who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sown up the 2024 gop nomination, or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion, but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan in the wall street journal writing this week, i refuse to see the story is over. the voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, the new york times wrote, the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steadily gaining in the polls and historically there s a lot of precedent for surging candidates to keep gaining, especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire, which is second up, will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary, and according to data released yesterday from gallup, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. the rs and ds are tied at 27. it ties a record for an independent showing, making them the largest
welcome to fox & friends on this saturday morning. look at that beautiful sunrise. i have a sunrise on my phone. pete: sure do. on the background of your phone just like that. it s the state of florida. will: this is morning of appreciation for the northeast. i start the 6:00 a.m. hour complimenting vermont. that is a beautiful sunrise in new jersey. pete: monmouth county and the beaches with the stretch of beach is going to be gorgeous. look out and almost always see the new york city skyline in the distance. i assume that was one of the carolinas when i saw it but it s new jersey. pete: see the weeds or whatever it is. like endangered bird that lives there they ve lost like 80% of the beach because the environmentalists are protecting it for this bird. that no one ever sees. anyway, it s a new jersey thing. will: maybe they ll start seeing it. let s bring you to the debate pete and i were having before coming on air. they were giving me a hard time about the fact i
came out late here on a friday on the deadline, granting a petition to hear this controversial, sweeping colorado case which, according to the state of colorado s courts, has tried to disqualify donald trump from being on that state s primary ballot. this is a big deal. here s what it means. donald trump currently will remain on that primary ballot because the supreme court will be reviewing that decision. and that ballot is being certified today. this is the friday night news because it s news on friday night, friday night was the deadline if you re wondering why this broke so late in the week. the supreme court has already decided, through this grant of serb 84ry, that they will hear oral arguments february 8th on this case. the nation s highest court is stepping in to hear a big election-related case in this 2024 race where, yes, people may be girding for, bracing for, a biden/trump rematch. what the supreme court is doing tonight, what it would argue it feels it has to do