Carley the first polls are open in vermont on the biggest day of the president ial primary calendar. Next polls open in virginia in an hour, east coast kicks off huge election day. Delegates are up for grabs across 15 states in hunt for 1215 delegates needed to secure the gop nomination. You are watching fox and friends first, im carley shimkus. Todd 5 00 a. M. In vermont, early worm. Ill todd piro. Former President Trump leading nikki haley. On the democratic side, President Biden looks to overcome the pesky line that made its way to todays contest. Carley Madeleine Rivera has the things you need to know, including other big races. Good morning, madi. Madeleine a lot tawatch today. Former President Trump has a big night, he could become the presumptive nominee by middle of this month. He won north dakota with 84 of the vote after scoring major victory on monday prosecute scream court rejected colorado effort to kick him off the ballot. His opponent nikki haley has been crisscrossing t
Biggest day on the president ial primary calendar. The first polls on Super Tuesday in vermont and up in maine with more set to open very soon across the east coast. Brian 15 states are holding races today on the republican side you got 854 delegates up for grab. Thats about 70 of 1215 total delegates needed to secure the nomination. Steve here is the current state of the race, former President Donald Trump is in the lead as you can see right there with 273 delegates after gaining 29 in the north dakota primary just last night. Meanwhile, nikki haley has 43 delegates so far. Be sure to keep it here. Both donald trump and nikki haley will be with us today in the 8 00 hour to discuss the state of the race. Lawrence meanwhile on the democratic side there are seven states with uncommitted options. We will see if President Biden faces a big protest vote like in michigan. All right. Good morning. Welcome to fox friends on this tuesday Super Tuesday morning. Ainsley a big day. As we were sayi
republicans, who are demanding attorney general merrick garland appoint special counsel to investigate the biden family s foreign business dealings. allegations of joe biden taking vibes during his time as vice president is at the center. chuck grassley claims a burisma executive paid biden and his son 5 million each, not directly, remember that nebulous web of entities at the center of this. the executive has voicemails to prove it. the foreign national who allegedly bribed joe and hunter allegedly has audio recordings of conservations with them. 17 such recordings. the recordings were kept as sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got in a tight spot. kayleigh: the white house dismissing the allegations. karine jean-pierre was quick to deflect pressing questions at yesterday s briefing. is the white house aware of recordings of the president speaking to burisma. the president spoke about this at thursday press conference and i will quote him sa
marine veteran will face trial for the chokehold death of jordan neely on a new york city subway train. ashley strohmier is live in the newsroom with the breaking information. ashley? reporter: hi, there. a man who put a new york subway ride in a fatal chokehold will be returning to court. daniel penny will be arraigned following an indictment by a grand jury that he has been out on bond after being initially charged by manhattan prosecutors for manslaughter. in the second degree after the death of jordan neely on may 1st. the grand jury indictment is a procedural step that will allow the criminal case to move forward. penny s attorney maintains the defense that his client believed neely was a threat to himself and passengers. the standard in new york state is not you don t have to wait until someone physically attacks. you don t have to wait until somebody is lying on the ground or worse. the standard is whether a reasonable person in my client s position would have fe
Former President Trump beating President Biden by ten points. Even the Washington Post is calling its own poll an outlier. Senior National Correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with how the panic is now playing out. Kevin good evening. Reporter dont think you predicted that would happen on a monday. Good to be with you my friend. Every single time trace a gop candidate has a good showing in a poll democrats love to remind folks in washington dont forget republicans led the polls heading into the 2022 midterm elections and that was anything but a red wave so its against that backdrop saying dont make more out of an outlier of a poll than you ought. Talking about their own Washington Post poll. But by any measure lets be honest these numbers dont lie and frankly dont look so good if you are the democrats or President Biden. Ask who youd vote for if election were held today, look at that 5142 pummeling. But wait theres more, you like that . Chances are youll like the other polling, do y