. happening now. there s majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news and the race of the republican nomination. he s got details on the major developments that are unfolding. exactly, omar, what are we expected to hear directly from chris christie in the coming minutes? yeah, wol
And we thank her for her decades of service to this country. All of our thoughts with her family. We will continue this breaking News Coverage the death of senator Dianne Feinstein continues now with cnn news central. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And we do continue with the breaking news, Scrat Cdemocrati senator Dianne Feinstein has passed away at the age of 90 years old. We have of course seen the senators struggles with her health in recent years, she has been previously hospitalized in august after a fall. We now want to get to Cnns Wolf Blitzer who is taking a look back at her life and incredible legacy. Announcer Dianne Feinstein emerged on the National Stage after a 1978 tragedy in San Francisco. Mayor moss coney and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. Reporter after the Assassinations Feinstein was sworn in as the first female mayor of the city by the bay. Mayor feinstein quickly got the attention of the National Democratic party on a short list of vp cand
Today on Inside Politics, a giant of the u. S. Senate has died. Well talk all about Dianne Feinsteins passing, more important ly, her legacy in minutes. But were going to start this hour with Breaking News on capitol hill. As we speak, we are watching a critical vote to avert a Government Shutdown. I want go straight to manu raju to give us the latest of what were seeing on the house floor. Reporter theres a procedural vote right now to advance the republicanled effort to keep the government open for about a month. This procedural vote, they have the votes to advance it to the final vote. That doesnt mean this is good news for the speakerer. In fact, a number of these members opposed to the speakers Spending Plans made clear that they are okay voting Going Forward on this procedural vote, but they plan to vote no and sink the bill to keep the government open for a handful of weeks because of their opposition of the way the issues have been handled here and the demands to move forward w
many of these i would start to name names, but then i would screw that up and would forget somebody who is really important to us. i m not going to do that. i know who you are. you know how much we treasure our relationships with you. i will mention one person, as she texted me, you know, last night or this morning, and she said to me, please, please don t drop out. we need you. that was our friend toni. i had decided at that moment in my heart, so did mary pat, that i was going to, i didn t respond, because i didn t want
alone november of 2024. neil: a dozen republicans vying for the republican nomination. mitt romney is afraid that if some don t drop out soon and get their donors to do so and soon, it will tee up a nominee named donald trump. people might not have any problem with that. my next guest is saying why are you searching for that guy? andy sabans says he has him. a big donor to tim scott. he joins us right now. good to have you. hey, neil. nice to be with you. my friend, dick rosso sends his love. neil: give him my best. the former chairman of the new york stock exchange. let s ask you about what mitt romney saying. i know you don t believe your candidate should pull out. tim scott is polling well. he does have the resources. what romney is getting too, there s too many in the race and too crowded and tees up donald trump all over again, picking off a large field.