good evening, we are alive from here in manchester, new hampshire, with just hours until the first in the nation primary. i m norah o donnell. and it is now a two-person race. and today we spoke with nikki haley who was going head-to-head with donald trump. hailey is canvassing the great state hoping for an upset tomorrow night but is trailing in the polls. we spoke to her about the former president and the issues including immigration and abortion rights. another major issue in this race, the economy. wall street hit record highs in both the dow and s&p 500. but on mine street, it s a different feeling for millions of americans. even the blow of unemployment in growing wages, cbs s tony to coble spoke to people who say they are still struggling to make ends meet. but ahead of election day both trump and haley are holding rallies tonight. so let s begin with cbs s caitlin huey-burns who has been outspoken with voters. reporter: nikki haley is campaigning across new hampshir
your business partners if he had no involvement in your business? you have a dad? does he call you? yes. does he answer the phone? yes. okay. why did you need to talk to him during business meetings if he had nothing to do with your business? that s all that anybody is talking about. hillary vaughn catching up with hunter biden as he showed up unexpectedly at this contempt of congress hearing. sending off a firestorm inside that hearing room. he agreed to appear precisely at a public hearing under oath to answer the committee s questions. coming in to the oversight committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a subpoena to be deposed what are you afraid of? the only folks afraid to hear from the witness with the american people watching are my friends on the other side of the aisle. we have no choice except to refer charges and find hunter biden in contempt. neil: its advanced from there. the house oversight committee considering whether the president s s
. 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
where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.
just days before the iowa caucuses. the former new jersey governor declining to endorse any of his republican rivals, at least for now, even as he urges he supporters to choose a candidate with character. this comes as we re just now a few hours away from cnn s republican presidential debate later tonight, nikki haley and ron desantis about to come face to case for the final time before the iowa caucuses. it s a critically important test as both candidates try to close the gap with donald trump. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it s major breaking news indeed, with chris christie suspending his run tonight. the race is on for other candidates as to try to pick up his supporters. kylie atwood is with us. the remaining campaigns are clearly interested in bringing voters over to their side. what are you hearing? reporter: they are indeed. there was a hot mic moment that wasn t actually included in that speech that we