educational debate looms large, we speak with kim reynolds. lucas is at the white house. >> reporter: hey, jacui heinrich. many people think he is not a strong leader, let's look at this new fox news poll, 33% think biden is a strong leader. nose dive from 49% that thought he was strong in october 2020. here is karl rove yesterday on your show. >> this guy is in real trouble. do we think people are going to see him as strong? >> he is in big trouble on that issue. >> another fox news shows honest and trustworthy. joe biden polls is a strong leader, 51% think donald trump strong leader on the question of corruption. joe biden 44%. donald trump 55%. on fundraising, desantis largest haul, 8.2 million dollars first 24 hours announcing presidential campaign. biden campaign yet to reveal fundraising numbers. biden did troll desantis campaign and president's age seems to keep coming up, yesterday, jacui heinrich, you asked the question in the briefing. >> jacqui: what do you think of hilary clinton defending feinstein over questions of age not defend

he is introduced by local gop leaders and iowa governor kim reynolds. governor desantis's wife casey spoke briefly. >> good evening. my name is adam greg and i'm honored to serve as your lieutenant governor in the great state of iowa. [applause] >> i want to say thank you to each of you for coming out here to welcome florida governor ron desantis back to our great state. [applause] >> most importantly i want to say thank you to each of you for participating in the caucus process. the caucuses themselves will probably happen on a cold and blustery night early next year but the process has already started in rooms just like this where we have the opportunity to hear from people seeking to lead our great country and to hear their vision for our nation and to look them in the eye and shake their hand and ask a question. through this process, we will begin to take our country back. [applause] >> what a privilege and what an opportunity we have. thank you for doing your part. now let's take a moment to say thank you to our very gracious host. i can think of n

[applause] thank god for governor kim reynolds. a major god -- part of this answer -- i'm providing school choice for the kids that need it most. i found the school choice caucus. the closest thing to magic in america is a good education. in this state, before -- because of your governor, somewhere around -- up to 3% of poverty is now being available so that the mother or father or parent has a choice. that means has a whopping chance for the most remarkable like they will ever live so providing those resources is absolutely essential. from a federal level, i do not want the federal government making education decisions for the great state of iowa. [applause] i cannot dance, i can't do the moonwalk but should we should -- but we shall walk our way out of local education decisions. we should not do -- what we should not do is allow the department of justice to target parents at school board meetings and call them domestic terrorist because they care about the education of their kids just like president biden's doj has done to parent

thank god for governor kim reynolds. major part of your answers sir might be reflected in the say the leading state and all of the nation on providing school choice for the kids who need it most. i've been saying this for a very long time seven or eight years ago i found the school choice caucus. i believed the closest thing to magic in america is a good education. and in this state because of your governor somewhere around $7598 or something like that per student up to three 100% of a poverty is now being made available so the mother, the father, the parents have a choice. as i said earlier which means that kid has a whopping chance for the most remarkable life they will ever live. providing those resources is absolutely essential number one. number two, from a federal level i believe in federalism. do not want the federal government making education decisions for the great state of iowa. [cheering] i cannot dance, i cannot do that moonwalk but we should walk our way out of local education decisions. what we should not

and right now on stage we have iowa governor kim reynolds. she's said to be introducing him.oader strategy that we anticipate to see desantis on the campaign trail again and again, aggressively. they really want to set out to contrast him with trump and even with president joe biden, both men significantly older, of course, than desantis. so they want to really project him as an energetic young new force to voters here in iowa, and then across the country. he is going to be in new hampshire, south carolina. and just as a reminder of kind of where their head is right now in terms of the campaign, he's going to be right back here on saturday. he'll be here with senator joni ernst for an event on saturday. he's going to spend tomorrow here in iowa. he going to go to south carolina and new hampshire and come right back here. and just with this crowd of evangelicals, they really think this is a type of voter that might've cooled on the former president. erin? >> thank you very much, jessica, of course, at that evangelical meeting in clive, iowa, where governor desantis will be spe

kim reynolds is popular among iowa republicans.f desantis will be a better choice to beat biden than former president donald trump. >> that's part of what he's starting to hit on, being a better choice to defeat biden. i wonder, because we know the caucuses in iowa, sometimes you get a different terms of engagement from voters as you would in a general election. beating biden in a general is one thing, being victorious in these early contest is yet another. how do the culture wars play in iowa that ron desantis is really doubling down and pointing out his big wins in his state. is that what is most important? >> it will be interesting to see play out. this is something that has been a big deal in iowa in the past few months with our own legislative session, passing something that democrats have said are culture war issues in terms of certain subjects in schools, banning hrt hormone therapy for minors, things like that that desantis has done in florida as well. however, i think that there is a concern that some of the people who don

kiining me now is iowa governor kim reynolds, who spoke at the desantis event tonight. welcome , governor . m reynhi, kelly .govern it's greator to be with you. great to have you . gov you've covered so well in your state just a true conservative who has put forward so many good policies, a lot of people vying for your endorsement. i'm not surprised.u said but you said you're notot endorsing your desantis eventg o tonight. you spoke. do you plan on going an to g trump event at any time in the future? oh, i already have, actually . we've hawe hd several of the candidates that have already been through the state. and i have said m goin, you i'mn to remain neutral. i want to help talk abou t events that they should participate in, kind of help let them know what's happening in the state. but i've spoke at nikki's eventi that they spoke atat h president trump's rally that he had in davenport, as well as governor desantis. so iscf they ask, you know, ifht works on my schedule, i'm moreuy than happy to attend and really just my role is to encourage iowans to attend these even

them under age teenagers to serve alcohol at restaurants but senate file awaits the approval of kim reynolds and i with the signature of reynolds the eye what would joint other states that have dial back log senate label child labor protection looking to do so. arkansas pass its youth heart act in march which limited their proper children under 16 to obtain employment certificate before being hired. while makers cross eight states at august 2 weekend youth labor laws. >> is something lawmakers ought to take a hard look at. we obviously do not want children working or teenagers working in dangerous situations. obat the same time, when i was growing up there were lots of opportunities to cut lawns, to be a a paperboy, to work in the family business. having some work even at the age of 13 or 14 that a teenager can do make some sense. we do not want to have rules that prohibit that blanket. we also don't have rules that are so lax that we are not protecting teenagers, who are in the workplace. pursuant to rhode island mrs. christian lankford democrats good morning. >> good morning, greatat topic

. >> that's iowa governor kim reynolds in iowa this weekend.rump and florida governor ron desantis. that brings us to this place. we haven't been in a while. that is casino. each panelist gets 100-dollar in chips. we'll talk about the gop primary. we know who's in. you have $100 in chips. >> i like to fold. i realize that's not an option. i think president trump would argue national polls show him ahead by double digit, 31.3%. i about put 100 on trump. >> cat? >> this is my first time gambling. lot of first, i kind of agree. 70 donald trump, 30 ron desantis. he's getting all of the money but also that didn't work out so well for jeb bush. i will be shocked if it's not trump. >> go ahead. >> similar logic. i went 80 on trump and 20 on desantis who i expect to be by end of the month. >> winners and losers? >> my winner was the former nbc executive who's going to be new ceo of twitter. big job there. specializes in advertising and sales. my loser, chris paul, the point forward for the phoenix suns. another year without championship ring. he's a ha

we have a great governor, kim reynolds. people will say to me, governor why aren't other republicans doing what you are doing in florida? i say they are doing it. they are doing it in iowa. i was here in march and someone took note and said look at all the stuff iowa is doing? they said iowa is the florida of the midwest. after watching all the good stuff you have done in iowa. it may be that florida is the iowa of the southeast. we will see. i think what both iowa and florida show republicans across the country that republicans can win again and we can win big. we have to make sure we are leading with purpose and conviction and delivering results to the people we represent. if you look around the country, you see a lot of reason for pessimism. we have hundreds of thousands of people fixing to storm across our southern border. we have big cities that have been hollowed out because of massive crime waves. as republicans, we have underperformed for many years now. i tell you, iowa and florida should be a source for hope. hope

joining me now is iowa governor kim reynolds who spoke tonight.elcome governor. >> hey kayleigh great to be with you. >> great to have you. you've governed well in your state a true conservative who put so many good policies. a lot of people vying for your endorsement i'm not surprised. you said you are not endorsing. you are going to the do its tonight, you spoke. do you plan to go to a trump event in the future. >> i already have. we have several candidates who have already been through the state and i have said i'm going to remain neutral. i want to help talk about events that they should participate in, kind of help let them know what's happening in the state. but i have a spoke at nicky's event, i will spoke at president trump's rally that he had in davenport as well as governor desantis. so if they ask, you know, if it works on my schedule, i'm more than happy to attend. and really just my role is to encourage iowaians to turn out, and i've seen a lot. they're energized and engaged and they want to hear from the candidates because ultimately

it's something that other states like iowa under governor kim reynolds have enacted, and i think thatow, if you didn't give an answer about what would you have signed the heartbeat bill that florida did, that had all the exceptions that people talked about. the legislature put it in. i signed the bill, i was proud to do it. he will not answer whether he would sign it or not. >> trump responded to that by calling into news max last night saying i'm the one who got rid of roe v. wade. joining us now politics reporter for semifore. trump is trying to thread some kind of needle and not clear if he's doing it well. does the desantis camp think this is an issue that can help them in the gop primary? >> yeah, i've talked to a lot of desantis allies and team members, and i think the big thing here is they believe desantis will be successful against trump if he hits him from the right. so certainly a six-week abortion ban at this point is hitting trump from the right on the issue. whether that works remains to be seen, but that's certainly i believe going to be the crux of their campaign again

. >>> top stories we are following now, iowa's republican governor kim reynolds signed a bill into laws can work and where they can be employed. republicans led on this bill, it was passed earlier this month, after weeks of debate. in a statement, reynolds said that iowa joins 20 other states that are relaxing child labor laws to address worker shortages. and under the new guidelines, 14 and 15-year-olds can work two more hours on school days. 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to work the same hours as adults. >>> the active search efforts for an 18-year-old american who fell overboard on a boat in the bahamas had been suspended. cameron robbins fell overboard wednesday and he was on a senior trip, after graduating from the university school in baton rouge sunday. and the u.s. coast guard was assisting in the search. ♪ ♪ >>> celine dion says she is canceling her courage world tour. and will likely never perform again. that's according to a source close to the singer. dion has what's known as stiff person syndrome, a rare condition causing body stiffness and muscle spasms, and dion posted

i believe iowa had a similar bill signed into law by kim reynolds. i think the opening bid for these republican candidates for president has to be the federal 15-week bill. what ron desantis did in florida is what the legislature put on his desk and they represent floridians. there is only one person who can say i'm a true convert and became the most pro-life president in u.s. history, donald trump. the judges, mexico city policy, taking some of the money that would have gone to planned parenthood and pushing it to the qualified women's health center that provide healthcare to women and ma'am -- mammograms. trump changed things when he looked at clinton saying you are the extremist. people went ooh. we have a lot of work to do as pro-lifeer. took 50 years to overturn roe v. wade and it will take time to change hearts and minds and compelling on what it means to be pro-life. six weeks, 12 weeks, 15 weeks. only one person can say i became the most pro-life president in history. >> dana: thank you for your insight as always. >> thank you. >> bill: here

iowa, republican governor kim reynolds on thursday pledged to sign a bill rolling back child labor protectionsong other things, the legislation will permit children as young as 14 to work in construction and demolition jobs if a guardian has granted permission. in washington, d.c., vermont independent senator bernie sanders called thursday for a 32-hour workweek with no pay cuts for u.s. workers. sen. sanders also said he'll introduce legislation to more than double the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $17 an hour. >> in the richest country of the world, nobody should be forced to work for starvation wages that is not a radical idea. if you work 40, 50 hours a week, you should not be living in poverty. it is time to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. amy: in north carolina, the republican-led senate has passed legislation that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks. republicans quickly approved the measure less than two days after it was introduced. democratic governor roy cooper has vowed to veto the bill, but the legislature's gop supermajority likely has enough votes to override hi

search efforts continuing this morning as governor kim reynolds pledges the full support of the statets sharing details of the mess that's being left behind. >> we find fake passports. fake social security cards. all kinds of fake documents in this hotel everyday. everyday we find about 10 kids alone in their hotel rooms, either drinking or doing drugs with weapons will be in the room. >> kayleigh: here to react is tom homan. welcome, tom. >> good morning, kayleigh. >> kayleigh: that new york hotel one of them is about 5 blocks from where i'm sitting and i go on the hotel website and this had is what i read closed until further notice they are closed because there are illegal migrants in these hotels. here is one such alert they received via text message. blank is the room number. child's name blank she is drunk. parents are not on site. we don't know where they're. the child is 10 years old to which the social worker said received thank you. so you have got 10-year-olds, 85,000 children lost by the u.s. government. we knew that earlier in the month. where are the human rights activis

we have a lot in common in terms of what florida has done and what they've done under governor kim reynoldsi think the groundswell of support has been really, really strong. you know, we're going to press the case. >> reporter: and so tonight he is going to be speaking to supporters. we're told he is going to lay out his vision for this country, that we will hear more about what he sees as why he is running and what he wants to pursue as he pursues the highest office in the nation. jake, it's been interesting to see him going more directly after the former president donald trump, his chief rival in this race. he has been doing that in interviews. it will be interesting to see if he does that tonight in person. jake? >> and jessica, obviously the evangelical vote is crucial in a republican caucus in iowa. how is governor desantis going about courting that about the vo voting bloc? >> we're outside a church. that is an area they think they may van in, where the voters may have cooled a little bit on the former president. and we are told bay campaign source that 15 local pastors will be meetin

on friday iowa governor kim reynolds signed a law lengthening the workday and curfew for 14 and 15-year-oldsmitting teens as young as 16 to serve alcohol in restaurants with parental permission. previously in arkansas, republican governor sarah huckabee sanders, signed a law eliminating permits that required employers to verify a child's age and parents' consent. in wisconsin, lawmakers backing a proposal to allow 14-year-olds to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants. the ohio legislature has a bill in process that would allow students ages 14 and 15 to work during the school year with their parents' permission until 9:00 p.m., later than federal law allows. such bills are being considered and passed despite the fact that since 2015 the number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws has more than tripled. opponents say safeguards are key to protecting workers from exploitation, dangerous work environments, harassment and a myriad of other problems. joining me now is emma camp, an assistant editor at "reason" magazine who graduated from the university of virginia in 2022. she wrot

i heard kim reynolds yesterday, the iowa governor, she was talking about how the field is not set yetbecause it's so early, remember, the first debates aren't until later in the summer. and the first votes in the caucuses aren't going to be until july -- or rather january. she said in may of 2007, romney, mccain, and rudy were all in the top three. and mike huckabee was at zero percent but mike huckabee went on to win the iowa caucuses. in may of 2015, the top three were walker, aruba and huckabee. and cruise and trump, who finished were not even at 10%. so much can hab in iowa. he is going to visit all 99 counties in iowa. so he kicked things off there yesterday. and to great enthusiasm he had a rousing speech and fox news channel carried it live. a lot of people run familiar with a lot of things he had to say. very forward look speech. >> ainsley: spoke at mega children about 500 people showed up e railroad against covid lockdowns and woke ideology in our schools and he said we must return to normalcy. he has four stops in iowa, sioux city, council, cedar rapids. tomorrow new hampsh

easy to do that when jeff strong leadership in the executive branch and whether great governor kim reynoldsuse] sometimes people will say to me they will be like governor, why are other republicans doing what you were doing in florida? and i sayhy they are doing it. they say whether? i say they're doing it and i want. i was here in march and someone kind of took note and they were like man look at all the stuff i would is doing. iowa is like the florida of the midwest, they said. i just want to let you know after watching all the good stuff you have done in iowa it may be thatng florida is the ioa of the southeast so we will see. [applause] but i think we'll both iowa and florida show, republicans across the country that republicans can win again and can win big. we just have to make sure we are leading with purpose and conviction and that we are delivering results to the people that we represent. i think you look around the country you see a lot of reason for pessimism. i mean we have hundreds of thousands of people fixing to storm across our southern border with an absentee president in t

iowa governor kim reynolds bans any mention of gender identity or sexual orientation in schools and removesex from school libraries with the exception of, wait for it, the bible. while this is all happening, you also have a large chunk of the country where states are doing the complete opposite. states with democratic legislatures and governors that are actually getting a lot of progressive policies passed. minnesota, for example, is just wrapped up its most transform tiff legislative session yet, passing bills that would codify paid leave, increase funding for school lunches, tax credits for low income families and affordable housing. in michigan, governor gretchen with it chen signed a major red flag gun bill into law and illinois is set to become the first state in the country to actually ban book bans. another state that has seen a lot of progress is maryland. where governor wes moore has signed progressive laws on abortion, gender-affirming care and gun reform just to name a few. and joining me now is governor wes moore of maryland. i now get to officially congratulate you many months

lot in common with iowa in terms of what florida has done and what they've done under governor kim reynolds. i think the groundswell of support has been really, really strong. you know, we're going to press the case. i mean, they'd mentioned there may be some differences with me and donald trump. i think those differences come down to my benefit in a place like iowa. for example, he's taken the side of disney in our fight down here in florida. i'm standing for parents. i'm standing for children. i think a multi-billion dollar company that's sexualizes children is not consistent with the values of florida or the values of a place like iowa. >> disney sexualizes. >> what happened? >> ron desantis decides he is going to launch his campaign by talking about how the magic kingdom sexualizes children. >> yeah. >> this is something that, again, we've all grown up with disney. you and i, gene, when we were young, would see "the wonderful world of disney" every sunday night. it's continued through. it's not like things got crazy. my kids growing up, i've seen "the lion king," like, 87 times. "the li

it is something other states like iowa, governor kim reynolds, has enacted.hink as a florida resident, would you have signed the heartbeat bill, that florida did. all the exceptions people talk about, the legislature put it in. i signed the bill, i was proud to do it. he will not answer whether he would sign it or not. host: on our morning topics, comments via twitter and via text. (202) 748-8003. in saint augustine, margaret says, florida resident from new york and maryland. as a fully woke black woman, desantis is against anything and everything democratic, particulate anything inclusion and diversion in a white state. trump will be arrested for criminal activity, property taxes, home insurance and crime are through the roof in florida. desantis only cares about making news with fake woke drama, not governing says david in clearwater. jersey girl tweets, it is hard to understand what lane desantis would have for the general. most americans do not want a country where abortion is legal, trans care is banned, children cannot be taught honestly about life and

. >>> kim reynolds plans to send troops to the border in texas. september. this is the second time in the last two years that reynolds has sent troops to the border. finally in south carolina "the herald" has a front page feature where the 1954 supreme court case outlawed segregation in public schools. now the law says the case should be renamed after briggs v. elliott. briggs versus elliott was the first one to be taken to federal court. the brown case came nearly nine months later. advocates say changing the name will restore south carolina as the cradle of the desegregation movement. >>> still ahead, speaking of, congressman jim clyburn joins us. "morning joe" is coming right back. ♪ ♪ every day, businesses everywhere are asking. is it possible? with comcast business...it is. is it possible to use predictive monitoring to address operations issues? we can help with that. can we provide health care virtually anywhere? we can help with that, too. is it possible to survey foot traffic across all of our locations? yeah! absolutely. with global secu

it's something that other states like iowa under governor kim reynolds have enacted. i think that as a florida resident, you know, he didn't give an answer about would you have signed the heart beat bill that florida did, that had all the exceptions that people talk about, the legislature put it in, i signed the bill. i was proud to do it. he won't answer whether he would sign it or not. >> trump responded to that by calling into news max last night saying, quote, i'm the one who got rid of roe versus wade, so we can go on and on about that, but we won't. jen the politics of this, though, is so interesting because there are primary issues and then there are primary issues. and that the rest of the nation will not unsee. >> right. it's political partisan primary issues and primary issues that are primary in people's brains, right? >> exactly. and it seems to me that this is a race to the bottom between ron desantis and donald trump as they sort of scrap over this. but ron desantis is racing against someone who is going to lie and then lie again and then lie again about