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rich edson in des moines for us this hour. let's bring in the power panel now. lauren is a princeton university political scientist and scott is the former d.c. democratic party chairman. thank you both for taking time with us today. lauren, trump world sources have told our reporters that the way they see it the more republicans in the field, the better trump's chances are, they want to keep encouraging as many people to throw their hat in the ring as possible. does it square with reality? >> they are right. when trump says a lot of these people are running for second place i think that is unfortunately true. i'm so shocked at the extent to which this is the same story as 2016. it was a huge field of 17 candidates, trump comes in with name recognition already in the 90s. the next closest person is jeb bush in the # 0s and trump spent the whole time attacking him until he was literally off the debate stage. that's what is happening again. desantis happens to have a political ace up his sleeve. that's not such a secret to contrast trump, which is the way he dealt

rich edson, thank you. more on this with the panel.eantime, jurors in new york at the civil trial of former president donald trump accused of defaming a woman who claims he raped her in the mid 1990s heard from a third accuser today. a writer for "people" magazine says the former president tried to kiss her while she worked on a story at mar-a-lago. the court also watched the now infamous access hollywood video which came out before the 2016 elections in which the former president bragged that celebrities can grab women sexually without asking. the former president says he does not know e. jean carroll who is suing him. he denies raping her and the other allegations. he has not attended the trial and his lawyers say they will not call witnesses. the former president's aides allege political motives for the trial and point to auto democratic billionaire donor funding the lawsuit also tonight the judge has dismissed the former president's lawsuit against his niece mary trump and the "new york times." he accused them of a plot to obtain h

let's go to rich edson and an update from washington. >> the governor made history last night. his opponents have a different take. desantis declared he is running for president in a conversation with elon musk and they joined on twitter. hundreds of thousands of listeners overwhelmed the system. they were were kicked off or greeted with a screen that promised their talk was preparing for launch. 25 minutes of troubleshooting and it launched. >> american decline is not inevitable. it is a choice and choose a new path leading to american revitalization, merit must trump identity politics. >> the desantis campaign take on all this? there was so much enthusiasm for governor desantis's vision of our great american comeback he busted the internet. washington is next. a million dollars raised online in one hour and counting. trump spokeswoman says ron desantis's botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is not ready for the jobs. the stakes are too high. speaking to trey gowdy he took a swipe at trump promising to build a full border wall and also said republicans re

trace. >> rich edson, live in the d steve longa west park sisselberger. great to have you on. i want to put up is because under biden economy if the numbers we can put on the board 34 percent of american adults say their present handling of the economy, solicit present of adults think the economy is in poor condition. look at the bottom. the whole thing clearly, i look at the bottom 2 percent margin of error, it could be 79 percen people think you know what the account is not going the right direction. those numbers are standing. what do you think? >> they are standing. depending on the poll is lookin better than percent. so dumb for him in five americans say the economy is in bad shape and think we're going the wrong direction ago and jus about every measure president biden is failing. when you look at this point numbers whether on the economy, whether it's on gun issues, whether it's on immigration, with its overall his job approval rating, whether it is optimism, you name the measure, he is failing. and it's really an unfortunate situation for him to be in. there's only one

rich edson on the ron and don show that is coming.wo candidates in the first battleground states coming up. a preview from rich. >> the first is governor ron desantis. he kicks off his official campaign in des moines, iowa. donald trump will come tomorrow. plenty of developments in the republican field. we have them all coming up. ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a thing go right ♪ ♪ it takes two to make it outta sight ♪ ♪ one, two, get loose now ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ ♪ it takes two to make a... ♪ stay two nights and get a $ 50 best western gift card. book now at bestwestern.com. what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. ♪ stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ he snores like an angry rhino you've never

fox news rich edson has more now from the state department. a day after claiming ukraine tried to assassinate president vladimir putin with drones, the russian government is now blaming the united states, saying the u. s provided targeting information to the ukrainian military and then instructed ukraine to carry out an attack. the white house says that's nonsense. and the director of national intelligence says she is still looking for answers. russia's government has accused ukraine of trying to assassinate president putin and saying that the united states go to them into it seems like kind of a big deal at this stage. we don't have information that would allow us to provide an independent assessment on this. secretary of state antony blinken went further wednesday, saying he would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. a sentiment shared by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. it's this could have the signs of a russian false flag operation. the kremlin has a long history of staging attacks like this as an

rich edson in pella for us this evening. thank you.et's bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume. brit, let's pick up, lots to unpack. let's pick up with chris christie. seems like he has expended an inordinate amount of energy lately eking out this position for himself as a never trumper, calling the former president all kinds of names, everything have from a coward to a putin puppet. take a look at this latest real clear politics average, gives him one, just one percent of the g.o.p. vote. and then monmouth yesterday gives him a 47% unfavorability rating among republicans. kind of begs the question: is he a serious candidate? is he running because he thinks he can somehow clinch the primary nomination or is this just a platform for him to continue to hammer trump? >> politicians have a way of thinking that they should be president and can be president. so he is going to take his shot, i guess. i got say, gillian, that this republican field is growing so big now that if they have a debate they might have to hold it in a sta

research, it will take the unusual step of releasing the full details of this grant. >> dana: rich edsonou. >> bill: the state of maine expects a record number of tourists this summer. like many popular destinations businesses are strapped for workers and hanging the old help wanted signs out in the window. madison is live in portland to get a check on that. what are they telling you? good morning. >> good morning. tourism season around the corner. the good weather has shown up but the workers not so much. 70% of businesses in maine say they do not have enough employees for the high season. that is not good news because, as you said, this is supposed to be a record-breaking summer in terms of crowds. tour companies like portland discovery say they are still looking for help. when it comes to their ticket sellers for their boat and trolley tours they normally have 12. right now they only have six. that's leaving money on the table at the most important time of year. >> because we're seasonal, we have to make a year's living in six months, so it's very important. not like we can say well,

rich edson has more now from the state department. after claiming ukraine tried to assassinate president vladimir putin with drones, the russian government is now blaming the united states, saying the u. s. provided targeting information to the ukrainian military and then instructed ukraine to carry out an attack. the white house says that's nonsense. and the director of national intelligence says she is still looking for answers. russia's government has accused ukraine of trying to assassinate president putin and saying that the united states go to them into it seems like kind of a big deal at this stage. we don't have information that would allow us to provide an independent assessment on this. secretary of state antony blinken went further wednesday, saying he would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a very large shaker of salt. a sentiment shared by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. it's likely that he's lying again here and using it for a cause and an excuse to enter into a new elevated phase of the war. analysts sa

rich edson live in west des moines. rich, thanks a lot. it is deadline day for the fbi.epublicans are demanding the delivery of a document regarding a claim that president biden may have engaged in a bribery scheme while vice president. correspondent gillian turner has the bureau's reaction tonight. good evening, gillian. >> good evening to you, mike. james comer just updated that the fbi says it will not be turning over the document subpoenaed by the committee. he is calling that decision obstructionist and unacceptable and making good on speaker mccarter's threat to hold fbi director wray in contempt of congress. the fbi earlier this afternoon told fox news they are working with lawmakers on the request and will continue to cooperate. quote: the fbi's mission is to protect the american people. releasing confidential source information could potentially jeopardize investigations and put lives at risk. house speaker foretold congress' next move this morning. >> let me tell director christopher wray right here right now. if he misses the deadline today, i am prepared to m

. >> gillian: let's bring in rich edson now also with me here in washington. rich, do we know anything about this suspect at all? >> there's a lot we don't know about this. the whistle-blower, their identity specifically what they are charging. essentially what this boils down to is you have james comer, the head of the oversight commit think and chuck grassley who haas been investigating the bidens for years now, alleging that a whistle-blower has come forward, there's a document that exists within the fbi. the two republicans call it a highly credible whistle-blower. maintaining that there was a criminal scheme involving vice president biden and a foreign national relating to an exchange for money in exchange for policy decisions. we have no other information beyond that. we don't know specifically what those allegations involve, who this whistle-blower is or if this document even exists in the fbi or the doj, which is why they issued the subpoena. >> gillian: so we know little about the whistle-blower and very little about the crime. can we glean a sense of

rich edson ktvu fox two news. on a scale before you board air new zealand passengers flying out of auckland international airport will be asked to weigh themselves before they get on that flight throughout the month of june. it's part of the airline's new procedure to help even out the weight load on its planes. the airline says knowing the weight of everything on a flight will help with safety and fuel efficiency. it is completely voluntary and passengers or workers will not be able to see the scale's weight as it will be anonymous and sent directly to a computer. the airline is expected to ask 10,000 passengers flying within their international network to take part in this new policy. new at noon, state school superintendent tony thurmond held a virtual meeting this morning to talk about making public school students in california feel safe and included on their campuses. he hosted a discussion with a panel of experts to talk about ways to promote inclusion and education. thurmond says while other states are ban

news from washington involving president biden, our senior national correspondent rich edson has got more about a document that a senator and head of the oversight committee and the house are looking for. rich. >> good afternoon. the house oversight committee chairman james comer has issued a subpoena to the fbi in a letter that he and senator chuck grassley have sent to garland and wray, a highly credible whistleblower says they have a form that describes alleged criminal scheme exchange of money for policy decisions. a precise description of how the criminal scheme was employed as well as it's purpose. comer and grassley are not talking about the whistleblower, or what they are alleging, in short, a document that an unidentified whistleblower says exists, and it's unclear how the department will respond. >> john: don't know what the scheme is, but only the fbi and the doj have information about the scheme? >> what these two republicans are alleging, a document that exists and they have gotten the of course from an unidentified whistleblower, showing an illegal scheme, involving the

rich edson is with me, are attacks on desantis ramping up? >> they are.ers as well. he will travel to new hampshire and south carolina, early caucus and primary states. the desantis campaign raised 8. $2 million in the first 24 hours of this campaign and spent the first day and 1/2 ripping donald trump criticizing his administration on adding to the national debt, failure to finish the border wall and shutdowns during the covid 19 pandemic. in a campaign video message trump shot back but covid that's in florida were the highest in the country, said even then new york governor andrew cuomo did a better job. he does say desantis is better than most democrats but called him average. trump will be in iowa next week for a town hall thursday with sean hannity. trump leads desantis by a wide margin among republican voters, he has a large lead on the rest of the field, they maintain he can breakthrough. >> multiple voices is a good thing. if this race is a 2-person race which it is not, that's not healthy. it's not good for the republican party, not good for choi

senior national sort rich edson tell us why. >> reporter: the nca they would have taken away all theirarship. ecohealth alliance the controversial research nonprofit will receive millions more in taxpayer money. this week the national institutes of health reinstated the federal grant to ecohealth to study coronaviruses. three years ago the trump administration suspend the the grant. ecohealth use the the federal funding on research at the wuhan institute of virology. which critics called risky experiments. >> why we continue to throw good money. >> reporter: rutgers university microbiologist calls the funding an outrage. says ecohealth potentially shares culpable for the -- forthe origin of the pandemic. other scientists called the ecohealth grant long overdue. richard robert says, the original cancellation reflects the politics where trump and nce unfairly. some republicansikely started wn accidental lab leak in china. the nih tells fox, this grant includes stipulations to ensure it does not provide funding for research in china or with live animals. nih support research that made it

senior national correspondent rich edson has tonight's top story.. an announcement months in the making, especially after florida governor ron desantis won re-election in november by

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team fox coverage karl rove with analysis but let's begin with rich edson in des moines, iowa. >> good morning, dana. the campaigning starts tonight for governor ron desantis. he will be here for a campaign kickoff event and swing through iowa over the next couple of days, travel to new hampshire and south carolina all early voting primary states for the republican primary. desantis says iowa could give him the momentum he needs at the very start of this process. >> there may be some differences with me and donald trump. i think those differences were down to my benefit in a place like iowa. he has taken the side of disney in our fight down here in florida. >> trump shot back on social media that disney had become a woke and disgusting shadow of its former self. it happened on desantis's watch and the florida governor should have stopped it long ago. what else he thinks he should have done to disney. desantis aide says on this swing he will tout his record in florida and stress that the country needs energy in the executive. desantis is more than 30 years trump's junior. trump will be

senior national correspondent rich edson has a preview primary eve in kentucky.nseat andy beshear. daniel cameron rallied supports. >> i've taken on and con confronted the great challenges come in this commonwealth. >> cammeron previously worked as mitch mcconnell's legal counsel. he says he will back law enforcement and address the opioid epidemic. cammeron has serious backing. >> kentucky right to life. over 100 law enforcement officials and president donald j. trump have endorsed this campaign. >> one of his opponents former united nations ambassador kelly craft. she points out the former president endorsed her opponent months before they got in the race. trump reunder the endorsement holding a tele rally. has the backing of mike pompeo, senator ted cruz and vivek ramaswamy. > i knew going in to pursuing this office that president trump had endorsed my opponent. kentuckyens are the ones that are voting. i'm on the ballot craft promised a. quarrels campaigned in reporting live kentucky. >> i see testify week when i travel kentucky there are parts of my state re

>> harris: senior correspondent rich edson is live in iowa right now. rich. >> good morning, harris, governor ron desantis is on the road in iowa and soon heading here to pella, iowa, part of a four-stop tour across the state today. made the announcement last night in a suburb of des moines that republicans need to end the culture of losing, a shot at former president trump. he argues the next republican president needs two consecutive terms to restrain the federal government. trump would only get one more. >> the bureaucracy is so entrenched, i think we can bring george washington back and i don't think he could fix it in one single four-year term. >> the former president will also be in iowa today on a radio interview tomorrow for campaign stops amid a town hall with sean hannity, trump ripped desantis over covid lock downs, the debt deal, the florida governor took questions from reporter after the kickoff rally last night and said trump attacking him has been bizarre. >> i'm going to respond to attacks. i mean, if you say cuomo did a better job with

i'm rich edson. aishah: i'm aishah hasnie. good to see you all. the department of homeland security is warning there could be up to 14,000 migrant encounters following the end of title 42. and our correspondent griff jenkins is live along the border in brownsville, texas tra tracking movements on the ground on our end and on the mexico side, griff. griff: aishah and rich, it's hard to track, the numbers are so large, we can show you here where we are, camp monument. this is the tip of the spear, aishah, because right here behind me at this temporary processing site they have processed more than 30,000 migrants since the middle of april, 2,000 every day since i've been here. you're looking along the levee behind me, the migrants lining up all day long. majority, by the way, 90% are from venezuela. they don't just come during the day. we shot exclusive footage with our thermal imaging night drone. we can show you this as well. you can see at nighttime they come. the u.s. side is on the bottom of your screen. matamoros, mexico on the top and they're

rich edson is live from the state department. where do things stand today? >> good morning. the russian government is blaming the united states for these objects that appear to have exploded over the kremlin wednesday night. the spokesperson for the russian president vladimir putin says the united states earlier had provided targeting information to the ukrainian government and then instructed ukraine to carry out an attack. the white house says that's nonsense. >> i will just tell you they are lying. it is a ludicrous claim. >> he said the united states encourages or enables ukraine to strike outside its border. blinken said he would take anything coming out of the kremlin with a large glass of salt. they have discouraged the ukrainian government from hitting russian governments beyond that. the russian government claims it was an attack against putin himself. the white house says it does not endorse strikes like that against specific individual leaders. analysts say the russian government has a long history of staging attacks as an excuse to escalate aggression. ukraine go

here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> the two leading candidates among republican voters are both officially in the race for president. you got to be able to win and then when you get in office, you have got to be able to deliver results. >> florida governor ron desantis is knocking former president trump for failing to finish the border wall and over his covid policies trump responded that florida had among the highest number of deaths from covid. >> even cuomo did better. >> desantis told new hampshire radio show why he thinks trump is focused on him. >> i think a lot of what is he doing is showing everybody that he understands that i have got a good chance to beat him because he doesn't criticize anybody else now. it's only me. >> trump has ripped desantis rollout campaign on twitter and opening 25 minutes of technical problems. the former president's campaign says the desantis announcement is another example of why the florida governor is just not ready for the presidency. desantis' campaign the government's announcement was so popular it broke the internet. other rep

rich edson reporting live from des moines. what's happening there this morning, rich? >> good morning, dana and bill. you have governor ron desantis campaign is underway. four events across the state throughout the day. kicked things off last evening in west des moines, iowa at the eternity church leaning into his controversial record as governor of florida. his pitch to voters the next president needs two terms. trump would only get one. republicans need to end the culture of losing, another dig at the former president. >> leadership is not about entertainment. it is not about building a brand. it is not about virtue signaling. it is about results. and in florida we didn't lead with merely words, we followed up on our words with deeds. >> desantis got more direct against trump during a session afterwards with reporters. he responded to trump's criticism about his covid policies noting the former president's family moved to florida when he was governor. we asked desantis whether he could win the evangelical vote from trump which has been very supportive of the former p

senior national correspondent rich edson is here with that story. >> good evening, bret.he front runners and beyond are filling out hollywood week holis primary state for the newest entrance business at home first. >> good morning home school convention. are you proud to be a floridian? >> governor ron desantis' home turf, delivering a familiar message. desantis reputation as a covid lockdown fighter highlighting the pandemic shut down fight in a speech to the florida home school convention an address in his official role as governor. >> would you have arrested lived during covid under cuomo in new york? >> no. >> his presidential campaign tweeted a video showing then president trump defending the early pandemic lockdowns. >> i had to shut it down. we did the right thing. >> trump and his campaign responded, quote: ron desantis ordered lockdowns, imposed covid-19 checkpoints and closed beaches and despite it all, florida still had a higher covid-19 death rate per 100,000 per new york. the desantis campaign announced it raised more than $8 million in the 24 hours after his

senior national correspondent rich edson has details tonight. >> is he getting the paperwork ready florida governor ron desantis is expected to file next week as a candidate for president. that's according to sources familiar with his plans. >> do you have any young -- >> florida republicans have a super majority in the legislature. >> thank you. >> one they have leveraged to enact a series of major conservative and controversial laws. desantis has signed bills banning transgender care for minors. allowing concealed firearm carry without permits. and outlawing abortions after six weeks. also, laws shielding the governor's travel records and allowing him to run for president without resigning. desantis has done all of this while publicly fighting with disney after the company criticized a bill he signed that limits discussion about gender identity in the classrooms of younger children. desantis revoked disney tax status to the criticism of other conservatives, desantis' legal fight with disney continues. the company just announced it's canceling a nearly billion dollars office project in or

rich edson is live in des moines.ar from desantis tonight. >> good afternoon, sandra. campaign aides say he will highlight his record in florida. also stress the need for what he's calling energy in the executive, a nod to perhaps a new generation of politicians we need some younger people serving in the white house. desantis will make the announcement, his first campaign event tonight, that will be in the eternity church here in des moines, iowa, christians playing a major role in the republican base here in iowa and across the united states. desantis has several stops across iowa before campaigning in new hampshire and south carolina, all early primary and caucus states. desantis and former president donald trump has been sparring over desantis's fight with disney, handling with the pandemic, supreme court picks and trump's unfinished border wall. the trump campaign tweeted a video, calls for an end to birthright citizenship of parents in the country illegally. likely head to the courts if challenged. >> my policy w

senior national correspondent rich edson has tonight's top story. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. an announcement months in the making, especially after florida governor ron desantis won re-election in november by nearly 20 points. now he is aiming for the white house and taking on the last republican to hold it. >> florida governor ron desantis will declare tomorrow evening he's a candidate for president. part of a campaign rollout that includes a twitter conversation tomorrow with ceo elon musk. paperwork filing with the federal election commission. and an overhaul of ron desantis.com which went from a florida based political page to an alligator. rising from the water. >> i think what we have done in florida should inspire people. >> defended fight against disney. touted run as governor. he sparred with the naacp after the organization issued a florida travel advisory, claiming the state has become hostile under the governor's leadership. desantis called it a stunt. and republicans noted the chair of the naacp's board of directors live

rich edson has more from washington. hey, rich. >> reporter: good afternoon, neil.ll raising money. florida governor ron desantis is officially in the presidential race, raising money now in miami and is preparing for a campaign kickoff tuesday in des moines. his campaign says he will spend next week in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, all early caucus, primary states. he is pitching republicans on his record in florida. >> you got to be able to win and then when you get in office you have got to be able to deliver results and i think we've been able to do both of those as good or better than anybody in the country. >> reporter: desantis officially announced his candidacy last night on twitter spaces. it is a last form where users can listen to conversations on twitter t crashed. took about 25 minutes to work out all the tech issues before he finally made the announcement. his campaign said he raised a million bucks in the first hour. former president trump posted on truth social a video after spacex rocket labeled ron, exclamation point, crashing and burning. v

rich edson in maryland. >> sandra: j.p.organ jamie dimon coming to the rescue after a deal to take over first republic blank after the collapse. biden administration says it will stabilize the banking system. but another rate hike, can americans be confident that bank failures are not coming. robert wolf is here. ok, that was a long way of saying it, is there a banking crisis or is there not? >> i did run ubs, so finally we come back to really what my main role was. yes, there's a banking crisis, but it's not what the money center banks and the systemically important financial institutions like j.p. chase and bank of america. we'll have more issues with the regional banks. >> sandra: what does it mean for the average american? >> they are fine, the deposits are safe. >> sandra: the taxpayer, on the hook for this? >> not on the hook because the fdic is those fees are paid by the banks. yes, there could be a sense where it's passed on. the average american are getting hurt is the regional banks have not been paying them suffi

senior national correspondent rich edson is live with the latest.lready contrasting his record against the former president, but the former president is making fun of him at the same time. >> that's right. he is looking at the poll. that's the dynamic playing out. florida governor ron desantis accuses president trump of adding trillions to the national debt while in office and failing to finish the border wall. desantis is criticizing trump's covid response, told the new hampshire radio show that trump is only attacking him because he understands he's got the best shot at beating the former president. trump spent months ripping desantis. other republican candidates are joining in like former u.n. ambassador nikki haley whose campaign called desantis trump without the charm. desantis is pitching voters on his conservative and controversial record governing florida. >> you got to be able to win and then when you get in office, you've got to be able to deliver results. i think we've been able to do both of those as good or better than anybody in the co

rich edson is live in washington. what's the usps doing to try to put a stop to this happening?ndra, the u.s. postal service is pushing to prosecute suspects who attack letter carriers, they also say they are rolling out more high security mailboxes which they say are more difficult to break into. still more criminals are targeting the usps, stealing packages, robbing and assaulting letter carriers. in january, reports from massachusetts, a man pointed a semi-automatic handgun at a letter carrier and demanded the keys. in march, in lowell, mass, a carrier was slashed with a machete. and robbed in florida and cities and towns across the country. last year in milwaukee, a postal carrier was at work when he was shot and killed. post officials warn of repeated attacks like this inspector after robberies in northern california. >> this is not the first robbery of this carrier on this route, it's happened a few times before where carriers have been robbed multiple times on the same route. do not commit this crime, it's not worth it. it's contemptable. >> senator dick durbin says it ro

rich edson has more from washington. rich? >> good afternoon, neil. governor ron desantis is expected to file that paperwork next week. officially joining the presidential race. allowing him to start raising money. just in time for a major donor meeting in miami according to sources familiar with the governor's plans. desantis just finished the florida legislature's latest session signing a host of conservative and controversial laws with the race for big donations on, many wealthy conservatives have held their contributions. so far. >> i think that a lot of folks are waiting on governor desantis to get in the race. he's done a great job in florida. i think he's got the best qualifications, the best conservative credentials and i think that he just quite frankly lacks a lot of baggage that would come with a second trump term. >> desantis has about $85 million in his florida-based account. a super pact called never back down that supports desantis has raised $30 million. former president trump has raised about $18 million since he announced in november

the latest from rich edson in des moines, iowa. rich? >> reporter: good afternoon, neil. well governor ron desantis is now hitting the road. he has got four stops here across iowa today before he heads out to new hampshire and south carolina. it's getting to be a bigger field. we just learned that governor chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, is going to enter this race. he will announce his candidacy again at a speech next week in new hampshire. christie ran in 2016. dropped out. endorsed trump. turned into one of his more vocal critics. last night dean tis kicked off his campaign tour in west des moines. his pitch to voters? republicans need to end the culture of losing a shot to former president trump. desantis argued that the next republican president needs two consecutive terms to restrain the federal government. trump would only get one. >> the bureaucracy is so entrenched i think we could bring george washington back, i don't think he could fix it in one single four year term. >> reporter: trump will also be in iowa today for a radio interview tomorro

rich edson has the latest our great american comeback senk to his bas florida governor ron dissent, ismpaign of es in west des moines, it's the start of a three state blitz as he takes on his chief rival, former president donald trump and trump are now fighting for the conservative vote here in iowa governor brushing off recent criticism from trump, taking a few shots of his own six months ago, he would have never said that right. he used to say how great florida was held. his whole family moved to florida under my governorship. are you kidding me? santa's has four campaign stops wednesday, while trump will be in des moines for an appearance on a popular radio show. the former president remains at the top of the primary polls here. iowa republicans say the field is still wide open, and voters still have eight months to change their minds. i am seeing great turnout at all of them. they're energized, they're engaged and they really want to hear from the candidates. other candidates are trying to break through, including south carolina senator tim scott. wednesday he held his first person

which nursery rhyme was the first recording to the be played by thomas edson on the phonograph the answer crossing about somebody very well known to our audience on "squawk box. peter orzak now named the next ceo of lazard. he'll succeed long-time ceo ken jacobs now confirmed by the company, orzag will take over on the 1st. we congratulate peter. he's been coming on this show for so very, very long and now the ceo of a big wall street firm congratulations. >>> meantime, get over to dom chu with a look at this morning's pre-market movers. dom? >> we have an interesting call on this friday before memorial day weekend with regard to one of the more bearish global asset allocation teams on wall street becoming little less bearish right now. this is coming from citi group the global asset allocation team has taken underweight rating on u.s. stocks, u.s. equities to a neutral rating they have also downgraded the european equity side of things to an underweight. now, if you take a look at the way things played out, spider s&p etf up 9%, underperforming the 13% gain from the i-shares eurozone etf