to go and also a tough thing to recover from. good luck to himment thanks, andy, i appreciate it. thanks all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts now. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. thanks for joining us early. it was a huge night in the 2024 presidential campaign, the two republicans vying to become the top trump alternative facing off in a cnn debate slinging attacks at each other. ron desantis and nikki haley leaving the front runner unscathed with less than four days to go until the iowa caucus. the former president was actually less than two miles away skipping the debate again instead choosing a solo appearance where it appeared he was trying to soften his comments he d be a dictator on day one. and this morning, the race is also on to win over chris christie s supporters after he suspended his campaign last night. in typical christie fashion, he had a lot to say on the way out continuing to call ou
let s bring back errol lewis, adam kinzinger and lee carter. i wonder specifically for you as a republican who decided to lead, who led the january 6th inquiry and who has also been so outspoken against trump, what did last night mean, he talked about the soul of our country. he talked about brooiavery, and talked about the character of the candidate being the most critical issue. it was a bit of an emotional speech for me to watch. i bet. because he s been the one that s been speaking to the heart of the part of the party that i would consider myself, which is like this whatever it is, 15, 20%, you probably have the bet anywhere else, of people that feel like we don t have a home anymore. we re homeless politically. and he s the one you know, with everything that liz and i went through, and we re not asking for sympathy on this, but it s amazing to me the number of republicans that in quiet, in silence and he talked about this in his speech would say, yeah, donald trump is