donald trump, refusing to say unequivocally that if he s reelected, he would not abuse power. so how will his republican rivals respond on the debate stage tonight. with weeks to go before iowa, will they finally go after the front runner, especially with trump skipping out again. while the former president looks ahead to 2024, prosecutors in fulton county, georgia are still looking to hold him accountable for the chaos that followed the 2020 election. a new key witness has been added to the list. his former vice president, mike pence, cnn s exclusive details are straightahead. new audio of freed israeli hostages confronting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a private meeting. we will tell you why they are venting their frustration at the israeli government. following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. tonight for republican presidential hopefuls will face off in another primary debate, florida governor desantis, f
good evening, thank you for joining us. we ll be here with cnn s chief dana bash, citing tonight s third republican presidential debate. that is just wrapped up. anderson, i m gonna be speaking tonight with some of the candidates who just finished here on the debate stage minus, of course, the former president. the faraway front runner who has not attended any of these debates. he s competing instead and an event nearby. just five candidates this time, in a few moments, we ll hear what voters in iowa watch from cnn s gary tuchman made of what they saw. two candidates, florida governor ron desantis and former u. n. ambassador nikki haley with the two closest in the polls for the president. so many eyes were on them, including this exchange they got into with over china. then we will go in and all formal trade relations with china, base they start murdering americans for fentanyl. something they s have yet to say they will do. then we modernize our military. when
hate crimes were touched on as well. meanwhile, former president trump posted his own eventin president trump posted his own event in south florida just a few miles away from the debate. he accused democrats of weaponising law enforcement against his campaign. he also highlighted his support among voters in some key swing states in those numbers coming out on some recent polling data. speaking to the miami area crowd, it riveted his polling leads to what he called surging support among hispanics, african americans and young people. let s go live now to helena humphreys. she is standing by live at the debate there in miami, and, helena, it hasjust wrapped up there in miami, and, helena, it has just wrapped up for that which candidates seemed to stand out on stage tonight? i think it is fair to say that the candidates to stand out were the trio that we saw standout back in california as well. that is ron desantis, a man here on home turf, and a more provocative candidate, i thi
but his focus will be, his fraud trial in new york where his eldest daughter ivanka is this hour on the stand, as a witness. good evening, donald trump is the runaway favourite for the republican nomination, his gamble not to debate the other candidates is paying off. the field is certainly getting smaller. just five candidates met the republican national committee s qualifying rules for tonight final debate in miami, the former south carolina gov. nikki haley, florida gov. ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, us sen tim scott and the former newjersey gov. chris christie. of course donald trump does meet the polling and fundraising thresholds. but he has not met the qualifying standards specifically the one that requires each candidate to pledge they will support whoever wins the nomination. trump has flat out refused to sign that. and tonight some of the usual counter programming, the president will be on stage 30 minutes away from miami in hiya lea, speaking to a cr
the voters have spoken. the message they are sending now today to republicans and democrats alike after last night s big election. it is debate day in america. donald trump is skipping, but the five candidates who are showing up, they are already planning sharper attacks. which candidate absolutely needs a knockout punch? and michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib censured over her comments about israel, how she s responding to the rare and stunning rebuke. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. forget reading the tea leaves anymore, forget analyzing polling data. this morning we have new and concrete data from the voters themselves who went to the polls in multiple states. democrats appear to be breathing a sigh of relief, republicans maybe some of them left scratching their heads about what this means today. one issue that voters seem to speak with a loud voice on yesterday is abortion rights. an increasingly conservative ohio