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
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blessing. the other say i don t know who i would pick or maybe i ll stay home. and that i think could, if there was going to be any benefit to an endorsement would be permission for those folks to think a republican primary, i don t know if i want to bother. it s cold. do i want to go do this? if they think that nikki haley doesn t have a shot, or oh, maybe she is going to wind up being a trump sycophant in the end, maybe they stay home. and that s the fine line she s got walk. jamal, when you look at this, the significance of it as you come into the debate, and haley is talking to iowa voters, to the base that she wants to get a vote from, but she is also talking to independents. when you look at the wall street journal poll, haley beats biden by 17 points. this is just one poll. look how much trump beats biden in the same poll, 4. in the before times, nikki haley would be the republican nominee for president, and she might even be the next president of the united states, right. s