the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new
questions to consider if the war between hamas and israel ever ends what should happen the day after the day after? the proposal that prime minister netanyahu is already turning down. and leading this hour the justice department out today with its report on the uvalde massacre detailing a list of failures on may 24, 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman made his way inside robb elementary school. young students and teachers were left trapped in the classroom with the gunman more than han hour after officers arrived on the scene. instead of confronting the gunman the justice department found officers waited and more response and more equipment. instead of storming into the classroom police were waiting around for a set of keys, keys to open a classroom door that probably already unlocked. not to mention the terrified parents left waiting outside for hours wanting to run into the school, told they couldn t, learning little to nothing about the status of their children. just hours
iowa last night. he is, effectively, and incumbent. the incumbent president barely can get 50% of his own base voters? i don t know. i think that s a huge opportunity for america saying, let s move forward with something new. kristen holmes is in atkinson, new hampshire. we are waiting on donald trump to speak. what do we expect to hear following his big victory in iowa? reporter: we are likely to hear him attacking nikki haley. we ve talked a lot about the fact that nikki haley keeps saying this is a two person race, despite the fact she came in third in iowa, but when it comes to new hampshire, donald trump s team does see this as a two person race. it s not the entire primary, but this state, in particular. florida governor ron desantis does not have a ground game here, but trumps advisers have been watching closely as nikki haley s poll numbers have risen. this is a completely different electorate here, and they are aware of that, so expect new attacks on the former
tapper starts now. what are governor nikki haley and ron desantis s plans to derail the trumps trained? the lead starts right now. after a blowout in iowa, next stop, new hampshire as donald trump pushes his competitors to drop out. ron desantis in nikki haley make their next move is vowing to stay in the fight. were going inside the campaign to learn their battle plans and defiance on display and for sale. we will take you to a store in trump country that has trump memorabilia that really has to be seen to be believed. the new round of strikes on the iranian backed. seizes iranian made weapons on their way to arm. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. cue the music. the election jam is underway. a runaway victory for donald trump last night in the iowa republican caucuses. the strongest showing for any nonincumbent in the modern era of the iowa caucuses since the 1970s with trump winning 51% of the vote. that is 10 points higher than the previous record. george
viewers joining us in the united states, and round the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is set to arrive in israel soon as the u.s. presses for a strategy shift from netanyahu. they come from prisons. they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. donald trump doubles down on his controversial comments about immigrants. what it could signal for the rest of the 2024 campaign. and we re live in hong kong as one of the city s most prominent pro-democracy activists goes on trial. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war. but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones and work to drill down on