one hour. she will leave the republican presidential race leaving that field for one man standing and that s donald j. trump. her remarks are set for one hour, 10:00 a.m. eastern time out of south carolina. we ll have them live. that s the headline of the moment. coming off the big night from last night, so good morning. couple of hours of sleep, back at it. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: i got 5 1/2. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. glad to be with you this morning. big news day. we ll have nikki haley at 10:00. right now, let s talk about donald trump. banner day for him because georgia s 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 haley s 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
trump vs. joe biden in 2024. he did not win in vermont and now has 995 delegates to haley s 89. that puts him about 220 shy of the number needed which is 1,215 to clinch the nomination. that could happen march 19th, two weeks from yesterday, dana? dana: i have been impressed with your arithmetic in the last 48 hours. it is excellent! fox team coverage all morning long. jackie is at the white house and kayleigh mcenany standing by with us in studio. let s get to bill in south carolina with the haley campaign as we await this announcement. bill? bill: yeah, dana, good morning to you. any minute now, nikki haley is expected to take that stage and announce she is dropping out of this race. we re told the speech is going to be quick. about four minutes. that she is not going to endorse donald trump. she is instead going to urge him to earn the support of the republicans and independents who currently don t support him right now. but think about how far we ve come with this hal