and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in for christine romans. wee begin with nikki haley, the 2024 presidential contender breaking with former president trump and florida governor ron desantis on a cnn town hall last night. they differentiated herself from her rivals, sometimes, by name, on a number of points including social security and medicare. and january 6. here s haley on ukraine where trump and desantis have avoided clearly backing the country s fight against russian aggression. listen. this is bigger than ukraine. this is a war about freedom. and it s one we have to win. a win for ukraine is a win for all of us. because tyrants tell us exactly what they re going to do. what we heard, china said they were going to take hong kong, they did it. russia said they were going to invade ukraine, we watched that happen. china says taiwan is next, we better believe them. russia says poland and the ballotics are next, if that happens,
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as disney as well. meanwhile, republican candidate nikki haley taking questions from iowa voters at a cnn town hall. coming up the topics like ukraine, crime and abortion coming up ahead. and two warships from the u.s. and china nearly collided in the taiwan strait. what it means as relations between the two country reemain at an all-time low. that s all coming up on cnn this morning and i will see you there. the street
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