welcome to a second hour of ayman. we are following the breaking news the man once heralded does the future of the republican party, the self styled air to trumpism, has ended his bid for the presidency of the united states. he suspended his campaign today, bringing a close to perhaps the single most cringeworthy, disastrous gop primary showing in modern political history. the announcement comes two days before voters head to the polls in new hampshire where he was projected to finish far behind both former president donald trump and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley. as a final sign of disrespect to his supporters, desantis chose not to break the news on the stump, surrounded by the people who spent months trying to keep his campaign alive, instead, he ended his never back down campaign on acts, and then immediately, shamelessly, endorsed donald trump. yes, these same donald trump who spent much of the past year mocking, denigrating, and humiliating ron desantis. we re
we have major breaking news this hour, florida governor ron desantis, the man once hailed as the future of the republican party, the so-called heir apparent to the maga movement. bowing out of the race for president. he suspends his campaign a short time ago, bringing an end to one of the most embarrassing and disastrous gop primary showings in modern american political history, the move comes two days before new hampshire s primary contest, where he was projected to finish while behind both former president, donald trump, and former u. n. he opted not to break the news on this stump before his supporters that worked for weeks to keep his campaign alive one way or another. instead, he ended his never back down campaign, that s what it s called on twitter, and through his support behind the man he has spent so many years working to emulate. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i ca
hampshire s primary contest, where he was projected to finish while behind both former president, donald trump, and former u.n. he opted not to break the news on this stump before his supporters that worked for weeks to keep his campaign alive one way or another. instead, he ended his never back down campaign, that s what it s called on twitter, and through his support behind the man he has spent so many years working to emulate. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources, we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden, that is clear. i signed a pledge to support the republican nominee, i will honor that pledge. it s my endorsement because we can t go back to the old republican guard of yesteryear, are re-package form of corpor
in for ari melber. trump questioned by the attorney general s office for seven hours. transcripts of the deposition were released last year, but this is the first time we re able to watch the exchanges play out on video. headline-making moments like this when trump is asked about his role within the company since becoming president. i d rarely have anything to do with anything having to do with the company. i really wasn t interested, believe it or not. i was interested in solving the problem with north korea, which was ready to blow up. i considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives. i think you would have had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with north korea. i think you would have had a nuclear war if i weren t elected. attorney general letitia james claiming trump and his namesake organization inflated assets by billions of dollars, seeking over $350 million in damages. averdict is expected in the coming weeks. this case could effe
come again. -sorry, what was that? introducing the next generation 10g network only from xfinity. hello i m alicia menendez the future starts now. with ali meridian thank you for joining our coverage as the world watches a crisis unfold in russia it has been a while 24 hours testing vladimir putin s hold on power. the kremlin now protecting the world and it reached a deal with the leader of a mercenary group that has gone rogue. prigozhin the leader of the mercenary group ordered his forces to return to their bases abandoning an armed rebellion that had them heading towards moscow the new video showing prigozhin greeted with cheers as he left the city of hours ago. that is where he had taken control of the key russian military facility an act of retaliation after russia s military launched a missile strike on wagner group camps, the kremlin has said that prigozhin would quote go to belarus and wagner soldiers would not be prosecuted, nbc news has not independently confi