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to a very special edition of "outfront." the breaking news, chris christie drops out. the bombshell coming just two hours before cnn's gop debate, the last debate before the first votes of the 2024 election. i'm erin burnett in new york, and welcome the our viewers here and around the world. >> and i'm anderson cooper in des moines, iowa. behind me, the stage is set for the debate tonight between nikki haley and ron desantis. and christie's surprise announcement just raised the stakes here in a big way. here is chris christie in his own words. >> it's clear to me tonight that there i...

That the trump team has to worry about. >> do you see christie endorsing somebody before iowa? >> i mean, it didn't sound like it tonight, at least in the hot mic moments. he was caught backstage saying she is going get smoked. we all know that. how do you say that and then that get publicized around the world and you go out and endorse somebody. >> we don't have the context of exactly where she is going to get smoked. just pointing that out. >> and the speech he gave tonight was as much about his opponents as trump, his non-trump opponents. i don't know. it didn't seem like it. i heard kriste...