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3.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Nikki Haley suspends her presidential campaign but stops short of endorsing former President Donald Trump. NBC News Senior Political Editor Mark Murray explains what down-ballot races in states like North Carolina could mean for the 2024 presidential race. Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein discusses President Biden plan to highlight his accomplishments during his State of the Union address. A Houthi missile strike kills at least 2 people aboard a commercial ship in the Red Sea.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, former President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivered
0:06.0	dueling speeches and preview a fiery fight as more Republican leaders weigh in on the future
0:11.6	of the party and the race for the White House. Plus crime, punishment, and 2024, DC tries
0:18.2	to reverse course on a local law that's creating problems for national Democrats who are
0:23.4	trying to avoid looking soft on crime. And Russian forces are hoist for their first major
0:30.4	battlefield victory in months in the eastern city of Bakmuut, as NBC News is the first to report
0:35.8	that Ukrainian pilots are in the U.S. preparing to train on aircraft like the F-16.
0:42.1	Welcome to me, the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. The 2024 Republican presidential primary is
0:57.6	officially kicking into a higher gear with declared and potential candidates hitting the trail
1:02.9	and setting the scene for the next stretch of campaigning. Former President Donald Trump took
1:07.9	the stage this weekend in front of a friendly crowd at CPAC where attendees overwhelmingly picked
1:13.6	him in their 2024 straw poll. On stage, the former president cast himself as a political outsider,
1:20.0	and at times took a dark tone, vowing revenge against his political enemies.
1:38.3	Mr. Trump also took a not-so-subtle swipe at his likely top competitor, Florida Governor
1:52.6	Ron DeSantis, but didn't mention him by name. DeSantis, who did not appear at CPAC and is not
1:58.8	in announced candidate, gave a speech at the Reagan Library in California, touting his record in
2:04.0	Florida as a model for conservatives across the country while taking his own not-so-veiled shot
2:09.9	at the former president. In four years, you didn't see our administration leaking like a SIV. You
2:16.5	didn't see a lot of drama or palace intrigue, which you saw was surgical precision execution day after
2:24.8	day after day. And because we did that, we beat the left day after day after day.
2:32.2	In a move that could bolster a presidential bid this week, DeSantis and Florida's Republican
2:37.7	Supermajority State House are embarking on an ambitious red meat legislative of agenda of
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