C oh come on. Good morning. Thank you for that warm welcome and thank you for being in person all the people watching on line or listening remotely we say thank you for joining us for the 2024 state of the state. Youve all been thoroughly welcomed this morning but i want to give a special shout out to a few people in the course ive got to start with first Lady Catherine and her family members she spirit their sister julie and her cousin lisa and watching on line to the rest of our rest of our extended families and their sons joe and tom and her daughter jesse and their extended families. When you serve your family serves with you so i want to be sure to at this time thank them for all their support in the seven years in todays a special day because its jesses birthday and so we need on a one, two, three everybody to yell happy birthday jesse. It will be the Largest Group to ever yell her birthday at the same time. One, 23, happy birthday jesse [applause] way to go. You guys did fantast
Washington, dc alongside brianna keilar, and it is a tuesday unlike any other, its Super Tuesday. So millions of americans are going to cast votes across 16 states and american samoa. It could be a decisive day for President Biden and donald trump were hoping to have theyre respective president ial nominations. All but clinched by the end of the night. And we could see answers to really critical questions. Will this be the final day of nikki haleys campaign . Will President Biden face more Protest Votes from frustrated democrats . And is there an appetite for trumpstyle republicans down ballot . We may have now the answers within hours and looming over all of these questions, are these polarizing issues that voters are weighing immigration, abortion, and inflation among them. Cnn has reporters on the ground across the country. So lets start in the increasingly purple North Carolina with dianne gallagher. Dianne, what are you hearing from voters there so weve been pretty steady turnout
Its the biggest election day of the year so far. Welcome to cnns Special Coverage of super tuesday im wolf blitzer in washington and im kate bolduan in new york. The first polls are closing in just a few hours from now. And turnout in states like North Carolina is strong as millions of americans and six next extreme states are now voting for republicans. It is a big day, 865 delegates are at stake. Donald trump expected to win most of them making the republican front runner almost unstoppable potentially. By the end of this light tonight, trump is expected to be within striking distance of the 1,215 delegates needed to win the republican president ial nomination, which raises the big question, what does nikki haley do next . Our less than an hour will be getting our first early clues about the outcome of tonights vote. Thats where we get the first results from our exit polls. We have our reporters fanned out across the nation right now is better. Voters are heading to the polls. I want
President and gop president ial candidate mike pence join me ahead, and picking a fight. Trumps legal woes rattle the republican field again. Stand up to that man. While Kamala Harris takes her fight to florida. This is unnecessary. Our Political Panel will break it all down. Plus, disagree better. Two bipartisan governors launch a new campaign to save your Family Dinners and maybe even democracy itself. Its okay to disagree. Its not just okay, its crucial. Governors jared polis and spencer cox join us live. Hello. Im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering if a third shoe is about to drop. This weekend former President Donald Trump finds himself once again at the center of the legal and political universe as he awaits a potential third indictment. This time over his efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Hes effectively frozen the republican primary race while candidates wait to see what exactly special counsel jack smith may have uncovered babo
President and gop president ial candidate mike pence join me ahead, and picking a fight. Trumps legal woes rattle the republican field again. Stand up to that man. While Kamala Harris takes her fight to florida. This is unnecessary. Our Political Panel will break it all down. Plus, disagree better. Two bipartisan governors launch a new campaign to save your Family Dinners and maybe even democracy itself. Its okay to disagree. Its not just okay, its crucial. Governors jared polis and spencer cox join us live. Hello. Im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering if a third shoe is about to drop. This weekend former President Donald Trump finds himself once again at the center of the legal and political universe as he awaits a potential third indictment. This time over his efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Hes effectively frozen the republican primary race while candidates wait to see what exactly special counsel jack smith may have uncovered babo