nikki haley candidate conservative voters. she s the darling of the never trumpers. we also asked about the school shooting tragedy just a few miles away. desantis saying cities and state should take the lead on gun laws. there is no change you would advocate for at the federal level? i don t support infringing the rights of law-abiding citizens with their ability to exercise a constitutional rights. people can count on me to hold criminals accountable, be very serious about holding accountable people that represent a danger to society, but at the same time, protecting their constitutional rights. reporter: desantis has repeatedly called on trump to debate but when he and haley take the stage here next week, trump will skip it for a solo town hall in iowa instead. stay tuned, we are tuned, with me tonight, maria teresa come our, and msnbc contributor, and reed galen is here, cofounder of the lincoln project. he has worked on a number of gop campaigns, maria, what s stuck out
happens when we get out of iowa. we have a great organization. name one. we have a great organization in south carolina. do you think you can win new hampshire? reporter: we can have a lot of great organizations throughout super tuesday. so you re going see this is very dynamic. we re going to be able to win. so stay tuned. reporter: desantis and nikki haley now locked in a tense showdown. polls show haley doing better in new hampshire than iowa. she raised eyebrows with this comment in new hampshire to voters overnight. iowa starts it. you know that you correct it. you know that you continue to go the slap in the face to iowans to say that they somehow need to be corrected. it s almost as if she is acknowledging she is not going to do well here. so she is blaming the voters. that s unacceptable. reporter: desantis escalating his attacks on haley. i m the only one that has a chance to beat trump and win the general election. nikki haley can t get conservative voters
chance to beat trump and win the general election. nikki haley candidate conservative voters. she s the darling of the never trumpers. we also asked about the school shooting tragedy just a few miles away. desantis saying cities and state should take the lead on gun laws. there is no change you would advocate for at the federal level? i don t support infringing the rights of law-abiding citizens with their ability to exercise a constitutional rights. people can count on me to hold criminals accountable, be very serious about holding accountable people that represent a danger to society, but at the same time, protecting their constitutional rights. reporter: desantis has repeatedly called on trump to debate but when he and haley take the stage here next week, trump will skip it for a solo town hall in iowa instead. stay tuned, we are tuned, with me tonight, maria teresa come our, and msnbc contributor, and reed galen is here, cofounder of the lincoln project.
know, before someone buys of g god, whether they ve been found by a court should be a danger to themselves or others. the school shooting tragedy has led to multiple protests like what we saw today at the tennessee state capitol for this on the floor of the state house led by justin jones, justin pierson and gloria johnson. republicans have a super majority say they broke the corn and got way out of hand. they voted to expel jones and pierson who were both black. republicans narrowly failed to expel johnson, a white woman who said she played a lesser role in the protest. it has acted as a racist claims republicans are not true. wrong. how are our body works, works with order, works as rules
quarks we re back with breaking news. horrible news. one student confirmed dead and at least five injured after a shooting at a southern california high school. former president bill clinton joins me now on the phone. president clinton, thanks for joining us. you re on your way to d.c. right now to receive an award from the brady center for your work on gun control signing the brady bill requiring background checks, assault weapons ban yet here we are with another school shooting tragedy. yes. it s a terrible inappropriate i mean we haven t really passed any meaningful gun safety regulation in 25 years. that was a long time ago when i was there, but we know that the background check law, let s just