hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka width and we re watching several developing stories at this hour polls are now open in the critical south carolina republican primary voters there, deciding between former president president donald trump and former south carolina governor nikki haley as the next gop presidential nominee. it s an election being closely monitored around the moral especially in ukraine. today that nation is marking two years since russia s invasion, leaders from several western countries are in key if to reinforce their support as fears grow that crucial us military funding will come to light and new developments in russia, where a spokesperson for late putin, opposition leader alexei navalny s says his body has been turned over to his mother more than a week after he was found dead in a russian in prison right? let s begin in this country with a gop presidential showdown underway right now in south carolina, voters are heading
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State Rep. Adam Morgan s claim that the state Department of Health and Human Services was registering illegal residents to vote was found to be baloney by SLED.
SC Se. Tim Scott is on Donald Trump s short list for vice president. This fuels the new rivalry between Scott and Nikki Haley, who first appointed him.
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