smerconish starts right now. is it over before it begins? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. before a single primary vote has been cast, has donald trump already sewn up the gop nomination or is it still up for grabs? everybody has an opinion. but the data tells a pretty compelling story. peggy noonan writing that i refuse to see the story as over. voting begins now. after chris christie dropped out, nate kohn wrote the christie vote alone will probably not be enough, but haley has been steady gaining in the polls and historically there is a lot of precedent for urge is being candidates to keep gaining especially over a contest s final days. and new hampshire will be a wild card. independents can vote in the gop primary and according to data released yesterday, 43% of americans, look at that graph, 43% of americans consider themselves to be independent. rs and ds are tied at 27. it tie as record for an independent showing making them the largest political bloc in the c
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it s 10:00 a.m. here in washington. i m garrett haake, and we are following breaking news in kentucky. new details this morning about a deadly crash overnight involving two military helicopters during a training exercise. right now at least nine people are reported to be dead according to the new york times. and we re expecting an update momentarily. an american journalist detained in russia. russia claiming the wall street journal reporter was caught red handed. the paper vehemently denies the allegations. what the white house is saying about this latest escalation. another fiery train derailment, this time in minnesota forcing evacuations of a nearby town. some of the roughly 22 cars carrying ethanol. this just weeks after that toxic disaster in east palestine, ohio. we ll have the latest on the continuing efforts on the ground. and a wild story from the halls of capitol hill, sources telling nbc news a food service worker was arrest ds and accused of recording au
mission to serve. starting with the woman in charge of america s humanitarian response around the world. samantha power on helping ukrainians devastated by russia s war and why she thinks the u.s. needs to stay involved. the stakes for me as an american, mother, citizen are very, very high as they are for all of us. actor turned activest gary s role led him on a mission. was it fate you would play lieutenant dan in forest gump? can i have a hint? i find cooking hard and stressful. do you feel your life is in danger. what was the worst? there is a long list of really bad ones. i cannot tell you how difficult this is feeling. a humanitarian crisis unfolding right now. 8 million ukraine ians leaving their homeland since the war started. while russia destroyed much of the country, civilian infrastructure. samantha power heads the u.s. agency helping on the ground. i m here at the crossing point where ukrainians are entering poland. she knows war all too we
Tonight from the heart of times square, this is cnns new years eve live with appearances by usher, ellie golding, kevin hart, patti lupone, Patti Labelle, jean smart, john stamos, jennifer lewis, amy sedaris, tenacious d, nick cannon, ava max, samuel l. Jackson, plus more surprises. And now live from new york city, your hosts, Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. And welcome, everybody, to times square in new york city. Anderson cooper here. Im andy cohen. They brought us back for another year. They did. Yes, they did. With stipulations. Some stipulations this year. Well get into that. Yeah. Theres fine print. Yes. It is a balmy night here in new york. Its almost like 50 degrees. Yes, it is. I was schmitzing. I got rid of my coat. We were all prepared for it to get colder. The crowd has been assembling for hours here in times square. Very wet very wet. I would call them flaccid, the crowd. Okay. Its early. Not the word i would use. And a little early for that word. Okay. Theres plenty of ti