we are live from manchester, new hampshire, out of the most consequential night in this political season to date. we have lots of students here with us in the studio, which is exciting. we ve got lots of guests coming by over the course of the next hour, and we have so much to talk about. because we are at a bit of a crossroads here in new hampshire. their timing to pass that these next two days could open up. if donald trump wins convincingly on tuesday, then this status all but over. and you don t exactly have to stretch or imagination to picture that happening. i, mean he is currently leading nikki haley by 19 points in the latest new hampshire tracking poll. and remember, this is the state that is supposed to be the friendliest terrain for a trump alternative. live free or die, independent minded people. the friendliest terrain also for nikki haley. so again, if trump does win big on tuesday, the republican primary race would more or less come to a close. and trump knows
she goes around the edges, it wasn t the right president at the right time. that doesn t seem to be a response to him or insulting her. personally worse than that mike, she is not responding to new hampshire voters you know a hell of a lot more you reported on new hampshire primaries candidates, who are supposed to be surging dealt council debates, and refused to answer bogus questions you know joe, of all the primaries that we ve ever held whatever president you re talking about, new hampshire is still is always will be, fun. fun for the candidates. fun for the media, fun for the people. you can sum up the magic of the new hampshire primary, with one story. the late great, mo running for president, he s on the ballot with several of the democrats, the year with 76. he walks into a barbershop, he s shaking hands, a fellow says to him, he who says i would like your phone. the fellow says to him, i m thinking about it, i ve only met you twice. that is the way new hamp
noon pacific, good to be with you. i m jose diaz-balart in for katy tur. today, the department of justice released a long awaited report on the police response to the mass shooting at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. it was almost two years ago in may of 2022 when a mass murderer took the lives of 19 children and two teachers, and despite officers arriving on the scene just three minutes after the shooter gained entry to the school, it took 77 minutes for law enforcement to confront the lone gunman. the report is scathing. calling the response to the shooting a failure. noting that despite evidence that wounded children were in the classroom, the officers did not engage with the shooter. they didn t treat the perpetrator as an active threat, and those decisions among others may have cost lives. families were briefed before the report was made public. i spoke to kimberly whose daughter lexi died that day and asked her what she wants to see come from this report. account is
it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
that s why they re sending all these democrats in to run. it s crazy. it is not personal for me. i have no you know, people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i don t care about that. i think politics is too personal, and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with different approaches about talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire, while ron desantis has his sights on haley s home state. we ll have more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest on the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. we ll go through yesterday s meeting at the white house between president biden and speaker mike johnson. also ahead, another concerning escalation in the middle east as pakistan launches a retaliatory strike inside iran. good morning. welcome to morning joe.