Scandal with jake tapper next sunday, a nine on cnn Super Tuesday is finally here, 16 states and American Samoa are Casting Ballots in their primary contests right now, as donald trump hopes to push Nikki Haley Out of the race at officially start is rematch swift, president by and Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken holds a highstakes meeting with the qatari Prime Minister in hopes of Making Headway on a ceasefire in, gaza. Hello. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and youre in the cnn newsroom happening now across the country, americans are heading to the polls and making their voices heard at this hour. Voting is underway in all 16 Super Tuesday states. And what effectively could be the beginning of the end of the 2024 president ial primaries . Tonight, barring a major upset, the country will be one step closer to the contentious rematch that Many Americans do not necessarily want for democrats, president , excuse me. For Many Americans, for democrats, in particular, president bidens path to the domination remains virtually unchallenged, but questions remain about whether voters disillusioned by his support for israel will stay home. And on the republican side, with more than onethird of the total delegates at stake tonight could be nikki haleys last stand as trump, inches closer to clinching the nomination hes on track to win more primaries and caucuses than any nonincumbent republican candidate in history. Cnn has crews coasttocoast staying on top of all these races. Lets start with cnns dianne gallagher. Shes just outside thanks. Charlotte, North Carolina, update our viewers where you are dianne. Yeah. Well, if im in beautiful cornelius, North Carolina, were voters have been coming in steady here at the town hall precinct, casting their ballots, not just for the top of the ticket, but also for a very healthy downballot. Many reasons they are choosing from, from governor to local offices. And weve been talking to very energized voters here in North Carolina who list issues like the border, education abortion, and democracy as their top. Their top issues when they are pulling those ballots now in North Carolina, you have to vote for what you are registered with, but there because they large number of unaffiliated registered voters and they can choose whichever ballot they want when they go in to the polling place. And many of those individuals have told us they are choosing the republican ballot today. Ive talked to doubt several who say that they are using it as a form of protest vote against former President Trump i chose to vote republican, but im an independent who did you vote for . Do you mind me asking . Nikki haley why vote against trump . Do you feel that if nikki haley were the republican nominee, she is someone you could vote for in a General Election no, i would not have been for her either. I would vote democrat. This is a protest vote. Yes. Now, ive also talked to trump voters here who chose a republican ticket, who tell me that they want to restore where they were four years ago, wolff, again, there were very important downballot races here as well. And many of those voters told me that education and the future of the state of North Carolina what is on their mind when they go in and pull that ballot for them all right. Dianne gallagher in North Carolina for us. Thank you very much. Lets move out west right now. Cnns brian todd is joining us live from utah and right near salt lake city. I brian, its primary day democrats are headed to the polls, but republicans, theyre doing something else. Tell us about that thats right. Wolf here in utah today, its a Caucus Format, not a primary format. They switched to a Caucus Format in 2016. And so the voters are not going to be getting here until later on this evening. The voters will arrive here at about 06 00 p. M. Local time tonight. Thats 08 00 p. M. Eastern time. First lets set the scene for you. This is where the caucus site is, where the foot of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains take a look at that view here in sandy, utah. Were at Alta Vista High School at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains and sandy just south of salt lake city. This is the caucus site, alto high school, a massive high school out here the voters will be walking in the front entrance over here later on tonight. Again, they arrive here at 06 00 p. M. Local time. Thats 08 00 p. M. Eastern time. They say they register, they check in. They listened to some speeches. We are told that president ial surrogates will not be here speaking, but therell be circuits for downballot candidates like governor and senator speaking. So youll, therell be hearing some speeches with the vote in earnest will start at 07 00 p. M. Local time here. Thats a 09 00 p. M. Eastern time. The count will be about an hour later, so the votes would become an later on tonight from here in utah. And its Pretty Simple format. Heres a ballot. Take a look. Youve got ryan binkley as one candidate, but then you have nikki haley and donald trump. This is a pretty easy ballot to fill in. Fill that in, then put it in to a basket or some kind of a container and they count them all up, that count will be taking place at about 08 00 p. M. Local time, 10 00 p. M. Eastern time, 32 precincts are in here. So this can be a lot of voters, hundreds of voters coming in take part in this caucus. Theyre going to be in 32 different rooms. Then theyre gonna be counting it in a separate room, will hopefully be able to bring that to you live and show it to our voters as its happening. Thats what makes the Caucus Format kind of so interesting and fund to cover because its so dynamic. And theyll give us access in here later on tonight to show all of it to our viewers, wolf well be watching together with you, brian todd. Thank you very much. Brian is in utah. Lets discuss all of this with cnn political commentator, and democratic strategist paul begala republican strategist, former rnc Communications Director doug heye republican strategist sarah longwell, and former Communications Director for Vice President common hello, harris, ashley etienne, paul, the voters. They will have their say today. What are you going to be watching for specifically . I want to see how strong trump is. He has shown weakness in these primaries that i did not suspect i from the beginning, i still do think trump is gonna be the republican nominee. But i had viewed him as this colossus within his party. Even in iowa, which probably the most conservative electorate weve had 10 of all. I will republican caucuses and he said they would vote for Biden Over Trump by trump only lost 6 of republicans in the last election. And he still lost. Hes losing 10203040 and some of these primaries deny him lose all of them to joe biden in the fall, believe me. But hes hes really showing some weakness that im surprised to see doug. What are you going to be looking for . That same thing, but especially with suburban voters. So cornelius, North Carolina, where dianas about 20 miles north of charlotte, outside of lake norman, a lot of suburban people who live there and work in raleigh especially suburban women well, if i was in North Carolina this weekend and went to nikki haley rally in raleigh and they had to move the venue to larger venues twice to accommodate crowd size. Theres something happening within the Republican Party. Same things true with democrats as we saw in michigan. But very clearly voters are saying we dont want to see this movie again, and theres weakness with both candidates. This does the movable object against the resistible force and all polling says from voters dont do this. Its interesting because trumps base, sara, is pretty solid, set in stone. But what about with suburban women with more moderate republicans out there . Hows he likely to do . Yeah, look the number that i think about all the time now is 30 . It looks like about 70 of the Republican Party, or just with trump all the time. Thats big, thats a big number. However, that 30 , where do you see it . You see 30 roughly who saved trump is convicted of a crime that they wont vote for him. 28 voted for Nikki Haley Haley up selfguided republicans voted for nikki haley in michigan, voted for her in south carolina, and that 30 number is also the number of republicans who do not think the election was stolen. And so that is the persuadable group that donald trump is really soft with. They want to move on from trump. They dont like trump. Thats the part of the party were really going for. And so i agree hes weaker with that group in that Group Includes a lot of suburban women, a lot of College Educated voters. That is who trump has historically done really poorly with and theyre more out on him now than ever. Just to get your thoughts after know and i was going to say in a sizable percentage of sizable percentage of that 30 is saying that they wouldnt vote for donald trump under any set of circumstances. And thats a problem. That number was upwards of 250,000 people in michigan. That really swayze and election. So i think one thing thats not to pauls point is being put a spotlight on is Donald Trumps current vulnerabilities now only is there a lack of enthusiasm beyond his base . But he is underwater in terms of his fundraising. You know, hes got theres questions about whether or not he can bring in nikki haleys voters if she runs the course, she continues to put a spotlight on these vulnerabilities for him and really make the case that republicans really have no other choice other than stay home or go joe biden let me get the dog to weigh in on that specific point. How vulnerable is trump in a rematch with biden right now, what theyre both vulnerable, thats thats the reality. And its why voters are saying we dont want any of this democrats. I talked to emails, i had this morning about the new yorker article with biden, very scared that biden cant win. I talked to a lot of republicans arent pure trump republicans and the glorious leader is always right. Were saying, weve got real problems here as well. And its why this electorate, i think is so nervous, moving forward. And its why tonights interesting because of the two of all the states that are in their North Carolina and virginia sort of they only two that are swing states watching those results. North carolina is going to come in pretty late by the way, those are gonna be interesting for november, because nikki, i asked the question because nikki haley spent a lot of time at a public event arguing against trumps electability, i want you and our viewers to listen to this at some point, maybe we should say the reason that america keeps losing is because of donald trump. In order to change it, its going to take a lot of courage courage from everybody here. Courage for me to run and courage for every one of you to know. Dont complain about what happens in a general our election. If you dont vote in this primary so thats exactly what i heard her say in raleigh on saturday and she also makes the point that is not just about her if shes going to win, if donald trump could win, he could lose. Its pretty close all the polls seem to be in the margin nikki haley wins with big margins, and that means governors, senators, school boards, members of congress, if republicans want to have a big night, shes making the case. Shes that person for the big night come november. What do you think, sir . Yeah. Look i think that what nikki haley does next is actually the most interesting question, because her rhetoric against trump right now is shes really turned it up. And i think nikki haley has got to burn the boats. This Republican Party has moved away from candidates like nikki haley, i think shes right. I think she would be in a General Election she would win by huge margins. But shes not going to win this republican primary. Shes just not because the Republican Party drop out after tonight. I do think shes going to probably drop out after this and i think my whole hearted hope is that she does not endorse donald trump because that would build Permission Structure for all of the republicans that she has been talking into who really like her where shes been making the case about how unfit he is. It gives them permission to say while i dont want to vote for joe biden, so ill go ahead and vote for donald trump. If she withholds her endorsement, her criticisms against trump stand and they do real damage to him on the democratic side, actually, what stands out to you, the dynamics going into tonight i think theres a couple of questions for the president. One is, where is this uncommitted vote on a land . I mean, the protesters coming out of michigan so that they were going to take it to the other states and all the way to the doing that thats the real question. Whether or not they dont see a lot of organized opposition to biden in these other states where they can vote uncommitted like they did in michigan . Yeah. And i think that is a question whether or not but beyond that, i think hes in a strong position. Were not giving him enough credit. Again, hes outraising the rnc outraising donald trump. Hes gotten incredible so well record you, compare that to the republican side. Theyre wrong on the issues that are going to drive out voters from abortion to guns and crime. Those other issues. But i think the president is in a strong position going into tonight. Again, turnouts up so far thats a good sign for him. But otherwise, i think it didnt give us very quickly pause, button this up. Hes got a joe biden has got a boost enthusiasm with young people and people of color. Thats the heart and soul, of democratic party, particularly actually for him is problems with black men and hispanic men, far more than women. But hes got a boost that enthusiasm and hes got, hes got to do it hell, do in the Campaign Trail. But thursday nights stay the union. Im watching to see how he speaks to those folks to see how he does. All right, guys. Thank you. To all of you very, very much. Stay with cnn as we follow all the races on the Super Tuesday, ill be back 04 00 p. M. Eastern alongside kate baldwin for our Special Coverage. Still ahead this hour, the race to replace the Senate Minority leader, Mitch Mcconnell is heating up big time, right now. But with the Republican Partys identity major transition, where should the next leader stan, well go live to capitol hill plus Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken just met with the Prime Minister of qatar and said there is an opportunity for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. 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