it s good to be back with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, nikki haley says she s staying in, but will her donors stay with her? what s next for her as trump touts a powerful south carolina fire wall. tragedy overseas, a shocking video of the moment a russian plane crashes, killing dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. why the kremlin is now blaming kyiv. plus, new evidence of how the war in gaza is impacting president biden s reelection bid. jill and i had a chance to sit down. how many kids [ chanting four more years ] and senator bob menendez says the fbi knocked down his doors and ransacked his home. his new fight to suppress evidence in the federal bribery case. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in south carolina, where the next competitive gop contest takes place. nbc s ali vitali is there. how confident is haley that the donors will stick with her that she can afford to stay in?
Economy. A source of frustration for voters nationally, even as a huge number of those same americans say their own financial situation is actually pretty good. So whats the Biden Campaign supposed to do with that . Well talk about it coming up. Plus, israels apologies, doing nothing to stem the global fury over the killing of seven aid workers. The white house calling for accountability are from netanyahus government, but are harsh words all there is, or will World Leaders actually act . And Donald Trumps last ditch attempt to get the judge in his Hush Money Trial to throw himself off the case. Could it work . We begin with whats both the most obvious key to winning in november and also the biggest conundrum. The u. S. Economy. We have brand new polling that gives us important insights into just how important it is. Even as joe biden focuses his Campaign Message on abortion and health care. And donald trump is stoking fears about migrants at his campaign stops. Its a border blood bath
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