SCOTUS Rules Trump can Appear on Presidential Ballots | Balance of Power

>> FROM THE WORLD OF POLITICS TO THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER." ♪ >> LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, DC. >> FROM BLOOMBERG'S WASHINGTON, DC STUDIOS TO OUR TV AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE, WELCOME TO "BALANCE OF POWER." ALONGSIDE KAILEY LEINZ I AM JOE , MATHIEU. KAILEY: THE SUPREME COURT DELIVERS A WIN FOR DONALD TRUMP IN A UNANIMOUS DECISION THAT WILL KEEP HIM ON THE BALLOT IN COLORADO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE WILL GET REACTION THIS HOUR. JOE: SUPER TUESDAY JUST A DAY OFF WITH 16 STATES HOLDI

NG NOMINATING CONTEST, AND DONNA FROM HOLDING A COMMANDING LEAD OVER NIKKI HALEY. WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE KEY HALEY SUPPORTER, GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU. KAILEY: AND QUESTIONS OVER HOSTAGES PERSIST. WE WILL GET PERSPECTIVE FROM JONATHAN PANIC OFF OF THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL. JOE, HAPPY MONDAY ON WHAT WILL BE AN INCREDIBLY BUSY WEEK HERE IN WASHINGTON. NOT ONLY SUPER TUESDAY TOMORROW, THE STATE OF THE UNION THURSDAY I'M A POTENTIAL PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THAT COULD BEGIN AT MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, BUT WE ST

ART WITH NEWS FROM THE SUPREME COURT AS IT RELATES TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. JOE: THAT'S HOW THE WEEK BEGAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTED TO THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TODAY TO ALLOW HIM ON THE BALLOT FOLLOWING CHALLENGES ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT. HERE HE IS. >> I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE SUPREME COURT FOR ITS UNANIMOUS DECISION TODAY. IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION, VERY WELL-CRAFTED. I THINK IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD BRINGING OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER, WHICH OUR COUNTRY NEEDS. KAILEY: JOINING

US FOR MORE ON THAT STORY AND OTHER TOP STORIES, AND SHE REPORT ON THE SUPREME COURT FOR US, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT WHILE ALL NINE JUSTICES RULED THAT HE SHOULD REMAIN ON THE BALLOT IN COLORADO AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, THEY DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE QUESTION OF INSURRECTION AND WHETHER OR NOT HE ENGAGED IN IT. IT ESSENTIALLY WAS A DECISION THAT SAID IT'S NOT UP TO INDIVIDUAL STATES, IT IS UP TO CONGRESS. >> ONE OF THE REASONS FOLKS THOUGHT GOING IN THAT HE WAS LIKELY TO WIN THIS CASE WAS HE H

AD A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN IT. ONE OF THOSE WAYS WAS A COURT COULD HAVE SAID HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN INSURRECTION. THE COURT WHEN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND SAID THE POWER TO TAKE THEM OFF THE BALLOT, THE STATE SOME HAVE THAT POWER, IT'S UP TO CONGRESS TO DECIDE HOW TO ENFORCE THE INSURRECTION CLAUSE. JOE: WHAT IS THE ACTUAL ARGUMENT HERE, THE INSURRECTION CLAUSE WAS WRITTEN AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, INTENDING TO KEEP CONFEDERATES FROM HOLDING OFFICE, RIGHT? >> EXACTLY. IT SAID THAT SOMEON

E TOOK THE OATH AND THEN ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION CANNOT THEN TAKE OFFICE AGAIN. THE QUESTION WAS DOESN'T APPLY IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE DONALD TRUMP ALLEGEDLY INCITED THE JANUARY 6 RIGHT. KAILEY: WE HEARD TRUMP HERALDING THE DECISION FROM MAR-A-LAGO TODAY. ANOTHER CASE PERTAINS TO THE IMMUNITY QUESTION HERE IN WASHINGTON, WHETHER HE IS IMMUNE FROM PROSECUTION AS A FORMER PRESIDENT. THOSE ARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22. SHOULD WE DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THE TIMELINE FOR THE COURT TO HEAR ARGU

MENTS AND THEN RULE IN THIS CASE TO A SIMILAR TIMELINE POTENTIALLY IN THAT CASE? OR BECAUSE OF THE DEADLINE THAT THIS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY? >> I WOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE COURT ASSIGNED THAT CASE AS QUICKLY AS IT DECIDED THIS CASE. HERE WE HAD SUPER TUESDAY, AND THIS WASN'T A DAY WHEN THEY WERE NORMALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE BENCH. THE OPINION WAS NOT HANDED DOWN FROM THE BENCH, IT WAS HANDED DOWN ON THE COURTS WEBSITE AND HARDCOPIES IN THE PRESS OFFICE. THEY CLEARLY WERE TRYING TO BEAT THAT DEAD

LINE OF SUPER TUESDAY. WITH AN IMMUNITY CASE, THERE IS A FOCUS ON THE ELECTION, WHETHER THERE WILL BE A TRIAL BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT THE COURT DOESN'T HAVE A DEADLINE LIKE THAT TO PROMPT THEM TO SAY WE GET -- NEED TO GET A RULING OUT BY SUCH AND SUCH DATE. JOE: THANKS FOR GETTING US STARTED. MEANWHILE EVEN AS NIKKI HALEY WINS HER FIRST RACE, AS THE CANDIDATES PREPARE TO FACE OFTEN TOMORROW SUPER TUESDAY RACES, A MAJOR STOP ON THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE. LET'S BRING IN NANCY COOK FOR MORE. THE

RE IS A LOT OF TALK ON NIKKI HALEY'S LAST STAND, ESSENTIALLY TOMORROW. MATH IS GOING TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER IF THE POLLS ARE CORRECT. >> WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE REASON SUPER TUESDAY IS SUCH A BIG DEAL IS THAT MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE DELEGATES THAT A CANDIDATE NEEDS TO CLEANS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION ARE AWARDED TOMORROW NIGHT. THAT INCLUDES IN LARGE STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA. WE ARE EXPECTING DONALD TRUMP TO REALLY SWEEP THOSE STATES, AND THAT WILL NOT NECESSARILY CLINCH THE

NOMINATION OFFICIALLY AFTER TOMORROW, BUT IF HE DOES AS WELL AS WE EXPECT, IT WILL MAKE THE PATH FOR HER TO TAKE THE NOMINATION BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE ONLY CONTEST SHE HAS WON SO FAR HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON DC. JOE: -- KAILEY: IS THERE ANY NUMBER WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD SUGGEST THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CANDIDACY MIGHT BE IN MORE TROUBLE IN A GENERAL ELECTION SCENARIO SHOULD HE BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE? IS THERE MARGIN THAT WOULD SUGGEST TROUBLE FOR HIM IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE? >> I WOULD N

OT SAY THE DELEGATE COUNT OR HOW MUCH HE WINS BY MARGIN WILL SUGGEST HIS VULNERABILITIES. THINK WE CAN SEE THE VULNERABILITIES IN THE LOT OF THE POLLING WE'VE SEEN, EVEN IN THE BLOOMBERG NEWS MORNING CONSULT POLL THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK, IT HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF HIS ISSUES. THERE WERE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY THOUGHT HE WAS DANGEROUS. THAT IS A BIG DEAL, THAT IS A REAL RED FLAG TO THE CAMPAIGN. THE OTHER THING I'M HEARING FROM TRUMP OFFICIALS IS THE -- THAT THEY ARE -- THEY'RE STANDING WITH

WHITE SUBURBAN WOMEN. GIVEN PROBLEMS OF ABORTION ACCESS IN A NUMBER OF STATES, THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT REACHING THAT POPULATION. SO THINK WE CAN SEE SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS ALREADY. JUST WITH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS, TRUMP REMAINS VERY POPULAR. JOE: NIKKI HALEY WAS ASKED ABOUT THE PLEDGE ON SUNDAY MORNING TELEVISION, WHETHER SHE WOULD ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP IF HE ENDS UP BEING THE NOMINEE. THEY HAD TO TAKE THAT PLEDGE TO GET ON THE DEBATE STAGE. DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT ONE OF THEM AND DID NOT SHOW

UP AT ANY OF THE DEBATES. SHE IS SIGNALING THAT SHE MIGHT NOT BE PREPARED TO DO THAT AS THE RNC TAKES ON NEW LEADERSHIP. WILL IT MATTER AT THAT POINT? >> I THINK SHE HAS SORT OF ALIENATED TRUMP'S MAGA THEY SAID I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY MATTERS IF SHE ENDORSES HIM. THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FINDING HER CAMPAIGN AND SUPPORTING HER, A LOT OF COLLEGE EDUCATED, WEALTHIER REPUBLICANS, A LOT OF BIG DONORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LOATH TO BACK TRUMP REGARDLESS, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT REALLY THE AUDIENCE THAT

IS GOING TO RUSH TO SUPPORT HIM. KAILEY: NANCY COOK JOINING US THIS EVENING AHEAD OF SUPER TUESDAY TOMORROW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND IN SELMA, ALABAMA, CALLING FOR A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> GIVEN THE IMMENSE SCALE OF SUFFERING IN GAZA, THERE MUST BE AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, WHICH IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE. KAILEY: JOINING US IS DAN FLATLEY WHO REPORTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS FOR US. AS

WE HEARD FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT, A SIX-WEEK CEASE-FIRE IS ON THE TABLE, AND YET TALKS ARE NOT PROGRESSING BECAUSE OF ISRAEL TRYING TO VERIFY THE STATUS OF HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS. HOW DIFFICULT ARE THESE NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW? >> THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE, ESSENTIALLY, IN GAZA. YOU ARE DEALING WITH TWO SIDES IT DON'T REALLY TRUST EACH OTHER , THE ISRAELIS AND THE LEADERSHIP UP EN MASSE. AND IT'S A FRAUGHT POLITICAL SITUATION HERE

IN THE U.S. WHERE YOU HAVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS COMING UNDER FIRE FOR NOT BEING HARDER ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE HUMANITARIAN TOLL OF THIS OFFENSE IN GAZA. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. THE ISRAELI OPPOSITION LEADER IS HERE IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK TO MEET WITH OFFICIALS. THERE IS SOME FRICTION THERE BETWEEN HIM AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SO IT'S A VERY, LOCATED SITUATION. THERE DOES SEEM TO BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR SOME SORT OF CEASE-FIRE AS VICE PRESID

ENT HARRIS MENTIONED, BUT WHETHER THEY CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT AND BRING THAT TO FRUITION ANYTIME SOON IS VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT. JOE: ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL NOT SEE NEGOTIATORS TO CAIRO TO TALK ABOUT A CEASE-FIRE UNTIL HE GETS A LIST OF ALL THE HOSTAGES AND THEIR CONDITIONS. WILL HAMAS BE TRUSTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? >> IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY AT THIS POINT. OBVIOUSLY THERE A TRUST ISSUE HERE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. SEEING A LIST OR SOME SORT OF PROOF OF LIFE, SO TO SPEAK,

IN ADVANCE OF ANY KIND OF TALKS IS PARAMOUNT. BUT FROM THE ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE, EVEN IF YOU SEE THAT ON PAPER, HOW COULD YOU REALLY TRUST THAT, JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. WE HAD A REPORT RECENTLY ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON OCTOBER 7 AND SOME OTHER D VERYAMNING REPORTS AND EVIDENCE AROUND THAT EVENT. SO IT HAS TO PROCEED IN A STEP-BY-STEP BASIS AND YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT REST -- THAT TRUST, AND RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. JOE: BLOOMBERG'S DAN FLATLEY KEEPING US UP-TO-DATE. CO

MING UP, BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND NIKKI HALEY'S POLITICAL FUTURE, AND A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS SUNUNU. THAT'S NEXT ON "BALANCE OF POWER" ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO. JOE: THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO. I'M JOE MATHIEU, ALONGSIDE KAILEY LEINZ IN WASHINGTON. WITH JUST ONE DAY LEFT UNTIL SUPER TUESDAY, REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND SPECIFICALLY HIS SUPPORT FOR NIKKI HALEY. WE BEGAN OUR CONVERSATION WITH AND

I OWN TOMORROW'S ELECTIONS AND WHETHER HALEY CAN STAY COMPETITIVE. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. IN MOST OF THE STATES, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REMEMBER. FIRST, THE CAMPAIGNS HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN IN THE STATES OTHER THAN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS. NIKKI IS HITTING THE GROUND, WORKING VERY HARD, STATE TO STATE, TOWN TO TOWN, AND EVERYWHERE SHE GOES, HER NUMBERS GO UP. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT EVERYWHERE NIKKI HALEY GOES, HER

NUMBERS GET BETTER. SHE'S ALLOCATED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES. IT IS AND IF YOU WIN THIS MANY OR THAT MANY STATES THEN YOU GO OR DON'T KNOW. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS COMING AHEAD AND HOW YOU ALLOCATE WHATEVER RESOURCES YOU HAVE, THE MESSAGING THAT WILL COME OUT OF IT, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND RULES IN EACH OF THOSE STATES BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. EVERY CAMPAIGN HAS DIFFERENT INFLECTION POINTS. THE DAY AFTER SUPER TUESDAY IS A BIG ONE ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT MOVE IS. I DON

'T KNOW IF THERE IS AN EXACT NUMBER YOU CAN PUT ON IT. HERE'S WHERE WE ARE, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT LEFT, AND WHOEVER -- HERE IS WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY LIES. JOE: THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BELIEVE THEY WILL HIT THE MAGIC NUMBER BY THE 19TH OF MARCH AT THE LATEST. I WONDER IF THAT MATCHES YOUR MATH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A RAPIDLY CLOSING WINDOW. THAT'S THE CASE, IS THIS NIKKI HALEY'S LAST STAND TONIGHT? >> THEY'VE BEEN CALLING TRUMP THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE SINCE IOWA. THEY TRIED TO PASS A RESOLUTION

THAT HE SHOULD JUST BE THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE. JOE: THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON THE WAY TO 1250. >> AT SOME POINT, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WILL CROSS THE MAGIC NUMBER. THAT GOES INTO THE CALCULATION AND TERMS OF WHAT STATES COME NEXT. YOU WILL EXCUSE ME IF I DON'T TRUST TRUMP MATH. DID THAT IN 2016 WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD BE THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY AND HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT WHEN IT CAME TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. TRUMP AND MATH, THEY DON'T MIX SO WELL TOGETHER, S

O I WILL BACK OFF OF THAT. NIKKI IS WORKING HARD TO TRY TO WIN A FEW STATES ON SUPER TUESDAY AND GARNER ENOUGH SUPPORT TO KEEP SOME MOMENTUM GOING SO THAT SHE CAN STAY COMPETITIVE AND WHAT GOES FORWARD. KAILEY: TALKING ABOUT MATH, NIKKI HALEY LIKES TO TOUT THAT SHE IS AN ACCOUNTANT. TO JOE'S POINT, IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT MATH EXISTS THAT COULD GET HER TO 1250 THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING NOW. SO IF IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO SECURE THE NOMINATION, IS IT REALLY ABOUT 2028? >> THE

REASON TO STAY IN THE RACE IS TO COLLECT ENOUGH DELEGATES TO BE PRESIDENT. THAT IS NIKKI'S MISSION. SHE'S NOT HERE TO MAKE A POINT, SHE'S NOT PUTTING YOURSELF ON THE LINE, BEING OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, TIRELESSLY, FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING PRESIDENT AND GETTING THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. IT'S NOT ABOUT THESE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO TRY TO GET IN JUST TO MAKE A POINT OR SELL A BOOK. NIKKI IS ABOUT FOCUSING ON THE COUNTRY AND WHAT SHE CAN BRING TO THE TAB

LE, AND AS A REPUBLICAN, I LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE WINS HANDILY AGAINST JOE BIDEN. SHE WINS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT. TRUMP CANNOT DO THAT. JOE: SHE SIGNALED YESTERDAY THAT SHE MIGHT NOT ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP, SHE NO LONGER SEES HERSELF BOUND TO A PLEDGE TO AN RNC THAT SHE SEES CHANGING. IT IS CHANGING AS WE SPEAK. DO YOU SUPPORT THAT DECISION AND FEEL THE SAME WAY? >> SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE WOULDN'T. SHE DID NOT SAY THAT. IN THE PRESS IS ASKING YOU AS A CANDIDATE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE PERSON Y

OU'RE RUNNING AGAINST, IT IS A RIDICULOUS QUESTION. JOE: I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL AND FAIR, SHE IS SAYING SHE MIGHT NOT. >> SHE SAID SHE MIGHT NOT, AND AGAIN, IT'S A RIDICULOUS QUESTION, HAS TRUMP COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IF IT'S NOT HIM? OF COURSE HE HASN'T. IT IS THIS FAUX OUTRAGE, WHEN TRUMP HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH COMPLETELY KICKING DIRT IN THE FACE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, MAKING HIS OWN RULES AS HE GOES, BUT HE GETS AWAY WITH IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY

, NIKKI WILL CITE WHAT -- DECIDE WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO. A LOT OF FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR A WHOLE VARIETY OF REASONS. WE COULD DO AN HOUR-LONG SHOW ABOUT THAT. THE PROBLEM IS, IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHO WINS A PRESIDENCY, IT'S ABOUT WHO BRINGS THE REST OF THE PARTY OVER THE LINE. I KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT. AS REPUBLICANS, WE ARE CHART OF LOSING. WE LOST IN 2020, WE LOST IN 2022 LOST WITH TRUMP AS THE STANDARDBEAR

ER AND THE FRONT END MESSENGER OF THE PARTY. HE COULD SNEAK BY, BUT NIKKI WOULD WIN IT IN DROVES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY THEY WOULD EVEN ASK HIM THE QUESTION BECAUSE HE IS STILL VERY MUCH -- SHE IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE RACE AND FIGHTING HARD. EVERY NEW VOTER THAT COMES OUT THAT TYPICALLY MIGHT NOT VOTE IN A PRIMARY THAT COMES OUT ON SUPER TUESDAY IS LIKELY NIKKI HALEY MOTOR. GETTING THE VOTE OUT, NOT JUST PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVE BASE THAT TRUMP HAS,

EVERY NEW VOTER IS ANOTHER BIT OF OPPORTUNITY. THAT IS ALL YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT AS A CANDIDATE, HOW DO YOU WIN? KAILEY: WHAT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT AS A SURROGATE? WE HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION, THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT TRUMP SHOULD HE BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO JOE BIDEN. YOU JUST AS -- DESCRIBED HIM AS SOMEONE KICKING DIRT IN THE FACE OF REPUBLICANS, I BELIEVE THERE'S A CHANCE HE COULD BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE. IS THERE ANYTHIN

G YOU WOULD CHANGE -- THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR MIND ON THAT? >> I WANT A STRONG TICKET. I'VE DONE MY FOUR TERMS AND I'M DECIDED TO STEP DOWN. MY FOCUS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MY POSITION AS GOVERNOR AND I THINK YOU COULD TRANSITION IT TO 49 OTHER STATES. THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP IS THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE OUT TO RAISE MONEY BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY SPENT $60 MILLION ON HIS LEGAL FEES WITH PROBABLY ANOTHER $50 MILLION TO GO. WHO IS GOING TO GIVE THE RNC MONEY, KN

OWING A LOT OF THAT MONEY MIGHT JUST GO TO PAY OFF HIS LEGAL FEES? IS GOING TO PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES TO RAISE MONEY INTO THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN TICKET AS STRONG AS I CAN. I'M A CONSERVATIVE, I BELIEVE IN THOSE IDEALS. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHETHER TRUMP IS THERE OR NOT. THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK TO BELIEVING THE INDIVIDUAL COMES FIRST, NOT LIBERAL ELITISTS IN WASHINGTON'S WHO ARE STANDING ON THE SHOULDER

S OF AMERICAN FAMILIES BUT ARE BEING TOLD HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF IT. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT AND CONNECT WITH THAT AND SAY WE WILL ACTIVELY MAKE A CHANGE. WERE NOT JUST GOING TO RAISE MORE MONEY TO TRY TO GET OURSELVES REELECTED, BUT BE AN ACTIVE PART OF A POSITIVE PROCESS THAT GETS THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. JOE: NIKKI HALEY WON WASHINGTON, D.C.'S PRIMARY OVER THE WEEKEND. SHE IS THE FIRST EVER WOMAN T

O WIN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CONTEST. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD SAY THAT OUT LOUD IN THIS CONVERSATION. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS CROWNED HER THE QUEEN OF THE SWAMP. WHAT WOULD YOU CALL HER? >> REMEMBER THAT SWAMP TRUMP WAS GOING TO DRAIN? DRAINING THE SWAMP, THAT WAS HIS LINE. I'M STILL WAITING FOR IT. TRUMP HAD THE BAD MANAGEMENT AND COULD NOT DO THE JOB. THE SWAMP FEARS NIKKI HALEY BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T TAKE CRAP OFF ANYBODY. SHE'S GOING TO LIMIT THE BUREAUCRACY AND CUT THROUGH THE PROTOCOLS THAT STICK

THIS COUNTRY BACK FROM DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING THINGS FORWARD. SHE BREAKS THROUGH THAT. SHE WAS THE TEA PARTY GOVERNOR. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE WOMAN OF COLOR GOVERNOR OF A SOUTHERN STATE. SHE CARES -- CARRIES THAT EXPERTISE. SHE IS THE FULL PACKAGE. AND YOU ADD THE FACT THAT SHE IS INCREDIBLY LIKABLE. INDEPENDENTS ARE COMING ON BOARD BECAUSE SHE IS SO LIKABLE. SHE'S GETTING 45% OF THE VOTE IN SOME OF THESE STATES. A LOT OF REPUBLICANS IN THE BASE ARE SAYING WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON FOR THE NEXT GEN

ERATION OF LEADERSHIP. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. KAILEY: THAT WAS OUR CONVERSATION WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU. AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO SUPER TUESDAY THE FOCUS ON THE MYSTIC POLITICS HERE IN THE U.S., BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR EYES ON POLITICS OVERSEAS, INCLUDING CHINA, WHERE THE PREMIER WILL NOT HOLD A PRESS BRIEFING THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1993. LET'S GO LIVE TO HONG KONG WITH YVONNE MAN JOINING US NOW. IF WERE NOT GOING TO GET THIS BRIEFING, WHAT WILL WE GET OUT OF THI

S YEAR'S CONGRESS? YVONNE: WE WILL GET THAT WORKED REPORT FROM THE REVERE WHICH HAPPENS ON TUESDAY -- FROM THE PREMIER. THAT WILL BE THE KEY FOCUS. THERE WILL BE NO ANNUAL PRESS CONFERENCE, REALLY BREAKING AWAY FROM 30 YEARS AS YOU MENTION. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS A RARE PLATFORM TO RELATE THE DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. IT WAS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THE NUMBER TWO TO DEVELOP A MORE INFORMAL REPORT WITH THE PUBLIC. THIS COMING AT A TIME WHEN XI IS TRYING TO REBUILD CONFIDENCE INTO THIS ECONOMY

THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH THE REAL ESTATE CRISIS AND GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS WITH THE U.S. IT ALSO COMES AT A TIME AND PRESIDENT XI IS CONSOLIDATING HIS POWER AND CONTINUES TO DO SO AS HE SECURES THAT THIRD HISTORIC TERM AS WELL. WE HAVE SEEN THE PREMIER WITH THE DISPATCH AT THE G20, FOR EXAMPLE. WE'VE SEEN THE ROLE OF THE VERMEER BEING DIMINISHED AS XI TRIES TO ELEVATE AND PUT MORE PORKY'S -- MORE PARTIES THAT USED TO BE DOMINATED BY THE PREMIER AS WELL. WE DID HEAR FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKE

SWOMAN THAT DID DEFEND THAT MOVE OF SCRAPPING THE REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING. SHE SAID I KNOW YOU WORRY ABOUT NON-TRANSPARENCY, THOSE WORRIES ARE UNNECESSARY. JOE: IS THERE ANY OTHER SCENARIO IN WHICH A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS INTERACTING WITH THE MEDIA LIKE THIS ANYWHERE IN CHINA? YVONNE: WE WILL STILL SEE THE FOREIGN MINISTER, HE WILL STILL BE HAVING A PRESS BRIEFING, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS WELL. AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE AGENDA THIS YEAR. ONE

ITEM THAT WAS SCRAPPED WAS AN AREA TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT IS A RARE OMISSION TO THIS AGENDA. IT INDICATES IN SOME WAYS THAT PERHAPS WE MIGHT NOT BE HEARING ANY SORT OF PERSONNEL CHANGES REGARDING THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY, WHAT IT MEANS FOR U.S. AND CHINA RELATIONS. WE MIGHT BE SEEING SOME CONTINUITY, BUT ALSO MIGHT MEAN HE WILL STAY IN THAT ROLE FOR SOME TIME. JOE: WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO T

HE CONVERSATION ON THE CHINA CHINA SHOW, YVONNE MAN, WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. >> YOUR REMARK YESTERDAY GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY WERE PRETTY SHARP AGAINST ISRAEL. IS THERE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THIS ISSUE? VP. HARRIS: THE PRESIDENT AND NOT HAVE BEEN ALIGNED AND CONSISTENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. . -- ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF TO MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED. WE NEED TO GET MORE AID IN AND MORE HOSTAGES OUT AND THAT REMAINS O

UR POSITION. KAILEY: KAILEY: THAT WAS VICE PRESIDENT, THE HARDEST SWIGGING REPORTERS TODAY A DAY IN WHICH YOU MET WITH THE ISRAELI WAR CABINET MEMBER BENNY GANTZ. OVER THE WEEKEND SHE PUSHED FOR A SIX-WEEK CEASE-FIRE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE, IN HER WORDS, HAPPENING IN GAZA. JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER IS JONATHAN PANIKOFF, DIRECTOR OF THE SCOWCROFT CENTER, AND FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR THE NEAR EAST AT THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR B

EING WITH US. AS WE SPEAK, THERE IS NOT YET FORWARD PROGRESS ON THE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. ISRAEL IS NOT SENDING NEGOTIATORS TO CAIRO BECAUSE OF A WHAT THEY SAY IS A LACK OF VALIDATION ABOUT THE NUMBER AND CONDITION OF HOSTAGES. HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE TO GET ISRAEL THE INFORMATION THAT IT NEEDS FROM HAMAS? DO YOU SEE THIS GETTING OVER THE FINISH LINE ANYTIME SOON? JONATHAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I THINK IT CAN GET OVER THE FINISH LINE. RAMADAN WHICH BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT, IS THE TIME

THEY ARE PUSHING FOR TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THEN. ISRAEL HAS ACCEPTED THE FRAMEWORK BROADLY OF WHAT A HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION WOULD LOOK LIKE. HAMAS IS REFUSING TO GIVE A LIST OF THE HOSTAGES THAT WOULD BE RELEASED. MAINLY BECAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW ALL OF THEM AND WHERE THEY ARE. HAMAS IS HOLDING THE MAJORITY OF HOSTAGES, BUT THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF A BLUE HELD BY OTHER GROUPS IN THE GAZA STRIP -- ISLAMIC JIHAD, FOR INSTANCE, AND THAT MAY BE PART OF THE DELAY. THERE IS ALSO A HISTORY OF HAMAS

, FRANKLY, JUST LYING ABOUT HOW MANY HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HOW MANY BE ALIVE. ISRAEL WANTS TO VALIDATE IT. IT PROBABLY CAN GET DONE WITH CAIRO AND QATAR'S MEDIATOR, BUT IT WILL BE A STRUGGLE TO GET IT DONE BY SUNDAY NIGHT. JOE: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TONE AND THE LANGUAGE FROM THE U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, SHE CHOSE TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE FROM SALAMA WHICH IS NOT LOST ON US, DAYS BEFORE JOE BIDEN DELIVERS HIS STATE OF THE UNIT YOU PROJECT TO WHAT WE WILL HEAR THURSDAY NIGHT -- CAN YOU PROJE

CT TO WHAT WE HEAR THURSDAY NIGHT IN POTENTIALLY A MORE FORCEFUL PRESIDENT BIDEN? JONATHAN: PROBABLY THE SAME MESSAGE AND LIKE YOU SAID, MORE FORCEFUL. HE MAY DEMAND FOR THE HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION AND THAT DOING SO IS THE BEST WAY YOU GET HUMANITARIAN AID INTO THE GAZA STRIP. PART OF THE NEGOTIATION IS ABOUT A EX-WEEK PAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW AID TO RUSH IN IN A WAY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN MONTHS, REALLY PROBABLY SINCE THE NOVEMBER PAUSE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE HAV

E BEEN CAR DOORS THAT HAVE TRIED TO BE OPEN. I ALSO THINK YOU WILL REITERATE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AND FOR ISRAEL TO DO A BETTER JOB TO PROTECT INNOCENT PALESTINIAN LIVES, THOUSANDS OF WHOM HAVE BEEN LOST. KAILEY: TO YOUR POINT ON AID GETTING INTO GAZA, THE MINISTER SHOULD HAVE BEGUN AIRLIFTING AID INTO THE GAZA STRIP, SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DO WHEN WE NEED TO GET AROUND ADVERSARIES, YET ISRAEL IS AN ALLY. WHAT DO YOU DERIVE FROM THAT, BUT ALSO THE LANGUAGE OUT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION

ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW? IS IT BECOMING A BIT MORE TROUBLED? JONATHAN: I THINK ON THE AID PART, THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THIS. ONE IS THERE IS A ROOM SECURITY CHALLENGE -- REAL SECURITY CHALLENGE AS WE SAW LATE LAST WEEK, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO DELIVER THE AID. THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT ISRAEL HAS NOT OPENED AS MUCH CROSSINGS AND PROVIDED THE SUPPORT THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR IN A MUCH MORE FORCEFUL WAY NOW FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A MO

NTH OR SO. I THINK IT REFLECTS A BROADER SPLIT BETWEEN WHERE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS AND WHERE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS. THAT IS A SPLIT ERC PLAY OUT IN REAL TIME, WITH BENNY GANTZ AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AGAINST THE WISHES OF PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. HE NEVERTHELESS MET WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, HE MET WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE NSC, HE WILL SEE SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN TOMORROW. SO YOU ARE STILL IN TO SEE SOME OF THOSE TENSIONS COME TO THE FOLD. IN THE END, I STILL THINK THE U.S. AND

PRESIDENT BIDEN IN PARTICULAR, IS COMMITTED TO REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE ISRAEL'S SECURITY BUT DO IT IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES MORE RELIEF TO PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING AND REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING IN SUCH A HORRIFIC WAY. JOE: AS YOU SAY, JONATHAN ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL NOT SEND NEGOTIATORS TO CAIRO UNLESS IT GETS THAT LIST OF HOSTAGES FROM HAMAS. AS LONG AS THAT IS THE CASE, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE HAMAS CAN GENERATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO THE SATISFACTION OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, WHAT ARE WE

TALKING ABOUT HERE, THAT MEANS NO ONE GOES TO CAIRO, RIGHT? JONATHAN: I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HAMAS CAN GENERATE THE LIST OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISRAEL. THE OTHER OPTION IS JUST BECAUSE ISRAEL WILL NOT GO TO CAIRO, DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL NOT HAVE AMERICAN OR EVEN EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS GO TO ISRAEL. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THIS TO HAS NOT BEEN A DIRECT NEGOTIATION OBVIOUSLY, THE QATARIS AND EGYPTIANS HAVE THEN MEDIATORS, THEY MET WITH THE C.I.A. DIRECTOR NOT LONG

AGO TO TRY TO CREATE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS DEAL, SO THERE ARE WAYS TO GET AROUND THIS, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME. WHILE I AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, IT IS FAR FROM A SURE THING AT THIS POINT. WHERE KAILEY: KAILEY: WE HAVE CONTINUALLY PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA AND THE DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN ABOUT SPILLOVER INTO THE WIDER MIDDLE EAST ALTHOUGH IT DOES FEEL LIKE THAT CONVERSATION HAS DIED DOWN A BIT AS HE SAW U.S. CONDUCTING AIRSTRIKES GOING AF

TER HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN, FOR EXAMPLE. CAN YOU GIVE US A REALITY CHECK OF HOW HOT THINGS ARE STILL IN THE REGION? JONATHAN: THEY ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY HOT. I DO THINK THE HOUTHI CHALLENGE HAS SLIGHTLY CALMED, AS YOU SEE THE U.S.-LED COALITION CONTINUING TO GO AFTER THE HOUTHIS IN A PRETTY STRONG WAY. ON THE OTHER HAND I THINK THERE IS INCREASING CONCERN ABOUT TENSIONS IN THE NORTH, ALONG THE LEBANON-ISRAEL BORDER. YOU ARE SEEING MORE OFFICIALS IN ISRAEL TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO GO AFTER HEZBOL

LAH IN LEBANON, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO TRIGGER A BROADER WAR IS ACTUALLY GROWING. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN WHEN THIS CONFLICT ERUPTED IN OCTOBER THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT REALLY HAS KIND OF WANED. SINCE HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAEL GOT IN A PATTERN OF BACK-AND-FORTH VOLLEYS, BUT NOW YOU ARE HEARING ISRAEL TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO GO AFTER HEZBOLLAH IN THE SAME WAY THEY ARE GOING AFTER HAMAS. 'S HAS BUT I THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND TRIES TO ACT PREEMPTIVELY, THEN YOU ARE IN A WHOLE DIFFERE

NT BALLGAME. HEZBOLLAH'S WEAPONS REPERTORY IS MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN HAMAS'S AND THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR ISRAEL. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE WEST BANK. YOU ARE SEEING INCREASED TENSIONS IN THE WEST BANK AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INTIFADA, FRANKLY, IS GROWING. THOSE ARE THE ARENAS I WOULD START TO WATCH NEXT. JOE: OUR THANKS TO JONATHAN PANIKOFF, DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL CROFT MIDDLE EAST SECURITY INITIATIVE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. COMING UP, WE WILL BE JOINED BY COLORADO'

S SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD WITH HER TAKE ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN APPEAR ON PRESIDENTIAL BALLOTS INCLUDING, IN HER STATE OF COLORADO. ♪ JOE: THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO. AS WE LEARNED EARLIER TODAY FROM THE SUPREME COURT, FORMER SUPREME COURT -- FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP GOT A VICTORY, THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING A DECISION BY COLORADO'S HIGHEST COURT THAT HAD REMOVED HIM FROM THE 2024 BALLOT RUNNING US IS COLORADO SECRETARY OF STAT

E JENNA. MADAM SECRETARY, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR YOU. DO YOU FEEL BETRAYED BY THE JUSTICES ON THE SUPREME COURT? SECRETARY GRISWOLD: THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. ABSOLUTELY NOT. MY REACTION IS THAT I AM GLAD THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A DECISION. AMERICANS WILL BE VOTING TODAY AND TOMORROW ACROSS THE NATION ESPECIALLY IN STATES WHERE THERE IS EARLY VOTING AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT TRUMP IS AN ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE. BEYOND THAT I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE DECISI

ON. I DO BELIEVE IT IS UP TO A STATE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT AN OATH-BREAKING INSURRECTIONIST ON THE BALLOT OR NOT. THE SUPREME COURT OBVIOUSLY DISAGREES AND, OF COURSE, THE STATE OF COLORADO WILL FOLLOW THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION. KAILEY: THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED IT IS NOT UP TO A STATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL OFFICE LIKE THE PRESIDENCY, IT IS UP TO CONGRESS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CONGRESS DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? SECRETARY GRISWOLD: THAT'S RIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT SAID CONGRESS

HAVE TO ACT FIRST TO EFFECTUATE SECTION III OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT WHICH DISQUALIFIES OATH-BREAKING INSURRECTIONIST'S. I THINK THIS IS A RUN FOR OFFICE NO QUESTIONS ASKED FOR FEDERAL OATH-BREAKING INSURRECTIONIST CANDIDATES. CONGRESS PASSING ANY TYPE OF LAW RESTRICTING OATH-BREAKERS RUNNING FOR FEDERAL OFFICE IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. JOE: JOE: DO YOU STILL BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS AN OATH-BREAKING INSURRECTIONIST? SEC. GRISWOLD: I DO. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DID NOT TACKLE THAT QUESTION AND ONL

Y TWO COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE LOOKED AT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER DONALD TRUMP ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION. THEY BOTH AGREE THAT HE DID. THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THAT JANUARY 6 WAS TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE 2020 ELECTION FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE INCITED THAT VIOLENT MOB ONTO CONGRESS AND HIS ATTACKS ON OUR DEMOCRACY HAVE NOT STOPPED. AND JUST LOOKING AT THE RECENT STATEMENTS AND NEWS, MAGA EXTREMISTS ARE ALREADY TRYING TO SOW DOUBT ABOUT 2024. KAILEY: AND AS WE LOOK TO VOTING IN 2025, OF

COURSE, IT WILL BE HAPPENING IN YOUR STATE TOMORROW, AND DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT, WILL BE APPEARING ON THE BALLOT. WHAT KIND OF TURNOUT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TOMORROW? SEC. GRISWOLD: COLORADO IS CONSIDERED THE NATION'S GOLD STANDARD FOR ELECTIONS BOTH IN TERMS OF ACCESS, AND SECURITY, IN PART, BECAUSE WE SEND A MAIL BALLOT TO EVERY ACTIVE VOTER AND WE ALSO HAVE EARLY VOTING. SO ACTUALLY, BALLOTS WENT OUT FEBRUARY 12 AND COLORADOANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BREAKI

NG. IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, AS OF LAST NIGHT OVER 500,000 HAD BEEN PROCESSED. WE ARE EXPECTING A PRETTY BIG UPTICK IN VOTING TODAY AND TOMORROW. IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR COLORADO ONCE AND ALL AMERICANS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN THESE CRUCIAL PRIMARIES. JOE: TO BE CLEAR, SECRETARY, DONALD TRUMP WAS ON THE BALLOT. YOU ARE NOT REPRINTING BALLOTS, ALL THE CANDIDATES WILL BE ON THE BALLOTS TOMORROW. SEC. GRISWOLD: THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, IT WOULD BE LOGISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PRINT BALLOTS SO QUIC

KLY. SO HE IS ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT SAID HE WAS DISQUALIFIED, THEY SAID TO PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT AS LONG AS THERE WAS AN ACTIVE APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. SO HE HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT THIS ENTIRE TIME AND COLORADO WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR HIM -- AND COLORADANS WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR HIM. KAILEY: COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE JENA GRISWOLD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. IT'S NOT JUST IN COLORADO, ELECTIONS ARE TAKING CENTER STAGE ACR

OSS THE COUNTRY AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO SUPER TUESDAY. WE WILL HAVE MORE WITH OUR POLITICAL PANEL NEXT. THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO. >> I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF GOING TO SUPER TUESDAY. >> WE ARE HEADING TO THE SUPER TUESDAY STATE. >> WE ARE GOING TO SUPER TUESDAY. >> WE HAVE GOT SUPER TUESDAY. THE PEOPLE WANT THEIR CHOICE. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT. >> I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE CARDS AND THE BRUISES AND THE PAIN AND THE INSULTS, BECAUSE I THINK AMERICA IS WORTH IT. A

LL I ASK IS THAT YOU STAND WITH ME AS I DO IT AND TAKE THAT ALL THE WAY TO SUPER TUESDAY STATES, BECAUSE IT MATTERS. ♪ KAILEY: THAT WAS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY MAKING IT CLEAR SHE IS HEADED TO SUPER TUESDAY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TOMORROW? JOIN US IS RICK DAVIS, AND JEANNE SHEEHAN ZAINO, OUR POLITICAL PANEL. SHE IS IN IT THROUGH TOMORROW. QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND TOMORROW AS SHE, AS VERY WELL COULD HAPPEN, DOESN'T WIN A SINGLE STATE? RICK: NICE TO SEE SOMEONE AND N

OT INSULTING ANYBODY OR GIVING ANYBODY NICKNAMES. IT WAS LIKE OLD-STYLE POLITICS. HE ACTUALLY HAD COMMUNICATION. SHE HAS THRESHOLDS TO MEET. ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT OVER 20% IN EACH STATE? THAT IS NUMBER ONE. THAT IS THE THRESHOLD TO GET DELEGATES. SO IF YOU ARE IN IT FOR THE DELEGATES AND WE HEARD FROM GOVERNOR SUNUNU THAT SHE IS COLLECTING DELEGATES, A BIG DEAL, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GET THAT MUCH. THEN THERE ARE NORTHERN STATES LIKE MAINE AND VERMONT WHERE YOU CAN GET 40% LIKE SHE

DID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE DONALD TRUMP LAST SUPPORT AMONG GOP REGULATORS IN THOSE STATES. IF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, I THINK, ONE, SHE MAY SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING WHICH MAY GIVE HER A CHANCE TO GO TO THE NEXT ROUND. IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME THAT THAT WOULD BE HER ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END OF SUPER TUESDAY. JOE: AS OPPOSED TO TOPPING OUT. DOES SHE NEED TO WIN ANYTHING MAYBE LIKE RICK SAYS, SOMETHING LIKE NEW ENGLAND MAY BE BRING DOWN THE SWING STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS? DOES THAT KEEP HE

R GOING INTO THE NEXT CONTEST? JEANNE: IF SHE WINS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP VERY MUCH. SHE DID WIN D.C. OVER THE WEEKEND, WHERE YOU ALL ARE. JOE: THAT'S RIGHT. JEANNE: I BELIEVE THE RULES ARE THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE NOMINATION, YOU HAVE TO WIN FIVE, I BELIEVE SHE HAS FOUR MORE TO GO AND DON'T THINK SHE WILL PICK UP ANYMORE. THE REALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE RNC SIDE IS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS REALLY SEWN UP THIS PARTY AND IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE. NOT JUST THAT HE LOO

KS TO OVERTAKE AND LORD OVER THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT I THINK HE HAS DONE, TO HIS CREDIT, REMARKABLE WORK IN MAKING SURE THE PARTIES IN THE STATES HE NEEDS -- ARE DESIGNED THE RULES ARE DESIGNED IN WAYS THAT HELP HIM AS HE MOVES FORWARD. WE ARE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT. THIS IS A MUCH BETTER TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN 2025 THAT IT WAS IN EITHER 2020 OR 2016, AND THE NUMBERS SHOW IT. KAILEY: AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND MAYBE IT IS WELL RUN OR BETTER RIDE, NIKKI HA

LEY COULD STILL BE GETTING 20% PLUS OF THE VOTE IN THESE STATES. HOW MUCH WEAKNESS THAT THAT NO, IF TRUMP IS LOOKING AT WHAT WILL BE A VERY LONG GENERAL ELECTION CONTEST AGAINST JOE BIDEN? JEANNE: I LIKE THE WAY YOU SAID THAT, VERY LONG INDEED. WEDNESDAY WE START THE GENERAL PERMIT WE HAVE THREE GLORIOUS MORE MONTHS THAN USUAL. [LAUGHTER] FOR DONALD TRUMP, WE HAVE SEEN THE WEAKNESS IN THE COALITION, AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT, TO RICK'S POINT, WE SAW IT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND CERTAINLY, IN NEW HAMPSHI

RE, BETWEEN 25% AND 40% WHO ARE GOING OUT AND VOTING FOR A BUDDY OTHER THAN DONALD TRUMP. ONE BIG THING TO WATCH FOR MOON KNIGHT IS DO WE SEE A REPEAT OF THAT -- ONE BIG THING TO WATCH FOR TOMORROW NIGHT IS, DO WE SEE A REPEAT OF THAT? THAT UNDERSCORES ABUSE WEAKNESS. THE CONFOUNDING THING FOR ME IS THAT IN A NORMAL ELECTION YEAR, THE FRONT RUNNER, DONALD TRUMP, HE WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND TRY TO APPEAL TO THOSE INDEPENDENTS AND THOSE MODERATE VOTERS, ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS. HE IS DOING ANYTHIN

G BUT THAT. OVER THE WEEKEND STOCK HE WAS OUT SAYING THIS IS A MAGA PARTY, WE DON'T NEED THE LIKES OF. MITT ROMNEY HERE IS THE OLD DONALD TRUMP WHO DOES EVERYTHING IN VIOLATION OF THE NORMAL RULES OF POLITICS WHICH AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO REACH TO THE MIDDLE AND TRY TO COALESCE SUPPORT BEHIND YOU. HE IS NOT DOING ANY OF THAT. JOE: RICK, GOVERNOR SUNUNU DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTIONS FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OF WHEN MIGHT HIT THE MAGIC NUMBER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MARCH 19 IF NOT THE 12, IF

HE RUNS THE BOARD, I GUESS, TOMORROW. IT FEELS PRETTY DIFFERENT IF IT IS NOT MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE ANYMORE. WHEN HE SAYS THE WINDOW IS CLOSING, ARE THOSE THE DATES THEY ARE LOOKING AT? RICK: MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN 2008 OR IN 2000 WERE NO WAS RUNNING THE MCCAIN, CAMPAIGN AFTER SUPER TUESDAY, WE MATHEMATICALLY COULD NOT WIN. YOU COULD RUN THE TABLE STILL NOT GET THERE. TRUMP IS NOT GOING TO GET 90% OF THE VOTE ON SUPER TUESDAY. SO HE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE 12TH FOR THE 19TH. THE REALITY IS

, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY PRESUMES THAT NIKKI HALEY HAS A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA TO WIN THE NOMINATION. AS JEANNE POINTS OUT, WINNING D.C. DOESN'T GET YOU A TICKET TO THE CONVENTION. YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW LONG SHE CAN EXTEND THIS. SHE ALREADY HAS EXTENDED IT MUCH LONGER THAN ANYBODY SUSPECTED -- WHEN WE WERE IN FREEZING COLD IN HAMPSHIRE, NOBODY THOUGHT SHE WOULD MAKE IT OUT TO SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE HAS, AND SHE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN HER CAMPAIGN. SO AS LONG AS SHE CAN MAINTAIN MOMENTUM, CREDIBILITY

, AND FUNDRAISING, SHE HAS A REASON TO BE OUT THERE AND AS JEANNE POINTS OUT SHE IS EXTENDING THAT PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FOR DONALD TRUMP WHEN JOE BIDEN HAS NEVER REALLY HAD ONE. SO ADVANTAGED BIDEN WITH REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO PIVOT TO THE GENERAL ELECTION BEFORE TRUMP HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IT. NIKKI HALEY IS STILL MAKING USE OF THE CAUSES WHOM ALL KINDS OF CONSTERNATION. KAILEY: KAILEY: ON THE SUBJECT OF JOE BIDEN, WE GOT SOME POLLS OUT THE LAST FEW DAYS ONE FROM CNN, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS 43% SUPPO

RT TO TRUMP'S 48%. AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN THE WAY VOTERS ARE THINKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY, THE NUMBERS LOW BUT ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF YOU ARE THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT. SHOULD BIDEN LOOK AT FIGURES LIKE THAT AND FEEL BETTER AS HE GETS READY FOR THE STATE OF THE UNION THURSDAY OR DOES, IT SHOW HOW MUCH WORK HE STILL HAS TO DO? JEANNE: THE POLLS OVER THE WEEKEND EXCEPT FOR THE ONE YOU MENTIONED, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PICKING UP S

LIGHTLY, THEY WERE JUST DEVASTATING FOR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND FOR DEMOCRATS OVERALL. THE NUMBERS SHOW ENORMOUS WEAKNESS. THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE TWO DEMOGRAPHICS CLOSELY -- AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T JUST WIN THEM EVEN NARROWLY, THEY HAVE TO GET THEM IN BIG NUMBERS. THIS HAS BEEN A PERENNIAL PROBLEM FOR HIM. MY HOPE IS THAT THEY DON'T LOOK AT THAT WALL STREET JOURNAL POLL AND THOSE NUMBERS ON THE ECONOMY AND SAY LET'S JUST WAIT AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL WAKE UP AND REAL

IZE THEY HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY. THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. SO MUCH WORK TO DO. JOE: GENERATION HAS BEEN AND RICK DAVIS, THANK YOU. AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "BALANCE OF POWER." WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF "BALANCE OF POWER" AND SPECIAL COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY FROM 9:00 P.M. TO 11:00 P.M. HERE ON BLOOMBERG TV AND RADIO