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new hampshire it is a two-person race for the republican presidential nomination, with less than 24 hours to go before primary day. who stands to benefit most from ron desantiss sudden dropout? weve got new reporting on why sources close to desantis are calling his now defunct campaign a, quote, failure to launch. back in new york city, donald trumps day upended after his trial is unexpectedly postponed. and in georgia why the d.a. is due in court herself today and how it could affec...

And joe biden, his brother says hes running. quipped to a friend, if im walking im running. leland: should the republicans be covet in this and love to joke around on this, and oh, your scrambled eggs line is a new one, but fitting, perhaps. the question becomes though, republicans are a little too complacent about this? is there an inevitability factor that they have to worry about ala hillary clinton in 2016? >> absolutely they do. the 2016 was such an unexpected result for so many americans, ...

Tonight. >> yeah, there are two key numbers that you look at behind the basic horse race. the question is first who people think will be the nominee. sort of inevitability factor. trump in all polls recently leads there then on the likelihood of beating the other partys nominee, trump has a lock on both of those right now. its not anywhere near as close as the horse race, those are both very good numbers for him. >> of course he likes those numbers. indeed? >> he makes that point often. >> and d...

Numbers that you look at behind the basic horse race. the question is first who people think will be the nominee. sort of inevitability factor. trump in all polls recently leads there then on the likelihood of beating the other partys nominee, trump has a lock on both of those right now. its not anywhere near as close as the horse race, those are both very good numbers for him. >> of course he likes those numbers. indeed? >> he makes that point often. >> and debate the fox business channel is go...

2008. >> they did switch in 2008 as you point out. theres a weird deja vu quality to all this. because of course, in 2007-2008 there was the inevitability factor. she was going to be the inevitable candidate. woe knew by the iowa caucuses that she was not the inevitable candidate. if you talk to hillary aides a making very clear, we dont consider this inevitable. were not going to run like that. but thats clearly what the message now that shes trying to send out. look, joe biden, this is a lot h...

20ss and as a tenacious fighter. ed henry live in des moines where shes expected to travel to within the next couple of days after that announcement. >> reporter: president obama and that is tricky business for her all but endorsing her yesterday. shes trying to be her own person and thats the big theme behind what you were saying about fighting for the middle class. that was laid out in a campaign memo that fox obtained last night saying will will be all about the middle class and income inequa...

Primary right now? 52% of you say yes, 48% of you say no. >> uh-oh. >> what do you think about them apples? >> i think theyre wrong. i think hillary would win, but her biggest enemy, hillary, would be the inevitability factor. i hope she has some opposition. i cant be a coronation. >> she can lose. hillary clinton could lose in. >> i doubt it. but anything can happen in politics, but i think shes got a steamroller going. >> tell me why you arent sitting here saying hillary clinton is going to wi...

shot them one by one. we are taking you live to oakland for the latest in just about ten minutes. voters are heading to the polls today in three contests. wisconsin, maryland and the district of columbia are holding republican primaries. mitt romney predicted a win in wisconsin and holds a big lead in maryland polls. wisconsin will be a key swing state in november. its one of the few winner-take-all stakes in the republican race. rick santorum seems to be looking beyond todays contes...

They cant seem to come around one of the other guys either. yes, theres a mathematical path for anyone one of them here, but you get the sense of inevitability taking hold and republican voters, i think thats what youre seeing in the south, they are pinching their noses and saying, all right, lets get this thing over with. >> there are two games going on here, hogan, one is the numbers game and ultimately thats going to prevail, but there is also this sensibility about whos got the momentum, wha...

>> we have all been in politics. you look for the genuine article. hes not. campaigning in alabama today, rick santorum said the reason he decided to run was because of romneys history with health care. the very heart of the republicans. lets watch. >> obama care is in fact the death nail for freedom. thats why it must be repealed. i looked at the field of good people, but i look at the favorite in this race. the one who was the eventual nominee. the one that the inevitability factor. i kept loo...