Good well organized operation. They did not take this for granted. 2016 Donald Trump did not have a Ground Game and now he does. Desantis have knocked on Hundreds Of Thousands of doors, a lot of doors. Move to Nikki Haley and she only had one staffer on the ground in summer and fall. One staffer. She gets endorsement of americans for Prosperity And Builtin network of staffers and people who know iowa. Harris is that about money . Kayleigh could be. She has had worst of the Ground Games and least enthusiastic supporters, but has momentum going into new hampshire. Harris her rise sounds like coincided with her desire to be
by maine s secretary of state, as biased, saying she had no legal authority to bar him from running. in two unprecedented decisions, maine and colorado had taken the former president off the ballot, citing the 14th amendment, which blocks anyone who swore an oath to the constitution and engaged in an insurrection or rebellion from holding office. but trump s lawyers tonight arguing the insurrection clause bars people from holding specified offices, not from running for them or being elected to them. insisting the secretary wrongfully denied president trump a place on the republican primary ballot. with just 13 days until the first contest, trump still holds a commanding lead in iowa, more than 30 points ahead of his rivals. florida governor ron desantis is going all-in on iowa, visiting all 99 counties. are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so we win the iowa caucus? reporter: but he s losing ground to nikki haley, who is gaining momentum. only trump, haley, and
you can see an officer pointing his gun through the window before a gunshot is heard and the car takes off and crashes. the officer accused of shooting the teen has been detained on suspicion of culpable homicide. two passengers were in the car at the time of the shooting. one fled while the other was arrested and later released. the shooting is triggered violent protests, cars and trash cans set on fire, bus stops destroyed. demonstrators also set off fireworks near the police station. riot police used tear gas to break up protesters and about 31 people have been arrested. trump and desantis have held dueling events in new hampshire and didn t take long for the jabs. he s holding an event right now to compete with us. there s only one problem, nobody showed up. just a little preview of what s to come as the republican field takes shape. and first, house speaker kevin mccarthy questioned whether trump was a, quote, strong enough candidate, then he backtracked quickly.
and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in for christine romans. wee begin with nikki haley, the 2024 presidential contender breaking with former president trump and florida governor ron desantis on a cnn town hall last night. they differentiated herself from her rivals, sometimes, by name, on a number of points including social security and medicare. and january 6. here s haley on ukraine where trump and desantis have avoided clearly backing the country s fight against russian aggression. listen. this is bigger than ukraine. this is a war about freedom. and it s one we have to win. a win for ukraine is a win for all of us. because tyrants tell us exactly what they re going to do. what we heard, china said they were going to take hong kong, they did it. russia said they were going to invade ukraine, we watched that happen. china says taiwan is next, we
don t know, the corporate world thinks. and so they don t try to make that argument and convince people. trump did. and we re going to and i think in a different way, youngkin and desantis have had a lot of success in doing that. i don t think it s too early at all. i think these three candidates should get in and we should have a debate. the only my only worry, laura, is i think all of the candidates should pledge to support the nominee because there s going to be no margin of error when you re dealing with the type of money the democrats have and the institutional support. and we know what they re going to do, they re not going to support the border or anything else they re going to cry racism and they re cutting social security and that s all they re going to do and that s effective if you control the echo chamber in the united states. laura: charlie i think victor raises a very important point because i really believe people like hogan and baker, liberal republican governors,