Hey, good morning. It's Sunday, January the 21st. I'm Ali Vels. You were two days away from the very first primary of the season.

And perhaps two days away from Donald Trump's sewing up the Republican nomination in record time.

The former president, who's been twice impeached

and currently faces 91 criminal charges, appears headed for another easy victory in Tuesday's primary,

and with all the legal troubles, he still has ahead of him this year. He's looking to shut down

the primaries as soon as possible. New Hampshire is Nikki Haley's

Hail Mary moment. She's been gaining ground on Trump in recent weeks, but it appears to be too

little too late. While polls out of New Hampshire have been historically volatile, no signs

have emerged that Haley will get the surge of support that she truly needs to boost her chances.

And even if she did pull off a miracle upset,

there's no path forward for her beyond New Hampshire anyway. A fact that is on full display this

weekend as Donald Trump gathers up endorsements from the next primary state. Haley's own home state

of South Carolina, which polls indicate she is expected to lose by a margin of double digits.

Trump was joined in New Hampshire yesterday by a who's who of South Carolina Republican political

figures, including the state's current governor, Henry McMaster. That's in addition to the

South Carolina senator, Tim Scott, endorsing Trump on Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate by Nikki Haley herself.

Since Iowa, and despite Trump's literally historic margin of victory there, Haley has tried to pivot

the conversation to make this seem like it's a two-person race, and she's right. But the two people

in this race are Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Virtually all signs indicate that the two of them will be facing off again in the general

election this November. High-ranking Republicans like Elise Stefano have begun calling for Haley

and DeSantis to drop out of the race, though she's not an entirely disinterested party in this

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