finish the process off at the ballot box. >> steve: good. >> ainsley: thank you to the rnc' for the respect and devotion you have shown me trump 2024. what i gather for that is let's don't go down this path. let's not allow

stuart: he was pushing ronna mcdaniel to stop the debates.her every other day and has been pushing them to pay for his lawsuits and all these other things. at the end of the day this is not about the rnc this is about the american people. stuart: years where this gets interesting when it comes to the upcoming meeting back to fundraising trump stated with a lengthy post that the maga community will permanently bar any donors who want to back him after first packing haley. thanks to the posterior team sold 16000 t-shirts that read permanently barred and raising additional $1.6 million she said she sticking through the race through super tuesday. stuart: thank you so much indeed. jason chaffetz do you think nikki haley should dropout. >> yes, i do. i don't see a path to victory and i don't see anywhere that she's going to win she's woefully behind in her home state of south carolina. if you're governor of the state and you cannot win in your own state where are you going to win what state will sheetrock up a victory, i do not see it. it's her ri

tamara: ronna mcdaniel on television said basically now we need to consolidate.t quote, but she went on television and said nikki haley does not have a path to the nomination. she is the head of the republican party. that makes haley's case that the party is not staying independent here, it makes the case for her. now, haley can stay in the race as long as she has money to stay in the race. and what she has said is that donald trump going out there, and she described as being unhinged on new hampshire primary night, and criticizing her dress and all of that, all of that has helped her raise small dollar donations. so she actually has the money to keep going, at least for a while. amy: and she is on a fundraising tour. she is going all across the country this week raising funds. it is not enough to really compete in these super tuesday states like california and texas which cost millions of dollars. but it keeps the campaign staff in the operations going. geoff: we have about one minute left. there is another primary this saturday, the democrats in south carolina.

ronna mcdaniel telling haley it's time to drop out of the race.ongressman byron donalds. great to see you. your thoughts on trump's victory last night. >> look, maria, it was a big win. what it demonstrated is that the republican party is firmly behind donald trump. let's look deep into what happened last night in new hampshire. number one, obviously donald trump beats nikki haley by double digits. look closer. the votes that nikki haley got in new hampshire are primarily from democrat voters and people who basically called themselves independent for that race. so when you peel that back, you start looking ahead, nevada, south carolina, florida, you see that in those contests where republican voters are going to be the overwhelming size, proportion of the electorate, she doesn't have a path to victory. time for her to get out of the race. she ran hard from 2% in the polls to where she is right now but there is no path to victory. donald trump is going to be the republican nominee. we need to be focused on november. maria: will those people vote fo

even the gop chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel said that today.nikki to step out of race, the party to coalesce behind donald trump. the voters have spoken. and it is very, very likely if she stays in the race until south carolina she is going to lose there. president trump in is popular in south carolina. he won in the general election, he beat joe biden in south carolina in 2020 and beat hillary clinton in 2016 so very likely he will win again in south carolina and i can tell you it doesn't look good for any presidential candidate to lose your own home state. that is not a vote of confidence. charles: let me jump in real quick, staying makes a lot of people wondering if she is listening to the party. if she is listing to voters or donors, which would be detrimental for her career longer term. winning in ham, right. they braced about america being a sank wear i quote new colossus, the poem at the foot of the statue of liberty. they found out it is easier said than done. all of sudden immigration is a top issue in >> it shows how phony and vacuous

this is a tweet from ronna mcdaniel, saying that the gop and the new hampshire gop filed a motion tofaith dnc attacks. this is the 75th election integrity lawsuit the rnc has engaged in this cycle alone. we will keep fighting for fair and transparent elections. how much are you leaning, how much is this sort of fight happening in the states around questions of a voter i.d. and ballot access? >> oh, tremendously. the rules of voting matter, you know, where you put public places determines who gets the vote. how you allow people to obtain and return mail in ballots affects the outcomes of elections. we know that, it's not just i.d., it's a whole range of rules where republicans try to make it harder to vote, and easier to cheat. and so, democracy -- which you mentioned, i found it in 2020, it has put out its annual report. and what it found is that there were 146 court orders last year, and across 34 states. and the good news is that the conservatives and the republicans lost twice as many as we won. so the good news is the good guys, not just me, but generally the good guys in the pro

that is you saw this morning with the national committee ronna mcdaniel and others coming out and trying, right? nikki, time for you -- it has been fun, it has been real, but it is time to get in line. and the final bet is at the end of the day, there is a lot of truth to this, james knows it, republicans will come home, all those republicans you were just talking about will come home. >> even though we slightly may have different perspectives on a piece of that, which i just referred to, i'll tell the control room, let's bring that up early. we have that for you. because you talk about the rnc, michael, you talk about ronna, i think you know something about that job, right? >> a little bit. just a little bit. >> so, let me bring that up. keep going, i'm talking to the control room. i'm doing this live. >> here's -- the deal is -- >> one second. i think we got the sound too. let me -- you guys, i'm looking for later in the show. i'm talking -- it is so hard, michael, when i'm talking to the team, talking to you, talking to james. so, what i'm going to do with you guys, both here, we're g

i want to read you a statement from ronna mcdaniel, quote, if president trump comes out strong tonighta clear message being sent by our primary voters. republicans know that if we're not united as a party behind our nominee, we won't be able to beat biden. what do you make of this rush it seems to get behind trump now? >> yeah, at one level it's logical enough. i'm not sure exactly how nikki haley has a path to get to the delegates she needs to become the republican nominee. on the other hand, joe biden's just kind of beginning his campaign so it's not exactly like republicans are absolutely behind. and look, i think that nikki haley will be given some space, some space, i mean, clearly she got under his skin last night. clearly there's been a movement, another senator, john cornyn signed on on the trump train. i think that's 27 senators now out of the 49. so it's happening, but nonetheless, this is now a decision donors to figure out. ron desantis pretty clear the writing was on the wall monday night that he didn't get out until six days later. >> garrett haake, and shaquille brewster

it has been interesting to watch the commentary about ronna romney mcdaniel. many republicans are asking her to step down because she keeps losing all the time. they've made an enormous gamble, republicans, by nominating trump. we have more opposition research, baggage, stuff that we can run against him than the last five presidential candidates combined. we should have a good year next year. >> simon rosenberg. my advice to democratic voters is you should worry when simon rosenberg is worried. you're not worried? >> i would say that i'm optimistic about where things are. we have a lot of work to do, and we've got to get on with the work and get it done. >> simon rosenberg, who is optimistic. thank you very much for joining us tonight. coming up, my interview with vice president kamala harris as we look ahead to the 2024 presidential election, which she says is, quote, the most important election in our lifetimes. vice president kamala harris is next. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ baby: ♪ liberty. ♪ life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is

but rnc chair ronna romney-mcdaniel and elise stefanik are circling the wagons around him anyway. according to jake sherman of punchbowl news, congressman stefanik, a former george w. bush staffer and paul ryan aide, walked into a closed house republican meeting, waving a rasmusal poll which is notoriously right wing leaning and proclaimed trump the winner of the nomination and probably the election, stating all house republicans should bend the knee to their emperor. these people are so committed to trump, he's been able to get two of his super pacs funded by donations from his working class fans to pay for his legal defense to the tune of $50 million according to two sources who spoke with "the new york times." we talk about this every day. but it's not really surprising that everyone within his party is making his re-election their only priority. congressional republicans have completely capitulated to him and given up on their primary professional responsibility, which is delivering tangible things for an evenly divided america that really did elect joe biden in 2020. yet, wha

her look, this is the same woman whose name was ronna romney mcdaniel's. did not like romney. told to take it out, stop using the name. so, yeah, she is done with donald trump told him to do. the party is locked step on this, and nikki haley has of right now to make as much good trouble as she can in this primary. yes, it's an uphill climb for, her but the party has no place to tell her to step out. that is her choice, her donors choice, the voters choice, to help her make. but that is not one of the party should make. >> reporter: she's gonna make it in a week or so anyway, because she is on the cusp herself. i do think, to your point about, what is she doing. it just really goes to show how far the pendulum has swung. i referred senator sanders in 2015, 2016. and they're all kind of qualms that some of my former colleagues, and even some of senator sanders reporters from that race have about the democratic national committee. some of them, many of them, at, argue are not correct. but i cannot imagine the dnc chairwoman at the time coming out and saying,

it's something that the republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel has really been hammeringpublicans to talk about their support for exceptions, to try to convince the electorate that they don't have these extreme views. it's not all a winning issue for democrats necessarily. voters believe the right to abortion should have some limitations and guardrails. but the attempts we've seen republicans make so far to find a way to position themselves on this issue, whether it's a moderate limit like a 15 weeks, which is something republican governor glenn youngkin talked about in virginia a couple of months ago, voters have not so far been convinced by that. in general, they are saying they want to support the right for people to make their own decisions when it comes to this very personal, very divisive choice. >> thank you for your reporting and analysis. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead, it's the first trading day of the new year. the markets just opened moments ago. we'll look at what's in store for wall street in 2024. what's for wall street in 2024. shopify's point of sale s

is already fighting against that, especially in light of a statement from the rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel trump runs away with it tonight, the next thing the party has to think about is unity. nikki haley is still defined in the state face of statements like that, campaign sources telling me their campaign general mood is let's take up -- only two states will have voted, more people need to. chance rachel, it's important you bring a place like michigan. because the idea of an open primary is one that the haley campaign is really banking on. yes, here in new hampshire. but also down the stretch and their campaign manager betsy released a memo today. what caught my attention is the way they explicitly call out semi open or open primaries going down through super tuesday, and states that they feel are fertile territory for them. and you look at the vote demographics here in new hampshire, the number of independents and undeclared that came out. that is why they are making that point. and especially, if we see results here, that are closer than people anticipated, it only gives more credence