bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
strategy. we re going to bring you brand new reporting from inside the campaign. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with breaking news on who qualified for cnn s iowa debate next week. last before the caucuses. the deadline to meet the polling threshold just passed, and our political director david chalian joins me now. david, who made the cut? as you noted, the deadline just passed and actually the window of qualification started way back on october 15th. we now know that for the cnn january 10th debate, the three candidates who have qualified are former president trump, nikki haley and ron desantis. we also know that donald trump has not participated in any debate yet this cycle, and he doesn t intend on participating at the cnn debate on january 10th. that leaves haley and desantis on the stage, and that would be the smallest debate stage that we have seen to date. that means that they were the only candidates to hit 10%
. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy breaking news day with us. the fbi searching joe biden s rehoboth, delaware home right now. this as the special counsel is investigating how classified documents ended up where they don t belong, marks his first day on the job. plus, the speaker summit. today kevin mccarthy finally si sits down with joe biden at the white house for the first time as house speaker. expectations are low, but the stakes, including for you, are quite high. nikki haley is ready to take the 2024 plunge. cnn learned a formal presidential campaign announcement is coming. she would be the second to declare, others timid because donald trump went first. we all know he s never kind to competition. we begin the hour with a remarkable legal event happening right now. the fbi is searching president biden s vacation home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the president s attorney plays down the significance s
Speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me. Haley is following in the grand old foot steps of many grand old republicans before her. Lying ted cruz, Little Marco Rubio and ron desanctimonious, and also of course the 2016 version of herself. Donald trump is everything i taught my children not to do in kindergarten. South carolina went through a terrible tragedy last year, and the kkk came to South Carolina from out of state to protest on our state house grounds. We saw and looked at true hate in the eyes last year in charleston. I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk. That is not a part of our party. Thats not who we want. We will not allow that in our country. Governor, are you going to support donald trump . Its great to be is that a no . I would not be here if i wanted if i didnt want to make sure that hillary was not going to be the next president. Are you going to vote for donald
Speaker Kevin Mccarthy trying to appear unfazed by the latest failure in the house to avoid a Government Shutdown. Well go through the rebellion from the farright thats raising concerns about whether a deal can get done. Plus defense secretary lloyd austin confronts republican senator Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of Military Promotions a day after the senator claimed that his stunt is not causing any harm to National Security. And also ahead well have a recap of the Ukrainian President s return to washington where he pressed lawmakers for more military aid. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 22nd. We made it. Im jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. Well begin this morning with what appears to be a stunning rebuke to House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. For the second time just this week alone, House Republicans defeated a procedural vote on a key Military Funding Bill preventing the legislation from moving forward in the house. Hard