when you win iowa and you win new hampshire, they ve never had a loss. we are not going to be the first, i can tell you. mike: for president trump tightens his grip on the republican nomination, a solid victory in new hampshire s primary bolstering the likelihood of a rematch between president biden later this year. but mr. trump s g.o.p. rival making it clear she is far from throwing in the towel. at one point in this campaign there were 14 of us running. and we were at 2% in the polls. well, i m a fighter. [cheers and applause] and i m scrappy. and now we are the last ones standing next to donald trump. [cheers and applause] mike: hello. i m mike emanuel. gillian, great to be working with you. gillian: and i m gillian turner in washington. continuing special coverage, the first in the nation presidential primary. nikki haley, donald trump duked it out in today s showdown, but in the end you might have noticed it was not even close despite putting a lot of time and
tough on russia, which we can talk more about. but there is this incredible disnance between trump s own words, attitudes and actions and some of the things his administration is doing and it s very strange. to one point. you think about the western world, nato allies and others, are trying to present a united front against vladimir putin because of what he did on british soil and so the president then gets on the phone with putin, hey, maybe you should come over to the white house and see me. the president is, whatever his motivations are and there are obviously we all have theories about that. the bottom line is that is going to become public and it is going to allow putin and the russian s to do what they ve done, which is to try to drive a giant wedge between donald trump, the alleged leader of the free world and the rest of the free world. he s giving them weapons to wage a public a fight of public diplomacy where the russians can say, well, the west is allied against us.
for our national anthem, for our flag, for our country we have to do it. that has more than 3 million mesh citizens in puerto rico are desperately trying to survive the aftermath of hurricane maria. we ll discuss that but first i want to get to ed martin, mike dyson, both books are on my desk, i have read michaels i ll get to your s ed. the president is using the nfl controversy to drive a giant wedge in our country. he s playing to his base but what cost is that. his base is file and base. the fact is he could do us all a favor as a nation by galvanizing us but using his bully pulpit to bring us together. let me tell whou disrespects the flag, a man who stands up and lies daily a man who would get
disrespecting our national anthem our flag our country and that s what they re doing in my opinion the nfl has to change or their business is going to go to hell. we have to respect our national anthem. we have to respect our country. and they re not respecting our country and most importantly the fans agree with me. largely the fans agree. we have to show total respect for our national anthem for our flag for our country, have to do it. that after purity oat ricans desperately try . p. why aren t puerto ricans getting the help they need. that in a moment. first i want to talk with our guests authors both books on my desk thank you for joining us. michael, the president is continuing to use nfl controversy to drive a giant wedge in our country.
christmas tank top. i m going to find one for you. i m going to find one. it is warm now across the northeast. we are in the 60s in new york. 70s down across the gulf coast. 70s even in virginia beach. 78 there with sunshine everywhere. i want to take you, though, to some video that we just brought in. haven t seen this before on tv. this is just new to us. surveillance video when the storm when the tornado was rolling through holly springs. this is what s called a wedge tornado. like a giant wedge of cheese, but if you cut the bottom off, the bottom of the wedge is on the ground. dramatic video here. at least what we know of, 157-mile-per-hour tornado on the ground at this point. the weather service says at least. they re still out there looking. now, we don t talk about wind speeds really and ef scales and all that when it comes to just blowing things down.