neil: well, this is it, the first in the nation if primary, and it s in new hampshire. 22 delegates at stake. i want you to think of that for just a second. it takes 1215 delegates to secure the republican nomination. at this rate and if he were to win this state, donald trump might have, well, about 30, 35 dell grates delegates. that s a long way to 1215. but the interesting aspect of this primary and this entire race is the belief that if donald trump does well here, he s all but wrapped up the nomination. for the next two hours, we re going to look at the risk and the reward of that kind of strategy and we remind you that sometimes coming in second here isn t the end of the world. in 1992 that honor went to one bill clinton who was called the comeback kid after scoring a silver again in new hampshire. new hampshire will surprise you. it has a long history of doing just that. a lot of comebacks have been scored here. ronald reagan, after losing iowa in 1980, and then of
i m christine romans in today for alex. it is two pm on the east coast. 11 am out west. we begin this hour with campaign bus lighting at new hampshire. we countdown to tuesday s first-in-the-nation primary. closing arguments are underway with mikaelyan donald trump making their pitches in person to voters in the granite state. while ron desantis has turned his gaze south campaigning in south carolina today. on the democratic side, supporters of president joe biden are staging a write in campaign over a fallout over the first democratic primary left him off the ballot there. today biden s challenge is congressman dean phillips and author are out there stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. you can see new hampshire primary voters favoring ticking haley as the republican candidate who do best head to head against president biden. trump is widely expected to win the republican primary on tuesday. l spk a name rally in manchester tonight. meanwh
desantis has dropped his bid for the gop presidential nomination. desantis made the announcement on social media, the social media platform, ex, hours ago, he since endorsed donald trump for the nomination over nikki haley, who says this is now, quote, a two-person race. we re going to dive deep tonight into what this departure really means for the race. the cultural wars gripping our country right now that desantis was a major figure in, standing by tonight we will talk with to florida former congressman, congresspeople, one democrat and one republican. and we ll hear from up bishop of one of the major churches in florida, who s been on the frontlines fighting desantis on the so-called war on woke, and what desantis coming home will mean to blacks in that state and the ramifications nationwide. we have a lot for you right on the ground to dig into what this means. but first, from manchester, new hampshire, is msnbc shaquille brewster, shaq, can you recap what happened to
republicans and democrats square off for control in congress. steve: the polling place is opening right now, including in wisconsin and arizona where crucial races for governor and senate are taking center stage. ainsley: 36 states will pick a governor today has control of the senate hinges on the outcome of 35 races and every seat in the house, 435 of them up for grabs today. brian: and across the country, we are hearing from the candidates themselves come already in the tape library, lee zeldin, dr. oz, and jd vance sharing their final pitch to voters this morning. i will declare a client to my crime emergency day one and suspend cashless bail, raise the age, the discovery law changes and force the state legislature to come to the table. that is what new yorkers want. they don t want to be told to look away and they don t think any of this is a joke. i stand for ballots. i know how to bring solutions to the forefront, that is what people want. we actually certai
average temperatures in every state between thursday and sunday. the heat has already arrived in the midwest and south. sean combs has returned is key to new york after a request by eric adams. that was in response to the 2016 police surveillance video showing combs assaulting his former girlfriend. adams bestowed the honor to combs last year and said he was deeply disturbed by that footage. a sun country airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing on friday due to engine failure. 176 passengers, landing without any major injuries. especially when it comes to yuppies and donald trump. the offer of a new book joins me. good day to all of you from headquarters here in new york. we begin with decision 2024. president biden will return to washington tonight to begin extensive debate pap with his first chief of staff. he is in california with a record-breaking $30 million in campaign cash. at last night s fundraiser, he also delivered his harshest criticism yet o