ukraine. and a decisive decade for the world. so make no mistake, we will support ukraine self-defense for as long as it takes. but how much and with what? this comes as the u.s. and germany are in something of a standoff over whether to send tanks to the ukrainian battlefield. the top pentagon officials are set to speak this hour. we expect to learn more information about if maybe tanks are on the way. we ll have much more on the dramatic negotiations ahead. plus, in his first public remarks since classified documents were found at his home and office, president biden said he has no regrets. i have no regrets on following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it is exactly what we re doing. there is no there, there. and reaction from hollywood as prosecutors say they will charge alec baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of halyna hutchins. in ahead what industry leaders are saying about this case. but let s begin with the war in u
situation where all of the non-trump candidates fragment the non-trump vote and he ends up getting through with a bear plurality, 30-ish percent in some of the primaries. it is too soon to tell. i think trump clearly still has a hold on probably a majority of republican base voters. but we could see by the way this field is shaping up, as daniel said, that the candidates like haley are not scared out of the water. and the argument that you hear haley and others making is an electability argument. she s saying that a better contrast with the elderly president that we currently have would be a younger, more vigorous republican nominee and that is one of the arguments that you hear republicans making among themselves about who would be best to take on joe biden if, indeed he does run, like it looks like he s going to in 2024. the math works better for trump even if it does signify if
neil: we know that gary johnson the former new mexico governor who cannot make headway is looking at an independent run and we know told, donald trump is an independent and there are more disaffected republicans who are saying i will go another route. if they all ran for president next year, wouldn t that just seal it for republicans and zoom them? governor huckabee: very much so. it is not going do take but a few points tilted against the republican nominee and chances are it will be hard to win. people forget in 1992 bill clinton got a bear plurality and if not for ross perot takes voting from bush 41 primarily, same thing you could argue nader took the election away from al gore in 2000, so independent candidates do not have to get 50 percent or 30 percent they can get 5 percent of a vote. neil: depending on the state as with nader in florida you can tip the balance. but having said that, everyone s view, if ron paul should win as