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right now on "early start," the new poll releasing this very minute showing nikki haley is closing the gap on donald trump in one early primary state. plus the republican front runner planning to be in court just hours from now while his lawyers argue hes immune from prosecution. hi, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. good to see all of you. im omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 9th. we are we have a lot of news to get to...

Look at this. half of the country with some kind of wind alert. advisories, warnings for gusts up to 50 miles per hour in that whiter tan. gusts up to 70 miles per hour possible along the coast. ask then the appalachian mountains, heres the snow threat. still looking at blizzard warnings there. the pink is the winter storm alerts. wherever you live, stay weather aware today. >> dealing with wasnt gusts at those speeds, it complicates so much. thank you so much. meanwhile, donald trump says hes...

Former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she favored requiring social media accounts to be verified by a person's name.

Biden by two points in iowa, and its only the latest polling surge that warren has seen in recent weeks. so is this good or bad news for the trump campaign? joining me now is mercedes schlapp. 2020 advisor for trump and jon mcglocklin.trump 2020 campaign . all right mercedes, the conventional wisdom is that warren is easier to beat than biden. im not sure thats the right conclusion, frankly. i think theres a lot of people out there that say oh, no, shes gonna be easy but shes trying to do the po...

Biden by two points and i was its only the latest polling surge that warren has seen in recent weeks. so is this good or bad news for the trump campaign? joining me now is mercedes schlapp. 2020 advisor for trump and jon mcglocklin. all right mercedes, the conventional wisdom is that warren is easier to beat than biden. im not sure thats the right conclusion frankly. i think theres a lot of people out there that say oh, no, shes gonna be easy but shes trying to do the populous thing on the left ...

Hes talked about trying to get brown people and black people out of this country. hes talked about [ bleep ] countries. you know, this is what hes done, the wink and a nod. and you cant have it both ways. >> reporter: and ayman, you mentioned that polling surge that shes been experiencing, and thats been going on for the past several months. her campaign is a group of people whos not really fazed by polling ups and downs, but really to them, this is the campaign that theyve wanted to run. every ...

Support the point that she made on stage with that tweet afterwards. so obviously thats a sign of execution there. but im interested to see how the field begins to treat kamala harris as she continues to rise. i havent seen yet elizabeth warren was the last person to see sort of a polling surge. i think theyve all been kind of playing nice with each other. but as we get deeper into debate season, thats going to be something im going to be watching. in this poll, though, there was one thing that ...

Also shows th that bernie sandes a very strong general election candidate. if it was sanders against rubio, sanders up 46-41 over rubio. i want to stay on the republican race here for a second. i want to play some sound of donald trump. it was donald trump this morning, talking about ben carsons polling surge, trying to defend himself against the idea that his lead might be slipping in this thing. lets listen to donald trump here for a second. >> an iowa poll, in all fairness, just came out, ppp...

Trump campaign is media buzz or his money or an unreliable polling surge. his event in alabama may have you rethinking donald trumps staying power. theres really no comparison to any other candidate in his party. youd have to go to bernie sanders or, perish the thought, barack obama in 2007, to actually find a crowd count during a primary of crowds this size. the event was full of bravado. while 20,000 people is a huge show of force, thats just a political fact, trump aides still managed to unde...

Other candidates do not apply to him. look back at that cnn poll in iowa that is just out. the two leaders are donald trump and ben carson, two candidates neither of whom have ever run for office, have any record of public service, and yet these are the candidates that voters in iowa are lining up behind. that tells you, politics as usual, people are sick of it. and some of the standards they have applied to political candidates may not be quite so important. at least at this point in the contes...