Prices you every day, hurry. Therell be gone in a Flash Designer Sales at up to 70 keep sent off shop gilt. Com today tonight on 360, what the Campaign Looks like from here. Now that its pretty much yes, just the two of them. And how this 2020 match could look quite different from four years ago. Also tonight, what the president hopes to gain and all he stands to lose at tomorrows highstakes reelection year, state of the Union Address plus with just a few days left to find 83 million in the e. Jean carroll case. Former President Trump says he needs more time, which could speak volumes about the state and if his finances evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. John king here sitting in for anderson. Appreciate your time. We begin tonight with what comes next at this big crossroads moments. Crossroads moment of the 2024 campaign. Last night, super tuesday results made a trumpbiden rematch. All but certain and today several big and quick decisions made clear Donald Trumps grip on the Republican Party is all the more tight. The first being nikki haley bowing out of the race, not endorsing the former president , but its not precluding it either. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that meaning, presumably, she says open to persuasion as source supporters are not clear though, how open some of them might be. Also today, more collapse and what little republican resistance remains. Iowas joni ernst became the final member of the Senate Republican leadership to endorse trump ernst getting in line shortly after the top Senate Republican the minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, offered his endorsement of trump. Yes thats the same Mitch Mcconnell who said this after january 6, theres no question. None there. President trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day no question about it the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president thats the man he endorsed today. Hes talking about right there. The same man who turned him into a punching bag and his wife, elaine chao, into the target of repeated racist name calling Mitch Mcconnells is asking, you guys are disaster. The old crow. Mitch mcconnell, the old crow, the old broken down fro is an old broken down crow. Mitch mcconnell and his wife, coco chow. Coco. Mitch mcconnell has been a disaster for our country. And his wife coco chow, who i got to know very well. She you can have her to yes. You heard it right there in his own words, the former president really said all that. Yet today, the retiring Senate Leader said it was clear donald trump header and the support of Republican Voters and quote, it should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support a short time later, cetera number connell said this to cnns manu raju i dont have anything to add to what i just said. I said in February Of 2021 shortly after the attack on the capitol that i would support President Trump if he were the nominee of our party. And he obviously is going to be the nominee of our party okay so in a single day, Mitch Mcconnell and joni ernst fell in line. Nikki haley remained open to one day, perhaps doing the same last night, we learned the two resolution circulating inside the Republican National committee are now dead, cementing trumps hold on the party. One of those resolutions called for the committee to remain neutral in the primaries second, this ones way more important would have barred it from paying the former president s legal bills. As for President Biden, his path to renomination also clear, Congressman Dean Phillips ended his longshot bid today, a longer shot. Marianne williamson says shes still in the race, but team biden is looking to november last nights results raise general election opportunities and challenges for both candidates in the president s case, a decent number of uncommitted votes in colorado and minnesota make clear he has yes. An onsite happy slice in his base for trump, the loss to haleon, vermont and narrower than expected margins in some places may clear he too has problems with voters who could prove critical come november, the president s next challenge is tomorrow. Tomorrow nights state of the Union Address. Even before questions about his age, he was never known as a great order, yet the opportunities are obvious. A giant stage to make his case define his opponent and make clear he was, he was ready to take giant Border Security steps until trump told the House Speaker who will be right there over biden shoulder that doing something good for the country just might be bad for the trump campaign. Whatever is said though, will mark an early beginning, remarkably early beginning for the general election campaigns. So what to make of this moment . First, the take of senator joe manchin, the West Virginia democrat, who often angers his partys liberal wing and who has called joe biden a friend for more than three decades, yet, has not yet endorsed biden in this campaign, we spoke shortly before airtime Senator Manchin, thank you for your time. Its a big day and you see now as we move on to the general election, President Trump, former President Trump calling for unity and the Republican Party he even has Mitch Mcconnell now, Mitch Mcconnell has endorsed donald trump. If trump can get mcconnell, is this the day that biden can get manchin well i understand whats going on and i understand how its happening. And with that being said, i just want to know i went to joe biden to be the joe biden. Ive known all these years always being a centrist center left a little bit, but always center. Someone makes a deal and hes made some great things happen. Weve been able to work together. Hes got a giant speech tomorrow night id stayed the unions is important for any president. This is a reelection year speech for the president United States at a time when his Approval Rating is underwater, went on the big issues like immigration, the economy, donald from normally beats him obeda by a ton of points. You say you need to hear the old centrist joe biden again i would love to see him basically acknowledged we have more were producing more energy today. Were more Energy Secure and we ever been in history of our country. Youre not running for reelection . Your friend and colleague, senator sinema, who changed from democrat to independent, just to now, shes not running for reelection. Mitt romney, the republican from utah, who youve worked with on issues the pragmatist who wants to get things done yes, hes a conservative. He wants to get these. That hes not running for reelection. A lot of democrats are going to get mad at what im about to say. But Mitch Mcconnell stepping aside as republican leader, also takes out the dealmakers in the sense that maybe he was co2. Youre right. But he authorized republicans like senator lankford, like senator romney, like senator calls to go into the room and try to cut the best deal possible. What is he . Happening to the governing center in what is the danger if my eyes tell me its disappearing . Well, john, ive come to conclusion. Youre going to fix it. Washington so im im saying enoughs enough. I didnt want another six year sentence of setting here, getting nothing accomplished. So im working with my daughter americans together its a tremendous opportunity for us just to help people organize themselves, 55 to 60 of americans, john, or center left, center, right there, right here. Thats where all the decisions and deal making his mate. And thats its were compromise is. And right now, the extremes are having sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Weve got to get people understanding the strength they have. Nobody can win without that independent centerleft, centerright, more of the independent thinking people voting for him. They cant win without him. Use the strength and were going to try to ms next year or so, the law long game is to teach them how to do that. If President Biden wants to win reelection, do you believe he should spend his time now getting nikki haley voters, people who tend to live in the suburbs sent to me more scale, tend to be more affluent. Theyre moderates and some of them are republican, some of their independence, or should he be spending time . Hes not going to win your state, but it should be spent at time of communities like West Virginia can you talking to blue collar people who work with their hands, who 30 years ago voted democrat and now vote trump. Yeah. Well, hes definitely should go for nikki haley. Nikki haley voters and thats gonna be the centrist voters. There were center centerright democrats are crossed over to vote for. Thats what i have said. The extremes or where they are. Hes going to have to come back to the middle east to get the people that basic were voting for. Nikki didnt want to go towards adl. Now if its a tossup, what happens . Well, if theyre fairly conservative, that might be very difficult if they think youve gone im too far left. Thats my concern. Thats what im hoping to be able to discuss and talk about. So im going to circle back to where i began in the sense that you know, joe biden is your friend more than 30 years. I know you have to have some concerns with him at the moment. He needs all the help he can get right now if the election were today or tomorrow, trump would be different for you, mr. Day or two . More . Yeah. I thought youd be ready. So your wet your weight, your way. Are you waiting for your moment . Youre going to be on team biden in the ed youre waiting for your moment or you need a few more things for him . No . No. We could use to help right now. He could use to help right now, center. Thats right. And he has to show that he wants that help from that centrist that centerleft, centerright, that doesnt have anybody talking to him right now. Now, how do we get basically the border the border basically, joe biden should give him a cooper there and just say, listen, i made a mistake through the secant if humanity out was trying to help people, there have been displaced around the world after the pandemic. I never thought they take advantage and coming the droves theyve come in. And we should have shut it down sooner. Im trying in this shut it down now, but he calls the politics i have President Trumps stepped in and says, oh, dont sign onto this. And i watched that happen. I watched my republican friends, john that were there that says were not going to give one penny of aid until we secure our borders. I said, i agree with my republicans and told the democrats, im going to vote with republicans to secure the border for the first, while trump is holding, trump held that hostage, its done. Youre not going to get anything through the congress. I dont think he could get a bill saying tuesday comes after monday through the congress right now you know what . So what should the present do . Should he take a negative acts . Now, the board . Ask the . Lawsuit absolutely. Take Executive Action on the border, shut that motor down, secure that border. We shouldnt be releasing anybody. We dont know who they are this dangerous. Weve got to stop that. John, we can never, ever shut our doors down to legal immigration. But we have an absolute right and responsibility to shut the border down to illegal immigration. Thats what has to be done. So let me close it here. If the president talks energy tomorrow night the way that makes you happy president takes strong Executive Action to try to do something about the flood of migrants across the border illegally joe manchin, boudreau, ready to join team biden as a lot that makes me a lot happier singing message. Well see if that message comes in the days ahead center. Appreciate your time thanks, john. Appreciate it. Thank you some perspective now, on this moment joining us, cnn chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny, our cnn political commentator, van jones, and our cnn special correspondent, jamie gangel, circle back to a little bit Senator Manchin in a minute, but i want to talk about some other another prominent voice today at this interesting moment. Jamie, this is what former congressman liz cheney said today about trump in this moment, quote, the gop has chosen, they will nominate a man who attempted to overturn an election and seize power we have eight months to save our republican ensure donald trump is never anywhere near the oval office. Again, join me in the fight for our nations freedom and quote, tough words. What is she planning . Youre not surprised. This is game on. This is what liz cheney has been waiting for. And the reality is, she now knows cia hasnt gotten all the delegates, but he is the presumptive nominee. I expect that she will be out there calling out trump at every turn. She will do whatever she can to stop him i think she will also be doing events in Battleground States, and i wouldnt be surprised to see her out campaigning for democrats for congressional seats, house and senate, because she believes it is critical that congress is controlled by democrats imagine this liz cheney will be campaigning for democrats. She left iliac a little peace out there. Thats remarkable in its own right. But she said, she said if trump is the nominee, she would no longer consider yourself a republican. Does she make a clean break or does she say like in remission until hes still around . Does she make a clean break and you didnt mention President Biden. Does she see a world in which President Biden would be smarter, especially in some of the Battleground States to have her standing right, to have her produce him on stage. Im a republican for biden. Would she do that . Right . Liz cheney doesnt say what she doesnt mean. So when she says she will do everything i believe we will see her at some point formerly say she is no longer a republic can she did not say that by accident, two years ago . I think that just speaks as you would know to the complete takeover of the gop by donald trump, this is the upside down world she has left open the door for running, but there is one thing liz cheney doesnt want to be, and thats a spoiler. If she feels that she would take votes away from joe biden, and that would lead to donald trump winning shes not going to go down that path the biden endorsement. I leave that for her to say when and where more acts to follow. I guess. What is a pretty important sub drama of a fabric with you, jeff, to you, look, Mitch Mcconnell is hardly the first one marco rubio data, ted cruz. A lot of people that donald trump has heaped a ton of tough scorn and worse on, have eventually gotten in line. But thats this is a big one. Not just for what he said about mcconnell, but i would say even more so about what the racist attack and secretary chao, yet Mitch Mcconnell says lets do it. Why would, i mean thats a takeover . Look, the train is leaving the station and mcconnells about the last or onboard you mentioned center and are joni ernst she also in leadership does not view donald trump as someone who should be leading the Republican Party, but this is where they are talking to one mcconnell ally earlier today, and hes looked he wanted to get on with it he doesnt want to be asked these questions. He doesnt want his of neutrality to dog Senate Candidates who hes going to be raising money for, who hes going to try and rebuild the majority so they point us to that speech where he also said whoever becomes the nominee of the party, he will support. So that is where we are now at this, but i was thinking back to the speech he gave just last week on the senate floor. He said, i have a lot of faults misunderstanding the politics of my party is not one of them and that was pretty clear today. So thats why he did it. But the reality here is neither liz cheney nor Mitch Mcconnell are going to solve what is actually a challenge here for trump . Or biden in rebuilding their individual coalitions, they are on the outside of. But do you do see van welcome to the conversation. This is not new. Republicans are tend to be quicker to put aside their grievances, their grudges, and whatever, and get in line at the moment of consolidation, you heard Senator Manchin . Not yet. Not yet. He wants to hear the president say, hey, look at all kohl were producing, look at all the oil were pumping. He says the presence, afraid to say that because it angers progressives like you hes not wrong. Theres an ecological left that was actually came at Senator Manchin, i think in a very unfair and very dangerous way that is frustrated with some of the things. But joe biden himself is presiding over a remarkable energy renaissance. I were producing more fossil fuel and more clean energy than any other country. And so he could be proud of that. I do want to say, we talk about the politics of