iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai
to a very special edition of outfront. the breaking news, chris christie drops out. the bombshell coming just two hours before cnn s gop debate, the last debate before the first votes of the 2024 election. i m erin burnett in new york, and welcome the our viewers here and around the world. and i m anderson cooper in des moines, iowa. behind me, the stage is set for the debate tonight between nikki haley and ron desantis. and christie s surprise announcement just raised the stakes here in a big way. here is chris christie in his own words. it s clear to me tonight that there isn t a path for me to win the nomination. which is why i m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. the question, of course, who will christie endorse. conventional wisdom says nikki haley. but christie was caught on a hot mic right before his announcement saying this about haley. she s going to get smoked. and you and i both know it. she is not up to this. well, obvi
jessica tarlov, jesse watters, d greg gutfeld. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. the so-called great savior of democracy is back. rushed off his caribbean vacation where he got sunburned into oblivion. president biden was at valley forge to kick off his first major campaign speech of the year, but it looks like the big guy is out of big ideas. instead of talking policies or how he will make your lives better, biden bashed maga supporters and january 6th. the president repeatedly mentioned george washington, while fanning himself as a defender against dictatorship. donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. maga supporters not only embrace political they abide by it. hear me clearly, i will stay with donald trump won t: political violence is never, ever acceptable in the united states, never, never, never.
and doing work on the houses and the shop was full. so far, they are saying that four were killed and a couple of dozen wounded and so, i think for people here, it s just another blow. the firefighters who went into the building have been incredibly busy this week because there s been other attacks on the central part of the city not long after the shop. president zelensky has said repeatedly that all of this proves the point that he keeps on making witches they need more effective air defences and for those, he is looking to his allies in europe and particularly, in the united states. is caught this madness, the scene you described, exemplifies a typical weekend. civilian existence, a diy store is civilian infrastructure and that should be protection under international humanitarian law, have we heard anything from russia? not that i m aware of. over the last weeks and months, ukrainians hit their side as well and they say they have lost civilians to attacks launched from in
is an act of russian madness . officials say at least six people were killed and more than 30 others injured on saturday when two glide bombs struck the diy store in ukraine s second city, kharkiv. an air raid warning sounded moments before explosions tore through the building, starting an intense fire. the ukrainian leader again urged western allies to send more air defences to ukraine. ukraine s military says the two glide bombs that hit kharkiv were among a0 that russia dropped on ukrainian army positions and civil infrastructure saturday. the ukrainian military says russian forces are continuing their offensive in the kharkiv region, with six attacks repelled by the ukrainian military. the bbc sjeremy bowen is in kharkiv. i spoke to him a short while ago. jeremy, very good to have you with us. this airstrike took place on a crowded superstore there in ukraine s second largest city. what more can you tell us? it was mid afternoon, it s the weekend, it was a pretty nice da