Time and on cutrys history bits in sad in many way. But i think its going to be inspiring because were going to coo something that frankly nobodys been able to do for a long time. Donald trump opening his Super TuesdayVictory Speech with some words. Well have much more analysis for youoon the former president s wins in several states and what the results could mean for the future of nikki haleys campaign. Plus, well take a deep look at some of the major congressional races across the country that are now set for november. And well show you President Joe Bidens latest comments on the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas. They come as the u. S. Airdrops more desperately needed aid to gaza. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, march 6th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for beginning your day with us. And we will start with some of the biggest takeaways from Super Tuesday as millions of americans took to the polls across 16 states and one territory. As expected donald trump dominated the republican contest yesterday bringing his total number of delegates to just about 1,000. That puts him about 150 away from clenching the gop nomination. There really werent any major spriegzs except in vermont where nikki haley won with just over 50 of the vote. While historic, her win there, her first state, and her victory in washington, d. C. Over the weekend, still puts her far, far behind trump in the race for delegates. On the democratic side, President Biden cleaned up last night brings his total number of delegates to over 1,500. But biden did have his first 2024 loss last night, the American SamoaDemocratic Caucus was won by entrepreneur jason palmer. Its worth noting to be clear the overall vote count there was tiny, fewer than 100 ballots were cast. Despite a strong Super Tuesday for his campaign, donald trump gave something of a dower Victory Speech at his maralago estate last night where he harped on the results of the last president ial election. A tragic thing happened during the election. It was a tragedy because you wouldnt have think of it all of the problems you be today, i dont think you would have any of them. Were a third world country at our borders, and were a third world country at our elections, and we have to stop that. Our cities are choking to death, our states are dying. Our country is known as a joke. Its a joke. Other leaders who i speak to, other leaders cant believe what happened to us. Trump did not make mention of haley in his speech last night. And unlike her rival, nikki haley did not speak after last nights results came in. Instead, sources told nbc news the former South Carolina governor spent the night with staff at her Campaign Headquarters there in charleston, where were told the vibe was upbet beat. In a statement that was put out late tuesday, haleys team did not signal the next steps for her campaign. Instead writing this, today in state after state they remains a large block of republican primary voters expressing deep concerns about donald trump. That is not the unity our party needs for success. Recall, of course, haley has said shed stay in the race for Super Tuesday so we dont know what happens now. Over on the democratic side President Joe Biden also released a statement after Super Tuesday. The president wrote this, tonights results leave the American People with a clear choice. Are we going to keep moving forward or allow donald trump to drag us back into chaos, division, squer the darkness that define his term in office . Beyond the president ial contest and the other elections we watched last night, to california now where nbc news projects democratic congressman adam schiff will faceoff against republican candidate and former baseball star steve garvey for that states hotly contested senate seat. Youll recall California Holds what is known as a Jungle Primary meaning the top two vote getters advance to general election regardless of party affiliation, and it appears schiffs strategy to elevate garveys little known underdog presidency helped fend off other rivals like katie porter and barbara lee, Keeping Porter and lee out of the general election. Now because hes facing dpavy schiff will avoid a contentious and intraparty fight this fall. Hell be considereded the heavy favorite in deep blue california. Meanwhile democrats in texas are trying to unseat democratic congressman ted cruz. Allred was first elect today the house in 2018 and has been viewed as a Strong Senate candidate and also posted robust. Cruz has long been a top target for democrats especially with texas having the most restrictive states that holds the senate this year. Allred has focused a large part of his Early Campaign messaging on reproductive rights. Democrats hope the issue could lead them to victory in a state the party has argued is slowly turning blue. Trump won texas in 2020 by nearly 6 points, but that was down from his 9point win in 2016. In 2018 cruz won a close reelection beating Democrat Beto Orourke by just 2. 6 percentage points. Joining us now National Politics reporter for the hill julia manchester. Julia, thanks for starting us off early this morning. I know you like many of us were up late last night watching these results. Lets start with the president ial contest on the republican side. Trump cruised to victory almost everywhere, though he did drop vermont, so he was deny adclean sweep. Whats your read, first of all, on trumps wins but some weaknesses we did see in this canvas . Absolute wlaesh jonathan. I think this was a very big Sweep For Donald Trump last night. He doesnt have that very crucial of half number of total allotted delegates, but he will get there in the next couple of weeks or at least hes on track. I think what this shows to state the obvious is he is the presumptive nominee. He has the wind at his back. However, there were clear Warning Signs for donald trump in a number of exit polls. For example, i believe it was an nbc news exit poll out of virginia and North Carolina that found that roughly 31 to 37 of, you know, voters said that if donald trump were to be convicted before november they would not vote for him. Thats obviously a huge red flag for him due to the fact hes dealing with a number of legal issues. But also that College Educated block, and we are seeing very much a Party Realignment here where you have the Republican Party continuing to trend more towards blue collar voters, democratic voters, trending more towards educated voters. But donald trump is not doing well with that College Educated block in states like North Carolina and virginia. And that could very well hurt him in the suburbs. We know that the suburbs of some of these major cities in the u. S. And obviously swing states have played deciding roles in the recent elections. So that weakness could hurt him going forward, so thats something his Campaign Needs to keep an eye on. Julia, lets talk about nikki haley now. Her campaign has remained tightlipped about what happens next. She has said shed stay in the race through Super Tuesday. That has come and gone . Is it possible she could drop out in the near future . Yes, it is. Shes also possible she could forge forward. Shes got the money do to it. What would be the rationale to keep her campaign afloat . Youre right. If she has the money and continues to fund raise, she can theoretically stay in for as long as she wants. She has argued the rationale for her staying in is that she doesnt want this to be the longest general election in u. S. History, that republicans deserve another choice. And, you know, she was she didnt win these other states besides vermont, but there were definitely pluralities of republicans and maybe more moderate independents that came out for her, so i guess she could make that that argument, but she only won one state last night. She won vermont. And in states like North Carolina and virginia, those were states where we thought that nikki haley could really run up the margins, for example in North Carolina, macklenburg county, the suburbs of richmond, maybe the Virginia BeachHampton Roads area, but that didnt really end up happening for her. Its hard to see how she can chart this path forward. I think it was interesting in her Statement Last night she sort of referenced Donald Trumps remarks calling for unity, saying we dont have unity in the Republican Party, so we dont really know what her path looks like going forward, but she clearly wants to represent this one part of the Republican Party thats very clearly a minority. Julia, lastly and briefly, was there Anything Else that grabbed you last night either on the democratic side or perhaps Down Ballot Race . The Down Ballot Race in texas i thought was interesting. And this was sort of expected. We saw Collin Allred won that primary, the democratic primary will go onto face ted cruz. Ted cruz and republicans were already itching to go after Collin Allred. We saw that yesterday before polls closed going after allred. In california we think we all were sort of predicting it would be a schiffgarvey matchup. Well see how schiff performs in the general election. I dont think any surprises besides American Samoa. Going back to 2020 Mike Bloomberg won that territory, we were all it was the joke and last night it surprised us again. Good call back. It was the one contest Michael Bloomberg won four years ago. National politics reporter for the hill, julia manchester, thank you for starting us off this morning. We really appreciate it. Coming up on Way Too Early well have much, much more on the results from Super Tuesday. Plus what were learning about a reported meeting between donald trump and elon musk. And the senate gop race to succeed Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is taking shape. Well take a look at whos in and whos out. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. And weather when we right back no two bodies are the same. Some pads, never got that message. But, always flexfoam did it protects against different flows for up to zero leaks. And it flexes to fit all bodies, for up to zero feel. Feel it yourself with always flexfoam. 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Well have much more on the Super Tuesday results in just a moment, but some other political stories here now including how donald trump is looking to new megadonors for Campaign Crash and one of the richest men in the world is among mem. The the New York Times broke the news the former president met with elon musk sunday at maralago including along with a few other wealthy republican donors. Thats according to three people briefed on the meeting. Nbc news has not independently verified this reporting and neither trump nor musk responded to the papers request for comment. Musk has been at odds with trump in the past and has never endorsed him. But as the times points out, musks recent social media posts suggest a conservative lean and also that he wants to see President Biden defeated in november, something to watch. Speaking of President Biden were now just one day away from his State Of The Union address, and were getting an idea which notable guests were asked to show up as russia is set to be a key theme tomorrow night. Russian Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalnys widow was invited but according to the white house she can no longer attend. Biden met with her a few days after her husbands death last month. Meanwhile Speaker Mike Johnson will bring detained wall street journals even gerschkovichs parents as guests. Writing this by hosting evans parents congress will shine a spotlight on the unlawful detainment of their son. He was arrested a year ago on Espionage Charges which the United States has vehemently denied. The first lady of ukraine declined an invitation to uhuh tend the speech due to scheduling conflicts. Meanwhile, donald trump is now commenting on the war in gaza, something hes largely avoided throughout the conflict. The gop frontrunner told fox news yesterday he supports israel but stopped short of offering any specific thoughts about a possible ceasefire. Take a listen. Are you onboard with the way the idf is taking the fight to gaza in gaza . Youve got to finish the problem. You had a horrible invasion that took place that would have never happened if i was president , by the way. As you know iran was broke, they were broke. They had no money for hamas, for hezbollah. They were broke. And for another reason, they wouldnt have done it to me. They did this because they have no respect for biden, and frankly they got soft, and what happened here is incredible. Mr. President , what did you feel about Kamala Harris calling for a ceasefire in gaza . Is that something that you support . Is that something that is totally off the table right now for you . Look, i hate seeing whats happening. Again, it would have never happened. Israels counter attack, which is what it is, would never have happened if i was president , and you know that lawrence. Trump still largely dodging the issues there. Meanwhile, President Biden is calling on hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal. The president told reporters yesterday that there is a deal in place to pause the fighting in time for the muslim holy month of ramadan, put theyre still waiting on hamas to accept. This comes as negotiators are in cairo hammering out the details of the potential sixweek truce. Its in the hand of hamas right now. The israelis, theyre cooperating. Theres an offer out there thats rational. Well know in a couple of days. Its going to happen, but we need a ceasefire. Well, theres got to be a ceasefire because ramadan, if you get into a circumstance where this continues through ramadan, israel and jerusalem it could be very, very dangerous, so were trying hard for that ceasefire. 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