erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, donald trump making his case in court and not ruling out violence if his case is moved ahead. the former trump white house lawyer ty cobb is out front. and federal investigators looking for four bolts crucial to securing the door plug that blew off that alaska airlines plane. but were they ever on the door in the first place? it s an incredible question. we go inside the investigation as boeing calls an all emergency staff meeting. and the pentagon filing revealing what sent defense chief lloyd austin to the hospital twice even as his own deputy was in the dark. will the explanation be enough to save his job or make it worse? let s go out front. reporter: and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight trump threatening chaos. the former president warning today if his prosecution continues, very bad things will happen. i think they feel this is a way they re going to try and win, and that s not the way it
than any of the other voting states. what we see among republicans, in fact, nikki haley is still well behind donald trump. but if you look among independents, look at that she s up by 35 points. she s down by 23 points among republicans. and i will point out, erin, this sort of way of doing things, winning independents in new hampshire has worked before for a number of folks who went onto win new hampshire. so if you look back in 1984 you saw gary hart, he was able to win because of independents. he outperformed democrats by 22 points. john mccain outperformed what he did among republicans by 7 points among independents. so the fact is using independents in new hampshire, it does help to fuel a victory there. right, as you point out when you showed gary hart, you showed john mccain who did go onto win. in iowa out there last week you can register as a republican up until caucus day to vote, but you ve got to register and be a republican. obviously new hampshire it is extremely diffe