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tonight, the 2024 primary is officially underway. last hour in south carolina, the first democratic contest in the nation closed, president joe biden easily secured a victory there, flowing his rival out of the water. all eyes are on the number of down the a total of 55 are up. those will be awarded -- remember of course that they need a total of 2000 to capture the democratic nomination. a short time ago the president issued a statement thanking the voters of south carolina saying in part quote, in 2020 it was south carolina who proved -- p- >> breaking news coming out of the middle...

by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russia's invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasn't it? it very much has been, yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is the question of — who foots the bill to pay for the all...

of south carolina, saying in part, quote, in 2020, it was the voters of south carolina who proved the pundits wrong, breathed new life into our campaign, and set us on the path to winning the presidency. now, in 2024, the people of south carolina have spoken again. and i have no doubt that you have set us on the path to winning the presidency again, and making donald trump a loser, again. of course, we are also watching breaking news coming out of the middle east. after the united states and the uk launched a new series of strikes today, targeting the houthis in yemen. the attacks hi...

trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it's not clear yet what's in the deal, but it won't reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. speaking in the last hour or so, dup leaderjeffrey donaldson said the deal vindicated his strategy of boycotting the assembly. thoses who said there will be no legal change, who were protecting all kinds of outcomes, what things would fall short — well, i simply have asked people to wait and see the outcome. we at and see the evidence and judge for yourself what this deal does, what it delivers, the change that i...

and that's in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he's almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. >> right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it's an uphill battle. i don't think it's a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the r...