all right primary season, as you know, in full swing and tomorrow it is all about michigan despite two big law officers for nikki haley, her home state of south carolina, and her biggest fundraising back or the koch brothers. she s vowing to fight on today. she ll be back on the campaign trail. in both michigan and minnesota. now it s for donald trump with south carolina under his belt and moving closer to clinching the nomination. he s looking towards the general his campaign is working to build up their teams in key swing states. and it comes as he flips a big critic into a key endorsement. the number two republican in the senate, john thune, now officially backing the former president, cnn s eva mckend is on the trail in michigan she joins us now live. eva. what is nikki haley telling michigan voters at this point in time? she has lost in iowa. she has lost in new hampshire. she has lost in her home state of south carolina well, sara, she s essentially telling voters
a lot of the water needs to be pumped up hill at leaks there. but something to pay attention to john and a warmer world. bill weir, great to have you this morning. thanks so much, my friend a prisoner swap in its final stages. and one that would have included alexei navalny, what his teen is now revealing was in the works the day before navalny die. all right. breaking this morning, ukraine pulls back from a city in the east, a new retreat. what does this mean? and president zelenskyy tells cnn he cannot understand how donald trump can be on the side of russian president vladimir putin. and on the eve of the michigan primary, nikki haley vowing to stick it out despite two big losses, her home-state primary and her biggest donor. does she have any chance at all in michigan? break down the final polls for you. i m sara sidner alongside john berman and kate baldwin and this is cnn news central new this morning, a top aide to alexey navalny. now he says they were in t
widening as i speak, with new names added on like a traffic lineup in manhattan. there s still no indication that donald trump is anywhere near to making one of the key decisions of his presidency, who will serve as his chief diplomat. vice president-elect mike pence ran through some of the top contenders yesterday. i think everyone that he s talked to and has been talked about, whether it be a rudy giuliani or mitt romney or general petraeus or senator corker or john bolten, and others, bring extraordinary background and qualities to this. nbc news reports that several new names have been added to that list, even if they remain outside contenders. the associated press, meanwhile, is reporting that prospects of rudy giuliani and mitt romney, they say, are fading. the new names include jon huntsman, who was critical of trump during the campaign, but who wasn t also reportedly in the mix, ceo of exxonmobil, rex the bulk of the time was with the president-elect, donald trump. i f
I use herpecin l.re, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes, moisturizes, and creates an spf 30 barrier, to protect against flare-ups caused by the sun. herpecin l. a 2018 strategy session erupting into heated exchanges at the white house. the new york times is reporting top aides clashed about how to move forward in the wake of roy moore s bruising loss in the alabama senate race. let s bring back ron brownstein. this is interesting. set the scene. this is happening at the white house. the president is there. here s the cast who is present. you have bill steppian, political director.
no! this is a television guy. he looks like a television guy. who looks like romney, huntsman. they look the part. anyway, let s talk about something. we all like uncle joe. joe biden said he s going to run for president in 2020. we all love joe biden, but this seems unlikely to me. i mean, 2020, he ll be 78 years old. that s got to be the person ever running for he ll just be beating the house leadership at the turn. because they re all older than him. clyburn s older than him, pelosi s older than him. they re all older than biden. really? don t argue with me. i just checked it, because they were taking heat in this case. 77, 76, 78. it s unbelievable. the democrats have to eventually move on to a new generation. when would that be? this might be the moment. maybe after a huge bruising