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first and foremost, what are you going to be watching for in the trump speech tonight? guest: tonight this is former president trump's big public debut since he last spoke in january at the conservative political action convention in florida. since then, he has made some speeches and mar-a-lago for political supporters and fundraisers. he has taken meetings and done interviews with friendly news outlets -- fox news, oan. this is the first time we will have heard from him publicly and quite a few months. it is kicking off what will be a string of public experiences, as he steps back into the public arena and tries to be a force ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and he continues to

tease running for president again in 2024. he has sent out statements that have talked about the ongoing audits in arizona and across the country. he has also sent out a statement attacking infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci who has come into the crosshairs of a lot of conservatives lightly. -- conservatives lately. his advisers hope he will take a forward-looking position in his speech tonight. they want him to talk about his administration's accomplishments. we will have to see if that actually happens. the past few months according to advisers i have spoken with, dozens who have had conversations with him, the former president has focused a lot of his attention on the 2020

election and airing a lot of the grievances he had about how it played out and about him losing, but him coming back out and making a public appearance again, this is a way for him to push himself back into the public eye. he has been deplatformed from facebook and twitter.advisors hope he has a more forward-looking message and does not continue to talk about what happened in 2020. host: why north carolina? is there a cigna begins that this is at the annual state gop convention in north carolina -- significance that this is at the annual state gop convention in north carolina? guest: you are talking about diehard republicans there in the state so it will be a very friendly crowd for him.

there is also going to be an interesting senate midterm election going on. senator booker who voted -- senator burr who voted for trump's impeachment will not be running again. right now there are three confirmed candidates. we will watch for who he mentions, if he talks about senator burr at all. many will be lessening for who he will support in the midterm elections because they think those endorsements of his carry a lot of weight. host: if he does bring up midterms, we expect him to bring up whether he is going to run for president again in 2024. guest: he has flirted with the idea. as statement came out yesterday

from his pac pushing back against facebook's decision not to put him back on the platform until 2023. he said " next time i am in the white house," which many took as a kent that he does want to come back to the white house. i know he has been having private conversations with allies about running again. it is something he is at least behind the scenes taking very seriously, so we will have to see how much he talks about it. host: you mentioned that the facebook band went from -- ban went from indefinite to two years and the president has shutdown his blog. does this speech give him the media exposure that he would

have gotten if he was still on social media? host: those -- guest: those platforms you mentioned have such a large reach -- millions and millions of people every day, so he is missing out by not being on those platforms. another thing that is overlooked from his band is how important those platforms are generating donations from donors. it is important for his team to send out messages and for him to talk about whatever is on his mind with supporters. not having that has been a big loss for him but just by the statements he has been sending out, he has been happy with some of the reach they have gotten. the media is still paying attention to him as he continues to play a big role in republican

party. host: when he ran for president in 2020, he won the state of north carolina by a margin of 75,000 votes. do republicans i expect his appearance there to help boost other republicans in the state? guest: they are hoping for a boost from donald trump, but something important to keep in mind with north carolina is their suburban areas have experienced a large demographic shift and their population sizes have increased. when you're talking about areas like that, you're talking about more college-educated people, and a lot of women to. those are a demographic that the

former president has struggled with. when i was speaking with a republican strategist from that state yesterday, he said the state continues to perform well for republicans, but one thing with president trump's messaging is that a lot of it has not really registered with some suburban voters. we have seen that play out in the 2020 election. host: do you expect any surprises, or anything unusual from this speech tonight? guest: i wish i had a crystal ball. with this former president, you never know what he might say or do. he often comes to these speeches thi -- making surprise announcements or surprise attacks on people. i have no idea what exactly has messages going to be tonight.

his advisors were still working on his speech as of last night. we will see what he decides to talk about tonight in north carolina. host: we would like to thank meredith mcgraw for coming on with us this morning and giving us a preview of what former president trump will be staying washington journal continues. host: w are back with w wall street -- we are back with wall street journal reporter eric morath who will help us make sense of this new jobs report. let's jump into it. there were 559,000 new jobs added in may. what did that number tell us about job creation in the united states? guest: we are recovering from the coronavirus downturn, but the strength of