the cbs evening news begins now! good evening. we are live from here in manchester, new hampshire, with just hours until the first in the nation primary. i m norah o donnell. and it is now a two-person race. and today we spoke with nikki haley who is going head-to-head with donald trump. haley is canvassing the great state hoping for an upset tomorrow night but is trailing in the polls. we spoke to her about the former president and the issues including immigration and abortion rights. another major issue in this race, the economy. wall street hit record highs in both the dow and s&p 500. but on main street, it s a different feeling for millions of americans. even the blow of unemployment and growing wages, cbs s tony dokoupil spoke to people who say they are still struggling to make ends meet. but ahead of election day both trump and haley are holding rallies tonight. so let s begin with cbs s caitlin huey-burns who has been out speaking with voters. reporter: nikki
i ll be back with special live coverage of the new hampshire primary. until then, thanks for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, hours away from first votes in new hampshire can nikki haley stop trump s march to the nomination as they re lining up behind the former president, republicans that forgot that they used to hate him. breaking news, israel proposing a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the hostages and the reporter who broke this story is out front and biden scoring a major victory in his border battle with texas. the democratic mayor of denver, he calls his city ground zero for the migrant crisis and why he thinks he has a solution everyone can agree on. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett and the first primary of 2024 at midnight and the first voters of new hampshire get to go in and cast their votes and this is where it will happen in dixville notch. it is the first town to vote in the republican primary thi
[laughter] dana: if you do, i hear it counts for two votes. bret: two votes, all right. thank you bret: good evening. i m bret baier, we are coming to you live from bedford, new hampshire for the second voting and first primary of the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will set the stage tonight for the now two candidate race in tomorrow s primary election in just a moment. first breaking tonight, federal agents can begin removing razor wire southern border in an area texas has taken over. 5-4 decision seen as a big win for the biden administration and comes as texas officials officials are refusing to back down installing new barbed wire fencing in that area. immigration and border patrol officers, the border issues actually were top issues for voters during the iowa caucuses. they are trending issues here new hampshire. bret, the decision that came down just hours ago, really does effect what happens here in shelby park. can i tell you border patrol from what i co
good evening, we are alive from here in manchester, new hampshire, with just hours until the first in the nation primary. i m norah o donnell. and it is now a two-person race. and today we spoke with nikki haley who was going head-to-head with donald trump. hailey is canvassing the great state hoping for an upset tomorrow night but is trailing in the polls. we spoke to her about the former president and the issues including immigration and abortion rights. another major issue in this race, the economy. wall street hit record highs in both the dow and s&p 500. but on mine street, it s a different feeling for millions of americans. even the blow of unemployment in growing wages, cbs s tony to coble spoke to people who say they are still struggling to make ends meet. but ahead of election day both trump and haley are holding rallies tonight. so let s begin with cbs s caitlin huey-burns who has been outspoken with voters. reporter: nikki haley is campaigning across new hampshir
the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new