today on inside politics, it is now just a lady and a fella. that s how nikki haley describes being the only candidate left standing between donald trump and the republican nomination with just one day left to reach voters here in new hampshire before the primary that could jump start her campaign or effectively end it. plus abortion on the ballot. kamala harris is hitting the trails today saying just that, using the 51st anniversary of roe v. wade to remind voters of what trump helped take away and how voters choices in november could impact the future of abortion rights in america. and judge judy s 2024 verdict. she s putting her support behind nikki haley and weighing in on the former president s multiple legal battles. i sat down with her here in new hampshire. you ll see that coming up. i m dana bash live from new hampshire. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. and we start right here in the granite state, the center of the political universe, whe
today on inside politics, exclusive new cnn reporting about an immunity deal for a fake bear of electors. new details that make clear the trump special counsel s january 6th investigation is picking up speed. plus, joe biden hardly ever says it, donald trump wants to steer clear of it. mike pence wants to put every single republican on record about it. one year after dobbs erased roe, abortion is front and center in the 2024 campaign. and damning if true, accusations against the justice department. irs whistleblowers bullet point how they say the do j block ed the hunter biden investigation at every turn. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, jack smith plays hardball. cnn s new exclusive reporting breaking right now. it takes us inside the special counsel s investigation into the insurrection. the big takeaway tromwhat cnn is learning, federal investigators are getting important questions answered about the trump plot to overturn the 2020 elec
and my question to you is simple. are you with me in this fight? dana: there s a long road ahead for the biden team. staffers are going to have to work overtime in order to make sure bizarre moments like this don t derail his message. a lot of you are tired. you re tired. i get it. try being 110 and doing it again. that scene in the john wayne movie don t make me a dogfaced lying pony soldier all right? god save the queen, man! dana: wasn t even in the movie. it was not. that s not the first time biden has confused people with his old timy expressions. media coming to his defense saying biden s quirky afronimsms are sometimes weaponized by republicans. biden has been using unique phrases for years. even some of his aides aren t sure what he means by them. there s other trouble brewing for the president. biden is struggling against his top contender. a poll on a possible biden-trump matchup puts biden at 48%. trump at 44%. this is a poll, again, taken largely after t
To deal with russia. We want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. Abby, whats your take away . I think what youre raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. But she was speaking to a national audience. She was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. But she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. I thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. This was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. Bush era, incredibly hawkish on Foreign Policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether its on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. But i was keeping track. It took her 70 minutes to say the word woke after she was ask
to deal with russia. we want to talk about all of this with abby phillip and audie cornish, who are here now. abby, what s your take away? i think what you re raising about abortion really speaks to something that i could not ignore, which was that this was a republican audience in the state of iowa about the republican caucuses. but she was speaking to a national audience. she was really trying to present herself, i think very differently from many of her other colleagues in this race. but she was also trying to leave herself a lot of room on some issues like abortion. i thought it was so striking to me, just the tonal difference here. this was almost like a republican candidate circa the george w. bush era, incredibly hawkish on foreign policy, serious and very substantive on a number of other issues, whether it s on entitlements or government spending, even things like guns and the border and china. but i was keeping track. it took her 70 minutes to say the word woke a