You didnt hear it from me, but theres a primary going on in the palmetto state today. South carolinas 50 delegates are up for grabs. The winner takes all, theyre not apportioned out like for some states. Donald trump who has been leading by a country mile, that could be 50 additional delegates he picks up. You never know. Things can change fast. And were waiting to hear from nikki haley, shes voting and might talk to the press. And more from columbia, South Carolina, alexandria. Yeah, the trump team is dedicating 100 to the general election, dismissing any prospect of a loss here in South Carolina. The polls have consistently shown the former president up by 26 to 33 Percentage Points in the state, thats a strong margin, but a really strong one is what hes after. He held out a Get Out The Vote rally. Here is what he said. Honestly, were not too worried about tomorrow. We want to aim toward a time called november 5th, thats what we need. November 5th. Got to beat crooked joe biden. Well, last night, trump spoke for an hour and a half at the black conservative at columbia and he said the teleprompter wasnt working and hardly mentioned haley at all. Trump spent little compared to haley and the campaign believes after a win today by mid march he will have secured enough delegates to have the nomination in the bag. Hell be speaking at cpac before returning to South Carolina for a watch Party Tonight and we heard from South CarolinaGovernor Henry Mcmaster casting his ballot here. He told reporters hes known nikki haley for a long time and by voting for former President Trump today hes voting for President Trump, not against nikki haley. Neil. Neil a tough way to thread the needle, i guess. Thank you for that, alex. Mark meredith right now in mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. And nikki haley has been lowering expectations, yes, a native of the state and spent time crisscrossing the palmetto state, but know the odds are against them. Shes been in the lowcountry as you mentioned and voting here in the next few minutes and shell be voting not too far from charleston, proper. Shes on the stump and asking americans to do Soul Searching and furious that trump has not decided to do the traditional debates that have been happening in the primary contest. We need to be asking the questions, i would ask him, but he wont debate me. And i look at this selection, its been a year since i announced i was running. We had 14 people in this race. I defeated a dozen of the fellas. I just have one more fella ive got to catch up to. Haley is also ruling out any possibility of joining the former president as his running mate if he were to get the republican nomination. There have been the rumblings for months would haley want to be the vicepresident ial candidate and she spoke to bret baier and ruled out, thats not going to happen. And no matter what happens with the contest, they believe her message could resonate well beyond the primary election. I supported trump the last time. I just feel, to be honest, the amount of damage that the country has undergone under joe biden we need a candidate who can serve eight years, i think well need eight years to fix the damage thats been done. I want to show you, neil, this is surprising to me at least how big the crowd is in mt. Pleasant to come out and vote. Were at an elementary school, the line is as far as the eye can see and considering its just a primary with only a few names on the ballot you would imagine it wouldnt take so long for people to vote, but an indication theres high turnout in todays primary and the polls closing at 7 00. Well get the results not too long after that, neil. Neil thank you for that, mark meredith. And the g. O. P. Fundraiser and doug schoen, pollster. Id like to step back and discuss with you, noelle, starting with you, the argument that nikki haley has, ill do much better in a general election, we have much better odds with me being the republican nominee taking down the incumbent president than the other guy. Im enough to remember george h. W. Bush making the argument hes too unknown, too wild a conservative to get a shot of beating jimmy carter and yet he wins in a landslide. I can remember henry Scoop Jackson who made pretty much the same argument about jimmy carter in 1976 and Carter Squeeked in regardless. My only point here, noelle, is who says . Who says at this point in time youre the better, you know, Election Night candidate for the big election when we just dont know . Well, neil, youve got to remember who she is surrounding herself with and these are people that are encouraging her to stay in the race. Theyre writing checks, a lot of big donors and theyre coming at her from the antitrump point of view. They are coming to her probably the same types of people that surrounded ron desantis, stating that he would be better in the general. And i think that that is the only argument because trump has already you know, his policies everybody liked, it was his bedside manner. What shes trying to say is the message is, i am a more palatable candidate so, you know, ignore trump and put me in there because im a sure bet. And youre right, nobody knows for sure. I think that they are just banking on the fact that, you know, theres been so much angst about Donald Trumps personality. Youre right, nobody does know and it seems like in a primary, Republican Voters did have a chance to voice that and theyre not, theyre behind trump overwhelmingly. Neil you know, doug, it doesnt always work out. Of course, you were a student of history and even in your own party and i think of George Mcgovern and he had the nomination locked up and many feared he wasnt mainstream, and a running mate thing. Long story shortest wiped out in a landslide so their fears were justified. What do you think . I think with the polls now showing trump consistently leading joe biden nationally and in the swing states, a small margin, some within the margin of error, but trump is ahead, the argument that nikki haley and her supporters make largely falls on deaf ears. Now, if trump, as mcgovern was trailing badly and nikki haley was ahead, i think the argument would have much greater force, but as we sit here today, noelle is right, people prefer trumps policies and they have doubts about him personally, but as we sit here today, the cognitive problems of joe biden are more prescient and powerful to people than are concerns about donald trump, his personality and his legal issues. Neil you know, were so focused on the republicans and little infighting. I say little infighting amongst two candidates, we forget what don peebles, a player in the Democratic Party, helped barack obama get elected, had little good things to say about joe biden in a conversation i had with him. I want your reaction to him. I think the Democratic Party should turn the page. President biden wants to be a transitional president and i said on your show that he would be president and Kamala Harris would be Waiting In The Wings and learning it become president , i think shes disappointed a lot of people, including me, and i think that the team thats in place now ought to step aside. I dont see how he can beat donald trump. Neil he polls well against donald trump at this point, but you both said it very eloquently far more than i did, Time Will Tell essentially, but i do want your reaction, noelle to this division and concern growing on the left that theyre hooking up with the wrong horse here. What do you make of that . Oh 100 . And bravo to peebles for actually stating that. Its actually true. Its like the elephant in the room. Everybody, you know, ive got a couple of friends that are democratic consultants and theyre disgusted with the fact that joe biden is basically kind of a Walking Ghost and the sidekick, Kamala Harris, im not trying to be funny, shes just not ready for primetime. They know this. Anybody, any consultant with a brain knows that this pair, you need to scrap it and start from scratch and i think don peebles actually stated that and for a democrat, especially where he is a you know, hes very, very powerful for him to state on that fox, thats a pretty big deal. I think that everybody feels the same way that these two people are not ready for primetime. All kinds of rumors and republicans asking me is Michelle Obama going to end up being replaced with joe biden, is gavin newsom, whats going on . Its the rumor because nobody really feels confident in joe bidens cognitive skills. Neil all right. That all might be the case, doug, but again, against donald trump, they poll fairly evenly within the margin of error, it varies by polls. I look at real clear politics, average and donald trump a little ahead. If biden were a complete disaster he wouldnt be doing as well as he is. Asking said that, there is frustration about how many people turn out election among the Democratic Base if they dont like the guy at the head of the ticket. What do you think . Oh, i think thats absolutely right and what noelle said is whats going on with other democrats that ive talked to and as a democratic consultant who hopes he has at least a little cognitive ability of my own left, i see the same thing you both have been discussing. The real question, will joe biden at the convention or shortly before maintain his status in the polls as you say within the margin of error of donald trump . Will his cognitive abilities allow him to go forward . If they dont, yes, Kamala Harris is the most likely candidate, but with two, three months to go, if that vacancy occurs, i think there will be a very real question among democratic leaders, including my friend don peebles and many others, whether Michelle Obama should put her name forward as a candidate. It remains an open question by no means decided. Neil yeah, its wild. Anything could happen. That seems like a leap to get there. But, guys, thank you very much. Were waiting for nikki haley. Shes voting in Kiawah Island, or will shortly and were getting ward 26yearold man accused of killing an augusta Nursing Student was indeed in this country illegally and thats Fueling Fears right now where theres one, could there be others . How widespread is this concern, isolating this case, and what happened after this. Car payments are getting out of control. Get a Newday 100 Va Cash Out Loan at lower Mortgage Rates to pay off those high rate car loans. With so many choices on booking. 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Police also believe that ibarra did not know riley and that this murder was random and a crime of opportunity. We learned from uga police that the Nursing Student died from blunt force trauma. Hes facing a long list of charges, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and hindering a 911 call among other charges and police say there is strong evidence against the suspected killer. And Video Footage on campus, neil, was really vital in catching him, police say. Her sister spoke out saying she was her builtin best friend and this is unfair. Another piece of information. The suspects older brother was also arrested for possessing a fake green card and that happened during the investigation of rileys death, neil. Neil thank you for that. If we get any more details well pass those along for you. Madison on this story in athens, georgia. Were following a couple of stories, not only nikki haley to make a statement or talk to reporters, after voting in Kiawah Island in South Carolina, the big primary today. 50 delegates at stake and the winner takes all 50 delegates. Well watch closely. The president to break out the Executive Pen . Its one thing when he does it on Border Issues that a lot of republicans have been saying what took you so long, quite another when he applies it to forgiving more Student Loan Debt and they say he really doesnt have the prerogative and power to do that because the Supreme Court told him months ago that he cant, but he does. After this. All right. This just in from Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where nikki haley a short time entered the voting booth to vote. This is her home state and two time governor and popular in the state, but various polls not nearly as possible as the president , the former president donald trump. I believe she was voting and attending with her parents in kiawah. She might make some statements when shes done voting. In the meantime, take you to the white house, a place where nikki haley wants to be and a place where donald trump wants to return and the focus is on the president s use of Executive Orders and just a swipe of the Executive Pen to forgive more Student Loan Debt. He keeps doing this, even though the United StatesSupreme Court says he cant do this, but he does. Whats the latest . So far President Biden has spent 138 billion in forgiving student debt loans. Of course, more than twice the amount that congress is proposing to help ukraine in its war against russia. President biden said earlier this week from the west coast not even the Supreme Court can stop him. Early in my term i announced a major plan to provide millions of Working Families with debt relief from their College Student debt and the Supreme Court blocked it, blocked it, but that didnt stop me. Many americans are arguing why should hardworking people have to relieve students of their debt when they made the choice to go to college. A short time ago, our camera caught sight of President Biden crossing the driveway at the white house to attend a g7 he meetings with the leaders of ukraine, germany, canada, france and others. And on the verge of russias war with ukraine. And here is more from texas Congressman Chip roy about President Biden relieving student debt. This is a president who doesnt care about the law. Didnt care about it on student loans, doesnt care about this. Hes ignoring the law because he wants to advance a Radical Progressive Democrat agenda because radical democrats want to remake america. Moments ago we learned the balloon spotted over the skies of utah that prompted nor