mark meredith is live in north charleston, south carolina, his hometown.es this high profile endorsement mean for scott right out of the gate? >> sandra, good afternoon to you. i imagine the endorsement will offer the campaign more legitimacy as it gets ready to head out to the heartland. set to visit iowa and new hampshire in the next few days, may carry more of a punch as he introduces himself to the primary voters. the senator talked a lot about his own personal upbringing, his story, he talked about how he had overcome problems with his schooling in terms of being able to improve his grades, his education and of course his own family, personal dynamic, talked about what he's had to overcome and achieved the american dream. listen to what he had to say. >> this isn't just my story, it's all of our stories. the circumstances and the situations may be different but details may change. but every single one of us are here because of the american journey. where there were obstacles, that became opportunities. >> the senator certainly had the crowd on his sid

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mark meredith has more from the white house. a high stakes meeting today, mark. >> it is.oth the white house and house republicans appear to be deadlocked over reaching a deal to raise the debt limit. the president is getting ready to head out of the country to asia, we think within a matter of hours. before he does so he will be sitting down with congressional leaders from both parties. in the room this afternoon you will have the president sit down with speaker mccarthy, house minority leader, senate leaders schumer and mcconnell and the vice president. make no mistake about it, this battle rests with the speaker and the president. speaker mccarthy urging the white house to accept a deal to impose spending caps over the next decade. >> it is very simple. we want to limit, save and grow. we want to limit the outside growth of government because we are growing too big. so you know what? in future, cap what we're spending and put it by 1%. not a republican idea. john manchin's idea. >> the white house wants congress to raise the debt ceiling without concessions. negotiation

first to mark meredith in washington. >> good morning. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy reached a deal to raise the nation's death limit. now is the hard part. the convince party members to put it forward. they call on the house and senate. it would raise the debt ceiling until january 2025 and budget caps for the next two years keeping non-defense spending flat for this year and allowing for a 1% increase the year after. >> president biden: this is a deal that is good news i believe you'll see for american people and prevents the worst possible crisis, default for the first time in our nation's history. an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated and millions of jobs lost. >> republicans say the deal satisfies some of the their goals. it clause back unspent covid funds and claws back money originally meant for the i.r.s. and speeds up energy projects. >> it is not what everybody wants. when you look the country will be stronger. it will be transformational where congress will vote to spend less money this year t

mark meredith is live on the hill. what happened here do we think, mark?g. >> tiktok is spending a lot of time and energy trying to convince lawmakers not to ban its app. it launched an ad campaign that features people talking about how tiktok has benefited them. who is featured in one of these ad campaigns that has lawmakers so upset. the ad campaign is called tiktok sparks good. one of the ads features a national guardsman out of new hampshire named john lynch. he tells viewers tiktok lets him reach veterans and others in the military to let them know about things available to them. some think it is outrageous because of the risks tiktok poses to national security. the app is owned by bytedance and many lawmakers warned it can be used to spy on and influence americans. >> here the d.o.d. was potentially involved in some way is unaccountable. we need to figure out why. the bottom line is no government entity ought to be promoting tiktok. it is a major security threat and privacy threat for every american. >> we are hearing from the guardsman involved sayi

mark meredith joins us this morning from the white house by the way. biden was joking.d a very light schedule so far this year? >> reporter: stu, he certainly has. the white house faced questions what happens behind the scenes. first events don't start much later in the day. some days they call a lid. meaning there are no events on the schedule. today is one of the busier days. his re-election campaign kicked off. he met with donors last week. there are a lot of questions whether voters will be okay with his age as the race gets ready to shape up. the latest "gallup poll" shows the president's job approval rating under water, 59% disapproving, 37% are happy. president poked fun at his poll numbers in the in the white correspondents dinner. may fun of president trump, florida governor ron desantis. both may pose a challenge in the next several months. jokes aside president has to do something to reverse his poll numbers especially during the predecessors during re-election campaigns. still democrats in congress are dead toy to stick with biden for 2024. >> i'm not worrie

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ken cuccinelli, former virginia attorney general, former deputy homeland security, mark meredith in miami what we can expect. mark, i guess a very unusual announcement, right? >> reporter: neil, it certainly feels like this but this is also the worst-kept secret in politics. governor ron desantis has been hinting for months he would be launching a presidential bid. we've seen him go to iowa, new hampshire, all the other battleground states, places he will go once he is a candidate which you mention will be happening a little later on tonight. governor desantis became a household name during the pandemic. he fought really hard against the mask mandates. he encouraged schools and businesses to reopen much sooner than we saw other governors around the country. something he will talk a lot more about on the campaign trail. previewed what his stump speech will be like. listen to what he had to say on monday. >> my job is to lead and i'm going to lead with vigor and energy and i'm going to pursue the bold policies that are going to make a difference. >> reporter: but what are those policies act

mark meredith in miami on that. there's no shortage of funds available to the florida governor when he makes this run. if you just think about it, he has $118 million in the bank. that was at the end of the last quarter. he has $80 million that he can tap from his re-election race from governor and then something that ken cuccinelli is putting together, a pact that has had great success. never back down. that mike strike you as odd. cuccinelli was in the trump administration and had been a big proponent of everything donald trump was doing as president. their relation chilled on this news that he's putting a pact together to help out ron desantis. earlier on fox business, he explained why. >> the governor has been not only a great grass roots builder, but he's also been a great fund raiser and in this race he's limited by the federal election laws, but the super pact that i participate in leading is not. we have been successful in the fund-raising front and we've been successful in the grass roots front. we have kno

and he is pressing ahead with plans for the house floor vote as soon as wednesday in washington, mark meredithwo news there was angelus county health department is warning everyone to avoid swimming and surfing at some local beaches due to high levels of bacteria. an estimated 250,000 gallons of sewage flowed into the los angeles river last week. that's prompted water quality advisory to half dozen county beaches that will remain in effect for at least the next few days. despite that, warning , many southern california surfers are still heading out into the ocean. tasted a little water and i was like, spitting it up. but the fun is 2 to 4 ft. it's kind of just like rush of emotion catching a wave and then being there, and surfing is just so much fun. so much adrenaline man. it's so good. you wouldn't believe how good those waves are. right now. it's just peeling off the point like you don't know. so far, the high levels of bacteria have not forced the closure of any los angeles county beaches, but the county health department says that could change is more tests are conducted on the water. vac

mark meredith at trump national golf club. mark, haustrum responded to the 9/11 families?s. he spoke to cameras yesterday and we'll have his reigns leading action in just a moment. good morning to you. we talk about these kind of golf turnments and so much focus -- tournaments and so much of the focus is on the greens player and the controversy with who's hosting and the tournaments of liv golf and the ties to saudi arabia and luring so many of america's top golfers to join their tournament. liv golf debuted almost a year ago and made a huge splash by the amount of money it was offering players, even lower ranked players making quite a bit of money, more than golfers were used to seeing. this week much of the focus has been on 33-year-old brooks koepka winning first major championship and first player to win a major championship while also playing in the liv golf league. this year's tournament attracting controversy as 9/11 families united sent a letter to trump ahead of the tournament and furious of his decision to host the tournament in virginia and ties close to saudi a

first to mark meredith with the back story from the white house. , mark. >> good afternoon to you. homeland security 60s alejandro mayorkas says a lot of people will pay attention on what's going on at the border in the days ahead with the end of title 42. and republicans say the secretary has filed to do his job. the secretary sat down sunday and faced a lot of questions on immigration policies and why so many have called for a change in leadership. the secretary says while the border is challenge, he believes the real responsibility rests with congress. >> within the constraineds of a broken immigration system, we are doing so much. our approach is to build lawful pathways, cut out the ruthless smugglers, delivered lawful pathways so people can access humanitarian relief without having to take the dangerous journey. >> congressional republicans say the biden administration has encouraged more people to take that dangerous juriry and those cut crossing illegally face weak consequences. >> congress has a role to play here. like any good poll situati

mark meredith in miami.s going to meet down there four seasons in wyoming before the twitter event? >> i believe fundraisers can be having after and will continue into tomorrow. we are not staying at the four seasons, good morning to you in miami. we are watching political maneuvering chatter building for months but the governor will make it official he's running the white house. the 44-year-old is in his second term as florida's governor. before he reached the governor's manchin representing daytona beach area he became castle thing republican politics because of the covered pandemic. he took great steps push back against mask mandate and make sure schools and businesses reopen faster than the other states. the governor talks about those decisions expect to talk more on the trail. >> the test of leadership if you're willing to stand firm one is not easy to do so. you have intense criticism, they are coming after you and sometimes you have to stand alone and we had to during the covid-19 pandemic. >> polls h

mark meredith is live in washington for us. , seems like all of a sudden everybody is talking about 2024 -- i don't know if that's fair, we have been talking about it a while, it's just coming up on us a lot faster now. >> good afternoon to you. florida governor ron desantis will generate a lot of buzz when he announces his campaign next week, but not the only one trying to win over voters. tim scott who launched an exploratory committee in april, he filed his official campaign paperwork with the fec and launch the bid on monday. speaking in north charleston and then iowa and new hampshire. senator scott said he'll be excited to be back on the road talking to iowans and granite staters, and leadership for the conservative values that make our nation exceptional. virginia governor glenn youngkin posted a video which looked so much like a campaign ad. tied to a speech that youngkin gave at the reagan presidential library earlier this month. take a look. sorry about that, i promise the video does exist and fuels a lot of speculatio

mark meredith has more from the white house. mark, the question here becomes does the white house have any sort of plan for the chaos that we expect when title 42 ends? >> they do, but admits it's a challenge. washington is creating more problems than solutions. as you and griff were talking about, we are expecting to see a large surge of migrants once title 42 officially ends. homeland security secretary remains in the spotlight because of all this. congressional republicans have called for his resignation, he's pushing back he's insisting his hands are tied thanks to congress. >> the president on day one delivered a solution. he delivered immigration reform legislation that we had hoped congress would act on swiftly. they haven't. within the constraints of a broken immigration system, we are doing so much. >> that so much includes humanitarian assistance. state department says it's investing more than a billion dollars across the region, including making efforts to boost healthcare in central america. closer to home, administra

let's get straight to correspondent mark meredith live at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. >> good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we're going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. >> we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that's what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we've been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. >> republicans who control the house of representatives say that they want to see t

mark meredith live at the white house with more. hi, mark. >> good morning.resident's re-election campaign already underway. had a chance to meet with high profile democratic donors late last week. the real test will come with voters whether or not the president's age may factor into the race. the latest numbers show the president's approval rating under water with 59% of people disapproving. 37% say they're happy. the president poked fun at his poll numbers at saturday's white house correspondents dinner and shrugged off potential competition making fun of trump and desantis. both men may soon pose a challenge if history is any guide. jokes aside the president needs to do something to change his approval numbers compared to his predecessors when they were surveyed ahead of their re-election campaigns. democrats in congress say they are ready to stick with biden 2024. >> i'm not worried because he has a great record to run on. polls will go up. polls will go down. but what won't change are the facts. 12 million new jobs since he was elected president, which i

to the news in washington first with mark meredith today. good morning. >> good morning. as you mentioned the former president will be in iowa this afternoon and appear for a local radio interview and possible to face questions about his latest immigration push. if reelected he would ban birthright citizenship on day one. this is not a new idea for trump. he floated this before a few times when he was in the white house. now the former president says through an executive order he would end the law which allows children born in the u.s. to be citizens even if their parents are in the country illegally. >> this policy is a reward for breaking the laws of the united states and a magnet helping draw the flood of illegals across our borders. i will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic u.s. citizenship. >> a super pac for florida governor ron desantis tweeted trump talked about doing it and why didn't he. he would face immediate pu

mark meredith live at the white house with a preview of this afternoon's meeting. >> good morning. nobody is expecting a deal to be reached today. however, maybe some people will be taking it as a good sign the president and congressional leaders will be sitting in the same room talking about the problem at hand. at 4:00 today we'll see the president meet with the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, house minority leader as well as leaders of the senate, senator schumer and mcconnell in the oval office. make no mistake about it. it is a showdown between the president and speaker. house republicans say they'll raise the debt ceiling only if government spending is reigned in. the white house argues the two actions should be kept separate. monday the white house tried to place the blame elsewhere. >> congress has always done the right thing. done their constitutional duty and gotten this done. they are manufacturing, house republicans are manufacturing a crisis. they should get back to regular order, which is dealing with the debt limit as congress must do. >> republicans argue it's

first to mark meredith in washington keeping track of this. mark? >> good afternoon. there's no doubt about it. the 2024 race is underway. we'll see two well known republicans jump in to the race. fox learned ron desantis will file his presidential campaign work within days. as you imagined, he's been out there on the road in these battleground states. today he made stops in new hampshire. the first republican primary state. he had a chance to meet with governor chris sununu. sununu also thought to be a possible contender. desantis told the crowd he's eager to make a conservative agenda front and center. >> if you look nationally, people are pessimistic what's going on with the country. understand ably see. i think florida provides a ray of hope. it doesn't have to be this way. it can get better. >> we're also watching the latest with tim scott. he filed his paperwork today and he will debut his campaign in an event monday. he's planning to go to multiple battleground states including iowa, new hampshire in the next few days. virginia governor glenn youngkin generatin

as mark meredith's name does, and he joins us live right now from the white house. >> steve, ainsley, and brian good morning to you guys. good to be with you on this monday morning. the poll shows the president has a lot of work to do if he hopes to be reelected next fall. he launched 2024 bid less than a month ago. poll shows voters are still not sold there was a poll that came out from abc and "the washington post" over the weekend which showed the president's job approval rating still under water with only 36% approving. down from just three months ago when 42 percent said they were happy. they polled black voters who showed they are also unsatisfied with the whitehouse. the president seeing a major drop in support among african-american voters with only 52% approval proving of his job performance. we reached out to the biden campaign and they will told us we will continue to focus on merge americans' votes and addressing the issues they care about. conventional wisdom to win a second term. getting toe a second term is far from certain at this point. the weekend

fox's mark meredith is live in north charleston with the very latest on that. you. as you said, senator tim scott has made it official. he's running for president. of course he's also joining a growing field of republican candidates all seeking the white house. scott, however, insists he will have a stronger advantage because of his faith and upbringing in the low country which will matter to voters. >> those of you that wonder if it's possible for a broken kid and a broken home to rise beyond their circumstances, the answer is yes. for those of you that wonder if america is a racist country, take a look at how people come together, all of god's people come together. >> martha: senator scott says if elected to the white house, he would focus on creating economic opportunities for all americans, also address rising crime. he took a lot of time to talk about the speech to strengthen the southern border and called out china in what he is calling a economic cold war. the senator no stranger here to south carolina. but now he has to to the next step, which is introd

correspondent mark meredith shows us what the sfus all about. >> tonight, videos like these featuringa navy sailor and drag queen who goes by the stage name harpy daniels are raising questions about the recruitment messages. >> i don't think so. >> the videos which are going viral are tied to daniel's role as a navy ambassador. fox was told waits pilot program recruiting generation z. lawmakers are dumb founded. >> why it was a good idea to have a drag queen when it is almost sure to make it worse. >> the navy said, quote. >> ohio senator jamie vance says it's still a step too far. >> look. people can do whatever they want in the privacy of their homes. i don't know why the navy is funding this stuff. >> the controversy comes as another p.r. campaign has lawmakers outraged. >> i'm member of national guard. >> tiktok has sparked confusion on capitol hill where lawmakers say it's inappropriate for the company to feature a military member for an app the u.s. considers a national security threat. the app is banned on government phones. >> it looks like endorsement i am police italy by the

mark meredith reporting live outside trump national golf course in virginia on a beautiful afternoon it, mark. >> martha, if i wasn't working, i'd want to be out here. the liv golf tournament got start add few hours ago. when we're on tv talking about golf, we're talking about competition on the course. that's not the case today. what we're talking about is the spotlight on how liv operates, the ties to saudi arabia and how it's been able to influence some of america's top golfers to join them to compete in their tournaments. liv hosted their first tournament a year ago and ever since then, we've seen it popularity get to see more media attention. started to splash offering more prize monthan other tournaments offered. now the pga and liv are battling. >> now everybody is being forced to choose. that's not good a good thing for the institution and not a good thing for the game of golf. >> martha: this weekend's tournament attracting quite a bit of controversy. 9-11 families united are furious that this event is at trump national outside washington d.c., about 30 miles from the pentago

correspondent mark meredith reports tonight from sterling, virginia. >> less than a year old liv hashe world of golf. its pro-tour backed by saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund has lured big names like phil mickelson, dustin johnson and brooks koepka away from the pga tour. this week koepka made history 33-year-old first liv golfer to win a major title. >> there is so much antagonism between the parties that now everybody is being forced to choose. and that's not a good thing for the institution and not a good thing for the game of golf. >> liv's critics have accused the tour of buying legitimacy offering huge sums of money well into the tens or hundreds of millions to get top golfers to cross over. mychalson is among those defending liv. love liv or hate it best way to tour best in the majors. enough events to keep you sharp, fresh and ready but not be worn down from too many tournaments or obligations. suing each other over business methods others are fighting liv in the court of public opinion. >> i think should be very concerned with his relationship with the kingdom of saudi ar

. >> bill: mark meredith leads a new hour live at the white house with more on this, if there is much reaction. good morning. >> there is reaction. good morning to you. the next presidential election is still 547 days away. but as you were just talking about with dana the latest polling shows the president has an uphill battle ahead of him including with his own party. the poll took a look at the president's job approval rating. 56% disapproving. the poll showing the president losing support among black voters. he saw a major drop in support compared to a few years ago. he was at 82% in 2021. that support sitting at 52%. the biden campaign reacting to all this overnight saying we'll continue to focus on earning americans' votes, addressing the issues they care most about and defying the beltway wisdom to win a second term. later on wednesday the president will be up in new york to participate in a campaign fundraiser. while donors are sticking with him he is facing questions about his age. 81 on election day. he told msnbc last week that his age should appeal to voters, not be a turn-

former mitch mcconnell chief of staff is here in a moment but mark meredith is at the white house. >> a slight change. good morning. as you were talking about both the white house as well as kevin mccarthy have appointed teams to handle negotiations going forward on raising the debt ceiling. it is a sign there is progress being made and maybe, just maybe a deal can be reached. on tuesday the president had a chance to sit down with congressional leaders from both parties here at the white house to talk about this impending debt a deadline. the treasury department says the u.s. won't afford to pay its bills until after early june unless the debt ceiling is raised. >> the president directed his staff to have this conversation on the staff level. the president is looking forward to having conversations with the congressional leader on the phone later this week and meeting with them again when he comes back overseas. >> republicans say they are eager to see the debt limit raised as well. they don't want to see a default but also want to see spending reined in. they fleeted ideas, imposing

. >> ainsley: mark meredith is live at the white house with the details for us. ew report suggests there is plenty of reasons to suggest there coming across the southern border. latest data shows 80 migrants appear to be on the terrorist watch list. breitbart reporting since last iv

. >> ainsley: mark meredith is live at the white house with the details for us. hi, mark. >> good morning to you guys. the new report suggests there is plenty of reasons to suggest there coming across the southern border. latest data shows 80 migrants appear to be on the terrorist watch list. breitbart reporting since last week five people alone in the tucson sector found to be on the same list. our team on the ground says they have seen people from around the world trying to cross into the u.s., including at least 30 chinese nationals spotted. the biden administration says border crossings are down since the lifting of title 42. we heard from the president about this briefly. here's what he had to say on tuesday. >> texas governor greg abbott says the situation is far from nationwide. help the lone start state imforeign relation in a new letter in the federal government's absence we as governors must ban together to combat the president's ongoing border crisis and ensure the safety and security that all americans deserve. joining us in the mission to defend our n

correspondent mark meredith has that story tonight. evening, mark. >> bret, good evening to you, moments ago as you were playing video clip florida governor ron desantis made it official he is running for united states. he also filed his paperwork with the fec earlier today and so it begins for the governor that what is likely to be a brutal republican presidential primary. >> a former naval officer, congressman, and two-term governor today ron desantis adds presidential candidate to his resume and supporters say they are ready to share his story with america. >> we are going to be sharing the history of the governor and his accomplishments in detail with an already favorable republican electorate. they love this guy. >> desantis kicks off his campaign meeting with wealthy donors behind closed doors at miami's four seasons hotel. the governor enters the race with a sizeable war chest already intact, at least $110 million cash on hand. desantis has teased a campaign for months visiting battleground states even previewing his stump speec

. >> steve: well, mark meredith joins us from a very busy white house with the very latest. ark. >> steve, rachel and brian good morning. on thursday all eyes will be on the u.s. southern border as the government lifts title 42 that's that pandemic era policy which limits asylum seeker's options as you talked about already seeing some action today the department of homeland security says later today it will begin enforcement operations in el paso, texas. it writes it's going to conduct targeted enforcement operation in west texas. immigration enforcement will process individuals for vetting and placement into title 42 expulsion or title 8 removal proceedings as applicable. non-citizens who pose a threat to national security or public safety will be transferred to ice for detention. not everyone is thrilled to see this written out. border patrol union says nothing like publicly announcing that dangerous people will be arrested. while warning them ahead of time exactly where to run and hide to avoid arrest. this entire operation is a sad joke. another pandering p.r. stunt. seri

mark meredith has a preview from miami. lots of buzz this morning. >> a lot of buzz. lot of speculation, a lot of political maneuvering and trips to early battleground states. ron desantis is running for the white house starting tonight. the 44-year-old governor is in his second term. he previously served in congress where he was representing the daytona beach area. he became a household name nationally during the pandemic pushing back against mask mandates and vowed to reopen schools and businesses much sooner than other governors chose to. a decision is he expected to talk about on the campaign trail. >> the test of leadership is really if you are willing to stand firm when it is not easy to do so. when you have intense criticism. when they are coming after you. sometimes you have to stand all alone. we had to do that during the covid-19 pandemic. >> multiple polls show desantis in a solid second place among gop primary voters only behind former president trump who continues to attack desantis. it is a bitter battle already underway. trump supporting attacking desan

mark meredith is live at the white house. we just heard from the president on one thing. mark, the next. if you're there on sunday i know you will pepper him with questions. >> we'll still be trying to work out the timeline of that. the schedule changed a little bit. the president scrubbed part of his trip to australia and new againy after the g7 in japan. the president will take questions on sunday. trying to find out the exact time frame. mentioned back here at the white house. i wonder if it could be the original stop in japan. we want to talk about what you are mentioning. the race for 2024. so much of the political focus has been on the republican presidential primaries but there is a lot of talk whether or not we'll see a divided democratic primary. the president launched his re-election bid less than a month ago and facing some challengers. his campaign manager started on the job yesterday and the polls show the president still faces a large uphill battle in winning over his own party. a recent abc "washington post" poll found 58% of people who lean democrat would l

correspondent mark meredith is in north charleston, tonight with that. od evening, mark. >> bret, good evening to you. senator tim scott says his campaign has been a lifetime in the making. he has talked a lot today about his faith, his unique upbringing right here in the low country and his time in the u.s. senate. he says it's prepared him for what is he about to do to start a journey to launch a presidential campaign. [chanting] let's go. >> south carolina senator tim scott launched his presidential bid by vowing to restore what he says is missing in america today. >> but, unfortunately, under president biden, our nation is retreating away from patriotism and faith. >> speaking from his alma mater, charleston southern university, scott struck an optimistic tone. >> i have lived the american dream. >> while also giving what felt like a church sermon. >> i will proclaim these truths from the highest mountain top and i will proclaim these truths in the deepest valley. >> scott has served in the senate for the past 10 years. he was appointed to the chamber

patrice, he already has 22 million as mark meredith just told us how will he use that message, and what will that message be? >> good to see you, david. i think senator scott will use that money. he made a 6 million-dollar ad buy in iowa, new hampshire. trying to get out of the gate states in strong evangelical christian voter base. that is important. part of his message not that he is tapping into his personal story of rising from you know poverty, but also he is a man of faith, very open about his faith. i think he thinks that is a great way of making inroads. it wouldn't surprise me he is also trying to build his on the ground game in some early states to really make sure that he locks in the delegates very early on. he is able to come out of the early primaries, in a very strong position so he can then continue to build that momentum and continue to fund raise and kind of get at least to the first debate. david: scott, i was talking about this earlier with some people around here wondering whether any democrat would dare to say this is another maga republican? >> i wouldn't call him

mark meredith at the white house. doesn't this put a spotlight on kamala harris in 2024?od morning. the vice president is expected to the play a larger role heading into 2024, but this week it's the president who's on the road heading up to new york. not a battleground state, but a great place to raise some money, and some of the recent polling shows why he could use all the help he can get. abc/washington post asked people how they feel, only 36% approve of his job performance. the numbers quite startling when you ask democratic-leaning adults, 58% of people saying they'd like to see someone other than president biden capture the nomination. this is whether or not he should be the nominee going into 2024. the president recently told msnbc he remains confident in his re-election chances and he believes voters are to going to favor his experience by the time next november rolls around. >> because i've a acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom. i know more than the vast majority of people, i'm more experienced than anybody who's run for the office, and i think i've proven myself

let's take a look at this with mark meredith. >> look at that how are you guys. >> fox has learned floridaernor ron desantis plans to file candidacy paperwork next week. today the florida governor was in new hampshire an early battleground state telling voters he can lead a national conservative movement. >> i honestly believe that we have an opportunity to right the ship and to get this whole country going in a much better direction. >> but desantis remains on defense after disney canceled plans to invest a billion dollars in florida as the company battles desantis in court over losing its authority to govern its land. >> the chance of us backing down from that is zero. >> today south carolina senator tim scott officially joined th . the senator will formally launcn before traveling to iowa and new hampshire. scott, already teasing his bid, writing americans are ready forn exceptional. senior campaign officials say scott starts his campaign with $22 million cash on hand but he faces stiff competition, even in his home state where former governor nikki haley is running her presidential bid

mark meredith is live in washington. is this a sign the former president plans to keep immigration front and center in his campaign? >> sandra, sure looks like it. good afternoon to you. of course, former president trump has made immigration a major issue, and now birthright citizenship on day one. >> the policy is a reward for breaking the laws of united states and obviously a magnet helping draw the flood of illegals across our borders. i will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic u.s. citizenship. >> this is not a new idea for trump, he's floated this a few times before, including when he was in office. in 2018, president trump admitted it would likely be an issue the courts would have to decide. democrats also think it's a nonstarter. tim kaine tweeting birth right citizenship was added to the constitution in 1868 to overturn the dread scott division, which denies citizens

and he is pressing ahead with plans for the house floor vote as soon as wednesday in washington, mark meredith away to vote on the tentative debt ceiling agreement but quite briefly hit the $28,000 level yesterday for the first time since the start of the month. cryptocurrencies began climbing saturday after that tentative deal was announced to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avoid a default. quite hit all time high levels earlier this year but has been on pace for its first negative month in 2023. the decline in home prices that began in the last summer may have been coming to an end here, according to an s and p index home prices across the country where 0.7% higher this march compared to last prices also increased again from month to month. nationally seasonal adjustments show that prices went up 0.4% in march compared to february. swing out to the stock market and show you how the dow jones has been. trading in a fairly narrow range is a little blip at the start, and here we are below where we started by about 50 points. the s and p is essentially right back where it started nasdaq sho

it's a number that's nearly double what we saw back in march in washington, mark meredith fox news governorewsom weighing in on a variety of important issues as he sits down with the host of our political show, the issue is and alex michaelson joins us now live with a preview of that conversation with the governor and alex. i know you asked him about the growth of artificial intelligence. we are really heading into uncharted territory here. indeed alex. yeah, we spoke at the milken global conference. which is this big gathering, bringing together all these thought leaders from around the world, including a bunch from silicon valley, and the biggest issue there this week was artificial intelligence . the governor was there watching a former google head eric schmidt and also reid hoffman from linkedin talking about this issue, and we asked him about it as well. here's what he had to say. are you scared of artificial intelligence? because there's a lot of folks that are. what's your message to those? they say fear is nothing but false evidence that appears real. so it's in the absence of knowi

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fox news correspondent mark meredith is live in d.c. reporter: david good afternoon to you. the flood gates are opening more republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 presidential race next week florida governor ron desantis he will kickoff his campaign. today he is making multiple stops up in new hampshire. the governor held a round table in bedford, speaking at length about his conservative accomplishments in florida and the legislative session which just wrapped and also spoke about rolling out what he's done in florida for a national audience. >> nationally, people are very pessimistic about what's going on with the country, understandably so, and a lot of people think that the best days of the country are behind us, but i think florida provides a ray of hope that doesn't have to be this way. it can get better. reporter: south carolina senator tim scott who created an exploratory committee in april filed his campaign paperwork today and expected to officially launch his presidential bid on monday. he'll be speaking in north charleston and making shops in early battlegr

meredith emerson. >> we have a good case, tremendous number of men our spent an investigation. >> but a trial wouldn't be necessary. and mark. to be served consecutively with the sentences received for his convictions in florida and georgia. >> law enforcement officials from across the southeast had met with hilton multiple times and an attempt to find how many more of his victims there might be out there. you believe that there are four deaths connected here -- >> at least? >> you think there are others? >> i think there is the potential to be others i don't know that we will ever know for sure unless he tells us. >> so far, hilton is sticking to his story that he started hunting as he describes it in october of 2007, that there were no murders before then, most of the other officers who investigated hilton, agent annie white isn't buying it. is it your belief annie that there are more out there, more victims of gary hilton? >> i personally believe there are. he's just been too many places it just makes me think that there are probably more. >> the pain and suffering of the families of hilton's victims and suspected victim