One hour. She will leave the republican president ial race leaving that field for one man standing and thats donald j. Trump. Her remarks are set for one hour, 10 00 a. M. Eastern time out of south carolina. Well have them live. Thats the headline of the moment. Coming off the Big Night From Last night, so good morning. Couple of hours of sleep, back at it. Im bill hemmer in new york. Dana i got 5 1 2. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Glad To Be With You this morning. Big news day. Well have nikki haley at 10 00. Right now, lets talk about donald trump. Banner day for him because georgias state senate is investigating the actions of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis and her romance with trump Special Prosecutor nathan wade. We are monitoring that. We are also awaiting word from trump on haleys decision. But last night, trump was fired up and in his element putting his victory in historical terms. They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. This is a big one. And they t
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campaigning for president even if he were convicted. now, that is not entirely shocking to be honest. trump never admitted defeat after losing the election in the 2020 election. he s not going to tap out of the 2024 race when it s just getting started. but there s more to this move. it s not about politics. it has a bigger strategy at its core. as axios explains, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the white house. this is a fight to stay out of prison. legal experts believe it s unlikely trump s criminal trial will be resolved before the 2024 election, so whoever wins the presidency could be in a position to influence trump s case, and if trump is the gop nominee, he could essentially be campaigning for his freedom, an unprecedented scenario in this country. according to axios, winning the presidency would give a chance for sympathy or even pardon himself if convicted. his political rivals trying to beat trump, they have signaled they would pardon him or bring
look it up. the lead starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears he s being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and he s just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in the race against trump and chris christie believes he can both them both. i ll ask governor christie how ahead when he joins me live on the lead. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. we ll begin today with our health lead. as much of the eastern united states is being choked right now by a dangerous haze of smoke caused by more than 400 raging wildfires in canada. air quality alert are out for more than 55 million people across the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic. the air is so unhealth
flooding, power outages across the east coast. we ll have an update from our reporter on the ground and a look at where this intense weather is heading next. next. good morning. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we want to take you right to tel aviv where any moment defense secretary lloyd austin will speak at this press conference. today s meeting follows the tragic news announced friday that israeli defense forces accidentally killed three israeli hostages. the idf releasing these photos showing a sign they say was written in leftover food reading help. three hostages, it was found inside a building near the killings. now israeli public is pushing the government to get back to negotiating to get the remains hostages out. as nbc news has learned, cia director william burns is meeting with israeli and qatari officials in poland in an effort to restart the talk. let s bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard eng