neglects to mention her decision to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina statehouse. are all choices nikki haley feels she needs to make in republican primary of 2023, but it is unclear whether any of them will actually help her win the republican nomination in 2024. >> i'm already going to say i could spend the rest of the show talking to you about these endeavors of these republicans. but let me first get your thoughts about who nikki haley is trying to appeal to in the gop at this juncture. >> that's a really big question and that's one of the biggest problems, it's the same problem mike pence has. is she trying to appeal to moderate republicans? no. i mean this is somebody who's hopped on and off the trump train so often, i'm surprised she doesn't have a high ankle sprain like the winning chiefs quarterback. she really can't decide if she's for trump or against trump. and i think the words bully in her announcement was some kind of hand signal to anti-trump republicans she's with them and on the other hand she's trying to signal to the trump base she's on their si

. >>> joining us now, a former democratic member of the south carolina statehouse and cnn contributorf writer for the new yorker. and his book is "joe biden the life, run and what matters now." thank you both for joining us. evan, let me begin with you. the president walked into the speech with at least one poll suggesting that over 60% of americans didn't think that he accomplished much if anything in the past two years. did he deliver last night in convincing americans that that is just not the case? >> i think this is something that the white house was aware of long before that poll came out. i was talking to senior white house officials over the days before the speech and one of the things that they were making clear was it is time to go from getting things done legislatively to making it real. meaning making it tangible. getting out there on the road and putting shovels in the ground. getting a sense from americans that all of this drama they have seen in washington, all of this horse trading and back room dealing ultimately has led to meaningful changes in their lives when it co

ambassador to the united nat nations, had the courage to remove the confederate flag from the south carolina statehousepublican to do that, a big risk. she's a first generation american. over the last ten years, this is nikki haley and you'll notice some evolution. >> it is not my job to win a popularity contest. it is my job to strengthen the fiscal health of this state. >> government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people. it was never intended to be all things to all people. >> i took on a hurting state with double-digit unemployment, and we made it the beast of the southeast. >> islamic terrorists, iran, russia, communist china, they all want to harm america. >> the first minority female governor in the united states. i will say until my last breath america is not a racist country. >> again, it's an impressive resume. the question is can she make that case in a republican primary? i'm interested in -- trump has a history of reacting to strong women in adversarial ways, to be polite. >> i think a lot is going to ride on how does she frame this run for president when she officia

you can do it in a museum and not out in front of the statehouse," but more than that, what i tried to communicate to the people of south carolinas, no one should drive past that statehouse and feel pain. and if someone, if a child looks up at that flag and feels pain, we're doing something wrong. and that was the goal. that was, at the end of the day, was to make sure that the pain i felt growing up as a brown girl in a black-and-white world shouldn't be the same pain of a child growing up today looking at that statehouse. >> gonna ask about the future of the republican party. you talk about your son from time to time, and i think about the millennial generation and how they think about politics. where the republican party is now is not in a place where it's speaking to the generation of your son. the values, the sensibilities. what is it going to take to motivate and capture the imagination of your son's generation to the ideas that you espouse as a republican? >> well, i think that -- first of all, i think the next generation, i have so much hope for, because i go around and talk to high school and college kids -- they know t

howard: we're talking about a woman of color, south carolina governor banned the confederate flag from statehouseunds, and ali is making the racist charge shah thiess -- that she's a piece for -- mouthpiece for white supremacy? jake tapper called this out, almost everyone else in the media, crickets. i'm mouther kurtz -- howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." ♪ ♪ howard: most of the national media kid cannot descend quickly on ohio after that toxic train wreck because, well, they're more focused on major e cities hand the tiny town of east palestine which is all too easy dismissed at flyover country. but by the third week, the environmental damage and the political sniping had finally made it a big story. candidate donald trump saw an opening, went to east palestine with trump water to help fill the void is. >> unfortunately, as you know, in too many cases your goodness and perseverance were met with indifference and betrayal in some cases. biden and fema said they would not send federal aid to east palestine under any circumstance. howard: the next day transportation secretary pete buttigieg fina

she won when she ran and it was a to serve the statehouse of south carolina is a long shot for the governorsbut she's pitching herself as a young girl and someone is being new ideas but as a resume that shows foreign policy experience and services the governor. et policy experience and services the covernor. :, ~ ~ : policy experience and services the covernor. :, ~ ~ . , governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican _ governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right - governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right likely - governor. et of mike pence runs, i was the republican right likely to l was the republican right likely to line between all those candidates? it is going to be a challenge and some of the anti—trump republicans, worry about the more candidates running against donald trump, the more the anti—trump vote is divided. with nikki haley and mike pence and mike pompeo, it could very well make it harderfor anyone of mike pompeo, it could very well make it harder for anyone of them to be donald trump and at that race. they have a pragmatic view and p

south carolina. in 2015, after a racist messed murder in charleston, she ordered the confederate flag to be removed from statehouseunds. she opposed donald trump's run for president in 2016, but after he won, she resigned as governor to become united nations ambassador. she resigned from that in 2018. she originally said she wouldn't challenge trump if he ran in 2024, and now she is the first person to put up their own nomination. earlier i spoke to anthony zurcher in south carolina. anthony: the message nikki haley had in her event, the first event of her new campaign, was one of generational change. she decides to tired old policies and faces of past generations and positioned herself, although she is 51 years old, as a contrast implicit with donald trump and explicitly with joe biden. she also touted her strengths as a governor in south carolina for six years, her competence in bringing businesses to south carolina, as well as foreign policy as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she talked about how she was tough on china and tough on iran. he had an introductory speaker, otto warmbier's mother, the america

and that investment once i got to the statehouse, where i served as a state representative in south carolina. we pass an environmental justice bill because they saw the economic impact. when they began to see the impact. of what we were able to do in spartanburg, people like nikki haley. mick mulvaney. trump's chief of staff and other freedom caucus members signed onto that bill. and said, we have to have environmental justice in spartanburg. now that can happen in spartanburg, south carolina, and you having nancy pelosi. mayor breed and the president with this kind of a commitment. we leveraged 300 million there's no telling what you're going to be able to leverage here. and who's gonna kick against? the ills that we see and especially after the pandemic. when you look at fentanyl and the opioids all of the crisis that we see the behavioral health issues after being locked up in the pandemic. era. h h s secretary of hhs, who is also from california, javier. i mean, when you look at the people that's on the team and lined up, it's just like me. setting this weather up for you today. it is go

south carolina. first female governor of south carolina. people really liked her there. years before she took office, there was lots of controversy about the confederate flag being flown on top of the statehouse grounds area to get it off of the state house dome. there was more controversy about that you drive down main street and slap you right in the face. she came in and she said you know what? enough of this. it's divisive. let's take this down all together. i wasn't sure how south carolina would react they ended up loving her. everyone jumped in and supportive of that she did well. then president trump nominates her or puts her in the position of u.n. ambassador. so south carolina was very 3r0ud of her for that and she did an excellent job. she was on our show a lot. i thought it was very respectful of her to call donald trump and say, look, i'm going to put my hat in the ring and he was very supportive of it. listen to what he said about their conversation. >> nikki haley made the statement that she would never run against our president. i believe mike did, too. my attitude is, you know, if they want to do that, they should do it. i had a good relationship with all of them. can i hali c

south carolina. in 2015, after a racist mass murder in charleston, she ordered a confederate flag to be removed from statehousee nomination. 0ut correspondent anthony zurcher joins me now from south carolina anthony just bring us anthonyjust bring us up—to—date. what has she said and what has the response been? the what has she said and what has the response been?— response been? the message that nikki haley had _ response been? the message that nikki haley had in _ response been? the message that nikki haley had in her— response been? the message that nikki haley had in her event - response been? the message that nikki haley had in her event today | nikki haley had in her event today the first event of her new campaign was one of the generational change. she criticises old policies and orifices and positions herself, as 51 years old, in contrast with donald trump and explicitly withjoe biden. she touted her strengths as a governor here in south carolina for six years. her accomplishments in bringing businesses to south carolina and experience with foreign policy as us ambassador to the united change nations.