[national anthem] if. [national anthem] [national anthem] rachel we begin this morning with a Fox News Alert and and a sad one at that. Three people are now dead and one person is hurt after a National Guard helicopter crashed in texas. Near our southern border yesterday. Pete two National Guard soldiers and one Border Patrol agent were killed. Thats according to military officials. A third sold isier onboard the helicopter is in critical condition. Officials have not yet released the names. Will fox news are now learning Cartel Members were watching with their drone, hen they zoomed in to the crash site and laughed about it. Officials are investigating what caused the crash. Lets bring in chris cabrera, Vice President of the national Border Patrol council and Border Patrol agent in the rio grande valley. Chris, we appreciate you being with us this morning. Our thoughts and our prayers are with you and your with, your members there at the Border Patrol. I know one of those was involved
It is the biggest night yet in the president ial race with a slew of contact that will likely push donald trump to the brink of clinching the gop nomination. We are tracking every single vote, including in North Carolina, where right now people are lined up to cast ballots on this pivotal night in the fight for the white house. Welcome to cnns lives Super Tuesday coverage. Im erin burnett in new york, and im jake tapper in washington were less than an hour away from the first major round of Poll Closings and the first results on this historymaking normshattering primary night, donald trump, former president , now a criminal defendant four times over hopes to continue his extraordinary winning streak. And the night very close to locking up his third republican president ial nomination. Thats possible because the race for the white house is Going National tonight with 16 States Holding contests and a whopping total of 865 delegates at stake for the republicans. Thats more than onethird o
call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
happened the justice department and the fbi failed to follow the law. the establishment beloved miller report was on honest investigation but a partisan cover-up. we now know hillary clinton herself cooked up the entire phony russia collision narrati narrative. july 2016 she approved it as a distraction from her own rotten scandals for special counsel during referring to her scheme as the clinton plan. russian intelligence believing the clinton plan name to type truck to putin and the russian hack of the dmc. we also now know msnbc brazenly dishonest and insufferably pompous appointment then cia director brendan brief to present obama and vice president biden along with an attorney lynch and other officials about the clinton campaign s antidemocratic plot. not one of them said or did the slightest thing about it. allow it this massive scandal to unfold because it suited their partisan interests. yet, the exact people drowned on endlessly with their lectures about protecting o
happened the justice department and the fbi failed to follow the law. the establishment beloved miller report was on honest investigation but a partisan cover-up. we now know hillary clinton herself cooked up the entire phony russia collision narr narrative. july 2016 she approved it as a distraction from her own rotten scandals for special counsel during referring to her scheme as the clinton plan. russian intelligence believing the clinton plan name to type truck to putin and the russian hack of the dmc. we also now know msnbc brazenly dishonest and insufferably pompous appointment then cia director brendan brief to present obama and vice president biden along with an attorney lynch and other officials about the clinton campaign s antidemocratic plot. not one of them said or did the slightest thing about it. allow it this massive scandal to unfold because it suited their partisan interests. yet, the exact people drowned on endlessly with their lectures about protecting our