11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. right now in new york city, former president donald trump inside the courtroom at closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial. just hours after police responded to a bomb threat at the judge s home. meanwhile, on the campaign trail, nikki haley and ron desantis traded insults during last night s gop debate in the battle for second place. you re invisible in new hampshire. you re invisible in south carolina. you re in fifth place. she s got this problem with ballistic podiatry, shooting herself in the foot every other day. this as chris christie is caught on a hot mic talking about haley and desantis right before he dropped out of the race. and in california, presidential son hunter biden is due to face tax charges in court this afternoon, a day after his surprise appearance on capitol hill. and we begin with breaking news from new york city, where cloing arguments are under way in former presiden
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republicans, independents, more than 40% in 2016 and, remember, 2016 there was a democratic race, a republican race, independents chose between the two of them. this time around, there is only a competitive republican race. i think you can expect that independent number to be higher this time. on the republican side. it is the only show in town, so to speak. moderates, twice as many moderates in the republican primary pool in new hampshire than in iowa. you add this mix together and you look at the groups that haley has been doing best with, which is independents, which is nonrepublicans, which is republicans who don t like donald trump. she s going to make up have a lot more fertile ground in new hampshire than she is going to have in iowa. the problem for nikki haley, though, is this mix we re looking at right here is almost unique to new hampshire. there are states that are closed republican primaries you have zero percent participants. and where independents can vote, they rarely
so, winning in new hampshire for haley, they would love any win they can get and let s see if they can do that. but the real challenge for her even if she does is showing that she can be competitive and win states that don t look like new hampshire that look a lot more like iowa, because nationally, a lot more republican contests are going to look like iowa than look like new hampshire. steve kornacki, thank you so very much. appreciate it. you got it. up next, hunter biden heads to court later today to face federal tax charges. what his lawyers say is the only reason he s being targeted. we re also keeping our eyes on new york city, where lawyers are giving closing arguments and donald trump s civil fraud trial. we ll get fresh reporting on what is happening inside next. hn what is happening inside next. with nurtec odt, i can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks, all in one. don t take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days aft
people who are attacked can t leave the country. they can t find a safe space. and now it is playing out in an international criminal court at the hague. so, we will see how it goes, but it is getting a lot of attention in this country, and there is quite a bit of shock and disbelief and a feeling of isolation among israelis who feel that people around the world don t understand their perspective, don t understand why they are going after hamas and why they believe that they need to continue going after hamas until the group is removed from power. richard engel in jerusalem, thank you so much, appreciate it. up next, we re going go back to our top story, closing arguments currently under way in former president trump s civil trial. plus, now that chris christie is out of the presidential race, will he consider supporting joe biden? you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. i could ve waited to tell my doctor my heart w