President trump. But she is not expected to endorse trump today. Her folks who are familiar with what shes going to say, say she is going to go ahead and say that trump needs to earn the support of those voters. She has repeatedly said throughout the entire course of her campaign that the Republican Party needs to be a party of addition, and she doesnt believe that trump has been approaching his campaign. That way. She has talked about the fact that she wants to give her for voters an option thats why she stayed on the ballot through Super Tuesday. But this was a decision that she made last night as her campaign was monitoring the results that were coming in. Jeff zeleny spoke with a source, an aide on the campaign, who said that it was when they were monitoring those results that they determined that she wasnt going to hit the benchmarks that they had said that she wasnt going to do well enough to keep her Campaign Alive. Now, we should note that nikki haley did win two states, dc and vermont throughout the course of this republican primary. She did not win enough voters, however, to keep her Campaign Alive and to surpass the former president but her campaign does feel like she attracted enough support from Republican Voters to really make the case that there is a significant block of the Republican Party who is not with trump. And thats why she is going to be telling them today, saying in her speech today hi, that he needs to make outreach to those voters. One of the thing the one of the things to note is that last summer, nikki haley did say that she would endorse the eventual nominee of the Republican Party, but it has been just really in recent days, wolf, where she has distanced herself from that pledge. She has said that she he doesnt feel like shes obligated to do that because the rnc is not the same rnc as it was last summer because donald trump himself hasnt made that pledge. Now, i do want to note that this doesnt mean that nikki haley is definitively not going to endorse him ahead of november. What shes doing here is opening a conversation asian. She is trying to put herself in a position of power when it comes to brokering out those voters who have supported her will have to watch and see how the former president responds to that. But we should note that he has not been altogether welcoming at all when it comes to nikki haley, supporters in alaska a few months, he even made comments that maga is going to be permanently barring any donors who had been supporting nikki haley. And when we spoke with nikki haley last week, a few reporters, she said that that was a comment that really struck her. It made her concerned about the future of the party. And so well have to see what she says about that today. And what kind of pitch she wants him to make to those who have been supporting her colleague were not told that she will be speaking heading to the microphone within a minute or so, but give us a sense of the mood there among her supporters. Well, isnt this a small crowd in this room . Its people who have been working for nikki haleys campaign. Some of her supporters here in charleston, South Carolina area shes coming on stage. So well listen to what she has to say good, morning just over a year ago, i launched my campaign for president when i began, i said the campaign was grounded in my love for our country just last week, my mother, a firstgeneration immigrant, got to vote for her daughter for president. Only in america i am filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support weve received from all across our great country. But the time has now come to suspend my campaign. I said, i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that i have no regrets. And although i will no longer be a candidate, i will not stop using my voice for the things i believe in our National Debt will eventually crush our economy. A smaller federal government is not only necessary for our freedom, it is necessary for our survival the road to socialism is the road to ruin for America Our Congress is dysfunctional and only getting worse. It is filled with followers not leaders term limits for washington politicians are needed now, more than ever. Our world is on fire because of americas Retreat Standing by our allies in ukraine, israel and taiwan is a moral imperative, but its also more than that. If we retreat further there will be more war, not less as important while we stand strong for the cause of freedom, we must bind together as americans we must turn away from the darkness of hatred and division i will continue to promote all those values as is the right of every american i sought the honor of being your president. But in our great country, being a private citizen is privileged enough in itself and thats a privilege. I very much look forward to enjoin in all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meets in july. I congratulate him and wish him well i wish anyone well, who would be americas president our country is too precious to let our differences divide us i have always been a conservative republican and always supported the republican nominee but on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice when she said, quote never just follow the crowd always make up your own mind. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that at its best. Politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause, badly needs more people this is now his time for choosing i end my campaign with the same words i began it from The Book Of Joshua i direct them to all americans, but especially to so many of the women and girls out there who put their faith in our campaign be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, do not be discouraged for god will be with you wherever you go. In this campaign, i have seen our countrys greatness from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, america. God bless you all right that was former South Carolina governor, former un Ambassador Nikki Haley suspending her campaign, withdrawing from this race. She had some very interesting comments there as she was backing out of this campaign essentially saying that shes not ready to endorse four President Donald Trump saying that he needs to earn the support of her supporters and made some very interesting comments. I think a few moments ago, guys, were joined now by chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny, chief political correspondent, dana bash chief, are seeing a National Political correspondent, eva mckend. But one of the things that you heard nikki haley saying just a few moments ago, wolf, was that America Needs to stand with ukraine she was very strong in the international issues. She said specifically that she needs the us needs to support ukraine, israel, and taiwan, right . She wanted the specifics, articulating that. And i also thought even though she didnt formally formally endorse trump, she came pretty close to doing so when she said the time has not come to suspend my campaign. And as you know, jeff zeleny, the word suspend this specific. Its a legal word. Its not end my campaign. Suspend my campaign in order to be able to continue to control all those Campaign Dollars that she raised. For sure. Suspend is a word that i think in this particular cycle with all the wildcards, the age of the candidates, the legal cases, and just the fact that she won delegates. Shes earned the right to suspend, not end her campaign. So i think that is important. But talking about trump at the end there, this is now the time for his choosing, putting the burden burden on former President Donald Trump to win over her supporters. And as weve talked to so many of them over the last several months who have really grown to admire and love her . Yes, there are some democrats who have popped into her crowds to try and be mischiefmaking, if you will, or to send a message to donald trump. But many republicans as well, there are many republicans that im thinking back to a conversation ahead with one in charlotte over the weekend. And she told me, i hope donald trump treats her kindly and brings her into the fold. And i said, what do you think that chances of that are . And she said, all we can do is hope so i think now it will be interesting to see how he reacts to this, but she does not have to a given endorsement at this point. I think im not even sure we should talk about that as much. I mean, the reality is, few candidates leave the race and an elevated stature choose the first one in the last one out, and she has emerged in a far, far stronger position, whatever she may do. And if i could just add to that, were going to have so much time to talk about will he or wont he will she or wont she and where her supporters are going to go. But i think its good to take a beat and note that she is the first republican woman to win a contest, and she wanted to add two. Okay. There were a lot of contests that she lost and to get this and to get this far. And hes as much money and to raise as much money. And i do think that shes used that line since South Carolina a lot in the campaign trail. But the fact that she her parents were immigrants and that her mother was able to vote for her daughter for president is just something to the kind of let sink in because it is a moment in history. Yeah. And even i mean, nikki haley does have some leverage in this campaign. I mean, if you look at how she did last night, she did win the state of vermont, but there was a sizable sort of antitrump vote and a lot of these contests and what shes essentially saying is, im going to be holding back on some of those supporters. Youre not getting them yet. Donald trump, unless you start to extend the olive branch a little bit, which is not really his forte. She was clear that he is going to have to earn the support from her and her supporters. I was always struck. Ive been to many of her rallies all across the country, South Carolina in iowa, New Hampshire, michigan, everywhere. And time and time again, you would meet democrats at her rallies independents, republicans who had supported trump in 2016, and then voted for biden in 2020. And i think in this polarized environment, it takes a certain degree of political skill to be able to bring democrats into the fold, to be able to attract these type of centrist voters. And so, yes, she is going to have a big role to play in the months. And some of those nikki haleys supporters may not go back to donald travel. They just might not. I thought it was the closest she came to actually coming close to endorsing her. Him. Trump was when she said, i congratulate him referring to trump and wish him well, yeah, it does were her words. Yeah. Well, and shes had a lot to say about donald trump during this campaign. And so she may have to start dialing things back to i mean, dana, one of the questions that i had listened and wolf was absolutely right is she leaving the door open to some extent to the possibility of being his running mate mike. I mean youd have to do a whole lot of walking back put out a video of stuff about about him and stuff that he said about her. That would be extraordinary. But that was true of a lot of partners throughout our history. It may be even more vitriol between the two of them. But the next thing that she said, wolf when shes jim, what do we just said that she said, i wish him well as i would for anybody who want who would be our president you know, it if she couched it and close the door to being a third party candidate, perhaps that is the most significant thing here as well. Im a republican, so im told going forward, she does plan to play a role trying to shape this party. She does believe that this sort of Isolationists View that is really emerged in the Republican Party is not good for the country. If you look at the span of her career from the shores as a tea party candidate, which of course was the precursor to the trump era. And now this is not her party so its really extraordinary, but at 52 years old, the question is, is she the past of the party or could she still be the future . And to that question, we do not have an answer today. We will we will find out kylie atwood is over at that nikki haleys Campaign Headquarters over there. Give us a sense, kiley of the reaction youre getting the mood over there well, isnt it was a small crowd in the room, mostly folks who have worked for her campaign or a close to nikki haley and live here in our hometown of charleston, South Carolina. But they were cheering quite loudly when she came out on the stage. Her remarks were short. The supporters in the room here have had a long night hi, because most of them were monitoring the results from Super Tuesday as they were coming in, results that made it clear that nikki haley was going to have to suspend her campaign as she just did. It is important to note, however, that she is playing a pr leverage. Yes. She said that she congratulated former President Trump, who will now be the nominee of the party. She said that she would wish well, to anyone who would be the next president of the United States. But as we were told ahead of this speech, she also said that trump is going to have to earn the support of those who voted for her. And well have to watch to see how that plays out. She also made it very clear that she is not ready even though she has lost this republican president ial primary, she is not ready to give up on her vision for the future of the Republican Party for shaping the Republican Party. She called again for term limits for politicians. She called for conservative fiscal policy. And thats what she has called for time and time again. She also said that there is a moral imperative for the United States to stand with its allies calling into question that isolation is policy that we have seen some republicans begin to embrace. So its very clear where he stands on the issues, the issues where she disagrees with former President Trump and because she has an outright endorsed him today, she is giving herself an open door to continue being critical of him. And of course, watching to see how he engages with her voters. Now, what we dont know right now is issues reached out to former President Trump or if she plans to that will be a question that we will continue to ask those around her. But today, suspending her campaign after she became the first female republican woman to win two primaries as part of the primary contest for president well all right. Kylie standby, you know, jimmy was interesting when nikki haley said its now up to trump to earn the votes. And i hope he does that. Yeah. And i was significant that thats thats gonna be a big moment if those two can make some peace after all that was said, and we should note just in the last couple of minutes, wolf, a statement from President Biden released by the Biden Campaign do you. Want to, go to Kristen Holmes and just a moment. But biden the president trying to get those nikki haleys supporters before donald trump can get those, nikki haley supporters saying donald trump made it clear he doesnt want nikki haleys supporters. I want to be clear. There is a place for them in my campaign. A very telling, absolutely. Let me go to Kristen Holmes, who joins us now from west palm beach, florida kristen before weve even heard from the former president , the current president is wade and he wants as nikki haley supporters yeah, now weve heard from the former president as well before i read you the statement, i just want to remind our viewers and everyone what the thing weve been saying over and over again, which is what haley said. Now it is time for donald trump to reach out and earn those republicans in voters who dont support him. While she was speaking, donald trump went after nikki haley over Super Tuesday, not addressed her dropping out, but this is what he said nikki haley got trounced last night in record setting fashion, despite the fact that democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in vermont and various other republican primaries. Much of her money came from the radical left democrats, as did many of her votes, almost 50 according to the polls. At this point, i hope she stays in the race and fights it out until the end. Id like to thank my family, friends, and the great Republican Party for helping me produce by far the most successful Super Tuesday in history. And would further like to invite all of the haleon please. Supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. Biden is the enemy. He is destroying our country. Make America Great again this is his reach out to those haley supporters will wait to see if we hear from him again now that shes officially dropped out, this was sent while she was speaking. But it clearly has a different message than what nikki haley was sending. What are the things that you mentioned, jim, it would be very interesting to see if the two of them could make amends moving forward. One thing to be clear about donald trump has had a problem with nikki haley long before it got this contentious in this republican primary, he has been talking privately negatively about her since she called him and said that youd be entering the president ial race even before that, there were issues that he had privately with nikki haley because she came out against january 6 so the likelihood of some kind of rekindling here seems very small that they would come back together. But again, the messages could not be more different. He is going on the attack and i will tell you talking to some of his advisers and allies leading up to this morning after we learned that haley would be dropping out they were waiting to go on the offense. They thought she was going to come out and trash donald trump, which she didnt do. But clearly, this was a response to that preemptive thinking that she was going go out there and trash donald trump and he got out there saying that he trounced her and she got trounced and really went on the attack rather than trying to invite her supporters and now of course, theres a line there at the end that says all his supporters welcome them to join me, but that comes out after he said that his her supporters were also democrats and on the radical left. So i think that this is what you could expect to hear from donald trump. I am told as of now, there our plans for him to go to a camera to give any remarks they were planning something when he meets that delegate threshold to become the presumptive nominee. But as of now, just expect to see him on social media and perhaps more of this. Not sure if the tone will change now that weve actually heard from nikki haley and it wasnt in each, but this is what he is initial reaction is to haley right now fascinating, interesting, very different reactions from biden and from trump, but even then your thing, yeah, right. In bidens spot reaction, he says that he wants these supporters and that though they may have policy so agreements. This is about the fundamental issues preserving democracy respect for the constitution, and actually, that is what you hear, heard from some republicans that showed up to her rallies when you would say, well ultimately, if the contests comes between trump and biden many of them said, you know, i would hold my nose and i would support biden because ultimately, im just too worried about what a second trump term could mean. Im concerned that he doesnt have respect for our institutions. And so you hear biden off the bat, leaning right into those anxieties have you covered trump . Long time . I wasnt surprised by his strong words and very critical words of nikki haley, who just suspended her camp. Yeah. In all caps, wolf, but nikki haley got trounced last night and record setting fashion. I mean, i guess hes not saying that this was rigged on Super Tuesday. Hes i guess he is confident in what took place last night across the country and all these different Battleground States. I mean dana bash mean this is, this is obviously this is what donald trump does, but you have to wonder to wolfs point, i mean, how does he get nikki haley supporters eve is absolutely right. And some of these close Battleground States, jeff zeleny, you know this all too well. It may come down to these nikki haley supporters who say, you know what, and you can call them nikki haleys supporters, theyre just theyre sort of never trump republicans who are just not going to be comfortable with donald trump ever as president. And theyre going to vote for joe biden. What we saw from donald trump with that post was him being a sore winner yeah. And he cant get past himself in these moments in order to do what he needs to do strategically politically with people like nikki haley. But you know, who can the people around him. So as i made this of juxtaposition, as he is doing his thing with his phone on his social media platform, his campaign puts out a trump alert, ranking, trump alert, saying very specifically, nikki haley drops out. Its time for us to unite as a party and defeat donald trump gives me defeat joe biden. Yeah. So theyre on message. And as they tried to raise money, which she desperately needs. Its the candidate former president s message that is obviously the loudest his response on social media, say reminded me of his New Hampshire when we sat in manchester and really saw him have a tantrum at being a winner, a sore winter. Indeed, we will see how all this comes together. Theres no doubt that some haley voters are going to put the republican jerseys on and support him. But ive talked to as many of them as eva has and we heard clear that they voted for trump wants and they want to turn the page so we will see thats what this campaign will be about for 244 days, but its extraordinary that really 51 days after the voting began in the iowa caucuses. Here we are. A rematch is brewing, but of all the wildcards one that we probably wouldnt have expected is the nikki haley Supporter Wildcard as well well see where their voters do in the coming weeks. Were getting reaction from the Republican National committee. Kristen holmes is getting that reaction, update our viewers at the Breaking News yeah. Well, this is actually a really big deal given what it means for the party as a whole. So weve just gotten a statement from the chairwoman of the rnc, Ronna Mcdaniel that congratulates donald trump, but says, congratulations to President Donald Trump on his huge primary victory. Also very gracious. It says, id also like to congratulate nikki haley for running a hardfought campaign. Becoming the first woman to win a republican primary contest now, it also says that he is now the presumptive nominee. That is a big deal. You just heard dana say this. He needs money. One thing the rnc is very good at raising money. This it means that donald trump, that rnc can fully backend because they have this neutrality clause, which means they wont get behind candidate even though we have seen a lot of support for donald trump within the rnc they can actually get behind him. He can start using their infrastructure in various states. You can start using their cash and various state, their donor lists. All of that is a big deal for the former president , particularly given that one of the reasons they were so annoyed, nikki haley was staying in the race was because they werent getting access to all of this, including her donors, which is what theyre also hoping for in terms of the money. The other thing to watch here is that Ronna Mcdaniel, the chairwoman, has said she would step down. Shes leaving after donald trump became the presumptive nominee, he has nominated michael whatley. Hes out of north carolina, the chairman of the gop party there, someone who fought to overturn the 2020 election results. He is also nominated his daughterinlaw, lara trump, to be cochair of the rnc and is planning on Instating One of the top heads of his campaign, Chris Lacivita as the cheap Chief Operating Officer in the rnc. All of this is a very big deal because what we talked about is donald trump remaking the Republican Party in his image. Now he is really doing that. We have seen all this coalescing behind him happening much more quickly than we saw back in 2016 now, he is taking the actual infrastructure of the party, but his daughterinlaw in so it will actually has his name, people who are his biggest backers, Chris Lacivita, again, a cocampaign manager and thats not going to end there were also told that there are other members of the campaign who are going to be going to the rnc to fill in various roles. So youre really seeing them a line here and getting behind the Republican Party is becoming the trump party right now. Yeah. I mean, the rnc is looking more and more like a wing of the trump organization. Kristen holmes. All right. Thank you very much. President biden as we were just saying a few moments ago, responding to haley suspending her campaign. Let me go to arlette seinz, whos over at the white house for us. Arlette. Tell us what more i. Mean that the Biden Campaign was pretty fast. Something tells me they might have had some of this typed out before nikki haley made that announcement at 10 00 this morning . Yeah, jim and President Biden in his statement, made a direct appeal for hate. Nikki haleys supporters as same in the statements that there is a place for them in his campaign. Now, the Biden Campaign believes that they have some room to potentially tap into moderate and haley supporters who are turned off by former President Donald Trump. That is something the president spoke to in a statement saying that they had worked to try to or that some of the things they can coalesce around are fighting for democracy and also preserving the Nato Alliance in the statement, the president isnt it really went to Great Lengths to praise nikki haley for the role that she played in this campaign, specifically, in calling out the former president. He said, it takes a lot of courage to run for president. Thats especially true in todays Republican Party were so few dare to speak the truth about donald trump nikki haley was willing to speak the truth about trump, about the chaos that follows him, about his inability to see right from wrong, about his cowering before Vladimir Putin biden goes on to say, donald trump made it clear. He doesnt want nikki haley supporters. I want to be clear. There is a place for them in my campaign. Biden was perhaps even more explicit in a tweet that he sent out moments ago oh, as well, where he said, quote, you dont have to agree with me on everything to know maga extremism is a threat to this country. And then he highlights the fact that the former president attacked nikki haleys supporters, calling nikki haley a name and saying that those who contribute to his campaign would be barred from the mag of movies and this really highlights one of the tasks and challenges ahead for the Biden Campaign as theyre trying to make more up more ground with voters heading into november, that Biden Campaign officials do believe there is a world where they can peel off some of these haleys supporters who are frustrated and dont want to see trump secure a second term. Im also told when it comes to fund they believe that they could also tap into some of nikki haleys donor. Use your universe as well. And this really sets up the highstakes moment that the president will be facing tomorrow as he prepares for a state of the Union Address, the president has been huddling with his team here at the white house, trying to put the finishing touches on that speech, which will now have an even bigger audience, especially is trying to make a more broad appeal to voters, not just democrats, but also republicans, including some of these nikki haleys supporters all right, so the fight for those nikki haleys supporters is on wolf that nikki haley was very polite and gracious. Her comments. Compare those with trump, who is still very much dana as you and i well know as all of us know he still remains in the attack mode. It was on brand. Yeah, i think thats maybe the most concise way to put what we saw donald trump on brand. And again obviously, and we hear this from, from chris and all the time talking to the Trump Campaign. His people around him now are its a far Different Campaign from what youve covered in 2016, from what we covered in 2020, and part of it is that this is the third cycle with donald trump as a politician and as a candidate, Everybody Knows what theyre going to get. And so theyre challenges to try to work around him knowing that he isnt always going to be maybe even rarely going to be on the message that they want him to be on when at Something Like this, where it is extremely delicate to get a lot of not all of, but a lot of these supporters who wont just as jeff said, put on the republican jersey and theyre going to have to try to find more avenues to get around that kind of rhetoric and that kind of behavior. And i think the Marching Orders are clear for both of the presumptive nominees. Now, for the next 244 days, thats how long it is until november 5, election day. They both have to rebuild their coalition. So stepping back from this, we are going to not see nikki haley every day. She will be its still playing a role in trying to help the local candidates and downballot candidates. But i think it is clear theres no doubt that President Biden has to work on rebuilding his fraying coalition of younger voters, latino voters, black voters, other voters, progressives of course, but donald trump also has to rebuild his his coalition. So the question is, what does happen to that sliver of voters in the middle we call them now nikki haley, voters will see if we still call them that by november. But for now they are. And i think that therell be watching how both sides react here. And i would not be at all surprised if President Biden i mentioned those those nikki haley voters by name tomorrow night and its state of the union, either eve of jury. Interesting, it was only a fiveminute speech from nikki haley or so five minutes. Approximately five minutes announcing her suspending of her campaign. But i thought it was really significant. She took a little time to see the world is on fire. Her words right now, and the United States must stand by allies, ukraine, israel, taiwan, its a moral imperative. Those were strong words coming into speech announcing she was exiting this race yeah. And it was core to her argument, her election argument, that she had a Foreign Policy background and she would be prepared for the presidency. And some folks showing up to her rallies. The democrats that i spoke to, showing up to her rallies would tell me explicitly, they liked where she stood on ukraine on supporting ukraine. I think what we are going to see in the weeks ahead is democrats really amplify all the insults that the former president large at her supporters and try to really frame this contest and broad terms to bring them in. So this is going to be a conversation about the future of america, about american democracy, about the constitution that is how it seems like they are telegraphing. Theyre going to try to bring those voters into their camp. Well see how that works out. And theres gonna be i mean, not just these personal differences between trump and nikki. I mean Policy Differences and we should note just this morning, president zelenskyy confirmed there was a strike in odesa, ukraine this morning, leaving people dead and wounded zelenskyy was in odessa at the time. He said he could see the strike. He can hear what was going on. I mean lets just tells you what the clear contrasts are in terms of the campaign coming live report on that, talked about that major development, major developed potentially within gunfire. Yeah. We havent even mentioned that this morning, but when we talk about that, just a few moments, our panel thanks very much, guys, really appreciate it. Were continuing to follow this Breaking News. Nikki haley suspending her Campaign Setting up a trumpbiden rematch. 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Shes acknowledged Mitchell Collagen In December of 2020 that joe biden had won the president ial election and that prompted donald trump to be essentially cut off all ties with the Republican Leader. Then in the aftermath of january 6, Mitch Mcconnell pointedly blamed donald trump for those actions calling him morally and practically responsible for the events on january 6. But they have not had any ties and discussions and he has not endorsed him up until now in the aftermath of nikki haleys stepping aside from this wet race, the Republican Leader issuing a statement saying that he will, in fact endorse donald trump for the presidency. Read you some of his statement, wolf, he said its become abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican Voters to be our nominee for president United States. He said it should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support. He goes on to talk about how they Work Together on issues involving tax overhaul that passed in congress, as well as make Mitch Mcconnells role in ensuring three trove Trumps Supreme Court justices were confirmed to the bench. He says, i look forward to to the opportunity and switching from playing defense against the terrible policy the Biden Administration has pursued to sustain offense geared towards making a real difference in improving the lives of the American People. So wolf, this is the Republican Leader, has oftentimes just refused to even say Donald Trumps name for the past several years, you ask no question about donald trump. He said it is not want to talk about the president ial race. Trump advect has leveled to attack after attack against senator mcconnell after those comments and mcconnell made on the senate for are blaming him for january 6 and facts trump in the level, the number of racist attacks against his wife, a taiwanese immigrant, someone elaine chao, who was the cabinet its under donald trump himself. Chao, of course, stepped aside in the aftermath of january 6, so they have a very tense relationship early know relationship whatsoever, but mcconnell has indicated for some time that whoever the nominee is of his party, he will fall in line and back. The republican nominee. And thats exactly bacoli what he is doing here. Of course meant for mcconnell will not be working with donald trump if trump is elected as president , because already said he would step aside for a Leadership Position that he has held for the past 17 years and give way to other potential candidates. And two of those republican is were running right now. John cornyn and john dune, both of them have endorsed donald trump as well. I just caught up with senator john thune, the number two republican who wants to take mcconnells job. He downplayed some of his past concerns he had about Donald Trumps viability as a candidate in the suburbs and doing this for some time, wolf express concerns about how trump could play in key Battleground States spent, particularly they tried to try to regain the senate in the far wall, but he downplayed those, rallied behind down. Trump said, therell be a unified ticket in the fall really shows you how the Party Establishment now lining up behind donald trump in the aftermath of his victory here. Now the president , so presumptive nominee, with the support of the Senate Republican leader. And well see how that battle for the Senate Republican leadership plays out. Manu raja, good reporting, as usual, jim. All right. Thank you, wolf and joining me now is former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson a former republican candidate. And this years president ial race governor, thanks so much for joining us. I do want to ask you about nikki haley dropping out of the race, but theres more Breaking News to talk about. Thats what manu raja was just talking about a few moments ago, Mitch Mcconnell now endorsing donald trump. What do you make of that . Well, it surprises me actually, because hes not going to be running for reelection. There wasnt any motivation. I think it really indicates the draw of the team you read been on the Republican Team all our life. Its hard to switch from that. Its hard to they say, were not going to support the nominee. The party is very difficult for me as well and so it is a surprise that announcement today from senator mcconnell because hes been very, very clear in the past as to Holding Donald trump morally responsible for january 6 and is disagreement with them so i dont think you can overlook that, even as you look to the future. I thought nikki haleys announcement today was classy and hats off to her for running a good race and for staying in their through Super Tuesday yeah and governor i do want to ask you about that because nikki haley made it very clear when she announced that shes withdrawing from the race, that she has her supporters and she has not yet inclined to endorse donald trump. And i think what she wants to hear is something of an olive branch coming from the former president , which is obviously going to be tough so i mean, what is your sense of it . The president President Biden has already making an appeal for those nikki haley supporters. What do you think those supporters are going to do . Well i think theyre going to be divided. Some are going to sit it out. Some will be focusing on congressional and senate races. Others will. Might switch to biden. Many of them will go to donald trump because they have historically supported the nominee of the party. So itll be divided and theyre up for grabs. Perhaps. And so yes, its incumbent upon donald trump to do his job as a front runner and reach out to them and x, for example, with nikki haley, you would think the obvious thing is that youd reach out, youd say, i know youve got to think about this, but we want you to make a primetime speech during the convention we value you and negotiate her support. Obviously, she wants to be able to showcase her ideas and make that case at the convention. And she should be able to do that. And donald trump can bring her in with that kind of outreach. Perhaps and governor, i did want to ask you have refused to endorse donald trump for president if im not mistaken, that hasnt changed. What is your mindset on all of that . Any chance you could change your mind . Well its, its very troubling to me. First of all, i mean, i said very clearly, i think donald trump is wrong direction for our party and our country i endorse nikki haley. I want to see what comes out of the convention, but do not expect an endorsement for me, for donald trump in this election, im a loyal republican. Im one of the fight hard this year but we see the establishment now becoming donald trump and its a direction that i dont want to see our party go or our country go. Youre not there yet im not there yet. And its very clear whenever you look at our relationship with our allies, whenever youre looking at the incredible challenges that he faces with his court case and its alleged criminal conduct. This is not something that i as a former federal prosecutor can sign up for. And so dont expect that to happen. As we go forward. All right. Governor hutchinson, thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it thank you. Great to be with strong words from the governor and were continuing our breaking News Coverage this morning. Nikki haley suspending her 2024 president ial campaign. Listen to this in all. Likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our Party Convention meets in july i congratulate him and wish him well, it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him and i hope he does that and with nikki, haleys departure of the trumpbiden rematch is now set. Lets discuss this with cnn senior political commentators, ana navarro and van jones, and republican strategist Shermichael Singleton, anna, give me your bottom Line Assessment right now. Whats going on . I think today was a reality check. What were seeing as a republican reality check. Look, i think theres a lot of republicans who dont want to vote for donald trump, who saw an nikki haley, a life raft a lot of them warrant nikki haley voters, but she was the vehicle to issue that protest vote. She was what stood in between them and donald trump. It is now absolutely the reality that this is a Binary Choice between joe biden and donald trump. I am not surprised that Mitch Mcconnell has come out and endorse him. We all know Mitch Mcconnell and donald trump hate each other. Its mutual, but Mitch Mcconnell has been a republican his entire life. His recent of been his raison, detre is partisanship, is getting republicans elected. And what he is signaling with this is, look, i hate the guy, but im drinking my medicine because i am a party guy. I think Isa Hutchinson is absolutely right. Theres going to be some republicans who come back home she never underestimate republicans ability to do that. He did that after we heard a lot of republicans did that after we heard donald trump on those Access Hollywood tapes, some of them will not vote, and some of them will vote for biden. I would be shocked if i liz cheney came out and endorse trump. I would be shocked if a mitt romney came out and endorse trump. If nikki haley or Mitch Mcconnell do that to me is not shot. Well, let me play a few clips for you, ana, and get your thoughts she was pretty gracious. I thought today in wishing him well, congratulating him, but listen to what she he said. In recent days and weeks about trump. Listen to this got out there and just everything he touches we lose. I dont believe donald trump can beat joe biden. How much more losing do we have to do before we realized . Maybe donald trump is the problem . Said you still think shes eventually going to endorse him. Wolf, we could sit here and we could watch video all day of horrible things that ted cruz said about donald trump ever horrible things that marco rubio said about donald trump of horrible things that Lindsey Graham said about donald trump and i could go on and on. We could literally sit here all day. So do i think its still possible that she endorses donald trump . Yes. I think nikki haleys going to do whats best for nikki haley and preserving her options. And the Republican Party. And in her political future, let me bring you Shermichael Singleton and get his reaction as well just yesterday. Sure. Michael trump was tearing into nikki haley calling her crazy and a very angry person. Listen to this shes gone crazy. And ive never seen anything like that. She holds up a piece of paper which is false, tells a lot of false things. She is, shes gone haywire. She had as it lost too many elections, i guess and shes getting nowhere. Shes actually going down. Her numbers are going down, so shes a very angry person. So well see if she straightens out. Maybe she will what do you think whats your reaction to all of that shermichael . I mean, look, wolf, i think that the former president would be smart why strategically speaking, to lessen the negative rhetoric against a twoterm governor, former un ambassador, who served in his cabinet position. One of the good things that i think occurred with nikki haley staying in this race, is that the Trump Campaign now strategically as aware of where their weaknesses are as a strategist, ive been through this process three president ial campaigns you want to know every precinct, every county in a state where your candidate is struggling. So as im doing those sort of voter profiles, who are the voters that we need to make additional room, if you will, to get them on our side. I want to know where they are. The Trump Campaign is now incredibly equipped with no one exactly where those voters are. So he needs to extend that olive branch and asked her to work with me to help reach out to some of those Republican Voters who are skeptical of a potential trump returned to the white house yeah, and van, i want to bring van jones and i mean, van lets talk about this across six states that voted last night. We can show this to our viewers that majority of the republican electorate has not been willing to acknowledge the legitimacy of President Bidens victory in the 2020 election. But van, i mean, im searching around, looking through all of Donald Trumps comments since the results from last night, i have not heard him say that any of the results last night were rigged or erroneous or any there were any does that mean that we should have total faith and confidence that even trumps supporters should have total faith and confidence in our electoral process in this country, the matter has been put to rest, hasnt it . Apparently only when trump is weighing oh okay. Let me speak from my heart and let me see from my head, from my heart. I tell you this is a heartbreaking moment and not just for people in United States if youre ukrainian soldier, looking at a wall of russians coming at you and having to ration your bullets today is a bad day because one of the great champions of the United States being strong for our allies, strong for democracy, just went down in defeat today. And you feel more alone and more afraid of the future if youre in poland, if youre in europe and youre looking at a wall of russians coming for you and saying, wheres the United States today is not a good day for my heart is not a good day. Okay. From my head. What is nikki haley doing . What was that speech . What is she trying to play for . I think three things. Number one, why is withholding her endorsement. Ron desantis, as soon as he got out, endorse trump and was belittled and sidelined. And maybe like an idiot. So she would be crazy to endorse. Now, i agree with ana. She may endorse, but you should endorse. Now, look at what would happen to desantis. Number 2. Trump is broke. She is sitting on the biggest donors in american politics. She could be a bank or she could be somebody who closes the bank door. So she has real power, not voting power now, but dollar power. She knows to use that in the number three it is just hard. Remember Hillary Clinton, 2016, to turn your supporters around even if you want to, you cant do it in a day so if you look at nikki haley shes smart to hold her cards, to play her cards to figure out can she get this party to do something . To keep america from abandoning democracy around the world. I hope she continues to play a constructive role. Shes done a good job for her party in the country so far. But this is a bad day for democracy, not just the United States, but around the world and van, what does President Biden need to do at this point to earn those nikki haleys supporters bring them into the vault. We saw the biden Camp Campaign putting out a statement from President Biden almost immediately after nikki haley walked off that stage and South Carolina, what do you think . I think i think he needs to to talk to her donors and supporters and say, if you want to a year from now, watch russian tanks rolling through europe, then endorsed donald trump and get on that bandwagon. But understand you going to wait pick up one morning and youre going to see horror across europe. You dont have american soldiers, sailors having to go over there and do something that we could have done what dollars got to do with blood. If you want to continue to see the country being divided and unable to govern itself and treat itself well get on that trump train, but youve got to place over here. Now, he also i think needs to make a stronger case for what he is going to do to keep the economy moving on a good direction for people who go into Grocery Stores and cant pay for their groceries. He said, hes going to sick the doj and the ftc on these grocers, these corporate groceries that are ripping off americans needs to lean into that for the voters. But for the People Like Us who care about a democracy around the world, they have a Binary Choice. Or out of nato and russia is running over europe, or you stand with joe biden it very interesting indeed. Ana, let me get back to President Biden as a major victory is he really didnt have much of an opposition last night, but it was interesting in colorado, 8 of the democrats who showed up to vote, voted uncommitted the number was close to 20 in minnesota. What do you make of that i think theyre clearly sending this administration a message that they are very unhappy. In particular with the israel gaza issue. I mean, this is, it is what it is. And i think this administration is listening i think this administration is taking it to heart. We saw a change of policy, a major change of policy this weekend announced by Vice President Kamala Harris when she was in alabama. And i think a lot of that has to do with whats actually happening on the ground with some of those very heartbreaking, Heart Wrenching images we are seeing coming out of gaza, but also because its very hard to maintain something when the American People dont support it and they are, they are listening to this. They are listening and theyre taking stuck in there working really hard for a resolution. Theyre working really hard to get the hostages released. Theyre working really hard to have humanitarian aid brought into gaza. So i think its having an effect and i i think these voters, though now are faced with a Binary Choice. The Binary Choices joe biden, who is working really hard towards a twostate solution, or donald trump, whats the first thing he did when he became president in 2016, the muslim ban. So if you think the foams in gaza have a better shot under donald trump . I dont know, what youre, thinking. And shermichael, i mean, getting back to, you know, what does nikki haley do . I cant imagine. I mean, we saw Mitch Mcconnell almost immediately after nikki haley got out of the race endorsing donald trump. I just dont kid, we see nikki haley going to maralago allah, kevin mccarthy, and making peace its with donald trump. That just sounds like an other worldly concept. I dont think itll be immediate, jim, but i do eventually think shell get their van. Mentioned a point about her donors, quite a few wellknown individuals in the Republican Party, theyve given the president ial candidates all the way from romney campaign. I worked on. She could also convert her president ial campaign to leadership pac man, we dont really talk about this often on cable news, but essentially what that means for the viewers. And as nikki haley could transfer those, that money to a new organization that would then allow her to play in congressional races. So tutorial races. So shes thinking about four years from now, 2028, she has an opportunity to position herself as really a queenmaker if you want to say, these are the types of republican candidates, we should support we are talking about voters like if they were marbles, voters are not marbles. You just dont pick up your Marlboro Marbles and put him over here. And van was talking about Hillary Clintons supporters and how Hillary Clinton supporters were Hillary Clinton supporters. They were not antibomb a supporters right . Thats right sanders supporters in 2016 were Bernie Sanders supporters. They were not anti hillary just because nikki haley goes back to folks that we are calling nikki haley, a lot of those marbles. Yeah. Our antitrump folks who are going to have to decide for themselves what they do. But no, we do know that Pbs Impure Out a poll that came out that showcase 82 of them are likely to vote for donald trump. Now that gives around 12 remaining. So if haley endorses trump, can maybe three or 4 out of that 12 say, okay, well vote. That could make a substantial difference in key Battleground States or not, i do have to cut me as we do have some Breaking News that we have to get to right now, guys. Thank you very much for that terrific discussion Breaking News out of ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a strike has hit near where he and the greek Prime Minister were traveling in the Port City Of Odessa on the black sea. Zelenskyy says, there are fatalities hes an injuries, obviously, the ukrainian president is okay, but lets go to cnns clare sebastian. She joins us now with the very latest, obviously when we saw this headline clear, a lot of concern in the United States, obviously around the world. What can you tell us . Yeah, it was still getting information in about this jim, but we believe this happened at around 1040 this morning. Key of time. Thats about seven hours ago. And it happened while president zelenskyy was meeting with the greek Prime Minister in the Port City Of Odessa. This is the largest ukrainian seaport on the black sea, regularly targeted. And in fact, they visited the site of a very deadly attack for civilians on saturday a nine story residential building, where 12 people were killed. But as for this strike today, president zelenskyy saying that they could see and hear it. We dont know exactly how close it was to their convoy or where exactly they were when it hit, or what exactly becky was the target at this point, but the fact that it happened very close to where they were, that president zelenskyy was meeting with the greek Prime Minister, the head of state of a nato country. At the time, obviously raising significant questions. They did appear at a Press Conference shortly after both of them uninjured and we are of course, waiting for more information on the number of dead and wounded because president says he has confirmed that there are dead and wounded as a result of this yeah, very disturbing developments. Indeed, clare sebastian. Thankou very much. At our next hour of of newsroo starts right after a short break were you ram. Trucks are what you do. You do truck month. Better than anyone else . You do trucks that work harder and play harder. You do trucks that outperform in performance and you do trucks that win by breaking every rule the trucks should be this truck month. Would you should do is Driver Ram Trucks are what we do . With so many choices on booking. Com, there are so many tina fey as i could be. So i hired body doubles to help me out, splurge 18 loves a