Haley, DeSantis trade barbs in latest Republican debate
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🗓️ 11 January 2024
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Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis traded attacks in Wednesday night's presidential debate.
Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 presidential race.
USA TODAY Border Reporter Lauren Villagran looks at census data around foreign-born Americans.
USA TODAY Congress & Campaigns Reporter Riley Beggin has the latest on the budget fight ahead of a possible government shutdown.
Nick Saban is retiring from college football.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday January 11th |
| 0:16.6 | 2024. This is the excerpt. Today we look back at the latest Republican debate, this time between just Haley and |
| 0:28.0 | DeSantis. Plus Chris Christie drops out, what does that mean for remaining presidential candidates and we look at |
| 0:34.8 | the latest conversation around immigration with the percentage of foreign-born |
| 0:38.7 | Americans on the rise. |
| 0:41.9 | Former UN Ambassador Nicky Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis clashed last night in the final debate |
| 0:48.0 | before next week's Iowa Republican Caucus. |
| 0:51.0 | They were the only candidates on stage as GOP front runner Donald Trump again |
| 0:54.8 | skipped out but Trump's name was still front and center. Audio is courtesy |
| 0:59.2 | CNN. I wish Donald Trump was up here on this stage. He's the one that I'm running against. He's the one that I wish was up here on this stage. |
| 1:03.0 | He's the one that I'm running against. |
| 1:04.0 | He's the one that I wish would be here. |
| 1:06.0 | He needs to be defending his record. |
| 1:08.0 | He said he was going to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. |
| 1:11.0 | He did not deliver that. |
| 1:12.0 | He said he was going to drain the swamp. He did not deliver that. He said he was going to drain the swamp. He did not deliver that. He said he was going to hold Hillary accountable and he let her off the hook. He said he was going to eliminate the debt and he added 7.8 trillion dollars to the debt. |
| 1:22.8 | And a more narrow Republican field on the debate stage |
| 1:25.4 | meant more direct and heated confrontations. |
| 1:28.6 | Audio courtesy CNN. |
| 1:30.4 | He can call me whatever name and be demeaning as much as he wants. It doesn't change the fact that |
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