from iowa. nikki haley and ron desantis head to head. this is the final push before the first votes which are in iowa. jake tapper and dana bash moderate tonight at 9:00. and i ll be back with anderson for a special hour of ac 360 starting now. we are now just about an hour away from the final republican primary debate before the iowa caucuses next monday. if you re just joining us, i m coming to you along with erin burnett from new york from the campus of drake university in des moines. ron desantis and nikki haley squaring off tonight. cnn s dana bash and jake tapper are moderating. adding to the interest, the unexpected, right, and raising the stakes, the former governor and now former candidate who did not qualify but is so crucial in this race as it moves forward, chris christie. that s right. governor christie stepping out of the race just a short time ago. we re starlgt off this hour with that headline that he made late today, suspending his campaign. here is s
important or impactful. we covered it all, too. i m talking about surrounding the story, watching every minute of donald j. trump s indictment. we were intrigued and concerned about the possible tapes of our president getting bribes from burisma. we were sickened by flashers at the white house. we missed out on a lot and you deserve more than that. sow i want to use this moment and these minutes to tell you the stories that matter most to your life. crime, if it s not affecting your business, you worry about it affecting you, your life, your family. when you take actions to help others, you can still ends up in jail. i m talking about the story of danny penny who is facing charges for putting a man in a chokehold on a new york subway. e kept re-meeting, i m going to kill you. i m willing to go to jail and i m not scared. brian: he took action and he s a hero. we learned that progress not reined in, artificial intelligence ai. it can all too often see evil in all that. a mom
o er the ramparts we watched were so gather lently streaming and the rocket s red glare the bomb s bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land f the free and the home of the brave pete: secretary of state antony blinken in beginning shinning this beijing this morning on a rare trip to china as relationships sour. will: unclear if he ll sit down with president xi jinping. rachel: alexandria hoff is live with the latest. good morning. reporter: yeah, the question is if the sit down will happen and the primary goal of the visit is to reestablish senior level communication and that includes military to military. there s also other issues that will be brought up as well. secretary blinken meeting with chinese officials and that official plaid down that a broad range of deliverables would come from the trip. the visit was delayed once after the chinese spy craft was found drifti
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: we begin the morning with this: former president donald trump hits back at special counsel jack smith after the justice department unseals a 37-count indictment. pete: the indictment claims trump illegally kept boxes of classified documents at his home in florida. will: alexandria hoff is live in washington with the details. good morning. reporter: good morning. more than just keeping files at his home, prosecutors stated that the former president was showing sensitive documents to people who did not have proper security clearances and kept those files sprawl out in random storage spaces within mar-a-lago. the 37 charges span 7 federal laws that smith if s office has accused trump of breaking including 31 counts of w
including a military plan of attack against an unnamed countrlatacky. trump is accused of directing an aide to move documents out of directina storage before an fbi subpoena. the doj also claiming trump suggested to his lawyer that they should hide or destroy the documentdestroy s. d the former president will appear in federal court tuesday in miami and is proclaiming his innocence. and we have tremendousat was support. h but that was a hoax and a scam.a and nox a scw doing it again, i. just a continuation. seven years time, an innocent man. i did nothing wrong and wee have will fight this out just like we ve been fighting for seven years. it would be wonderfun fighti l if we could devote our full time a again. ecial c special counsel jack smith breaking his silencecosmit but t taking questions on why he decided to indict trump ands com our nation s commitment to the rule of laitw sets an example f. the world we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to