matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill known as a continuing resolution. it s a measure which could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the past few days before funding runs out next saturday at midnight. instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately which is a time consuming and extensive process that would take more than a week. ahead of the call with republicans yesterday afternoon, speaker kevin mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters he things when it gets down to crunch time the holdouts will, quote, hopefully move off. a few hours later, however, this meant, delusion a congressman garrett grace, a mccarthy ally, you will remember him, he was instrumental in the debt ceiling negotiations of few months back. he had tougher words. he compared the holdouts to arsonists who burned their own houses down than want credit for putting the fire out, he added, quote, anyone who says w
good evening, thank you for joining us. we ll be here with cnn s chief dana bash, citing tonight s third republican presidential debate. that is just wrapped up. anderson, i m gonna be speaking tonight with some of the candidates who just finished here on the debate stage minus, of course, the former president. the faraway front runner who has not attended any of these debates. he s competing instead and an event nearby. just five candidates this time, in a few moments, we ll hear what voters in iowa watch from cnn s gary tuchman made of what they saw. two candidates, florida governor ron desantis and former u. n. ambassador nikki haley with the two closest in the polls for the president. so many eyes were on them, including this exchange they got into with over china. then we will go in and all formal trade relations with china, base they start murdering americans for fentanyl. something they s have yet to say they will do. then we modernize our military. when
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happening now. ivanka trump under oath testifying in the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. we have a new update on what she just said on the stand. when it comes to abortion rights, the message from voters after last night, can you hear me now? the seventh consecutive election were attempts to further restrict abortion access since the supreme court stepped in. tonight we re down to five, five republican presidential candidates will face off on the debate stage in miami. trump, the front-runner skipping out once again to take the spotlight elsewhere just down the street, by the way. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. all right. happening now at this moment, ivanka trump is on the witness stand in a new york courtroom. she s been there for nearly an hour or so testifying in the civil fraud trial against her father and the family business. she is no longer a defendant herself in this case, but she is cl
This. The total population of the state. You see these lighter Red Counties . It might be hard to see at home. Those are places Marco Rubio won. Thats where you have big numbers. People dont have to drive as far to the polling places. That is haleys bread and butter. She must win in the suburbs. Desantis has to chip into that too. So when you get to that voter that kylie was just talking about, what does all of this mean for the primary calendar and the situation that youre in where even if trump is ahead, youve got this race for second. And how long does that continue . How long does it continue will likely depend on the margins tonight, and then what happens next. Iowa is first. Like it or not, some people dont like it, its first. Then we go to new hampshire. And the first week of february to nevada there is a primary and a caucus. The caucus gives the delegates. Nikki haley might win the primary. It doesnt really matter for delegates. Trump has the State Party pretty wired. Then nik