welcome to the republican rorschach primary. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. people are reading into the results so far whatever they re wishing for. first there are the never tr trumpers. they say he is essentially running as an incumbent, and still 49% of the voters in iowa, they didn t want him. speaking of iowa, the turnout was abysmal. a little over 110,000 participated, accounting for just under 15% of the state s 752,000 registered republicans. do you know that trump only received a little over 56,000 votes? iowa, iowa is lily white. it is unrepresentative of the country at large. we are a diverse nation of over 335 million, a small number of iowa voters should not determine our destiny. besides, the iowa field, it was still too crowded. when nikki haley finally got him one-on-one in new hampshire she was able to keep it close and received about 43% of the vote. worse for trump, the independents in new hampshire supported haley in huge numbers, showing that tru
registered republicans. do you know that trump only received a little over 56,000 votes? and iowa, iowa is lily white. it s unrepresentative of the country at large. we re a diverse nation of over 335 million, a small number of iowa voters should not determine our destiny. and besides, the iowa field was still too crowded. when nikki haley finally got him one-on-one in new hampshire, she was able to keep it close and received about 43% of the vote. and worse for trump the independents in new hampshire supported haley in huge numbers showing that trump could never win a general election, so why should haley drop out? candidates only drop out when they run out of money and nikki has the money. she s raised 2.6 million since the new hampshire primary, and the super pac backing haley raised 50.1 million in the last signature months, that s about 5 million more than the pac backing trump. and don t forget. he s four times indicted, anything can happen. after all, just yesterday a
Word with lawrence odonnell. So tuesday who will the National Security advisor be . Will john bolton get the ethics clearance and take the job or will h. R. Mcmaster sit there until bolton clears or never clears . Whats next . If it were any job other than National Security advisor or any potential conflicts other than hey, maybe youre in the middle of the mueller counterintelligence investigation you might expect they clear whoever it is through. I think the prospect you have a counterintelligence problem for two of your three National Security advisor while the flynn one is still resonating. Flynn is still awaiting sentencing. I think the john bolton situation is a real question. Well see. And theres always the possibility of a pardon discussion in the white house for Donald Trumps first National Security advisor, and would the current National Security advisor be part of that discussion . Yeah. The things to imagine. And who clears the security clearance . Thank you, rachel. Thank y
Robert muellers investigation there are going to be a lot of dramatic scenes in airports and different airports. It seems that Robert Muellers fbi agents are doing a lot of their work in american airports. They secretly arrested George Papadopoulos when he got off a plane at washington dulles airport. And tonight New York Times is reporting that agents stopped joel zamel at Washington International airport and briefly seized his electronic devices. Theyre also reporting tonight that fbi agents stopped a Russian Oligarch at a new york area airport, questioned him about his dealings with mr. Trump and seized his e electronics, according to a person familiar with the matter. And ted mallic was stopped at Logan Airport at boston when he returned from an international trip. They took his electronics and questioned him about roger stone and wikileaks. And george nader was stopped in january. Nader is emerging as a more and more complex figure with connections from the United Arab Emirates to