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. happening now. there s majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news and the race of the republican nomination. he s got details on the major developments that are unfolding. exactly, omar, what are we expected to hear directly from chris christie in the coming minutes? yea ....
To lie to you, but i turned to mary pat, i handed her the phone and showed her, i said, these are the kind of people that we re fighting for. , the people who believe, and we have to offer something important that matters. it mend a lot to me to get that text from you, toni. i know that you ve been through a lot of campaigns here in this state, and to hear from you, that you wanted me to stay made me feel guilty, but also made me feel wonderful. you know, both those feelings can exist at the same time. i thank you for that. and what toni what i pointed ....
Out toni is represented by a lot of people we re going to continue to monitor chris christie s power of statement suspending his campaign, but not necessarily endorsing invite other republican candidates. i want to bring back our political team. david chalian, he was so, so tough on trump, probably the toughest i have heard. what was your reaction we just heard? obviously chris christie leads his campaign in the very sam rationale as to why he got in it. this has been what he has been selling. it s not been bald by the republican primary electoral. ....
Many of these i would start to name names, but then i would screw that up and would forget somebody who is really important to us. i m not going to do that. i know who you are. you know how much we treasure our relationships with you. i will mention one person, as she texted me, you know, last night or this morning, and she said to me, please, please don t drop out. we need you. that was our friend toni. i had decided at that moment in my heart, so did mary pat, that i was going to, i didn t respond, because i didn t want ....