I don't really understand all the blow back CNN is getting for airing Trump. IMO, one can never have too much information, simply ignoring Trump is not going to make him go away. And since he is not going away, ignoring what he is really about is dangerous. He is not just another Republican candidate (like a Bush or a Reagan), Trump is his own unique animal, and potentially very destabilizing to the whole democratic system.
I was surprised at how pro Trump the audience was. I realize they were Republican, but I did not think of New Hampshire as MAGA country. I would have figured a random sample of New Hampshire Republicans would have represented 'main stream' Republicans (maybe somewhat skewed to pro Trump due to him being the main attraction). But they acted like true MAGA believers. Maybe I am just uninformed about New Hampshire political culture, but if that crowd was main stream Republican, yikes.
I also strongly disagree with Duck about his comment that CNN is making a mistake by trying to lean right a little bit. They need to, in fact all the mainstream media networks are so biased (either left or right) that the unbalanced coverage is a serious contributor to the polarization of public opinion. Media outlets have generally abandoned any pretense of 'fair and balanced' coverage in a desperate quest to gain eyeballs with social media stealing their audiences (social media being a whole other problem unto itself). So I applaud CNN for attempting some balance, even though it will probably cost them viewers (i.e. right wingers aren't leaving FOX, but left wingers might leave CNN if they don't get sufficient levels of confirmation bias). If only all the networks would do likewise. People might get some real information instead of endless opinions/editorials (all tilted the 'prescribed' direction depending on the target audience) masquerading as news.
So I think people should watch this just so they can see what Trump is all about. He's pretty much who he always is, but since he has been out of the spotlight somewhat, it's informative to know he has not moderated any of his opinions, which one might expect him to do to gain more mainstream appeal. I only noticed him being careful about the abortion issue. You can tell Trump wants to go full anti-abortion to appeal to his MAGA base, but he hedges his comments somewhat as he knows this would alienate a lot of potential voters.