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yesterday's hearings. expert legal analysis straight ahead on all of that. meanwhile the former president is floating another birther conspiracy. we'll tell you who he is targeting this time and on capitol hill, how republicans will hold two hearings today focused on hunter biden and homeland security secretary mayorkas. we'll have reporting on that. plus, the new developments out of the middle east following secretary of state blinken's meeting yesterday in israel, the two sides appear to be at odds over plans for a post-war gaza. and days after a mid-air explosion on a boeing max...

♪ ♪ . 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. ...

along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? >> reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. there's a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president can't be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, it's belied by the fact that gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. this three-judge panel is an all-female panel with two judges appointed by pres...

and laura, the kids. >> happy birthday, grandma happy and nice. oh, great. they just got charged with. they went for 100 years approximately. if you add them all up, a fake . a fake 400 years ago. thank you, darling. that's so nice. it's a wonderful birthday. so we're going to make it into the greatest birthday of all. >> well, when hillary then deleted and acid washed, nobody does that because of the expense, but it's pretty conclusive 33,000 emails in defiance of a congressional subpoena already launched. the subpoena was there and she decided to delete acid wash and then smash and...

stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense, quote, here's a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and -- to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump's lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, a...