States, 865 delegates with donald trump already holding a commanding lead. No Campaign Events scheduled today. Nikki haley back home in South Carolina also not campaigning today. A Big Decision Pending On Whether or not she wants to stay in the race. Joe biden rolling out some Consumer Protection initiatives and preparing a state of the Union Address for thursday that he hopes will ignite more enthusiasm among the Democratic Base. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Its Super Tuesday. The largest single day voting contest for the republican nomination. Donald trump is on the ballot in all 15 gop races after yesterdays Supreme Court decision declaring that states cannot bar him for allegedly engaging in insurrection on january 6. 865 republican delegates are up for grabs. More than a third of the republican delegates. How they are allocated depends where you live. The biggest prize, california, with 169. Its winner take all. Its a closed primary. The majority of todays
defend our people and hold responsible all those who harm americans. a time, place of our choosing. that began tonight. [background sounds] it not end tonight. concern will not end tonight. neil: stunning images we re getting the first of this morning in the aftermath of those u.s. airstrikes on at least the 85 iran proxy targets in iraq and syria. the white house says the strikes were successful and part of a multitiered campaign. iraq and iran condemning that campaignful we ll talk to top generals on what exactly was hit and the significance of those targets and what may be next. plus, top lawmakers on the house. armed services committee, republican member mike waltz and democratic member adam smith, they re both here. good morning, everyone. happy weekend to you. i m neil cavuto, so glad that you re joining us. we ll give you the latest on this, where it stands and where it s going, first to tel aviv where you ll find our trey yingst. trey. reporter: hey, neil, good morn
arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it s all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump s criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled for march 25th, and in less than two weeks, a hear willing be held to decide if that date holds. according to reporting from the new york times, alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors have been quietly plugging away. last month, it was reported and news breaking just yesterday in a related case that could give bragg a boost. once again, from the new york times. he once said understand weeseleberg knows where all the financial bodies are burr yesterday, and while it does not involve him flipping on
like shareholdings and some other subsidiary companies, those assets are very readily accessible. the issue is that most of the company s assets are onshore in mainland china, they are land, properties the company had 1,200 projects at different stages of development as of 2022. but those assets are going to be tricky to access. in theory, hong kong and mainland have a 2021 arrangement for resolving insolvent companies like evergrande, but in practice what needs to happen is mainland courts will need to recognise this liquidation, but they also need co operation from local governments. i think it will be very tricky. this is just one stage in what is likely to be still quite prolonged process if the off shore creditors wish to get hold of ultimately money which comes from mainland property assets. let s talk to hong bo, professor of financial economics in the school of finance and management at london s soas university. the chinese government is unlikely to allow evergrande
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i