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♪ ♪ . happening now. there's majora breaking news out there for the republican presidential nomination. a source now tells cnn that chris christie is dropping out of the race. we are standing by to hear directly from him live this hour in new hampshire. we will bring that to you as soon as it begins and all this comes as the final republican debate before the iowa caucuses are now just a few hours away right here on cnn. nikki haley and ron desantis preparing to face off tonight as both candidates make their closing pitch to try to naur row t narrow the gap with donald trump. ...

>> they know we can do it. we have american grit in our blood, they will going to vote republican november 8. >> send dr. oz back to new jersey, send to us dc. >> fight together together we stand divided we fall. >> i'm running for the united states senate, paula i'm running to win. >> god bless ugod bless america. live free or die. dana: bringing in our panel, james freeman from "wall street journal" editorial page, matt gorman for national republican congressional committee and vice president of targeted victory. and you all know jessica tarlov. one of my co-hosts, don't look now, ...

next several hours. now the island of taiwan says they're on high alert for a possible incoming from china. china telling its troops stand by in battle formation and be ready for all incoming enemies. listen to this warning from china to speaker pelosi. >> if house speaker pelosi insists on visiting taiwan, we will defend our territorial integrity. as to what measures we'll make, we'll see if she dares making a visit. >> martha: john kirby joins me now off of a very active news conference that went on for quite a while. john, welcome. good to have you with us today. >> good to be wit...

border state democrats. the ability to close four wide gaps in yuma will better protect migrants that could drown in a low section hoff the colorado river. the biden administration must do much more. >> even if we build new walls, if you have the department of justice, the biden administration incentivizing and criminalizing people coming here and the consequences, you'll continue to see this escalating violence and americans dying. >> the white house claims this is not a flip-flop on the border wall. >> we're not finishing a wall. we're cleaning up the mess that the prior administra...

Steve Ballmer, best known as the trustworthy assistant of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is making his way up on the list of wealthiest individuals globally and may soon surpass his former boss in net wealth.