continued drum beat ending their support for the candidate. look at the gallery on your screen. this comes after a stunning video revealed trump in 2005 casually talking about sexual assault. now trump has apologized, but trump s own running mate refuses to defend him. senator john mccain says he will write in a candidate for president. former republican secretary of state condoleezza rice says enough. donald trump should not be president. he should withdraw. that s easier said than done. meantime, hillary clinton is planning her attack on donald trump. more than 80 million people are expected to tune in tonight. debate number two capping off one of the most extraordinary weekends in american political history. as his party spirals, donald trump is refusing to back down. joining me now here outside tonight s debate venue is cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty. sunlen, what we saw from donald
to defend him. senator john mccain says that he ll write in a dant for president. former republican secretary of state condoleezza rice says enough. donald trump should not be president. he should withdraw. but that s easier said than done. meantime, excuse me, hillary clinton is planning her approach to trump s remarks and personal attacks that he may lob at her tonight. more than 80 million, again, are expected to tune in to the debate capping off one of the most extraordinary weekends in american political history. now as his party spirals, donald trump is refusing to back down. joining me now outside the debate tonight, the debate venue is cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty. sunlen, good morning to you. . reporter: good morning to you, victor. chaos is the perfect way to describe what is going on right now. you have the republican nominee under 30 days to election day having members of his own party revoking their endorsements of
the time he allegedly made fun of a physically disabled reporter. and when anybody, anybody, disparages people with disabilities, it sets me off. that s why i called him a jerk. what kind of a person would you want to have in the presidency that does that? at what point do we say enough of this? not sure if trump is even listening to bush at this point. the newest monmouth university poll out this week shows 32% of republican voters are supporting trump in that early primary state of new hampshire. jeb bush, bit further down that list with just 4% of republican voter support. live right now to tonight s debate venue in north charleston, south carolina. sara, i want to go straight to another battle that just came out of nowhere and that is republican governor nikki haley
nothing standard about a day when 640,000-plus kids are told that it is too dangerous to come to your school today. that is the reality, folks. we will have more on this story in a moment, and live from the republican debate venue in vegas, and we will give you the update on what is happening as those candidates are getting ready to join us here at the venetian hotel. quick break after this. try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don t taste chalky. mmm.amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you re doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms
during the recession of 2001 through 2003 when 91% of our state budget was basically three things, educate, medicate and incarcerate, we ended up cutting 11% out of the state budget through that recession so we didn t have to go in and raise a bunch of taxes and there were people who thought we should. so it s just not accurate to say that nobody else up here has ever cut i want to respond to that, mike, with all due respect i admire your social views and share many of those views. your record as governor tells a different story. wanting to cut is one thing, actually cutting is a different thing. facts don t lie. that s bobby jindal and mike huckabee in a sharp exchange tonight. the leading republican candidates facing off in their fourth debates. the undercard he it bait wrapped up a short time ago. they shared the stage for that. dana bash is at the debate venue joins us now as we await the start of this next debate, the main debate.