and this cnn it s monday, february 26. right now on cnn this morning, donald trump, closer to clinching the republican nomination cruising into michigan with momentum. and the message of unity ahead of tuesday s primary, nikki haley trounced on her home turf than finding out one of her biggest financial backers cutting her off. and a critical test for president biden, will michigan voters punish him for his handling of the war in gaza all right it is 05:00 a.m. here in washington. you are looking live at capitol hill still on this monday morning, good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to be with you on the eve of the michigan primary, donald trump is dominating and nikki haley is soldiering on as her future in the nomination fight becomes increasingly grim. trump, riding a wave of momentum after trouncing haley by 20 points in her home state of south carolina, because republican party continuing to fall in line the number two senate republican john thune
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. tonight donald trump is hitting the stump in south carolina for the first time this year, two weeks before the republican primary in that state. trump is hoping to deal a final blow to republican rival nikki haley in her home state. rather than highlighting policy differences with the former south carolina governor, trump is mocking her husband for being absent on the campaign trail while he is currently deployed overseas. here s what trump had to say where s her husband? he s away. he s away. what happened to her husband? what happened to her husband? where is he? he s gone. he knew, he knew. of course we should note haley s husband is deployed overseas. the former president also celebrated his role in torpedoing the senate s border security deal even before even know what s in it. he told republicans to oppose the legislation saying they shouldn t give president biden a win ahead of the election. this
who is serious and who is going to work. we can either go with more of the same or we can go forward. 70% of americans don t want a trump-biden rematch. look at both of those presidents put us trillions of dollars in debt. and our kids are never going to forgive them for it. we can make this right. we can do this in a way that makes you proud. and, for once, we can do this in a way that we re all in this together and change the tone in our country. i m going to do this. i m going to make you proud. let s finish steve: good luck today. all right. brian: third hour fox and friends starts now. the 8:00 a.m. hour of fox and friends live from new hampshire on tuesday, january 23rd. voting is underway, as former president trump and nikki haley work to get supporters to the polls. if you want to make america great again, vote trump. you go into d.c. with a mandate for a strong america that we can all be proud of. don t you want that? [cheering] brian: plus more of my e
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