second trump presidency. the first clips of that will roll out this hour on the lead. and leading this hour, nikki haley has a bit more momentum with ron desantis now out of the race. but are desantis voters willing to back her? or are they going to side with the gop front runner? chris sununu will join us this hour. first we start with kristin holmes in new hampshire where trump is expected to speak tonight. kilie atwood is in salem, new hampshire. a big three days for donald trump. he picked up the endorsements of former competitors, tim scott, ron desantis. what is the trump campaign s message? has trump spoken to desantis since danys dropped out of the race yesterday? yes. that s what we ve been hearing from senior advisers all day. they want the message to be that republicans are coalescing around donald trump. that s what you ll see tonight, when tim scott, vivek ramaswamy take the stage with donald trump. republicans are joining together. these were my opponents. n
the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new
The latest cdc data shows that nearly a quarter of a million kids from birth to age 17 have tested positive. And well have much more on the situation facing u. S. Schools in just a moment. But first, here is a look at where we all stand now nationwide. And there are some positive signs. Just a handful of states are reporting an increase in cases compared to last week while the majority are Holding Steady or on the decline. But the nation reported almost 1400 new deaths on tuesday, that is the second highest daily total this summer and moments ago dr. Fauci talked to sanjay gupta what is driving the virus spread saying americans need to get on the same page in order to stop this thing. The good news about covid19 is that 40 of the population has no symptoms. The bad news for messaging is that 40 of the population get no symptoms. Even though you are likely not going to get symptoms, you are propagating the outbreak. As long as you have any member of society, any demo Graphic Group who i