desantis has dropped his bid for the gop presidential nomination. desantis made the announcement on social media, the social media platform, ex, hours ago, he since endorsed donald trump for the nomination over nikki haley, who says this is now, quote, a two-person race. we re going to dive deep tonight into what this departure really means for the race. the cultural wars gripping our country right now that desantis was a major figure in, standing by tonight we will talk with to florida former congressman, congresspeople, one democrat and one republican. and we ll hear from up bishop of one of the major churches in florida, who s been on the frontlines fighting desantis on the so-called war on woke, and what desantis coming home will mean to blacks in that state and the ramifications nationwide. we have a lot for you right on the ground to dig into what this means. but first, from manchester, new hampshire, is msnbc shaquille brewster, shaq, can you recap what happened to
who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
but the iowa caucus. the caucus does not always accurately predict how the story will end. the political graveyard is full of folks when i was but did not go on to win the nomination. nevertheless, windy is almost always better than hot and pulling indicate former president trump as the overwhelming favorite. the polls right? if anyone will emerges top calendar, a poor showing persuade any candidate exit left or right. joining us now is the host of the story and% will turn to for debates and town halls on election coverage martha who may have to pay taxes and iowa because she s been there for weeks and weeks and weeks and jessica tarlov, cohost of the five and wakes up every morning knowing she s going to be outnumbered even though that s not the name of the show, she s going to be outnumbered, 5:00 eastern time and more than hold her own, thank you both for joining us. former president trump has done zero debates, he did a townhome with you this week but as much as we like t
but the iowa caucus. the caucus does not always accurately predict how the story will end. the political graveyard is full of folks when i was but did not go on to win the nomination. nevertheless, windy is almost always better than hot and pulling indicate former president trump as the overwhelming favorite. the polls right? if anyone will emerges top calendar, a poor showing persuade any candidate exit left or right. joining us now is the host of the story and% will turn to for debates and town halls on election coverage martha who may have to pay taxes and iowa because she s been there for weeks and weeks and weeks and jessica tarlov, cohost of the five and wakes up every morning knowing she s going to be outnumbered even though that s not the name of the show, she s going to be outnumbered, 5:00 eastern time and more than hold her own, thank you both for joining us. former president trump has done zero debates, he did a townhome with you this week but as much as we like t