casey desantis and her jacket are the sneerers. that's a very strange thing to say.cially ladies on the left say, oh, we recent it when women pit women against women and that's what she's doing here and trying to pit melania against casey desantis. melania has nothing to do with this. she's elegant and beautiful. you can't deny that . even if you hate her and her husband, she's stunning and she can put herself well as first lady and casey desantis is a force to be reckoned with and we should not take the bait and it move on. >> it's ruining you. go to mainstream america. coming up, walgreens debut as newly re-designed store in crime ridden chicago with two aisles for shopping and everything else locked up. looks fun. >> but wait, people shouldn't shop there because it makes them terrible -- ♪ veteran homeowners, want to lower your monthly payments and get cash? with a home loan from newday, take out an average of $70,000, pay off debts and high rate credit cards, and save hundreds every month. your heart is the beat of life. if you have heart failure, entrust your he

the piece is called tracing the power of casey desantis. here's a quote. ntis goes for the presidency, his wife's rule is endless. why does that inspire so much fear? her rise in tv and insular marriage tell the story. defenders of casey desantis are pointing out a double standard. for example, mary katherine hamm tweeting it is very inspiring and empowering for a woman to be in an expansive and atypical role as long as she's a democrat. and not in one of those weird insular marriages with only two people in it, you know, the clintons got it right. kayleigh, just when i think the mainstream media can't get any lower, they seem to find a new layer of fresh hell. it is disgusting what they are doing to the first lady of florida. >> kayleigh: it is. she's unstoppable. she's smart, she's strong, she's accomplished and she's conservative so she will be attacked. i read every word of this piece last night, it was north of 5,000 words and the themes were this. they love to be around each other. ron desantis and casey desantis. they're private. when he was in congr

applaud kamala day in and day out, a woman who does nothing and logs her as a feminist hero, but casey desantis and now that is an attack and an assault? i don't think so. i would take that as a compliment if i was casey. >> it was jimmy kimmle and not jimmy fallon. i can't keep my late night straight because i watch greg gutfeld. what message are we sending our daughters? i want my daughter to be strong -- and she is, strong, tough, a fighter and somebody who sticks up for herself. >> absolutely. when we look at casey desantis and we look at whether or not she is an asset to her husband in his political campaign to become president she absolutely is. f scott fitzgerald said it best, behind every great man is a great woman. she is a role model for women who strive to be, tommy like you said, ambitious. she has put her stamp on so many policies in the state of florida while juggling so many roles as a mother. i think she does an absolute great job and i say this is the epitome of the type of woman we want in the white house. >> all right, charlie, thank you. tommy, great to see you. more "hannit

he's the father of three beautiful children and perhaps most important he is the husband of casey desantis. at if you don't already know, casey is a force in her own right. as first lady she is launched four major initiatives including a a wonderful program called hope florida where she really the state teams up with the private sector as well as state-based organizations to help single parents get back on their feet and off of welfare. a cancer survivor herself she is also championed cancer research programs and continues to travel the state to educate and provide hope to others. and for all you mom's out there she's done that while raising three children. so i am so pleased that they are back in iowa and i have another hunch they are going to be here a lot. so because if i know anything about these two, it's that they will not be outworked. so please join me in welcoming to the stage ron and casey desantis. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, iowa. it is great to be back and it's great for me to report that our great american come back starts by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaw

and yet when casey desantis is involved with ron desantis' presidential campaign, that's somehow a problemds to do interviews? i loved her in that campaign video when she talked about how her husband was by her side every step of the way during her cancer treatments. do you remember that video? and then brian went down to tallahassee and went to the governor's mansion and interviewed the family inside. i remember the kids were like inside the punch bowl, this big silver bowl they had on the side table. one of the children was actually in the bowl. it gave life to the governor's mansion and little children were living there. it definitely pulled out personality of the family. do we need to see more of that? >> yeah, absolutely. she is such an asset for ron desantis who has been sometimes criticized for, you know, for not being very charismatic or personable. casey desantis is all of those things. she's warm, beautiful and inviting. she really is a great asset for him and a great partner to him. and i'm sure she's been, you know, so helpful to him as he's navigating the campaign trail, meeti

in and day out, a woman who literally does nothing and laudas her as this feminist hero, but casey a desantiseing ambitious and being the powerful woman behind the man. asw, that's an attack, an assault? >> i don't think so. i would take that as a compliment if i was casey. yeah. by the way, charlie, it waskimme jimmy kimmel, not fallon. ai can't keep my late night hot straight because i watch greg gutfeld , who actually beats them all, especially culburra. >> i mean, what message are we sending our young daughters? is >> i mean, i want my daughter to be strong and she is strongod ,tough, a fighter. >> and somebody sticks up for herself. yeah, absolutely. i thiny dek we look at caseyt to desantis and we we look at whether or not she is an asset l to her husband and in his political campaign to become sai president . she absolutely is .d it i mean, f. scott fitzgerald m said it best behind every great man is a great woman.rive t sho e is an absolute role model for women. who strive to be taught me,p on like you said, ambitious. she's alreado manyy put her staa on so many different policies in

also made a point to feature his wife and top political advisor, casey desantis. >> ron desantis alwaysup for what's right. he never backs down. he says what he is going to do and he gets it done. >> reporter: trump has been relentlessly attacking desantis for months. now the florida governor is hitting back. >> he used to say how great florida was. hell, his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? >> reporter: suggesting trump just can't win a general election. >> i think our voters are looking at this and saying yeah, we appreciate what he did but we also recognize there are a lot of voters that just aren't ever going to vote for him. we have to accept that. >> reporter: iowa republicans who came to see desantis told us they are not ready to say they support him, but over and over again, they told us they wanted an alternative to trump. >> we all agree that he did good things, kept the country moving but his character is not good. i need leadership of someone i can trust. >> do you think trump can be beaten? >> i hope so. >> why do you hope so? >> repo

. >> and you mentioned casey desantis. there is a lot of talk from both of them about their kids.isten to this. >> we're literally just in a drive-thru just sitk there and shes had to go and i will take her inside and just come -- so we go in and we get in there and ai was like, here you go and she just shaked her head and i'm like, what. she's like, little potty. little potty. i'm like, they don't have little potty in slim chickens. >> as a dad who is trying to incorporate the little potty with my 2-year-old, i could relate to that. i guess i give him credit for crying. >> you're saying casey desantis, they recognize that that is a liability. and we'll see if events make some headway there. >> it seems like a small thing but it is so important in a state like iowa where those kind of moments matter and they add up. but coming up next for us, president biden praises bipartisanship in washington and he hopes that voters will start rewarding him for it. more sun. more joy. the suncare brand used most by dermatologistss for thememselves and their families. vital protection for all yo

. >> reporter: by his side throughout this trip, his wife, mother of their three kids, casey desantisshow host and breast cancer survivor is a key advisor expected to play a large role in the campaign. >> we are standing up for the right things. but you know what he doesn't change? he doesn't cower. he never takes the path of least resistance. he always stands up for what's right. >> reporter: most iowans remain undecided, but those we spoke to were familiar with his record as governor, thanks to several moves that garnered national attention. new laws restrict the access to abortion, expanding gun rights, and the so-called "don't say gay" law "don't say gay" law that prompted a fight with disney. bae like desantis policies florida. >> governor ron desantis has put action to words. >> reporter: with a massive campaign war chest and a super pac already knocking on thousands of iowa doors... [knocking] desantis is working to cut into former president from sizable lead. >> rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock. >> reporter: but for the first time, desantis is

maybe it is time for the dc media to take a break from casey desantis and ask about hunter biden. i will help. most important question is this. what now? is hunter biden lawyer right, is everything resolved? the end? no more questions about hunter biden? or is fbi looking into allegations of influence pedalling or lobbying on behalf of a foreign country? if the hunter biden legal saga is over, congress and you are entitled to know whether he was treated the same, worse or better. if there are other investigations, congress and you are entitled to know how long is that going to take? joining us now is former director of national in intelligence john ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor. director, is this it? is it as hunter biden lawyer says, over? >> it could be if the judge accepts the plea, the judge shouldn't accept the plea, the judge is required to look at all conduct and some conduct is on videotape, showing felony possession of firearm while using a controlled substance, that carried penalty of 10 years and the judge will be aware rarely in the history of the department o

melania trump and casey desantis are more beautiful and more fashionable more than any first lady sinceo. talk about the cruelty of democrats, gicellle fetterman. when he ends up on walty reed, she is talking about zip lining with her kids instead of being with her husband's side. jill biden gala vanting around the world as her husband is falling onnige sta, shaking hands with imaginary people, absolutely cruel. as former political spouse, i would never humiliate my husband like that, i love sean and my country. what we see happening with joe biden is dangerous, sending wrong message to our enemy and case of ukraine, he said things that put us on a warning about nuclear weapons because he made a misstatement and had to have his people walk that back. dangerous, cruel and unpatriotic. >> ainsley: if someone called me walmart melania, you are putting me in the category with melania and walmart? >> rachel: they've been criticizing her because she is most trusted for ron desantis, every political spouse should be with her husband. >> ainsley: such an asset for ron desantis. she is beautiful

media to take a break from writing hit pieces on casey desantis and ask a couple of questions about huntere most and port question is this. what now. his hunter biden lawyer right is everything resolved, the end, number questions about hunter biden or is the fbi looking into allegations of influence peddling, more serious tax issues or lobbying on behalf of foreign countries. if the hunter biden legal saga is really over congress and you are entitled to do what he was treated the same, worse or better. if there are other investigations congress and you are entitled to know how long that is going to take. joining is now the former director of national intelligence, john lee ratcliffe who also happens to be a former federal prosecutor. director to misdemeanors and pretrial diversion. is it as hunter biden's lawyer says over. >> it could be if the judge accepts the plea but the judge in this case should not accept a plea. as you know judges are required to look at the defendant's conduct and you start with some of the conduct being on videotape and felony possession of a firearm while using a

. >> we see him there on the stage alongside his wife, casey desantis as well. the governor, along with the former president, this past week they've been holding in on what other attacks on one other is going to look like. you talked to the former president, and he talked to you about the importance of drama, and how that really benefits him. but when you're looking at the numbers, especially in iowa, right? republicans who say they would definitely vote for him has gone down 12 points over the last two years. do you feel as if iowa voters are kind of done with that drama? >> i wouldn't say they are done with it, but there's definitely concerns, and i've heard that throughout these last few weeks and months. i've heard it again today talking to people here that so often, and this is why i put this question to the former president earlier this week, when i interviewed him, so often, i like what president trump did while he was in office, but i don't like the bank and the drama that comes with that. and because of that, and because of the concerns they have about h

because casey desantis had an absolute hit piece on her by politico.our lane rumor has it she's getting too involved in her husband's political affairs. which is it stay in your lane or your own affairss >> greg: hard with women drivers. know what i'm saying? sexist. i tricked you. all right, kat, do you agree that your husband, cameron, has influenced your voting habits >> kat: he's influenced somed of my habits. like i don't eat food in bed anymore. unless i put a towel down and ask permission. i agreed to stop using his blow drier as a personal heater, because he has a nice one, italian. i have agreed to keep cuttlary in the house rather than using the plastic stuff they give you with your order. in terms of voting no he hasn't. i still vote the same and i i don't think she even understood the point she was making. she's like these women they want their hubs to be happy and they want their kids to be happy and they want them to be happy. >> greg: as opposed to black women >> kat: yeah i think everyone wants that t i would like her to explain to me h

why is casey desantis walmart barbie or whatever they call her, i think it's awful. truth is democrat policies take into account the experience of women in this country. i was looking at the fortune 500 ceos. 10% women. that's a huge achievement. glowing articles about it but it's still only 10%. i'm not saying it has to be parity. i don't want a job i don't deserve but there are definitely more than 10% qualified women to do that. >> greg: it's not just that. >> jessica: yes, it's educational attainment which is another way people are held back in this country. >> greg: a lot of people that aren't republicans because they are told the republicans are against them when republicans are giving them a message like tim scott does witches come here. you're going to have more opportunity in place like florida then you will in a place like d.c. or chicago. but whenever a black man says something like that, democrats call him an uncle tom. i think there's a message that's fairly effective from the democrats that keeps blacks from considering another way out. >> jessica: i th

but you know who did wear a jacket was casey desantis. she wore a leather jacket. o pretty admirable, it says where woke goes to the die. of course, a lot of people comparing casey to melania trump who also wore a jacket, was ride proking on the back of it at one point. pete: they went nuts with that. rachel: yeah, they went nuts before the hurricane -- or in the aftermath of the hurricane. but donald trump the not there, as you said, will. he's not going to want to go where he has to share the limelight. pete: yeah. i don't know what the latest polling shows 40-point, i mean, 35, 40, 45 points many some of these early states. if someone's polling at 3, 2%, 1% or barely a glib, why share that -- blip, why share that spotlight? a calculation right now. here's a little montage, if you will, as we say, of the candidates on the stage at roast and ride. watch. >> we see the problems day after day, but i think american decline is a choice. >> if you're able-bodied in america, you work. every single able-bodied american should go to work. [applause] and i will say this, as

they would bring up his wife casey desantis at e'er stop and she would kind of give her own mini speech that respect, he did it well. his retail poll sick ticks has been closely scrutinized. i picked up and other reporters picked up signs he's still working on that and there were signs that there were awkward moments, but there are good moments as well. his allies are waiting to see if he'll get a polling bump now that he's officially a candidate and that trump would drop below 50ch, but we haven't seen that yet. >> campaign data suggests desantis did well at fund-raising, but it was from big donors rather than small donors. >>> let's talk about the rnc and the pledge that for every candidate who supports the nominee, trump, he sure seems skeptical about doing that. i think there's real concern in the party that if he were to not be the nominee, he would instead of supporting the winning candidate, he'd try to tear the whole thing down. when you talk to republican nominees out there talk about the various campaigns, what do they say? >> absolutely. that's why all these candidates are in

so many people, they want to touch and see him, and we saw the governor's wife, casey desantis, out thereamily all moving to florida under his governorship is pretty good. give us your quick analysis, though, of how it's gone so far. desantis is taking the fight to trump, at least a little bit. what are republicans telling you? is it working? >> i can tell you that people who are more desantis are very happy to see him engage. there will be real second guessing of his decision to wait. he had his legislature in session. i've covered legislatures over the years that takes the governor's full focus, but it did give trump open field running. if you're donald trump and you have an open field, you take it. you already see him going after his former ally, adviser, friend, governor chris christie of new jersey, who is going to announce next week as part of a big pass of announcements we have coming. in iowa, former vice president pence. >> former vice president pence set to announce on his birthday next week. also, the governor of north dakota jumping in the race. conventional wisdom is it might

i think most notably, his wife casey desantis was there wearing a leather jacket that said florida gatorzoned, where woke goes to die. it was 86 degrees. i'll note that a lot of treport on the ground took note of. he was asked to defend the term woke, something he has been using repeatedly on the campaign trail, something that trump criticized him for. >> and i don't like the term woke, because i hear woke, woke, woke. it's a term that half the people can't even define it. they don't know what it is. >> look, we know what woke is. it's a form of cultural marxism. it's about putting merit and achievement behind identity politics, and it's basically a war on the truth and it has infected institutions. it's corrupted a loft institutions. so you have to be willing to fight the woke. we've done it in florida, and we proudly consider ourselves state where woke goes to die. >> is that what woke -- >> absolutely not. i don't know really what ron desantis thinks he was saying in that word salad. honestly, it's the type of anti-intellectualism and ignorance that has kind of dominated our political

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as dasha said, i think it's a reason you're seeing his wife casey desantis.ome. although for other certainly has reflected the hard edges of ron desantis. but what we do know is it is getting hot early between desantis and trump. if this was a strategy, get ready for it because they're going to be going at each other for weeks to come now. >> dasha burns, thank you. congressman, please stay with us because we have some breaking news right now on the department of justice investigation into classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence. the doj has now informed pence's attorney that the investigation will not lead to any criminal charges. now, remember, this is separate from the special counsel's investigation into donald trump and those classified documents found at mar-a-lago, which is still ongoing. let me get right to nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. what more can you tell us, laura? >> after a months' long investigation i have confirmed that the justice department has officially closed the investigation into

. >> reporter: by his side throughout this trip, his wife, mother of their three kids, casey desantiseast cancer survivor is a key adviser, expected to play a large role in the campaign. >> standing up for right things. but you know what? he doesn't change. he doesn't cower. he never takes the path of least resistance. he always stands up for what's righ undecided, were familiar with his record as governor, thanks to several moves that garnered national attention. new laws restricting access to abortion, expanding gun rights, and the so-called don't say gay law that prompted a fight with disney. >> i like desantis' policies based on what he has done for florida. >> governor ron desantis has put action to words. >> reporter: with a massive campaign war chest and a superpac already knocking on thousands of iowa doors, desantis is working to cut into former president donald trump's sizable lead. >> rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock. >> reporter: but for the first time, desantis is explicitly taking on trump. >> i think our voters are looking at this, and t

so far, what governor desantis likes to do with his wife, the first lady of florida, casey desantis, she comes up in the middle of his speech. he invites her up. she gives a mini speech, a riff of her own for about five, ten minutes, then she steps back down into the audience, and he continues on with the rest of his speech. it's a different -- it's stylistically different. the audiences like her. you know, she has all of the charm and the savvy that he doesn't always appear to have. i think he understands that she is a very potent weapon for his campaign. i think that's why he is involving her the way he has. >> she's definitely an asset to his campaign. david, you know, the book on ron desantis, not just from the national media, but from the media in tallahassee and politicians, republicans included in the state of florida, he is, as you eluded to, not real company in that room, doing the retail politics and the glad handing and the schmoozing and things you have to do to earn votes in a place like iowa. as you watch him on the campaign trail, is that a fair assessment of the polit

which desantis is it casey or you question become not sure but. >> she is the better one.he is the main one for quick test when hear but. >> makes the transco keeps us all in mind. and she kicks me out the door. how are you doing? once we are doing great. >> of done that before but. >> god to bless you big wanted one more picture. okay. got it. who also forgot? >> what is me you are here in donald trump is not? x here we go. ask that'll be a good day. to me too sign that one? that's 2018 pickwick site actually made calls for you. it's good very. >> thank you. >> would you sign this? quite sure but. >> i wrote you a letter you're going be the next president. >> thank you so much. >> here we go, what else? >> oh wow. ask thank you. how old? >> she is two. say hi to your friend. parts of thank you. >> she is to view our three. thank you very much sir. protest 2020 campaign i think. you say hello? where did macy go? there you go. >> how are you? are you local? we appreciate your support. for the surrender book, part of your accomplishments. once we have got a lot of low hangin

one other note i'd like to make is that casey desantis notably has been on the campaign trail with him>> you have recently returned from a trip to ukraine. as we know, not just a political issue in the upcoming republican primary, it's a matter of life and death for so many ukrainians and for our own national security interests. can you talk about what you learned and your impressions and how you think the biden strategy is progressing? >> yeah. there's a couple of things that you notice pretty immediately when you go to kyiv. this is not a new observation. it's just a simple depth of resolve of the ukrainians in government and civil society and ordinary, average, everyday ukraines that's unique. that resolve is incredibly encouraging when you see that valor married to american technology and how incredibly effective it's been on the battlefield. there's something else you don't see quite as much. that is, ukrainians understand the depth of their challenge when they're facing this much bigger country with much greater resources. i fear that some of our cheer leading here in the united

florida governor ron desantis and his wife first lady casey are expected to speak at any moment. desantis has made waging a war on woke central to his campaign passing a florida parental bill of rights and bill prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in k-12 and wants to demolish the department of education. former president trump will speak later today saying he doesn't like to use the term woke but he will cut federal funding to any school pushing critical race theory and transgenderism. nikki haley will speak. she called biological boys playing in girls sports one of the big oft issues of our time. vivek ramaswamy will speak tomorrow and wants to end the department of education emphasizing civics education and transparency saying he is hope to have cameras inside classrooms for parents. protests have been on going and expected to continue after the southern poverty center labeled moms for liberty an extreme organization. the welcoming ceremony -- a mural of george washington had graffiti. >> they designated hat groups and had people threaten

desantis served our nation in iraq. as a veteran ron understands the meaning of surface and the sacrifice. with him today is his wife caseyall ♪ ♪ >> hello iowa. i'm pleased to report that our great american comeback will start by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware. i want to thank senator earns for hosting us. also thanks to senator grassley for his years ofo service. your four republican are doing a great job. and of course your legislators had a great run in your governor is doing an outstanding job. we look to iowa and florida to see how it is done i think there are a lot of similarities in the success you have had under governor reynolds of the success we have had in florida. we do not see that level of success throughout our country. we see problems day after day. i think american decline is a choice. and i am running for president because i think if we choose another path we can restore american greatness that is the task that is beforere us. now in florida we chose fax over fear. we chose education over indoctrination. we chose law and order over writing and disorder. we held. the line went freedom

. >> reporter: desantis responded later during his four-stop tour of new hampshire with wife casey. >> why didn't he do it his first four years? >> reporter: the former govnor didn't explicitly attack the president during his formal remarks, incede criticizing president biden for pushing the democratic party to drop new hampshire as its first primary. >> i'm glad the republicans are holding the line and are committed to new hampshire. >> reporter: but on his second full day of campaigning, desantis got noticeably irritated during this exchange with a reporter. >> governor, how come you're not taking questions from voters? >> what are you talk about? i'm out here talking to people. are you blind? >> i'm not blind. >> so people are coming up to me, talking to me whatever they want to talk to me about. >> reporter: desantis hasn't taken questions from voters during his formal remarks but offstage he's posing for selfies, holding babies, exactly the kind of retail politics that voters in iowa and hamhire expect of anyone running for president. norah. >> ed o'keefe, thank you so much. >>>

. >> reporter: desantis responded later during his 4-stop tour, new hampshire, with wife casey. >> whys? >> reporter: the former governor did not expressly attacked the former president during his former results in my remarks come instead of criticizing president biden for pushing the democratic party to drop new hampshire as its first primary state. >> i think what he has been doing with the democrats is wrong, and i'm glad that republicans are holding the line and are committed to new hampshire. >> reporter: but on his second full day of campaigning, desantis got noticeably irritated during this exchange with a reporter. >> governor, how are you not taking questions from voters? >> what are you talking about? i am -- are you blind? people are coming up to me, talking to me about whatever they want to talk to me about. >> reporter: now, desantis has been taking questions from voters during his formal remarks, but offstage, he is interacting with them, shaking hands, posing for selfies, holding babies, exactly the kind of retail politics that voters in iowa and new hampshire expect of

desantis serves our nation in iraq as a veteran. he understands the meaning of service and sacrifice. with him today is his wife casey. overnor ron desantis and kc to roast & ride. ♪ ♪ ♪ desantis: hello iowa. [applause] i am pleased to report that our great american comeback will start by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware. [applause] i want to thank senator ernst for hosting us and also thank senator grassley for his years of service. all four republican congressmen are doing a good job. and of course, your legislature has had a great run, and your governor is doing an outstanding job. we look to iowa and florida to see how it is done. i think there is a lot of similarities that you have had under governor reynolds and the success we have had in florida. we do not see that level of success throughout our country. i think american decline is a choice and i am running for president because i think if we choose another path, we can restore american greatness. in florida, we chose fact over fear. we chose education over indoctrination. we chose law and order over rioting and disorder. we held the line when

immediately as desantis got closer, we saw and we talked about this very negative mainstream media reporting on him now, questions about caseys. used to be he could knock off trump they like that. now they think trump could be the weakest candidate against joe biden. desantis finally hitting back against trump. i said he should have done this months ago. everyone told me i was wrong. you saw twhoond him in the polls. he allowed the former president to define him. finally, you know, so he is sitting back on subjects like his covid policy in florida. trump running up the debt by $8 trillion during his four years in office. but now with chris christie getting in, he will ever get donald trump on a debate stage he will be much more ar. aggressive. i don't know if that will happen. mike pence getting. in the anti-trump vote and donald waltzes to the nomination. >> shannon: we will see, the desantis organization has talked about a group supporting him has talked about this massive outreach program they are going to be to have five personal contacts with every potential iowa voter four contacts with every voter in new hampshire, so

casey. please join me in welcoming governor ron desantis. [cheering and applauding] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> hello, iowa.ending joe biden back to his basement in delaware. [cheering and applauding] i want to thank senator for hosting us, thanks senator grassley for his years of service and doing a great job and the legislatures had a great run and your government is doing an outstanding job.jo look to iowa and florida to see her son and i think there's a lot of similarities in the success you've had and we have had in florida we don't see that level of success throughout our country. we have seen this problem day after day but i think american we can restore american greatness. we chose facts of her fear we chose law and order and disorder. we held the line when freedom itself hung in the balance and refuse to let our states to seno into this dystopia for people's livelihoods were ruined and read him was curtailed. we protect the people's jobs and the rights and businesses to make sure the kids have an education and in short we chose freedom over fauci and we were right to doio so. [cheering and applaudi

i know this man's heart and i know how he and casey lead with of their faith. governor desantisdesantis. ♪♪ >> thank you so much. god bless you all. are you ready to work together so we can send president biden back to his basement in delaware where he belongs? i am so happy to be here. we see the problem in this country, you see the economy where you pay more for daily necessities like groceries, people in this town with all the spending, the debt and the printing that has been done, living high on the hog, you see a southern border that is wide open, you see it illegal aliens pouring in and massive amounts of deadly narcotics coming in, you see cities that have been overrun with crime, places hollowed out like san francisco and a federal government whose agencies have been weapon eyes against their fellow americans including people of faith. underlying all that is the fact that the left is lighting the fire of our cultural revolution all across this land. the fire smolders in our schools, it smolders incorporate gourd rooms, smolders in the halls of government. we are told the

casey stiegel live in dallas. >> dana: former president donald trump holds a commanding lead in the republican party's presidential nomination race. according to fox news poll he leads florida governor ron desantishe rest of the fail trailing in the single digits. chris sununu is joining us now. call for number one. this is who republican voters say they would never vote for, okay? mike pence at 35%. nikki haley at 20%. ramaswamy 16%, trump is only at 13%. and i think in some ways you can look at the fact his numbers went from 53% approval to 56% approval after the indictment. in some ways do you feel like this is getting way out of reach for any of the competitors to try to touch him? >> no, no, it's not. we're still two months away from the first debate. the average voter will make their final decision about 3 1/2 weeks before their primary. in new hampshire around new year's. people spend new year's and christmas with their families. there is a lot to play out here. i remind folks back in 2007 i think fred thompson was leading in the race around this time in 2011, i think michele bachmann was leading is race or something like that. candidates out there that just a few months later disappeared