but his focus will be, his fraud trial in new york where his eldest daughter ivanka is this hour on the stand, as a witness. good evening, donald trump is the runaway favourite for the republican nomination, his gamble not to debate the other candidates is paying off. the field is certainly getting smaller. just five candidates met the republican national committee s qualifying rules for tonight final debate in miami, the former south carolina gov. nikki haley, florida gov. ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, us sen tim scott and the former newjersey gov. chris christie. of course donald trump does meet the polling and fundraising thresholds. but he has not met the qualifying standards specifically the one that requires each candidate to pledge they will support whoever wins the nomination. trump has flat out refused to sign that. and tonight some of the usual counter programming, the president will be on stage 30 minutes away from miami in hiya lea, speaking to a cr