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in our special coverage of the new hampshire primary will continue right now. it is round two for the republicans and the presidential nomination could all come down to what happens in the hours ahead. >> the spotlight is on historic new england and a republican race thats down to the final two. >> donald trump is telling a whole lot of lies. >> if you want a losing candidate who puts america last. vote for nikki haley. >> with a head to head fight and a big win behind him, will the ...

oversight committee. he heads up the judicial committee. the race had evolved into nasty name calling. but now theyre took the high road during his victory speech. >> this district does not belong to me, or to my opponents for that matter, it belongs only to the voters of this district. to new yorkers who get up every day, busy themselves a building better fair suit. those new yorkers get to choose who best represents the valleys of the city. and you know what? i think the voters made ...

Im jake tapper. as democrats hope for a win in georgias senate runoff on tuesday, theyre already looking ahead to the 2024 cycle when they will have to defend seats in increasingly red states such as ohio where my next guest, a progressive democrat with a strong blue-collar base, hopes to win in 2024. joining us, democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. thanks for joining us. the u.s. economy added 263,000 jobs in november. thats a sign the economy is still faring well despite aggressive effort...

Out of the absolutely toss-up to become a republican-leaning state. trump has energized a blue collar base. and a small town. florida and also the heavy central and south american population of south florida has moved away from the gop. i again, we saw tonight, this new york special election is that there is a lot of energy on the abortion issue, as well as gun control and all the issues related to democracy, and the january six committee. that does get demings, at least, a fighting chance. alth...

Every business here and those trucks are hard to keep on the road, hard to fill up at the tank because of the prices and people are also having a hard time finding basic parts. i have a gentleman down the road here who has a topsoil business, he cant get truck tires for his trucks even if he is willing to pay a higher price for them. and this is what voters say, democrats they feel like have left behind their blue collar base. i want you to hear from a gentleman named ed harry who is pretty repr...

>> he eats everything he can inside the house. >> reporter: so when you go grocery shopping and you look at that receipt now? >> its painful. it is almost $400. >> reporter: bruce and jennifer both voted for president obama. then for president trump. one year into a biden presidency, they arent happy. >> to fill my car at the beginning it was $30. now its $70. >> reporter: where do you point the finger >> the biden administration. >> reporter: gas prices in pennsylvania are actually up 30% compa...

It would ping poc ba-pong back forth looks like things may be hardening into a real fight. the president is motivated by what makes him look strong, powerful and effective, and he also wants the economy to be good and lurched between those two objectives. as hes linked his re-election hopes ever tightly to that blue collar base that he courted in 2016, the fight get tough with china part seems to be taking the ascent and, of course, china is the other player in this and they are now taking some ...

Against donald trump, and youre assuming, he is assuming, his campaign is assuming by reading this, by listening to this, the democratic electorate, caucus goers in iowa are going to go yeah, i buy that. but it is definitely no sure thing that they are going to buy that, and hes kind of not entirely making the case for why him and not other democratic candidates. >> well, look, obviously we are a long way out from the caucus. he benefits from enormous name id. he doesnt need to punch down, other...

To the extent you have demonstrations, particularly to his base, that noncollege, blue-collar base, that its not going to be so great as the president said. in fact, some plant closures are going to happen. i think thats going to hurt him. so far, it has not. g gallup, in their poll that came out yesterday, had the president at a 38% approval rating. among noncollege, white voters, hes at 56%. so it hasnt had an impact, but a few more announcements like this, and i think the potential for one gr...

Redefinition of the party around these themes nationalism. the opposition to the wall during the primaries is gone. even the compromise bill fully funds it. every senate republican vote today deny funding to cities that dont fully cooperate with i.c.e., all but seven house republicans vote today deny fundings. the compromise bill would create a new right of actions against cities and states that dont cooperate with i.c.e. they have marched themselves into this quagmire by acreeding at each step ...