new hampshire it is a two-person race for the republican presidential nomination, with less than 24 hours to go before primary day. who stands to benefit most from ron desantis s sudden dropout? we ve got new reporting on why sources close to desantis are calling his now defunct campaign a, quote, failure to launch. back in new york city, donald trump s day upended after his trial is unexpectedly postponed. and in georgia why the d.a. is due in court herself today and how it could affect her case against trump. and we begin this hour with the new hampshire primary, which is less than 24 hours away. there s been a major shake-up in the republican field for the white house in what has now become a two-person showdown between two contenders with far different visions for the future of the party and our country. yesterday florida governor ron desantis suspended his presidential bid and endorsed former president trump. opponents of desantis reacted to the news on the campaign
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Collar professional, think of john kasich, congressman from this district. That strain of republican used to be the heart of this district. In 2016, what we saw happen with donald trump on the scene, Franklin County it was dead even when it was obama versus romney. The flip side is when you get outside of franklin, outside of the wealthy suburbs of delaware and into the blue counties of rural. You saw some of the biggest swings in the country from romney in 12 who did terribly from trump in 2016. Obama carried the muskingum
in michigan. Muslim American Public Health Official is running the democratic primary for governor. The front runner in the race, the state former Senate Minority leader has been endorsed by emilys list and like every contest, todays elections stand in the shadow of 2016 election and the man who became president and the wreckage he associates himself with. His fixer Michael Cohen is under investigation for tax fraud for under
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guys interviewed. is it something that is gripping the party and keeping them shaky at this point? because when you listen to all those who are speaking on tv, they don t sound like that. there is defiance publicly for many republicans and we saw it on the sunday shows this morning. at the same time, many of the 21 lawmakers and aids, my colleague phil rut kerr and i spoke with decided to only speak privately to express their alarm, their concern, because they fear president trump, his wrath. they see how he lashes out at senator romney in utah, and they fear him going after them in a primary race in 2020. they choose to be quiet or sing along with the chorus. you get a sense based on the interviews you did at the post, you get a sense the alarm will turn into any sort of action? at this point only senator
romney, senator sass of nebraska and a few retiring republicans in the white house such as will hurd of texas are raising public concern. you don t see major gop cracks in terms of supporting the impeachment process in the house. the problem for many republicans we spoke with is they feel disconcerted about the white house strategy. they feel the white house and president trump are not communicating a clear message to the party about how they want to handle this. they don t think the this is a joke to bait the press is a strategy. we expect more private discussions along republicans about how actually to move forward. yeah, but clearly they re working on a strategy as you can see from the talking points today. many of them saying including rubio saying when the president was talking about china, that he was actually joking there. but how tenable do you get a sense the strategy that they currently have?