tim scott, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis are among the republicans attending the event hosted by the conservative radio show host erick erickson. former president trump was not invited. eva, former governor chris christie of new jersey was the first speaker this morning. what did he say? who else is speaking today? >> reporter: yeah. he left the stage about 45 minutes ago. he seemed pretty confident up there going into the debate next week. he outlined his policy priorities as addressing public safety, school choice, eliminating government spending. this conference this event organizer erick erickson has said these two days are not about trump, but trump did weave his way into that conversation with christie later on after telling reporters that trump is a coward for not being that the

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