in our special coverage of the new hampshire primary will continue right now. it is round two for the republicans and the presidential nomination could all come down to what happens in the hours ahead. the spotlight is on historic new england and a republican race that s down to the final two. donald trump is telling a whole lot of lies. if you want a losing candidate who puts america last. vote for nikki haley. with a head to head fight and a big win behind him, will the gop front-runner seal the deal? we need big margins. we have to set the tone for november. it s new hampshire s choice. tonight, donald trump aiming for a knockout punch against the only opponent still in his way. she s not tough enough. she s not smart enough. she cannot do this job. nikki haley putting it all on the line in new hampshire. who lost the house for us? the senate? the white house? donald trump, donald trump, donald trump. will the former president with a divisive record a
a long time since i ve been home and i got to be drifting along. our condolences to his family. see you on the radio. special coverage of the new hampshire primary continues right now. turnout is strong in new hampshire. voters are continuing heading to the polls at this hour. welcome to our coverage of the new hampshire primary. the new hampshire secretary of state thing there could be record turnout today in what is now a two-person race. donald trump versus nikki haley. she is the clear underdog tonight. she has staked her entire campaign on a strong finish in new hampshire are trying to make the case she can defeat trump and win in the general election. today telling orders she is in this for the long haul. this has always been a marathon. it has never been a sprint. we want to be strong in iowa, stronger in new hampshire, even stronger in south carolina we are running the tape. meanwhile, trump telling reporters even if he is able to secure a decisive three
ukraine will never be a victory for russia. what does victory look like and are we give them enough to win the war or just surviving? if you want victory, we have to do more. plus, rising tensions. you are approaching chinese airspace. as the u.s. continues to warn china about sending weapons to ukraine, tensions are rising in the south china sea. is the pentagon preparing to move more troops to taiwan? my guests this morning, if national security adviser to president biden jake sullivan and dan sullivan of alaska. and off the rails. i sincerely hope that when all of the politicians get here including biden to get back from touring ukraine that he s got some money left over. donald trump travels to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio to bash the biden administration for focusing more overseas, creating the first real split screen moment of the 2024 campaign. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen
happened yesterday in the courtroom in just a moment. plus russian president vladimir putin gives a rare national address announcing significant moves in the war with ukraine. the russian president also talked about a plan that kyiv is calling a desperate sham. and president biden will surely have something to say about all of that when he takes the podium later this morning at the united nations general assembly. we ll preview that and the other topics he will likely focus on in his speech. good morning, welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with major moves from russia this morning claiming that the west is, quote, trying to destroy us. vladimir putin announced overnight he s partially mobilizing the military in russia while also approving a move to annex portions of ukraine. in a rare prerecorded national address, putin said, quote, russia will use all the instruments at its dis
And we have talked with you a lot about the Energy Impact of the war in ukraine on Western Europe but china also buys some russian energy, has that come up . Russia wants to sell more of its energy. Because russia is trying to pivot from the west to the east, it sees the market in the east, the Energy Market is very attractive. It wants to sell as much gas and oil as it can. The problem that russia has is it is not easy to quickly reorient its energy infrastructure. All of the pipelines that have been built over decades have basically been built going west. So it will take a lot of money and a lot of time and energy to build more pipelines going to china, for example. There is one gas pipeline that already exists to china, there is talk of building another one via mongolia. But this will take a long time. There are a lot of experts here that think despite moscow being very bullish and are saying, well, if we are suffering from all of these western sanctions, we will just sell our energ