so trump has some things he needs to do with the establishment types. it remains to be seen how the grassroots will hold on to mccormick, but that s where we were going, and we will be soon enough. reporter: thank you so much. national political reporter for new york times, charlie dent, former publican congressman from pennsylvania and executive director and vice president of the congressional program at the aspen institute. coming, up nikki haley has a big endorsement this morning, donald trump has been collecting endorsements from top political figures of haley s own home state, and is parading around new hampshire with them. politics is hard, watching nikki haley get trust in two states at once by a guy who was once impeached twice, criminally indicted, and lost the last election is a sign that we should all turn our attention to the real two person race that is about to emerge, and they have nothing to do with the primaries. the one between joe biden and donald trump.
all in person. you have a great, weekend it s a busy week so i m sure we ll be talking during the week. see you, guys. velshi, starts now. good morning. it s sunday, january the 21st. i m ali velshi. we re two days away from the very first primary of the season. and perhaps, two days away from donald trump so in up the republican nomination in record time. the former president, who s been twice impeached and currently faces 91 criminal charges, appears headed for another easy victory and tuesday s primary. with all the legal troubles he still has a head of him this year, he is looking to shut down the primaries as soon as possible. new hampshire is nikki haley s hail mary moment. she has been gaining ground on trump in recent weeks, it appears to be too little, too late. while polls out of new hampshire have been historically volatile, no signs have emerged that haley will get the surge of support that she truly needs to boost her chances. even if she did pull off a miracle
we begin with a blistering and dangerous heat wave and a stranglehold across the western united states. millions of people are sweltering this weekend. more than 40 million are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 15 to 20 degrees above normal. for the fifth day in a wroe, electric companies in california are asking customers to turn off unnecessary lights and appliances in order to save electricity during the late afternoon and evening hours. cnn s chris winn reports from los angeles. reporter: across the west, the scorching heat is showing no signs of cooling off this holiday weekend. our ac at home can only do so much when we re in these triple digits. reporter: in glendale, california, residents are seeking refuge at the galleria shopping mall, taking advantage of the free air conditioning. getting out to the mall and just getting out of the house to get some sort of cool release is nice. reporter: california is in the midst of its longest heat wave of the yea
party. cnn s kristin holmes is there for us at the rally. kristin, what are pennsylvania republicans saying? are they concerned about these candidates right now? well, they are absolutely concerned. according to both trump advisers as well as state republicans that i spoke to besides the fact that trump has privately criticized both candidates particularly oz, his campaign, his performance, they believe it is too late for him to actually distance himself from these races. as you said, he hand picked oz and despite pleas from state republicans endorsed mastriano in the 11th hour. so the hope now is that trump s popularity in the state will actually boost these lagging campaigns, but i ve got to tell you, jim, it might be a heavy lift, particularly when it comes to oz. i have spoken to a number of republican voters, trump supporters who say when it comes to oz they are still on the fence. they do not feel like they connect with him. they don t feel like they know anything abo
primary election in both the senate and gubernatorial races, endorsing candidates. i would say the gop establishment really were not behind, certainly in the governor s race case, endorsing mastriano, who s been quite an election denier and extreme on many levels. many republicans view that these races are very winnable, especially in the governor s case. it s not so winnable now because of this candidate, mastriano. i have endorsed josh shapiro, the democrat running against him, a mainstream individual, a decent and honorable human being. i know a lot of sort of mainstream, middle of the road-republicans have done that as well. you talked about the importance of donald trump maybe acting as an anchor for these candidates. let s talk about joe biden. he s given several speeches in the state. he s expected back there on monday. is he an important factor with