. happening now. there s majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news and the race of the republican nomination. he s got details on the major developments that are unfolding. exactly, omar, what are we expected to hear directly from chris christie in the coming minutes? yeah, wol
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knew i had the nd difference to the happy ending, know they asked me to run for governor a couple of times in california earlier time. remember, say, where do you want me? but we need a man who can finances. oh, campaign so yeah. who has a credibility, notoriety, who, who is well-known around the rounds, everything and i remember say, you sure you re not looking for a kamikaze pilots. i said, i don t think so. so you and biden are about the same age would do do you think? are you one of those people who wished he had about out? let the let the field choose somebody else. how do you how do you think about that well, i think i think that i walk a little similar to him and the people that i ve talked to everybody that i have say he is a attack he s fired. we all have an issue of memories as we get older, we forget names. something he s
i ve seen in polls in new hampshire which clearly show that among chris christie supporters, nikki haley is their second choice. so presumably, this could very much help nikki haley in the contest. van jones, i m anxious to get your thoughts. christie has tried to damage donald trump in this race. do you think he was able to accomplish that? doesn t look like it if you look at his numbers and trump s numbers. this was a kamikaze mission and kamikaze pilots don t tend to survive. there is a thesis here that someone has to take on donald trump. how can you defeat donald trump if you don t take him on frontally. some of the candidates say how can you defeat him if you take him on frontally. chris christie had that thesis and he did it at his own personal peril in that it would have been easy to do what other