it is clear that majority of primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. ron desantis done with the vote in new hampshire now just a day away. plus he was very gracious and he endorsed me. so i appreciate it. donald trump grabs the florida governor s endorsement. and takes a double digit lead here in the granite state. and it is now one fella and one lady left. nikki haley now the last trump challenger standing. will her big bet on new hampshire pay off. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is monday, january 22, 5:00 a.m. here in amhurst, new hampshire where we re live before the start of the first in the nation new hampshire presidential primary tomorrow. and the final campaign day here starts with another player down, florida governor ron desantis dropping out of the race on sunday afternoon. if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, more campaign stops, more interv
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
top of the hour. i m jim sciutto. in short, it is cold. the powerful winter storm battering the u.s., expected to grow even stronger and colder today, covering nearly half of the u.s. population. parts of the country could see the coldest christmas in decades. sub-zero temperatures hitting hard out west. here is the owner of a local towing company in montana speaking with cnn this morning. it is cold up here. if you ain t prepared for it, it could be really bad. i ve been here 20 years and this is the worst i ve ever felt. wow, tough time to be a towing company. right now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. that is tough in the cold. many of them in the southeast. travel plans upended for many going to the holiday weekend. more than 3500 flights canceled already today and counting. here is the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. lots of things are so important to us around the holidays. our traditions, our loved ones. but of course, the most importan
Rises to 66 and for trump voters, 98 . These are mostly selfinflicted wounds. Sensationalism and serious mistakes have decimated public trust in the press especially on the right. Now, for some pokes in this hyperpolarized era, threat to democracy may be a pox city for i just dont like the media or i think theyre ooh nice to the other side. And the trumpstyle pressbashing has taken its toll. Im not going to sugar coat it, we have lost our role as a fair umpire of political disputes. The gaps want to throw us off the field. Even the Fact Checkers believe its partisan. I hate that so Many Americans now view my profession as a threat to them can crass, but i cant say im shocked. Im howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. Howard one sign just over two to weeks before the midterms that the election is moving in the republicans direction is that even liberal pundits and news outlets are conceding the point. The party of woke scolds and Gender Studies grads knockout now realizing the momentum ov
just ahead. we will continue to bring gas prices down. they know the economy remains top of mind for voters. the president. hi, bob. my whole life has been deals. it is trump unvarnished, blunt, profane. it will not surprise you that he attacks people he doesn t like. we haven t seen something like this in new york city for nearly a century. these are human beings being shipped all over. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, october the 19th. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in washington. in the coming hours u.s. president joe biden will address voter anxiety over energy prices less than three weeks ahead of the mid-term election. mr. biden is expected to announce that 15 million barrels of oil will be released from the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to ease oil prices. it s at the lowest level since the 1980s. despite gas prices going down, crude prices have been rising after opec plus announced plan