you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with breaking news. the race for the republican nomination down to two candidates, after florida governor ron desantis suspended his presidential campaign. two days before the critical new hampshire primary, and endorsed donald trump. moments ago, the former president addressed supporters in new hampshire. he thanks desantis for his support. the rally is still going on. what s trump saying? reporter: yeah. he addressed ron desantis dropping out of the race at the very top of his speech tonight. he thanked ron desantis for his endorsement. he called it, quote, gracious of him to give him his endorsement. he argued that desantis ran a very good campaign. take a listen to how trump put it. before we begin, i would like to take time to congratulate ron desantis. of course, a really terrific person. i ve gotten to know his wife for having run a great campaign for president. he did. he ran a really good
this all comes after the tornadoes ripped through mississippi and alabama. officials say so far at least 26 people have been killed. a pastor in hard-hit rolling fork, mississippi says nearly the entire town is completely destroyed. exodus total devastation. it is a wreckage like i have never seen. it s only a miracle of god there are not hundreds of fatalities in our town and in our area. houses leveled, houses completely destroyed. businesses like the majority of the businesses in our small town are completely destroyed. it is just terrible wreckage. alicia: and fortune of the severe weather threat for the region is not over urologist adam s life in the forecast said with the latest pickwick snowstorms continue to push across the south easily continued to the sunday. maybe even a lingering a little bit into monday. here s what we are currently looking at. some of the green polygons on your screen flooding and portions of north-central georgia. you see a severe thunderstor
Fighter pilots and reserve early units there are adversaries a iran in lebanon try to take advantage of this delicate situation very tonight israel does not have a defense min minister. if you expect more resignations from top levels in the government. that does not happen in tonight s on the brink of collapse. from an economic standpoint and also a homeland security standpoint. eric: a lot of passion and anger on the streets in israel. we ll get to you as a situation develops. trey yingst in jerusalem reported that the demonstrators, thank you. alicia: question which is a favorite nickname trump is given you so far? even heat went off. i don t know how to spell the sanctimonious i don t know what
Science. there won t be much, that i can guarantee. jesse: boxes and politics a lot a like. jabs one guy feeling another one out. sometimes you feel guy come off the mat and win. sometimes talking trash in the ring. first round of the 2024 republican primary we saw trump test desantis defense. jab here, jab there. see what gets through. get his distance down. and now we are in round 2. and desantis is starting to let his hands go a little. watch. what is your favorite nickname trump has given you so far ron desanctimonious or meatball ron. even he went off meatball ron. i don t know lou to spell desanctimonious. i don t know whether a it means. i kind of like it s long and it s got a lot of vowels. we can go with that. that s fine. can you call me whatever you want. just as long as you, you know, also call me a winner. jesse: that sounds like a line that desantis has been working on. good line. good line. desantis for the most part has been quiet. he has been dancing around th
White house bid but if he does run, he could be biden. watch this exclusive sit down more. piers morgan. so you re running? i just said i could. if you look at florida. todd: the florida governor acknowledging the many nicknames former president trump has given him. they cut favorite nickname trump has given me one is sanctimonious. even he i don t know how to spell sanctimonious and i don t know what it means. i kind of like it. it is long and has a lot of valves. that is fine, call me whatever you want just as long as you call me a winner. todd: you can watch the entire exclusive interview tomorrow on fox nation. ashley: there is heart breaking new exclusive images showing a little 2-year-old boy left alone at the texas border