the cbs evening news begins now! good evening. we are live from here in manchester, new hampshire, with just hours until the first in the nation primary. i m norah o donnell. and it is now a two-person race. and today we spoke with nikki haley who is going head-to-head with donald trump. haley is canvassing the great state hoping for an upset tomorrow night but is trailing in the polls. we spoke to her about the former president and the issues including immigration and abortion rights. another major issue in this race, the economy. wall street hit record highs in both the dow and s&p 500. but on main street, it s a different feeling for millions of americans. even the blow of unemployment and growing wages, cbs s tony dokoupil spoke to people who say they are still struggling to make ends meet. but ahead of election day both trump and haley are holding rallies tonight. so let s begin with cbs s caitlin huey-burns who has been out speaking with voters. reporter: nikki
dana:i am dana perino with judge jeanine p rowand greg gutfeld. this is the five. dramatic showdown at the southern border reaching a breaking point. texas telling the biden administration to come and do take it. today is the deadline the white house made on allowing federal agents access to shall be park and eagle pass so they can remove the razor wire there. texas is refusing to let the feds in and has a coalition of 25 red state governors, the whole thing could be headed back to court and texas is confident it will win but the white house says abbott is breaking the law. we will not shy away from calling out what we see as political games for the governor but because it s not safe, it does not protect our communities. he cares about the people of texas. you have heard me say over and over they are making it harder, he s making it harder for border patrol to do their jobs. they need access and right now they don t have that. this is the supreme law of the land. despite
fortunately, that is okay. we have a lot of cash, we have great assets. governor desantis, i want to present to you this participation trophy. [laughter] now, i m probably you re probably not going to win the election, right? but we re proud of you for trying. as of this moment, we are going to spend suspends presidential campaign. we are not a racist country, brian. we ve never been a racist country. coach, jerod mayo. [laughter] lessons that i ve taken from bill. hard work works, all right? hard work works and that is what we are all about. law enforcement response of robb elementary school on may 24th, 2022, and in the hours and days after, was a failure. it was even seen slamming his hand on the table and muttering, quote, this is a con job. that s within earshot of the jury and the judge, who at one point, has a threatened to kick him, the civil defendant, out of the courtroom. that s a nasty man. he s a nasty judge. he s a trump hating guy. the supreme c
tonight on the reidout friends of mine have said you are the most honest person in the world. you have done a good job. our first look at trump s deposition from the new york civil case. and of course, he s the most honest, smartest, richest, tallest person we have ever had ever, in his own mind. meanwhile, trump says there will be bedlam if the supreme court doesn t keep him on the ballot. plus, the right wing advocacy group moms for liberty has become a force in conservative politics by getting books removed from school libraries and by limiting the teaching of race and lgbtq issues. tonight, i will be joined right hoar on set by tiffany justice, cofounder of moms for liberty. and nikki haley doubles down on her claim that america has never, ever, ever been a racist country. after telling fox, quote, joy reid lives in a different america than i did. well, all righty, then, i will have some thoughts. but we begin tonight awaiting a number of key decisions fro
it s good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, nikki haley says she s staying in, but will her donors stay with her? what s next for her as trump touts a powerful south carolina fire wall. tragedy overseas, a shocking video of the moment a russian plane crashes, killing dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. why the kremlin is now blaming kyiv. plus, new evidence of how the war in gaza is impacting president biden s reelection bid. jill and i had a chance to sit down. how many kids [ chanting four more years ] and senator bob menendez says the fbi knocked down his doors and ransacked his home. his new fight to suppress evidence in the federal bribery case. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in south carolina, where the next competitive gop contest takes place. nbc s ali vitali is there. how confident is haley that the donors will stick with her that she can afford to stay in?