from the floods. and now the new storm set to move in. first tonight, the breaking news just in. chris christie out of the race, five days before the first voting in iowa. tonight, what christie said about his decision, and the most important issue for anyone running for president, he says. and that hot mic moment, right beforehand, what he said about nikki haley. rachel scott in iowa. the search and rescue, the deadly avalanche in california. skiers buried in the snow. search teams battling heavy snow, brutal cold, and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour to find the victims. the images coming in tonight. in the northeast, the flood emergency playing out. high water rescues. a potential dam breach forcing evacuations. homes surrounded by water. and now, the new storm set to sweep across the country again. it could bring significant snow to some states. rob marciano here to time it out. the stunning moment on capitol hill today. hunter biden arriving unannounced, jus
important issue, and that is the character of the candidate. you don t know what s going to come across the next president s desk. you think you can predict it, but you can t. reporter: christie with these worlds to his former rivals about trump anyone who is unwilling to say that he is unfit to be president of the united states is unfit themselves to be president of the united states. reporter: of course, on that hot mic moment, it s unclear what exactly desantis was talking about. tonight, sources confirming that the florida governor spoke to chris christie today. desantis wishing him well. nikki haley commending christie on a hard-fought campaign. we are told that christie does not plan to endorse a candidate in this race for now, but polls have shown that his supporters could turn towards haley. david? david: we ll have to see. rachel scott leading us off, thank you. the other developing story as we come on tonight, this deadly avalanche in california at a ski resort ne
good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we do begin tonight with the breaking news. the major shake up in the race for president. former governor chris christie dropping out of the race, but not before a hot mic picked up what he said about nikki haley. christie making the announcement in new hampshire. just moments ago, chris christie and what he said is the most important issue for anyone running for president. and what he said about the others, unwilling to take on donald trump. and there was also the moment that went out live before the whole announcement, what he said about haley. rachel scott on the campaign trail, she s leading us off tonight. reporter: tonight, just five days before the first votes are cast, former new jersey governor chris christie with that surprise announcement, he is ending his campaign for the white house. i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of
the united states again. and that s more important than my own personal ambition. reporter: but moments before he took the stage, christie caught on a hot mic, attacking his former rival nikki haley, who has been surging in the polls. she s going to get smoked, and you and i both know it. she s not up to this. reporter: christie then saying this about florida governor ron desantis, the audio cutting out mid-sentence. i talked to, desantis called me, petrified that i would reporter: for months, christie the lone voice urging his rivals to turn their fire on front-runner donald trump. we ve had these three acting as if the race is between the four of us. reporter: today, he was blunt. this is a fight for the soul of our party and a soul of our country. reporter: declaring only one thing matters. all those issues that we ve talked about at all the town halls, they re all really important, but they re no more important than the most
from the floods. and now the new storm set to move in. first tonight, the breaking news just in. chris christie out of the race, five days before the first voting in iowa. tonight, what christie said about his decision, and the most important issue for anyone running for president, he says. and that hot mic moment, right beforehand, what he said about nikki haley. rachel scott in iowa. the search and rescue, the deadly avalanche in california. skiers buried in the snow. search teams battling heavy snow, brutal cold, and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour to find the victims. the images coming in tonight. in the northeast, the flood emergency playing out. high water rescues. a potential dam breach forcing evacuations. homes surrounded by water. and now, the new storm set to sweep across the country again. it could bring significant snow to some states. rob marciano here to time it out. the stunning moment on capitol hill today. hunter biden arriving unannounced, just as repub