president and his former u.n. ambassador, nikki haley left in the race. cnn, along with the latest new hampshire poll this morning before desantis dropped out, this is the match up without desantis. trump still with a solid lead. i spoke with haley this afternoon and you will hear that interview in just a moment. first, not long after ron desantis is suspended his campaign, trump s of spoke to supporters in a rally here in rochester, new hampshire. elena travaris at that two and rochester new hampshire, still, alaina, what happened at that event? at the event shortly, he just left 20 minutes ago. look, what a difference a few hours make, donald trump s rhetoric tonight about ron desantis. it s a complete 180 from the type of language become accustomed to over the past you. i have gone to many of donald trump s rallies and he s always use a very sharp language to attack ron desantis and really a major shift ever since desantis endorsed donald trump tonight. i can tell you
starts right now. michelle obama s as she is terrified about what 2024 election results will bring. the lead starts now. a crucial week before the caucuses in iowa and trump is not there. he is in court. he is falsely calling january 6 criminals hostages. plus, a cnn correspondent embedded with migrants trying to get across the u.s. border from mexico, a desperate journey but they are not from latin america. these migrants are from china. and it could be the smoking gun in the investigation as to what went wrong in a the alaska airlines flight. a missing door found in an alaska backyard. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. only seven days until the first of voters get their say in the 2024 election. next monday republicans will gather across iowa and they will caucus for their favorite candidates. the latest contenders, once again, they are off the campaign trail because of his legal issues. trump is expected to be in court as his lawyers face off against special couns
and he was aware of the proper procedures for handling classified documents. the evidence, his own words. the federal indictment lists five specific public comments trump made about this subject, and here they are. in my administration i m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. [ cheers ] no one will be above the law. we can t have someone in the oval office who doesn t understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. one of the first things we must do is to enforce all classification rules and to enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information. we also need the best protection of classified information. service members here in north carolina have risked their lives to acquire classified intelligence to protect our country. cnn s evan perez joins me. what stood out to you the most in this detailed indictment? reporter: one of the things that i think we should focus on is, you know, something that
hello everyone and welcome t the special edition of hannity. i am tammy bruce and for sean hannity on this last friday of 2023. we begin with authoritarianism and the state of maine. last night, secretary of state devout democrat decided that sh alone has the power to pick and choose who is allowed to appear on the republican ballot for it of course, donald trump did not make the cut. she believes deep in her heart that trump committed a act of insurrection despite no convictions or anything like that. moments after banning front, sh appeared on msnbc and cnn to brag about her heartfelt decision. watch this. i was duty-bound to follow and to ensure that candidates all the candidates who appear o the primary ballot are qualifie for the office they seek. no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate and ballot access based on section 13 of the 14th amendment. no presidential candidate has ever engaged in insurrection. maybe they have been dead and becau
conversations from the past month. we begin this morning with a discussion about the potential dangers of a second trump presidency. editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg, recently joined us to discuss the publication s special issue, which features 24 writers each outlining the threats they say a second trump term would pose to the united states and the world. we have a lot of writer at the atlantic who spent many years covering different aspects of trump and trumpism, and i wanted just to pull them all together in one, easy to read package. one copy of the print magazine, obviously it s online right now at theatlantic.com. mm-hmm. i wanted our writers to describe, as best as they could, what would happen in their areas of expertise if trump became president again. the next trump presidency will be worse. the restraints will be off. there won t be any quote, unquote, adults in the world. mckay coppins has a piece, who will get jobs in the next trump adm