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Tuesday. All 50 states is Super Tuesday. Nikki haleys last hurrah or is there a plan b if she drops out of the race and by the end of the day that rematch that seven out of ten americans say they dont want, it could be on the next steps for joe biden and donald trump all right. 06 00 a. M. Here in washington, this is a live look at raleigh, North Carolina polls are opening there in just half an hour. One of the states were watching most closely today for clues about what we could learn ahead of the general election and good morning to you. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Super Tuesday has arrived. Donald trump again hoping to pull off a 15 states sweep over nikki haley with more than a third of all the delegates at stake. If that happens, the former president would have more than 90 of the delegates needed to clinch the republican nomination. That of course sets up the rematch that most americans say they dont want trump versus biden on Super Tuesday eve, the former president was praising the Supreme Court for ruling that he cant be kicked off colorados ballot any urge the justices to also vote in his favor on absolute president ial immunity and you dont want to have your opposing party or opponent, or even somebody that just thinks youre wrong bring a criminal suit against you or any kind of a suit when you leave office. I have that right now at a level that nobodys ever seen before. Rogue prosecutors and i have rogue judges historically, a thing like what ive been going through would have hurt a Political Party or political candidate terrifically, you wouldnt even run, you wouldnt be able to run, you, get out in the polls show that im much more popular than i was before so theres that nikki haley meanwhile, is not committing to whether shell stay in the race beyond Super Tuesday. She did make it clear to texas voters where she was campaigning though that shes not going down without a fight we lost in 2018. We lost in 2020, we lost in 2022. But look, two weeks ago republicans lost the vote on mayorkas. They lost a vote on israel, the rnc chair lost her job, and Donald Trumps fingerprints were on all of it. How much more losing we have to do before we realize maybe donald trump is the problem all right, cnns Alayna Treene begins our Super Tuesday coverage. Hes live in richmond, virginia. Alayna, good morning. Its wonderful to see you at what are you hearing from the trump campaign, especially youre in virginia, theres a lot of interesting dynamics, in particular in that state where we may learn things about not just the dynamics in the primary, but for the general election, what do you know right . Well, good morning. And yes, we are enriched in virginia, the polls just opened here. Its still pretty sleepy. We just saw one car come in, but not many people here yet, but luck to get into the trump side of it they are very confident about how he is going to perform today. But theyre also very aware that nikki haley has not said what she is going to do beyond Super Tuesday. We know that she had pledged to stay in the race, at least through today, but its unclear what will happen after that. And i know from my conversations with Donald Trumps senior advisors, theyre really hoping to see her dropout. There very eager to have him be the Presumptive Republican nominee as early as possible. Of course, as you mentioned, casey, hes not hes going to be shy of the delegate regardless of how many states he wins today, that will come in a couple of weeks, but they want to have the infrastructure behind him and they also want to convince a lot of the people who are looking for alternatives now alternative to donald trump to come out and support it, and its not just voters, but also donors. They need that money in the finances to boost him to a real general Election Campaign against joe biden. Now, out to your second question about virginia, this is a very important state that donald trump had lost it in 2016 and in 2020, button from my conversations with the trump campaign, they do really see this as a battleground and they believe they could make a play for it in a potential rematch against joe biden and part of that is really trying to target suburban voters. Im told and they think the message that really resonates with them here in this is talking about the economy. They believe that a lot of people in this state are very concerned about the strain on their wallets, about inflation even as the economy is Getting Better and part of the reason we actually saw donald trump here over the weekend is because they believe the state is in play so much. It was one of two visits he made over the weekend. The only two states he visited really in the leadup to Super Tuesday today. So i think think that just gives you a little insight into how theyre viewing this fair enough. All right. Alayna treene for us in richmond and you gotta go a long day ahead of you. Thank you very much for starting us off today. I really appreciate it. All right. Our panel joins us now, republican strategist and pollster, kristen soltis, anderson, zolan kannoyoungs. Hes white house correspondent, new york times, former South Carolina state representative cari sellers is back with us, mac gorman, former tim scott president ial Campaign Senior adviser also back with us this morning. Thank you guys for starting us off on a really big election day. Kristen, let me let me start with you in terms of what we heard from trump there, that of course was his speech yesterday after the Supreme Court decided that he was going to stay on the ballots, but hes talking all about how well these cases, these legal cases would get anyone else wouldnt be able to win. I can when i ive heard you talk about this in the past, like shore, it seems to have worked well. I mean, ron desantis would say it worked well for trump in the primary election but this is really, today is really about the start of the general. And it seems like it would cut very differently what you talk to voters all the time, how do you understand it . So i think in some ways donald trump is right that if anybody else was facing the kind of legal pressure that he was, he would not be consistently running even or slightly ahead of the incumbent president in polls. So there is some element of truth that he is uniquely immune to being punished by voters for things that would drive other candidates completely out of the race today as were looking at Super Tuesday, hes likely to have a very good night. Hes likely to really cement himself as the Presumptive Republican nominee. He, with these winds and in all of this, even as somebody like nikki haley has tried to make the case over and over as you saw in that clip, hes a loser. Hes got all this baggage. What are we doing . Republican voters have thus far been pretty immune to hearing that argument. Yeah. I mean, bakari, why is that . I mean, i dont know why i will say this in the fall. Once you started seeing these headtohead polls. But trump versus biden, trump pulled even or ahead. You saw tone change among the republican primary voters. I saw myself in iowa and New Hampshire, people would say before that, you know, i like trump. I just dont think you can win now, theyre heading their heart didnt have to be bifurcated. It gave them license to go with what their heart was saying all the time and it took away massive Talking Point for nikki desantis, my old boss, tim scott, everybody else in the race where if he was consistently trump has consistently down 510 points to biden. It is a different primary. Maybe he still wins, but its very he i dont i dont necessarily agree with that. I mean, what youre saying from repos Republican Voters is somewhat of an abandoning of truly conservative values. This isnt the party of reagan, this isnt the party either bush, this isnt the party of even mitt romney. This is donald. They hate mitt romney. This is Donald Trumps party, right . So you have voters and you go out there and you hear, you hear voters talking about the fact that republicans are partys of Law And Order where here you have somebody who has i dont know, 90 some indictments. Its the party of family first values. You have somebody who asked five kids by three baby mamas you have some, you have somebody who is a party if this corresponds ability and you have a candidate who was abandon those fiscal values and run up the deficit thats a Talking Point from nikki haley. And so when you have an individual like this whos the antithesis to what we believe to be true conservatism. You have a party that has become a cult of personality. Democrats used to be the same way. Kennedy, obama, clinton called a personality, not to this extent. But youre seeing republicans now. Theyre voting for personality, theyre not voting for values or policy. They voted for personality. Im not saying that this will necessarily change the sentiment among Republican Voters, but i do think its interesting to watch after this Supreme Court decision. It does sort does undermine trumps argument as well. Well, that there is a witch hunt against him, that every single aspect of the judicial system is out to get him now, you have a Supreme Court that pretty much gave him a win here as well. Also, weve been talking about how immune from court that he put a bunch of justices on, but it was a unanimous ruling so yes. Absolutely. Take your foot fall. So some debate as well about some of the details around that decision peculiarly around the argument that congress now is really the only body that would have the ability to actually make a decision on this issue as well. I also yes, weve talked about how immune he is thus far. Im interested to see as you noted now that we are enduring the heat of the general election, whether that remains to be sure we keep talking serrano has ordered immune. He has been immune to voters. The question is, has, is he going to be immune to jurors . I mean, that is a before we get there, well get there. I mean, were gonna get there somewhere. I mean, theyre just too many for us not to get there. And then the question becomes, what impact do those jurors have on the general election . I think its a different race when you have a convicted felon im running for president of the united, delaying these cases as a part of the strategy, though too, when it has been going back to Impeachment Proceedings as well, delaying it past the election, which seems likely from any of these cases to yeah. I mean, kristen, what do you hear from . We heard it in the exit polls in terms of this distinction between someone whos accused of a crime innocent before proven guilty, and someone whos convicted of one. Do you think that thats a number that holds . And do you think i mean, the general election polling for joe biden hasnt been really tough over the course of the last couple of weeks. There does seem to be this kind of sense that then it might not just be republican primary voters. You dont care about this . Immune. Alayna will give the trump campaign, okay. They think virginia is gonna be a battleground. I dont know if the Northern Virginia suburbs, but if they really think they can get voters there, i mean, that also makes the statement, well, there are a lot of voters that they dont like donald trump or joe biden. Theyre not part of a cult of personality, but they are telling pollsters like me that they think they have not been better off under joe bidens pocket policies. And at least under trump, they were maybe okay. Or maybe even better off. I mean, theres a big distinction in polls on that question. And maybe for some of it, its voters looking through rosecolored glasses. Im sure the Biden Campaign will be very eager to say it was not as good as you think it is. Im sure well see a lot of that on the airwaves. But this isnt just about people liking donald trump. And for many give them, lets say its the new york case, the one about the Campaign Finance stuff with Michael Cohen, which was the one were going to actually see go to trial. That may be something were voters go. This feels a little ticky tack to me. I want my, my wallet is the thing that matters more that to me is not a problem. Thats the case that republicans is a party fields strongest defending on its merits. And also say this to kinda go back to the hypothetical, its mean, im not a pollster, but ill play one on tv like it is extremely hard to pull a hypothetical. For example, if week before the access Hollywood Tape came out, pretend you are telling a voter what was on that tape and describing it as a hypothetical. Yeah. You would see the poll numbers go down when it actually happened in real life . The poehlers went down for the weekend and then 34 days out, they leveled off. Its the most fascinating thing in American Politics when we, when we are ten years, 20 years from now, i have to literally sit and look at my friends like mad and be like, can you believe you voted for somebody who literally on an access Hollywood Tape, im not going to repeat it because its 612 in the morning. Its a little early while people are getting kids out the school. But can you believe he voted for somebody who said that he might want the presidency twice, right now, there is a lot of people. I know the general election. Four points consistently, most polls right now, just a fact. I just go back. I mean, honestly, i shouldnt i should have the producers cut the bite of him saying, i could shoot people on fifth avenue. It would be fine and we could just be like play it again play it again because it happens over and over and over. I mean, trump for all of his flaws. I mean, this is a thing that he repeatedly shows is that he has an ability to put a finger on the pulse of where his people are and understand what theyll what theyll handle from him is, i mean, it is remarkable. All right. Kristen zolan bakari, matt, are all going to stay with us because ahead on cnn this morning is President Biden ready for this possible rematch with donald trump . Likely rematch. Lets call it plus, a deadly crash, small planes slamming into the shoulder of an interstate in nashville . Yeah. Ics. And bezos are musk the richest person on earth is were here to get your side of the store why do we keep ending up here you cant write this stuff. United states of scandal with jake tapper next Sunday Night On Cnn and live life. 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And the best Political Team is Super Tuesdays special coverage begins tonight at 06 00 p. M. On cnn and streaming on max. This is a unifying factor everyone in hours together and they can go after me as a politician that can go after me with votes. But theyre not going to go after me with that kind of lawsuit that picks somebody out of her race whos leading in this case. All right that was former President Trump speaking from maralago after the Supreme Court ruled that he should remain on the ballot in colorado, rejecting that states reading of the 14th amendment, the panel is back with us, excuse me bakari. We showed trump making this argument like, okay here i am on the ballot. Thats where i should be. The voters should get to decide this. I got to say, like when i talk to democrats that i would consider some of the better ones at figuring out how to win elections like they say the same thing. Actually, this ruling worst way i think actually think this, this ruling is not as big as people that made it out to be over the past 24 hours. This is actually a blip. I think the Unanimity The Court is something that is good for john roberts court. He had to have a unanimous ruling. It says if john roberts went out and said, okay, its going to be unanimous. And how do we back into that ruling because he is someone who actually recently has taken a keen eye to the way that the court is viewed and will be viewed in his tenure will be viewed throughout history the ruling that is going to be the most interesting and you stated it earlier is the ruling on immunity and president ial immunity and the fact that theyre actually going to hear this and the fact that they didnt allow just the Dc Court Of Appeals ruling to take effect. And so well see what happens and i anticipate some, some healthier for humans over the next 3040 days when the sudden hearing happens . Yeah. So we can just kind of remind everyone of what these these trial dates look like. Because the first one is going to be i think we can throw it up on the screen. The hush money case, which is going to start on march 20. Thats when Jury Selection starts in that one. Then of course, theres the Election Subversion Trial thats this question of immunity that the Supreme Court is currently decision deciding on april 22. The Supreme Court is going to hear Oral Arguments as to whether or not trump is immune from prosecution in that particular case. Then we have the classified documents case, then we have the Georgia Election subversion case, which of course has been derailed by this push to try to disqualify fani willis from it all here zolan. When you look at all of this, how do you see this playing out . As again, im focusing on this because this really does feel like today is going to be the first day of the general election with trump kind of set to sweep and all of these states be set on a glide path to be the nominee. I mean, thats, thats what Republican Voters are choosing know 100 . You have the convergence of sort of our judiciary, our justice system, and politics. Right now, i think one of the more consequential, sort of important moments last year in terms of politics was not even necessarily the indictment of President Trump, but how his base reacted to the indictment, each and every time how a galvanize them, how would only built support, both amongst seemingly primary voters, but also wants the Republican Party in general, at least when it comes to the house so now as we turn to the general election, as you have more updates to these court cases, it will be interesting to see as he starts to want to win over more independent voters as well. Just how much impact these cases have, whether it continues to be a boon for him kristen, what do you hear from voters about what kind of which of these is the most important thing to focus on. I mean, i was talking to one smart republican strategists in New Hampshire when i was up there around the primary and he had actually pointed to the classified documents case being a big problem with voters . Do you think that thats the case to me . Thats one that is the sleeper issue, right . Theres a lot of heat around the election subversion case. Thats when were hes been the most vocally angry about whether its the prosecution down in georgia, the judge, Tanya Chutkan here in dc in the dc case. But i think its the classified documents one that to me there are implications for your average voter there that are this is how were storing our documents. Now. This makes me feel very unsafe. This feels like it was very avoidable if the documents just been given back, he made this mess himself and because it is i think tied to National Security, i think thats why if you are an independent voter, it makes trump seem reckless potentially. Oh, my gosh, were gonna put this guy back in charge of our National Security again now, because theres so much around this case, its classified that im unsure exactly how much the public will see about it, but i somewhat agree with that assessment that i could wind up being the one that has the biggest impact. Things she has a point that was one when you fimbriae when it first broke, that was the case where the most republicans had to veil, but still critiques more than the other ones. I think in a strategic level, if youre the trump campaign, you want to again, smashed all of these court cases together as much as possible because like lets lets face it i get paid to do this. I still cant keep all of the facts in every case straight let alone the average voter who is not paying attention as closely as we are to this, you have to remember that they have other jobs real life realize exactly. But also in a tactical level, i, from what ive heard, i would look at again, hell be in the courtroom all day. Hey, when any of these cases hell come out. Does he do kind of a covid style press conference, right . They were very popular at the beginning, but then he just started making stuff up and just saying stuff to get on camera. Thats when they went off the rails real quick. Does that sort of thing happen here . Because again, the campaign, the courtroom for the next six months will be very close to one in the same. You also i mean, i hear the points about new york being the weakest case however, and maybe were just desensitized to this. But however, how many times can you hear in open court throughout the airwaves . That somebody cheated on their pregnant wife with a porn star. And this is the reason that the money was paid from Michael Cohen et cetera. And this is how it was done in these, uh, how the finances were done. And thats going to be drilled over and over and over and over by the prosecution in new york. I do think that eventually there are some voters and were not talking about Republican Base voters because dont think thats where this election is one. And youre the poster you would have to tell me whether or not im right or wrong, but i think this election is one in suburbs and i think is really one with collegeeducated white women in particular, those individuals who came home with joe biden, who may, may or may not leave joe biden. I cant imagine that they appreciate it. I think i think donald trump is not a good guy. Its kind of already priced in for a lot of theres i think already even see it in the question, are you favorable or unfavorable to x, y, and z, and the bargain that a lot of these voters have made is, i dont think hes a good guy. I dont expect him to be an angel. I do expect him to make my 401k look better. I do expect him to make thats the case with joe because i mean, people for one case, when you pick up this morning, i mean, its like thank you, joe if youre talking about those exact steps, voters far more impactful when argument than Donald Trumps a bad guy, is the abortion decision. That is one i think therell be far more impactful for those suburban, especially collegeaged them. All. I dont have the whole plethora for the information. All right. Our panel is going to stay with us, but up next here the Supreme Court temporarily froze a controversial texas immigration law. Well talk about that. Plus nikki haley. 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It should be fairly calm for the majority of states with voters headed to these polls for Super Tuesday, you can see that and some of those pictures, whether its not a huge problem, lets get straight to our weatherman, derek van dam. Derek, good morning. Where should we be watching to see if voting today is gonna get affected by anything that you are paying super close posts intention to yeah, maybe not a big deal, but something we need to consider as you head out the door this morning, do i grabbed that umbrella, the rain coat, that type of thing, and there is the potential for Severe Weather. This will highlight all of that 15 states. Weve got them highlighted here on this particular map from the west coast, northern california, getting another rain storm for the coastal areas yes. To Mountain Snow for the higher elevations. Heres a Severe Weather threat, Eastern Texas that extends into arkansas. Both of those states actually go into the polls today and some wet weather along the east coast impacting places like Virginia All The Way to massachusetts, also reaching the polls. So just a general overview, lots of wet weather that is the Name Of The Game from atlanta the Little Rock All The Way to shreveport, louisiana. This is a current radar look at that little spin in that storm system entering the east coast that is bringing rainfall to the delmarva peninsula. This is the major rainmaker entering the florida peninsula. Panhandle, i should say right now. And those are some stronger storms over Eastern Texas. So could impact the state there and that extends into central portions of arkansas. We do have a marginal risk thats a level one of five from storm prediction center, large hail damaging winds cant quite be ruled out, but the bigger story here will be the rain. So ponding on the roadways will be a possibility. Heres our Flash Flood Threat for the day today that extends from atlanta to birmingham, south were to montgomery and tallahassee. You saw on the radar very, very active moving in from the gulf of mexico, lots of moisture. And ive got to get this in because yeah, kasie, we officially measured over ten feet of snow in california from our fiveday blizzard that seemed like it would never end, but its officially ended now. Yeah, californians voting today too, and i should note that ten feet, thats like three feet taller than shaq we were talking about how their forecast was for verified derek van dam, our weatherman, derek, thank you very much. Have a great day, right . Donald trump is calling the Supreme Courts decision to keep him on colorados 2024 ballot quote, big win for america, and quote. And so too is his only remaining republican challenger, nikki haley, despite some mixed reaction from the crowd, there the, Supreme Court ruled today that donald trump could stay on the ballot. Know, i think i think that was important. We dont ever want some elected official in a state or anybody else saying who can and cant be on a ballot. This is America Haley also told that same texas crash will beat trump. She will beat trump, quote, fair and square. Our panel is back with us. Kristin, listening to that crowd. I mean, that sounds like once you democrats from being honest, right. Like im happy trumps on the ballot and she gets booed, like who, who do you think those people are . Those are people who are voting for nikki haley because they want to send a message please dont give us these two options. Please give us something different. They are not at that nikki haley rally because they also kind of like donald trump. But i think it is smart for her to take this position because first of all, i do think that even if you are a voter whos in the center and you dont like donald trump, the idea of the Supreme Court taking this away from you probably wouldnt sit quite well, but so shes got a potentially long career in politics i dont think that she wants to put herself fully into the never trump wing of the party because we hard to come back from that over the long term. So this is her way, i think of saying, look, im different. I dont think that we should pick him this time. Hes not the right guy for the moment, but i dont want the stablished big institutions to be the ones stopping him from being president if hes the nominee, lets take a look at how the Biden Campaign responded to the ruling yesterday when one of their spokespeople was on tv yesterday, watch what is your reaction to all of that . Well, one first of all, im really excited to be hit with you guys, but we dont really care because its not been its not been the way that weve been planning to beat donald trump. Our focus since day one to watch in this campaign has been to defeat donald trump at the ballot box. Not that different from what nikki haleys san bakari. I just we dont really care that. I mean, i agree with that. I mean, outside a few of the people on the fringes on the fringe left that may be their point. I dont think that the colorado ruling was legally sound, but i dont want to bore people at 06 00 of put them back to sleep. You wouldnt anything at all hours of the day ill go through the legal reasonings that it was on shaky shaky ground, but the president of the United States has sent this and people around the president have said this. I mean, they havent been running a campaign against nikki haley. Theyve been running a campaign against joe biden for the last three or four years. You mean donald trump . I mean that yeah. Joe biden has boronic campaign against donald trump, correct. And so i anticipate that to continue. Nobody. You cannot have a country where Bakari Sellers is kicked off the ballot in texas, but on the ballot in new york, i mean, that is the definition of a legal Slippery Slope its not so much yeah, i agree from what i hear from people around the campaign, even the white house, its not so much looking at sort of, sort of the decision here. One thing i do know that biden allies the campaign and the white house are looking at is, as these weeks go by, and as you get deeper into the general election as some are hoping that voters become cleareyed, that it looks like trump is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party. Ive talked to plenty of democrats that say that that would benefit them. It would almost back the argument that youll probably hear more and more in the weeks to come where the white house tries to draw a contrast directly with the former president calling him out by name, like we saw last week at the border as well, with a splitscreen with President Biden in the form of presence, so it not necessary certainly the court cases, but i do think youre hoping that the Campaign Hopes that voters realize that trump is going to be the nominee likely. Yeah, i mean, matt, this is a big part of what i hear from democrats when they talk about whether its the polling that doesnt look great for the president or concerns about his age or whatever it might be. A lot of times they will say, well, voters dont actually believe that donald trump is going to be the nominee. They just dont think its possible that when they do realize that it will become less a referendum on biden more direct conduct. I mean, by that, like i do get the sense that there are more voters and more honestly people i see this in my own life who are checked out of politics than there were while Trump Administration was still in town. And do you think that that plays into this at all . Yes. I think the latter point, absolutely. I think people follow this a lot further away than we all do. Yes, i hope but i also dont necessarily agree the people are in some sort of days where they havent been paying attention to the news and dont really realize that Donald Trumps commanding lead for the primary that sounds like a bit of a little bit of an excuse on their part. I think what were seeing with the Biden Campaign is this Push And Pull among what they actually are talking about . Mike donilon, whos extremely close to the president saying were going to talk about democracy. Then you had for frequent guest on this show, David Axelrod kind of mocking him, saying that people are sitting around a table, somebody who will not white house says david but he cant get some sense. I think of what to talk about. He was saying that people arent sitting around in scranton talking about democracy. And theres this Push And Pull. You give the first speech of your reelect. The other, but before the end of the year on democracy within ten days, he starts talking about Kitchen Table issues are going to decide this election theres this really kind of Push And Pull re talking about some more esoteric things are more tactical, economic, well, biden is really personally motivated by the democracy issue. Exactly. I mean, you do. I think any campaign would say you got to lean into what your candidate where your candidate and its not always the best campaign managers. And theres a tough public youll see this coming up on first today in the State Of The Union. I mean, i think youll see that theme of democracy because you have somebody whos kind of ripped at the fabric of democracy. But you also have a president who has been very consequential and actually has successes. And im not even talking about the individual successes hes had as a democratic president , but the bipartisan successes, the soft landing after covid, that nobody thought was possible. I bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. I mean putting up justices that were bipartisan appointed. These things also just send you out on the campaign trail. Bakari, you just said it all there have fiveyearold, fiveyearold youre hitting on, is that balance that im looking to . D if they strike, not just contrasting themselves with trump by talking about democracy, but also the polls that have been concerning to this white house in the most case, or that voters actually dont understand still all of that, of whats contained in the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure in the sheynnis feel, right they see their own grocery bill theyre like the Inflation Reduction Act. Which makes it up my daddy was complaining about the price of whiting the other day and the price of Whiting A Piglet Wiggly has gone up. I mean, these are real type of issues that people are. I mean, its a good fishing for know, for sure. All right. Our panel is going to stay with us up next here a reminder of what a second Trump Administration might look like. Plus The City Of Miami breaking up with springbreakers Super Tuesday coverage begins tonight at 06 00 p. M. 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The general election polling really shows that right now, if the election was held today, donald trump would more than likely end up becoming president the United States again and this is also part of, i think where the campaigns are and where the Joe Biden Team thinks they need to be in terms of underscoring reminding people, what was it like when trump was in charge and washington and all of his staffers needing stimulants really spoke to me in terms of like, i mean, i should i couldve used some myself on a cover it all a big way that joe biden was able to defeat donald trump four years ago was by saying, look at all this chaos, it mayhem, arent you tired . Dont you want to stop this . Vote for me . I will stop the chaos. The problem for joe biden is that the last three years have not necessarily felt less chaotic, less divisive. And so he doesnt have the luxury this time around of running and saying, if you put me in charge, you wont have to think about whose president anymore you wont have to worry about this anymore. Part of that is joe bidens age being a little bit older, sort of lends itself to this argument of is this actually going to be stable or could this be relatively chaotic . But i do think that bought while biden had a huge advantage on that attribute four years ago, that has now gone away and voters are like, well, if both biden and trump are going to lead kind of chaotic times maybe trumps policies are a little bit better for me. And so ill take the bad with the good. I think thats a bargain. A lot of voters are making right now. Bakari, how do you see this . Because i mean, i will say the pace that you had to keep to keep up with all of the things that were happening with donald trump was in the white house was insane. I think i think that was its a very good point that you made. There was so much chaos and mayhem that was a part of the Trump White House, the Trump Twitter feeds i mean, we would sit here on air and i remember sitting on State Of The Union with jake tapper and we get an earpiece well, he just tweeted and then, you know, the new cycle kinda changes into what he just tweeted about because hes tweeting out foreign policy. Hes doing all these things. There is a difference though between that trump in this trump and i think its the people around him just in this particular moment. Trumps campaign is actually very sound in the people running his campaign are very disciplined. Jason miller and his team are theyre very disciplined now their candidate goes off on tangents quite often. Theyre doing the best they can with what they have. But at least there is some semblance of structure around the president that is something that joe bidens going to have to push through and continue to break. And theres gonna be a variety of messaging because another four years of trump is still going to be chaos and they are both. I have to reframe this argument a little bit. They are both old people like to say joe biden is old. Will donald trump is old too. That should be breakeven. Just dont seem to think that, right. Like they think joe biden is old. They they they attributed donald trump. He is three years younger than joe biden, old. Im not disputing that hey voters dont seem to think so at 6 for biden i can get 86 of people to say that your sweater is read or maroon like that have been widely read the families maroon definitely read off a guy who got likely because of what the organization in the prior years have done in states like california, where taking it away from proportional allocation in a lot, each congressional districts to making 50 plus one get all the delegates so hes going to romp in california where if this was in 2016, he might get up a plurality of delegates. And also when if he comes into power, if you remember, they got that first wave on the beach, so to speak, were a lot of former hands, yet sean spicer, he had Reince Priebus at people who were hopeful that we can keep a lid on things and tayme and by the end, by end of 2020, it was just kind of rowdy band of pirates of shots outside the white house in the grass. Yeah. So remember that picture blocked out for that code and the Trump Administration, im not going to lie, but youre going to have that starting this time. And i think they are far more organized of what they want to do immediately upon coming off entering office than they were the biden team. I was just going to say, i mean, one thing that i think youre going to see all im interested in seeing is how they, again continue to try to draw the contrast of the chaos that could be to come not just pointing out, as you said, theres less of these sort of chaotic moments that maybe 2016 during the campaign, its more disciplined now. So now if youre the Biden Campaign, the white house, youre focusing on some of the Policy Proposals they put up. I mean, just through my lens, i i tend to right about immigration a lot and i know that the Biden Campaign, the white house, have been highlighting look, if you thought that the first term was extreme look at what is being proposed for this upcoming term with potentially trying to end birthright citizenship, more travel bans, more travel restrictions, seismic change dangerous at the border, scaling up entire camps for undocumented immigrants. So its not just that issue, not just that policy. Im looking to see how the white house and the Campaign Looks at Policy Proposals and policies to come to draw the contrast thats going to be huge, particularly in states like minnesota, where you can, you can talk about his Immigration Bill in the first thing, one of the firm first things that the former president of the United States, it was a muslim ban. And where youre having an issue such as gaza, which is on the forefront of a lot of the things that democratic voters are caring about right now. The question that many the white house is posing is, are you really going to sit out the selection or jump out over me . To vote for somebody whos first Policy Proposal was chaotic and wasnt muslim ban. And that is a question that theyre asking. Voters were actually going to get an interesting test in minnesota on whether theres an unlimited election there. Im not going to im not going to try very good. Im impressed. Panel. Stay with us, please. It is 49 past the hour. Weve got your Morning Round up five people are dead after their small plane slammed into the shoulder of nashvilles Interstate 40 terrifying, the aircraft exploded into flames upon impact. It closed eastbound traffic the Supreme Court temporarily freezing a texas law that allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. 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Im looking to see does nikki haley win any state and if she doesnt, does she persist in the race past tonight or does she decide . I made my case . My faction is a large enough piece of the party, but im going to walk away now because only what do you thinking . Oh, look at california, i think theres an interesting race out there. Do you have a potential sort of interparty contests between when adam schiff and katie porter. Let me back you up because youre talking about the California Senate race, which i agree is super interesting and its a jungle primary, so its not like were going to get, were gonna get to people out of this race. We know adam schiff is gonna be one of them, right . Right. So talk about this other piece, then its effectively sort of a contest to see who gets that second slot. And right now, you have schiff and allies is actually investing money in a republican challengers. So that he doesnt have so much of a tight contest, possibly with katie porter moving forward. I mean, weve seen that that strategy before in politics, but interested to see how it plays out. Yeah, im wondering if itll come back to bite him. How bakari, what do you watching the differences between the primary varies in the caucuses in the republic. I mean, this is kind of nuance in ways i think that haley would do pretty well and alaska, utah, because those are caucuses, those arent primaries. And i think shell win. May so im calling it nikki haley wins three states tonight to the both of that, she goes up to bat to 100, write it down. Okay. Thats 100 in the caucuses. Thats alaska in utah, allowing wins, maine. She wins mean i think youre youre coming back to my all right. Ill be here in the morning. We hold you accountable. Im i have on i will be here therell be reading anyone would approve it anyway matt, what are you looking for . Its for tuesday. What im looking for honestly California Senate race obviously as well. Also, Sheila Jackson lee isnt a very tough primary down that texas is often on this network and others very visible longtime member of congress. She went to to run for houston mayor, kinds of graph the ball a little bit. Somebody whos in the race to succeed her, stay in the race when she went back to her house seat and has raised a lot of money. I wouldnt be surprised if shell jazz amanda edwards. Edwards, very young. Shell show that a lot of youth to this very aging body up here interesting note from mccarthy, chris its like circle back to what you were saying because i am actually really interested in your take on what you think if haley wants to have a future in politics, like what she should do, because theres this question of should she dropped out . What is the best timing for her . And also should she endorse trump . What do you think . So i think staying in the race much longer pass tonight is a potential problem. If she, if she maybe if she pulls off these three states that bakari has picked, maybe that gives you the reason to stay around a little bit longer. The longer she stays in the race, the more likely it is that donald trump tries to pin a general election loss on her and people like her. Now its possibly a little do this anyways, right when if donald trump loses, hes never says its always not his fault. But to be able to say, hey, i would have won if only those establishment rhino republicans hadnt sold me out longer. She stays in the race, the longer that can stick with that said, i think if she puts herself in a position where it seems like shes trying to help joe biden beat donald trump at all that does make it really hard for her, at least in the short term, to have a future in the party. But nothing in politics is for me, you know, nikki haleys going to endorse donald trump eventually write like, this is who nikki haley is. I mean, that is she will i mean, im not making you know, nikki haley a very long time as far as she walks out on that ledge . Saying this and that about donald trump, shes going to come back and say hes not joe biden. This is for america bubble, bubble block final thought she she worked for him. Right . And so not forget that it gets lost in it. So i wouldnt be surprised at all yeah. All right. Kristen bakari, matt, Great Conversation to kick off. Super tuesday. I will leave you with this were announce that i am retired right now its im retired from the nfl after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and the city of Brotherly Love, jason kelce saying goodbye to the game. He loves a seventime pro bowler, likely future hall of famer. He spent his entire nfl career with the eagles i love him. He thanked his coaches, teammates, fans, family, and notably his brother travis there is no chance id be here without the bond. Travis and i share its only too poetic. I found my career being fulfilled in the city. Of Brotherly Love i knew that relationship all too well. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie put it this way. Has there ever been a more perfect marrge