politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthy s concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of military appointments over the pentagon s abortion policies. some colleagues are warning the blockade could endanger national security. against that backdrop, a potential government shutdown. the showdown looms and the first presidential caucus of 2024 is just six months away. delaware congresswoman lisa rochester joins me shortly to talk about all of it. plus, the phony war on critical race theory is still raging in state houses. and on school boards across the country one of the intellectual archi
something a more limited escalation from the east. he turned out to be wrong. the u.s. intelligence agencies turned out to be right. i think that s something he s going to have to answer for later in the war. those questions are already bubbling up into ukrainian society. so far they ve left it until after the war to have a reckoning on those questions. the showman, inside the world that shook the world and made a leader out of volodymyr zelenskyy. simon shuster, thank you for coming in this morning. that does it for us. on ana cabrera reports, donald trump back in a new york city courthouse. just moments ago the judge delaying this second e. jean carroll trial. it s on the day trump was possibly going to take the witness stand, now set to happen on the day of the new hampshire primary. the desantis departure. new nbc reporting on the final hours leading up to the end of the florida governor s president campaign. and then there were two. nikki haley finally gets
second trump presidency. the first clips of that will roll out this hour on the lead. and leading this hour, nikki haley has a bit more momentum with ron desantis now out of the race. but are desantis voters willing to back her? or are they going to side with the gop front runner? chris sununu will join us this hour. first we start with kristin holmes in new hampshire where trump is expected to speak tonight. kilie atwood is in salem, new hampshire. a big three days for donald trump. he picked up the endorsements of former competitors, tim scott, ron desantis. what is the trump campaign s message? has trump spoken to desantis since danys dropped out of the race yesterday? yes. that s what we ve been hearing from senior advisers all day. they want the message to be that republicans are coalescing around donald trump. that s what you ll see tonight, when tim scott, vivek ramaswamy take the stage with donald trump. republicans are joining together. these were my opponents. n
new hampshire it is a two-person race for the republican presidential nomination, with less than 24 hours to go before primary day. who stands to benefit most from ron desantis s sudden dropout? we ve got new reporting on why sources close to desantis are calling his now defunct campaign a, quote, failure to launch. back in new york city, donald trump s day upended after his trial is unexpectedly postponed. and in georgia why the d.a. is due in court herself today and how it could affect her case against trump. and we begin this hour with the new hampshire primary, which is less than 24 hours away. there s been a major shake-up in the republican field for the white house in what has now become a two-person showdown between two contenders with far different visions for the future of the party and our country. yesterday florida governor ron desantis suspended his presidential bid and endorsed former president trump. opponents of desantis reacted to the news on the campaign
video coming in of a rogue wave. this wave smashed into a u.s. army base in marshall islands. the man who posted the video says no one was injured. the images are absolutely terrifying. thank you for joining us. ac-360 begins now. tonight, a two person race, but for how much longer with desantis out and haley behind. the question is will new hampshire s first in the nation primary be the last true kmepg for donald trump until november. john talks to voters he spoke with earlier to see if anything has changed their minds all over the map in new hampshire. and breaking news about a possible new cease-fire deal to bring israel s hostages home. that also could let hamas senior leaders out of gaza. it could be the last fire break in the republican party to stop the former president. that or perhaps the final confirmation that the party once again belongs only to him. four hours from now voters in the tiny northern new hampshire town of dixville notch will cast their f