joining us this morning is jim antel, politics editor with the washington examiner.so have chris layman who is the d.c. bureau chief with the nation. gentlemen, thank you both for being here >> let's begin, last night the. former president held his first campaign rally of campaign 2024. he held the -- he talked about polls, and there is a no moment poll showing him getting a lead over the undeclared possible candidates, as well as those who have declared, he in the last month in this moment poll. he was at 33% tied with the governor of florida. now he's leading 41% over desantis with 27%. what do you make on this? >> i think a couple other things. one of them is trump's in emperor sorrow of culture war victimhood. and the talk about his pending indictment in new york a, i think, is really powerful lee rallied the republican base behind him. it's a very familiar kind of a litany in the senate during the washington investigation said after the 2020 election injury sixth. he said it in the wake of january 26. this is by now a really strong familiar message to the republ