welcome to the beach weekend. i m ari melber. let s get right into the headlines. in the political world, is adjusting swiftly to the republican results out of iowa, which showed trump in the league. as we were covering that night with rachel. but half of that red electorate open to alternatives. the top two alternatives, which are two individuals separated by just under 3000 votes in iowa, are squaring off, there are high stakes in new hampshire. this is the more moderate, independent state that could favor haley. it s voters also will look more like the november electorate than the nominee, whoever the republicans ultimately pick, will have to face. new tonight, desantis is not campaigning in new hampshire right now, having given up on the moderate-leaning states, giving the quote, abysmal poll numbers for the new york times. and while it is january, we must remember the rest of the last political parts of the nation are probably a little bit exhaust at the thought
the cbs news polling finds 48% of likely gop voters in iowa consider themselves maga voters which is why donald trump so easily dominated last night s contest. but only 33% of gop likely voters here in new hampshire say the same, giving haley a real shot at an upset in this state. but it is only a shot. new hampshire voters are notoriously last minute deciders, making polling something of a crap shoot here. last night, i went to yankee lanes in manchester for monday league play to ask some granite staters who they re going to pick next tuesday. as you ll see, it s not exactly easy to pin them down. so you ve already decided. does the name begin with t? it very well could. and it night not. does it start with h and end with y? i m not good with letters. does it start with none of your business, stop asking me questions? there it is. that is it. what are you going to do on tuesday? i m not even sure, to be honest. really? do you like nikki haley? she s all r
who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
than half of the republican members of congress and before all the votes were even counted in iowa on monday night, at least at least a fair, nick the gop house conference, there was already calling for the other candidates to drop out. this weekend, she is in new hampshire campaigning on the former president s behalf and maybe auditioning to be his running mate. also at a rally last night, trump received a key endorsement for one of his former 2024 opponents, the south carolina senator tim scott, who was ironically appointed to his position by then south carolina governor nikki haley. as was the case in 2016, virtually the entire gop is falling in line behind trump. nearly two thirds of iowa republicans say that they believe he would still be fit to be president even if he is fit committed of a crime. a similar responded that believe president biden legitimately run the 2020 election. a sign that trump s baseless big lie continues to have a hold on the gop. the response
symone sanders-townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. americans are finally feeling better about the economy and they are starting to credit president biden. rod chopra, the director of the consumer financial protection bureau is here in studio. plus, the national security council john kirby on the growing unrest in the middle east, president biden s latest call with netanyahu. and new developments in the fight to remove donald trump from the ballot, mark lance joins us to grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin in new hampshire, where the first votes will be cast in the republican primary in just 40 hours. nikki haley is now belatedly taking aim at donald trump openly questioning whether who s mentally fit to serve as president. hey these comments come after trump seemed to confuse her with nancy pelosi at a recent rally. they re saying he got confused, they re saying that he was talking about something els