And then of course 06 00 p. M. Eastern right here in the situation the news continues next on cnn Outfront Next, trumps challenges biden to a debate as nikki haley bows out of the race for support are scrambling for another option. Which way will they go . But the Breaking News tonight, arizonas investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election getting bigger new subpoenas just issued as investigators look into people tied to Trumps Campaign and this hour, a cnn exclusive, our ivan watson spending 48 hours on a Philippine Coast guard ship as it suddenly, it is confronted by the chinese Windows Shattering chinese Water Cannons, blasting americas ally ship. And tonight the pentagon responds. Lets go outfront and good evening. Im erin burnett, outfront tonight. Anytime anywhere any place . The former President Trump claims he wants to debate President Biden now that he is just a few hundred delegates away from securing the republican nomination. Now, on opposed this from the man who refused to debate any of his political opponents no place, no time during the primaries, walking away from the second president ial debate back in 2020 well tonight bidens campaign responding, writing that its a conversation that theyll have quote, at the appropriate time. Trumps sudden is newfound desire to debate does come just hours after nikki haley suspended her campaign. And she stopped short of endorsing trump it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him and i hope he does that so how is he trying to do that . Heres what he wrote online nikki haley got trounced all caps last night and record setting fashion. Then trump went on to say that he would like to invite all of the haley supporters to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. Well, thats quite an appeal when you feel like youre lost and he really liked somebody and, you know, okay. Obviously, the question is, its more than thats more than the optics. Its whether nikki haleys supporters can look past some truly stark differences between the two and what they stand for, not just who they are and how they conduct themselves, what they stand for like the crucial issue of nato and putins Invasion Bayesian of ukraine. Heres nikki haley russia said, once they take ukraine, poland, and the baltics are next. Those are nato countries. And that puts america at war. This is about preventing war. It has always been about preventing war, has made no bones about the fact that he wants to destroy america. And trump is going to side with him over our allies who stood with us after 911 dont take the side of someone who has gone in and invaded a country and half 1 Million People have died or been wounded because of putin consistent, strong, and she never wavered on that. Meantime, as for trump, he is on a very different end of this spectrum, saying that he would let putin invade nato countries in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. Look, theyre not going to pay. Were not going to protect. Okay and its not just comments like that. Its the trump has time and time gone out of his way to speak glowingly of Vladimir Putin hes taking over the country for 2 sanctions. Id say thats pretty spot. This is genius putin declares a big portion of the ukraine, of Ukraine Putin declares it as independent. Oh, thats wonderful. Hotan respected. May putin would never have gotten into ukraine. The differences between the two on those issues are night and day. And that may have some of haleys supporters not just happy to be talking about being trounced, but literally looking for another option, whether it be biden or a third option. And i use the word third on purpose, a thirdparty candidate. Those candidates are frankly now appearing on ballots across this country. Robert f. Kennedy jr. Now going to be on the ballot in utah, his campaign and super pac say theyve had the Signature Threshold hold meant to qualify now for five more states, including crucial battlegrounds like nevada, georgia, arizona, theyre also on the ballot. They say in New Hampshire and white. Cornell west is on the ballot in three states already, alaska, oregon in South Carolina, and jill stein is back and she is on the ballot and more states than any of them, 19 and washington, dc. And that includes wisconsin, which i mentioned for a specific reason, because a thirdparty candidate can matter so much in 2016, Clinton Lost To Trump by 22,748 votes in wisconsin and jill stein had more votes than that 31,000 in the state jessica dean is outfront live in arlington, virginia to begin our coverage tonight. And jessica, i know youve been talking to haleys supporters there all day who are now having to deal with this choice that they face. What are they telling you . Well, erin across the board, theyre disappointed and what was interesting was honestly a lot of these people we talked to were democrats who voted for nikki haley in virginia. It was an open primary either as an Opposition Vote to donald trump or because they thought that the country would be better off with a race between biden and haleon and then of course, the Bonafide Haley supporters who are now really, truly without a candidate. But for all of these people, the question is, what comes next as she announced the suspension of her president ial campaign on wednesday, former South Carolina governor nikki haley had a clear message for her rival. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that. Were Will Haley Support go now that shes exited the race in virginia, where she captured nearly 35 of the vote on Super Tuesday, we caught up with voters to ask, what will you do in november now that shes out and its trump versus biden i didnt what do you think . Oh, no question. Biden. We cannot have another four years that may and i at this point cant answer that question. I think that this country can do better than the choice weve been given. And i dont know how we can change that, but i think its going to be a lot of difficult thought for people to decide what to do i think people are looking closely at the Vice President ial candidate because its a very probable possibility that they will be president by the end of the fourth for years. So far, the former president has offered little in the way of an olive branch to haley or her supporters, writing on social media, quote, nikki haley got trounced last night and record setting fashion after weeks of Lobbing Insults and their direction, nikki haley has made an Unholy Alliance with rhinos, never trust the people behind hi, nikki are pro amnesty. You like that scene, exit polling found among haley supporters across five states that 19 say theyd be satisfied with trump is the nominee, and 79 dissatisfied and yet her supporters could be crucial for trumps chances of winning back the white house, especially in battleground dates were the margins are likely to be slim, but still some voters told us now that haley is out neither trump nor biden will win their support. Im not going to vote for either one biden or trump. Id love to vote for her again, hes just lost me on this pass two years. I its mostly mostly his attitude about Foreign Policy and Ukraine Lecture Anna has the chaos biden, i just think is not fit for office. I think it is not a sure thing that donald trump is going to win the general election. Because if youre a voter like myself, im going to write her in. I am not going to go to to vote for trump. I dont think hes going to be able to corral nikki haley supporters. And independent voters back now we turn our attention to the likely general election matchup of trump versus biden aaron. And of course, a President Biden going to have huge opportunity tonight with his state or tomorrow night with his state of the Union Address where his likely to have one of the biggest audiences hes going to get between now and election day in november. And of course, hes got to rile up his base. But the question is can he persuade any of these persuadables, aaron, that is going to be the question for him. And for trump going forward. All right. Thank you so much. Jessica. And lets go now to ron brownstein, the Senior Editor for the atlantic. Alyssa farah griffin, former Trump White HouseCommunications Director, and the former democratic congressman, max rose. So ron, this crucial question because it really everything could matter and then you layer in those third parties, where Do Haley Supporters go . Well, look, the republican primaries taught us two big things are made, two big things clear. One is that trumps coalition is the dominant faction in the party. Hes going to win more primaries and caucuses than any nonincumbent republican president ever. In fact, we probably should be thinking of him as a quasiincumbent, but the haleys coalition, this kind of holdout coalition is substantial and not only is it significant in its size, its significant in its consistency. I mean, demographically, it is the same people from state after state, and its the same people that weve seen pull away from the rubble Republican Party in the entire donald trump era, whitecollar suburban voters focus probably more on economics that on the cultural grievances that trump emphasizes big numbers of them in the exit polls are saying they are not going to vote for donald trump. I dont know anyone in either party who thinks it will be as high as they are saying now, but it doesnt i have to be as jessica was saying, even a thin slice of these voters in the suburbs of milwaukee, grand rapids, detroit, philadelphia that could matter in a very close election. So it is still a challenge for donald trump. Same challenge really, hes been facing demographically from the outset so alyssa and trumps statement early there he said she was trounced and he put the word trounced in all caps and set him money and voters were mostly quote, radical left. And we did see as David Axelrod pointed out last night, among some of the haley voters, you did see independents and democrats in states where they could turn out. But he went after calling them, trounced to invite them to join the greatest movement in the history of our nation. To talk about his candidacy. Does that when anyone over in that group of republican in this case in point the problem with trump, as he always gives into his worst instincts, i guarantee that his campaign and susie wiles did not want a Statement Like this to go out. They would have liked something a bit softer to try to read some of those nikki haley voters, but he just cant get over the personal grievance. Im sure hes spiraling over the fact that she went vermont, but heres the thing i come from the Old School Part of republican politics where you want someone who can win independence. That is one of the first things that you would look for in someone to be an eventual general general election candidate in nikki haleys prove that that is where donald trump suffered theres in toronto point, even if that margin shrinks because i dont think its as big as the 30 that wont be with trump, right . If she holds an eight to 10 , that could sway the entire election, right . And then youve got the third parties. Now. We made the point about the issues where they are starkly different and that there are some traditional Republican Voters who are not nativist and not populist and do deeply care about americas role in the world. And for them in a trump party, its hard to find a spot, right intellectually, not a small group. And not a large group. Maybe it anymore, but doesnt have to be the point that biden made today when he put out that statement, he said donald trump made it clear he doesnt want nikki haleys supporters. I want to be clear. Theres a place for them in my campaign. And he went on specifically to mention haleys attempts to call out trump for as the statement put it cowering before Vladimir Putin specifically mentioning nato. Does that work absolutely. Look, if you look at some of ambassador haleys comments that this Program Aired just a few minutes ago. She sounds like a democratic surrogate for joe biden talking about the absolute necessity for american leadership, both at home and abroad to preserve and bolster our alliances. Look with what was shocking about this primary is, if you go back 48 hours ago everybody knew that joe biden was the Presumptive Democratic nominee. And donald trump was the Presumptive Republican nominee. And nonetheless, many, many, many people a sizable coalition voted against donald trump in that primary, far more than joe biden. But the second shocking thing though, is that look some people voted against joe biden and democratic primary did you see any attempt by donald trump, any attempt whatsoever to say that those folks have a place in his coalition . Absolutely not. Because everyone knows that the democratic coalition, that primary base its absolutely unified irrespective who they voted for, but everyone also knows that republican side, its completely divided. And then of course youve got these third parties, ron trump now calling for those debates. And obviously it, it wouldnt do it in the primary wouldnt do it every time last time around. Now okay. Calling for them. Will it happen count me surprise if it does happen. I mean, im not sure either of them really, really wanted debate trump. Its hard to imagine him submitting to any kind of process through the commission on president ial debates, which is, which hes criticized in the past asked i mean, the argument about debates really goes to this kind of core question of whether you have to reach the middle to win this election, right . Donald trumps superpower has always been his ability to mobilize his Core Coalition and turn them out in enormous numbers, right . But the issue of whether what independence do who are presumably the Target Audience above all for these debates are soft partisans on each side. Thats much more of an open question because as were saying as the congressman just said, it is extraordinary that this many people still voted against trump on tuesday when they knew he was going to be the nominee. The other hand, those haley voters have a very negative view of bidens performance and his capacity. The ones i talked to in New Hampshire and South Carolina would deeply negative on biden. Those are the core of what many people called the Double Haters and how they ultimately sort out what cues, what cues they take theres also, by the way, a separate group of what may be described as doublehaters, which are younger, nonwhite voters who are down on biden and down on trump. So it could be a lot of them and how they make their decisions will probably decide where we go after november and the doublehaters, i was watching that whole phenomenon today and you know, the venn diagram, alyssa, how its all put together trump often says things he has no intention of doing or didnt do. So its one thing to say. I want to debate. Its a totally different thing to actually mean it. True. I do think its smart politics and i predicted that trump would be the first to say that joe biden should debate. We know joe bidens biggest vulnerability is the question over vitality and age. So if he refuses to show up to debate, donald trump is going to message the hell out of it and say, hes not up to the task. He cant do it. I would implore the Biden Campaign. There is no stronger juxtaposition than standing next to donald trump and showing his character and who he is and who donald trump is. But also remind folks hes not a good faith actor in this. He lied about his covid tests before the prior debate in 2020 and went on air when we later found out who was covid positive. So theres a lot of factors that i think has to be weighed in the structuring of debates. Final word, look, everyone knows theres going to be a debate. So i think its pretty irrelevant at this point. But heres whats going to happen over the course of the next two months. The Biden Campaign has money. The trump campaign, its actually not a campaign. Its a legal defense. Since fund with a campaign side hustle. So youre going to see the Biden Campaign for the next two months over and over and over again, reminding people of the incompetence and the chaos that was the trump years. And when that happens, youre going to see bidens numbers surge and hes going to be well on the way to winning this election. All right. Well, we all appreciate your time. Thank you. All. All next Breaking News, arizona Issuing Subpoenas and its Election Interference Investigation and that states probe is getting a whole lot bigger tonight its a crucial development. Sources tell cnn investigators are now looking into more people tied to trump plus a near ms a Russian Missi