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. happening now. there s majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news and the race of the republican nomination. he s got details on the major developments that are unfolding. exactly, omar, what are we expected to hear directly from chris christie in the coming minutes? yeah, wol
was between us pretending as if the guy who is in front and wasn t there wasn t to be spoken about like voldemort in the harry potter books, he who should not be named, because they feared if bringing up his name with his mystical powers would end their political careers so they say ridiculous things, make ridiculous points and let me tell you, if donald trump becomes the nominee of this party the moment that it happeneded was when nikki haley and ron desantis, still scott, mike pence, and doug burgum and
to me, who knows him personally, reasonable. he s just reasonable. he s always willing to step outside of the republican box to solve a problem, and i appreciate that. you know him from south carolina. would you agree with that assessment? no, i do think that for many individuals tim scott is someone who represents what they want the republican party to be. still scott is actually very, very conservative and i don t think that people give that a great deal of value. he is one of the most conservative voting records out there, but he does have to answer for the records in south carol killer for the well-being of south carolina and all in all, he s a friend of mean and is the least palatable on is that the word? palatable than the other guys that are running and at the end of the day, jake, this race is donald trump s alone. trump has been trolling a lot of the candidates out there. he s specifically trolling ron desantis which is the campaign that they spend most of