the gloves are truly off tonight in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson tonight. thank you for your time. even if you re just paying a little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantis and the former president openly throwing haymakers. never mind the old 11 d commandment. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that, and now it seems his fellow floridian doesn t either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight after the gop front-runner, most recently today on this conservative talk show. he s been attacking me by moving left, so this is a different guy than 2015/2016. 2 million illegal aliens he wanted to amnesty. we both faced covid-19, and we both responded in the way we did. he responded by elevating anthony fauci and really turning over the reins to dr. fauci. under the trump administration, he enacted a bill, basically a jailbreak bill. as for mr. trump, there s this, and, yes, listen close
captions by vitac www.vitac.com the gloves are truly off in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson t pay little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantie former president openly throwing hay makers. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that. and now it seems his fellow floridian doesn t either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight after the gop front runner, most recently today on this conservative talk show. he s been attacking me by moving left. so, this is a different guy than 2015, 2016. 2 million illegal aliens he wanted to amnesty. we both faced covid-19, and we both responded the way we did. he responded by elevating anthony fauci and turning over the reigning to dr. fauci. he enacted a bill, basically a jailbreak bill. as for mr. trump, there s this. and yes, listen closely, he s deliberately calling the governor rob, not ron. rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropp
now basically just what we saw europe why tonight as these results can now, these are projections, but gives you an idea of what s happened is that the far right in many different countries made pretty substantial gains. now, the far right, i have a different set of views when it comes to issues like russia and ukraine, it s difficult to see how they ll function is very unified block. and yet it is expected that their results are so strong in so many countries could mean that they re going to have a bigger impact on the european union. things like immigration policies then they have had in the past. but the biggest news tonight from europe is that in france, the far-right has come out on top with such a resounding victory more than 30% of the vote, then emmanuel macron, the centrist leader of france, has dissolved parliament. and what we ll do is now have parliamentary elections here france that could see if the results go to the far-right as they have at european level, the
on these militia groups. saying the strikes violate their sovereignty. but the u.s. has insisted they re going to take action wherever these pro-iran militia groups have been attacking forces and they have conducted as well a number of strikes in syria where we have seen several of these attacks take place in recent months. this portends a worry about a regional war that may be sparked. appreciate it. a huge night in iowa. back-to-back cnn town halls. ron desantis and nikki haley will answer voter questions as both try to beat each other, even as they still struggle whether to take on donald trump. desantis was pressed about why he has gone, quote, soft on trump. listen. well, first of all he won t debate. how am i he s not willing to get on the stage. he s not willing to answer
primary. they want to divide us so they can quietly buy the white house for crooked joe. so, let s talk about all this. two of our favorite cnn commentators, mia love, ella stuart is with us as well. and the new york times campaign reporter. nicolette me start with you. this is a big shift for the governor. he was much more nuanced, much more gentle when it came to donald trump. why have they decided he s soft on covid, he s soft on crime. why? he i mean, soft on trump. he barely mentioned former president trump by name until he got into the race. so, this is very much seeing governor desantis unleashed. i think it surprised a few people. he you know, he s in this position where, with mr. desantis, where he needs to stay on the good side of a lot of mr. trump s base, while