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[applause] live from drake university in des moines, iowa, this is the cnn republican presidential debate. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, watching us on cnn, cnn max, cnn international, cnn en español, and cnn. com. good evening, i m jake tapper, motoring tonight s debate, alongside my friend and colleague dana bash. and just five days from now, voters here in iowa will cast the first votes of the 2024 presidential race. tonight, the very first one-on-one matchup between top contenders, governor ron desantis and former governor and u. n. ambassador nikki haley. former president trump met the requirements for tonight s debate, but declined to participate. our commitment in this debate is to provide as much information as possible to voters, especially here in iowa, before the first contests begin next week. so in choosing topics, we focused on the issues important to republicans. let s bring out the candidates now. ....
simone sanders-townsend, joined by my coherence, alicia menendez and michael steele. the clock just struck midnight a couple of hours ago. three republican candidates made their case why they should be the republican party s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. former south carolina governor nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis sparred in a debate hedrick university in des moines. meanwhile, the front runner of the republican party, former president donald trump, took a break from court appearances to take questions in a fox news town hall. in this town hall, he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points and essentially a rally with questions. let me be clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie, suspended his campaign, refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal worl ....
colleagues olamon, as don t offend k mark, a man smiling sanders-townsend with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i along with some special guests are gonna break down the justice department s case against the former commander in chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday when the bombshell 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. nauta it was also charged w ....
divisive politics? thank you. it s a great question, the tone at the top matters. when i talked about how we could have been completely devastated in south carolina with the shooting of walter scott, how we could ve been completely devastated in south carolina with the murder of those nine amazing souls at mother emmanuel church. how we could ve been divided on so many other things. south carolina always held strong, and held together. it was because i knew i served and represented all of them, not just a select group, all of them. and that means, i did not think of any of the south carolina as good, or as bad, as right, were as wrong. i just knew i needed to overcommunicate, tell them everything i knew, and that s how i will be as a president. you will know more than you want to know. because i think it is important that you know everything. and then tell you about where we go. and move forward, more than that on my first day, you start by controlling what you can co ....
colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanders-townsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the justice department s case against the former commander-in-chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. when the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. ....