newshour political editor lisa desjardins kicks off politics monday with a look at the accelerated raceting the road to earn your vote. it's your time. and i hope you'll join me on this journey. >> reporter: hillary clinton, arguably the nation's most famous woman, is on a journey of reintroduction, tweeting pictures en route to iowa. after a quarter century in the public eye, as a candidate's wife, a policy-driven first lady, a u.s. senator, a presidential candidate, and a globe-trotting secretary of state... >> i'm back! >> reporter: ...she is running for president again, hoping to clear the democratic field by shifting the focus from her history, to the voters' future. >> i'm getting ready to do something too-- i'm running for president. americans have fought their way back from tough economic times. >> reporter: this time, clinton, 67, hopes voters will see hillary the grandmother and potential glass ceiling breaker. sunday's announcement video highlighted young people, a gay couple, latino brothers and, most of all, women. at the same time, republicans lining up to run hope to make

here to fill in the picture, newshour political editor lisa desjardins. they agreed allow a yes-or-no vote on this trade pact. what is the significance of that? >> reporter: a lot of the viewers might remember fast track authority. that's what this is. let me explain this. we can look at a graphic here. fast track authority means the president can bring the outlines of a deal to congress if it meets the objectives congress is setting in the deal today then the president gets fast tracked. he gets an up-or-down vote and gwen that's significant because it means congress can't amend a trade deal. that's important to the pacific nations and other nations we're negotiating with who don't want to agree to a deal and have congress have the ability to change it. >> ifill: what is the partnership that the asian nations are waiting on. >> this is a very significant trade deal. the transpacific nations incorporate 40% of the world's g.d.p. these are some of the countries highlighted right here. one of the most important partners in that group is it japan who by the

. >> woodruff: now let's turn to margaret warner and our political reporter lisa desjardins.e both been watching this all day long. before that margaret what happened here? i asked senator flake that but he went from 48 hours ago the president was saying i'm going to vie to this to everybody saying, we're all on board. >> it became apparent to the white house that even many democrats who support the diplomatic track saw this was a conditional prerogative. they imposed sanctions. they needed to have a role. so the white house was trying to push this watered-down verdicts saying after we get a deal you get to look at it and your viewing can be known. that would be meaningless because the president could waive those presidential sanctions. this bill forbids him from doing that. his hand is stayed for 30 days. faced with the possibility you could have waves of defection, that would have left secretary kerry in a weaker position dealing with the iranian and they feel senator corker is someone they can do business. with you saw him very effectively corral all of these members inclu

newshour political editor lisa desjardins is in indiana this week, where there's been an uproar over the religious freedom restoration act or r.f.r.a. that many claim will allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. indiana'sgovernor tried to answer critics this morning. >> let me say first and foremost: r.f.r.a. was about religious liberty, not about discrimination. as i said last week had this law been about legalizing discrimination i would have vetoed it. >> reporter: indiana governor mike pence took 37 minutes to try and roll back five days of questions about whether he signed an anti-gay law. >> i abhor discrimination. i was raised with the golden rule, you should do unto others as they should do on to you. >> reporter: as the indiana republican aimed to define his new law as not discriminatory. hoosiers were at lunch, and less certain about how to digest their governor's words. >> he still hasn't said what he's going to do. >> reporter: the news conference played on tv's usually reserved for football or music videos at ollie's sports bar in indianapolis. >> i t