new york city in court for the first day of the damages trials in e. jean carroll s case against him. this morning all eyes are on new hampshire now after iowa casts the first ballots in the race for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. former president donald trump cruised to victory in the iowa caucuses winning by nearly 30%. and you can see ron desantis came in a distance second, narrowly edging out former u.n. ambassador, nikki haley. and then vivek ramaswamy came in fourth and dropped out of the race. and asa hutchison just announced he was dropping out of the race. 100,000 iowans turned out, much lower than in 2016. so it s now off to new hampshire. great place. we won it last time, and we won it both times, and we love it. the people are great. we thank you for your effort and we thank you for your support. you helped us get a ticket punched out at the hawkeye state. our campaign is the last hope of stopping the biden/trump nightmare. and stev
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
made by didn t reelection. meanwhile a second trump indictment doing nothing to slow down his fight to win back the white house. we won t win bigger and better. is not spy up stopping his rivals one young a political outsider. and the first millennial to ever run for president as a republican. vivek ramaswamy says he can win young voters and pet the government down to size. we have a bureaucracy that becomes so hardened, so toxic can t reform a top, you shut it down. vivek ramaswamy joins us live in his longshot nomination is about to part of the former president. then, secretary blinken that lands in beijing for high-stakes meeting among fraught relations as chinese president xi cozies up to more u.s. business leaders. we have a deep dive on the prospect for diplomacy. plus, florida versus california as the rivalry between governors gavin newsom and ron desantis heats up. you do it to our debate with ron desantis? omega-3 pig rex desantis is turning the tables,
made by didn t reelection. meanwhile a second trump indictment doing nothing to slow down his fight to win back the white house. we won t win bigger and better. is not spy up stopping his rivals one young a political outsider. and the first millennial to ever run for president as a republican. vivek ramaswamy says he can win young voters and pet the government down to size. we have a bureaucracy that becomes so hardened, so toxic can t reform a top, you shut it down. vivek ramaswamy joins us live in his longshot nomination is about to part of the former president. then, secretary blinken that lands in beijing for high-stakes meeting among fraught relations as chinese president xi cozies up to more u.s. business leaders. we have a deep dive on the prospect for diplomacy. plus, florida versus california as the rivalry between governors gavin newsom and ron desantis heats up. you do it to our debate with ron desantis? omega-3 pig rex desantis is turning the tables,
. happening now. there s majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news and the race of the republican nomination. he s got details on the major developments that are unfolding. exactly, omar, what are we expected to hear directly from chris christie in the coming minutes? yeah, wol