trumpers. are we really going to say we re okay having our options two 80-year-olds that run for president? i m not being disrespectful. i m saying we need somebody with eight years. they can t do that. donald trump and nikki haley each making their final pitches to voters in new hampshire before the first primary in the race for the republican nomination. that is tonight. we ll have more from both candidates straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill there are signs that a bipartisan deal on border security and foreign aid is now headed in the right direction. we ll go through those new developments. plus a proposal that could bring temporary peace to gaza. we ll have that latest on that offer from israel. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the day of the new hampshire primary. and donald trump made his final pitch to new hampshire voters last night in the city of luconia.
want polls to telegraph what they ll do. more often than no, some of those polls don t remotely turn out to match the actual vote. so when we have had a chance to go out and talk to people here, they say the same thing. don t tell me how i m going to vote. they look at trends and events that can change often hour by hour let alone day by day. in this state, where it s all on the line, they greatly take pride in knowing that they are the first primary state in the nation. they plan to take full advantage of that and keep the rest of us guessing. yeah, i support trump. i m an accountant. nikki says she wants an accountant in the white house. it s a good idea. not her. right now we have the highest level of enthusiasm that anybody has seen ever. more people need to vote. neil: do you have a candidate yourself? do i? yes. for now. i m supporting nikki haley. get out tomorrow, take five friends with you. if you do that, chris said he s bringing good weather. we ll have
hey, they re everyone. welcome to alex witt reports. it is one pm in the, east area west. we are beginning with a live look at new hampshire. that is where the temperature is that seven degrees, as we count down the first in the nation presidential primary. candidates are out and about in the granite state, they are making their cases to a notoriously independent minded electorate. what decision day now two days away, ron desantis plans to return to new hampshire today. donald trump spoke at a rally in manchester last nights, and about his wide range of topics, celebrating authoritarian leadership. the great man, great leader and europe, victor war bonnet, is the, he s the prime minister of hungary. he s a great leader. very strong man. some people don t like it because he s too strong. it s nice to have a strongman running a country. meanwhile, nikki haley today as we directly engagi with voters and get a momentum in the state. she picked up the endorsement of the cons
i m christine romans in today for alex. it is two pm on the east coast. 11 am out west. we begin this hour with campaign bus lighting at new hampshire. we countdown to tuesday s first-in-the-nation primary. closing arguments are underway with mikaelyan donald trump making their pitches in person to voters in the granite state. while ron desantis has turned his gaze south campaigning in south carolina today. on the democratic side, supporters of president joe biden are staging a write in campaign over a fallout over the first democratic primary left him off the ballot there. today biden s challenge is congressman dean phillips and author are out there stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. you can see new hampshire primary voters favoring ticking haley as the republican candidate who do best head to head against president biden. trump is widely expected to win the republican primary on tuesday. l spk a name rally in manchester tonight. meanwh
insults in the final stretch of the primary. the question is, where is ron desantis? also tonight, falling on deaf ears. why wall-to-wall coverage of trump s authoritarian rhetoric is not hitting home with his most die hard supporters. and then, versus now. nikki haley says the united states has never been a racist country. it is a statement that is hard to swallow for many reasons, including the very action that rose nikki haley to political fame. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s do it. it is time for closing arguments in new hampshire, with just three days until the first primary contest of the 2024 season, donald trump, nikki haley are making their cases to voters in the granite state. just hours ago, former 2024 gop rival ex arkansas governor asa hutchins and made his preference for today s primary clear, throwing his support behind haley. hutchinson s praise for the former south carolina governor comes as the gloves finally appear to be coming off between her and her fo