president of the united states engaged himself in one of these investigations, there would be hell to pay. that s true of the obama administration as much as it is true of the trump administration. presidents do not under almost all circumstances get involved in these things. so foreign officials looking at this, are wondering what s going on. is the president telling the truth? can they believe him when he talks about not korean preparations for an icbm or something iran is doing in yemen? this is very serious stuff. i want to read one other thing, speaker ryan telling cnn on thursday, we have not seen any evidence that there was a wiretap or a, is it fisa or fisa that you just said? fisa. court order on somebody in trump tower. so again, this is coming from a republican. who is privy to some of the information. wajaha to you. the hearing on monday is going to cover the broader issue of russia s meddling in last year s
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much more influence of evangelical he voteders. among those voting in the south carolina primary, 64% joy themselves as born again evangelical christians. that is up a bit from four years ago, it was about 60% then. so strong influence tonight from evangelical christians. we didn t have a tea party four years ago but 2010 when the tea party sprung up it was important in the governors elections and other elections across south carolina. 66%, two-thirds of those voting in today s south carolina presidential primary say they support the tea party, 25% neutral on that question, only 8% of voters oppose the tea party so evangelicals, tea party, a conservative electorate in south carolina. only 2% of those voting describe themselves as liberal, 37% say they are very conservative, 32% somewhat conservative. we have a 1re67 more cvery much conservative than iowa. many are men, 53% and 47% women. let s bring it over here for a second to show as the results come in, we ll watch this ar
interesting to see how this plays out. romney will not be with huntsman today here in myrtle beach for this announcement ahead of the debate tonight, kyra. it s interesting. when i had a chance to interview him last week, he said, oh, i have respect for romney. i think he is a great family man. it s really interesting how reporters like you get the inside scoop, and you can t necessarily get it directly from the candidate. meanwhile, huntsman making this announcement just a day after he got an endorsement from the state newspaper, peter. and he sounded so enthusiastic after his third place finish in new hampshire. let s take a listen once again, and i want to ask you about this. here we sit tonight, ladies and gentlemen, with a ticket to ride and to move on. here we go to south carolina! thank you all so very much. thank you. all right. so what changed? and what do you think is next for him? some say this is just a trial run for four years from now. you know, what cha