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ashley: liberals are outraged after florida senator rick scott issued a travel advisory to socialistste. watch this. >> if you're a socialist, communist, somebody that believes in big government, i would think twice, think twice if you're thinking about taking a vacation or moving to florida. we're the free state of florida. we actually don't believe in socialism. we like freedom, liberty, capitalism, things like that. ashley: free state of florida. well, jimmy patronis is florida's chief financial officer. he joins me now. great to see you, jimmy. the n a aacp warned about trouble to florida for black americans, but liberals very up in arms about what rick scott has to say. what do you think about it? if. >> well, i'm -- one, thanks, ashley, for having me. i am proud to live in the free state of florida. i love to continue working hard to keep the state of florida free. but when governor scott was governor and now governor desantis, they worked sr. hard. it's not a sprint, it's a march to create the best economy, the best fiscal health we've ever had in the history of the state. but

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rick s rick scott now may jump in. it's like growing and growinge and growing. do people just run these daysru to try to gain relevancy? not saying that about hurd or rick scott, let's say, because r they are sitting congressional figures. but you have some like non-politician s throwing their hat in the ring. yeah, absolutely. because there's so much nois abs e. in politics. it's a ferocious blood sport. and with tics ia so many giant actors hr in the room, it's really hard to break through, you know? and it's also hard with media. there'.s only so much real estate that you can find as a newcomer. bunewct if you declare and start talking about the issues, there are people who are ver very loog for alternatives. and, you know, now is the time they're going to pay attentione ,at least for a little while yet. >> well, you have a big show tomorrow. omorrow o ari want to hear who e on 10 p.m., fox news. you have got to watch kennedy. n i certainly will be sure that's who you have. yeah. fox news saturday night i'm going to interview the mayor of miami, francis suare

maria: senator thanks very much we will watch your work rick scott joining us in naple florida quick break president biden is touting so-called bidenomics plan can he define it wait until you see this clip on him answering what is bidenomics, hunter biden is set to be the deposed today as president biden snaps at reporters asking about the influence peddling scheme house majority leader steve scalise will weigh in don't miss that you are watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ ♪ . >> this there has been a fundamental break economic failures failed american middle class for decades called trickle-down economics 13,.4 million new jobs, more jobs in two years than any president has ever -- . [applause] . >> in two. folks, it is no. >> bidenomics in action. >> president biden touting so-called economic success making centerpiece of campaign a poll finds 34% voters approve of how he is handling the economy brian brenberg, great to see you watching your show all the time every day, what do you think about this in terms of bidenomics. >> i think a failing economic policy need

so if rick scott get in that is 4 florida men between the former president.the floor to miracle and see if they are successful. guy bensen and jessica qatarlog will play party swap. angels cal be arguing the conservative side for the first time in her life. >>ive love the florida men. everyone says that despairagingingly. it hen a pleasure to be with you here all week next week, have a great week. sean hannity is next. >> and welcome to the special edition of hannity i'm tammy brous in for sean and special treatment for joe and hunch biden according to 2 irs whistle blower the father and son protected by the doj, surprise. biden accounted u.s. attorneys blocked felony tax charges against hunter. report from hell was buried. any investigation in the big guy himself was stymied. in the end, hunter received

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florida senator rick scott doubling down on his message to socialists planning to come to his state.> if you're a socialist, communist the way that believes in big government, i would think twice. think twice if you're thinking about taking a vacation or moving to florida. ashley: well the liberals just don't like that. we've got more of senator scott 's message after this. ♪ your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire ashley: florida senator rick scott doubling down on his warnings to socialists. lauren, what's he saying? lauren: don't travel to or move to florida if you're a socialist or a communist. watch. >> we're in the free state of florida. we actually don't believe in socialism. we actually know people and some people say lived under it and we know people lived under socialism. it's not good. we like freedom, liberty, capitalism, things like that. lauren: democrats slamming the senators advisory as

. >> there was a rumor that rick scott was getting in, there is talk about glenn youngkin, if he winsy throwing his hat in. >> they are looking at the same polling and they are all seeing there is a chunk of republican voters who are saying they like trump, they are loyal to trump, but they are worried he might not be electable, and that would be new for republican voters to vote with their heads over their hearts and that is what this larger field is hoping for. >> tough radio for the miami mayor. a real quick clip. >> will you be talking about the uighurs? >> the what? >> the uighurs. >> what is a uighur. >> we will come back to that. you have to get smart on that. >> and goes on to say you called them weevils. not everybody knows who the uighurs are, but if you are running on a ticket to be president, you have to know t that. >> he gets deep into the weeds on foreign policy. reminds me of gary johnson. we will see if that is something the miami mayor can get over. the uighurs have been part of our discussion for quite a wh while. >> the hunter biden situation, how is this coming to

new reaction from both sides of the aisle in the senate, delaware senator and rick scott will join us later, but first chad pergram, how much pushback are we expecting in the senate on this. >> anita, there will be pushback but it will not torpedo the bill. senators saw 317 votes for the bill in the house last night. they do not want to get in the way of a congressional train barrelling down the tracks. however, members still want their say on the bill. >> we have to do it in an orderly fashion and give the senators an opportunity. the senate is a unique institution. any individual senator can stop the train and ask for an amendment and debate is unlimited unless there's an agreement. i hope there will be an agreement soon. >> rand paul has a plan to put spending, tim kaine hopes to strip out the mountain valley pipeline, he says it has nothing to do with the debt ceiling, lindsey graham disagrees with how the bill controls pentagon spending. >> i've got an amendment to raise the debt ceiling for 90 days, no strings attached. i'm not going to let us default, but i'm not going to destr

ron desantis and rick scott are all jumping on the weaponizing the justice system, mike lee in the senate. glenn youngkin, the supposedly mature and moderate governor of virginia said selective prosecution. so the party is rallying around. one of the things donald trump has been having trouble doing is raising money. the thing he knows that will help him raise money is getting indicted. he got indicted in new york and raised $12 million. as soon as that comes down, he is got a video, the direct mail. he's using this as a political gift, which for the time being it seems to be at least in the republican party. >> we knew he would, but the really sickening thing is the rest of the party rallying around him. we all know they are doing it because they understand it to be in their political self-interest. if i had a superpower, i would wield it to ban the word weaponization. what's going on here is the opposite of the weaponization of the weaponization of the justice department. merrick garland stepped aside from this case and brought in a career prosecutor. the weaponization of the justice de

right, doesn't make you mad or do you get frustrated when people who voted against the bill, like rick scott deal about having gotten the money for their constituents? >> secretary buttigieg: it is striking that people went to the floor of the house or senate and said "no, this infrastructure funding should not happen." then they can't wait to be there when that funding is coming to their district. >> stephen: do you make them hold the big check? >> secretary buttigieg: [laughs] i haven't thought about that. i'm going to try that. >> stephen: you and the check and them. >> secretary buttigieg: but i also -- there's nothing better than seeing a skeptic become a convert. and so i call it the sincerest form of flattery, if somebody was against your policy and then when it's actually benefiting people who live in their communities, they can't hug you close enough. and i'll say this. i mean, politics aside, the people who live in those communities shouldn't be punished because their senator, their house member said no to this funding. we're going to serve everybody equally. [applause] >> stephen:

senators, florida's rick scott and utah's mitt romney, just told cnn's manu raju, the goal is to get a final vote on that debt ceiling bill tonight. it would go to the president's desk to be signed into law just ahead of that monday deadline or the government would otherwise run out of money to pay its bills. manu raju is on capitol hill covering this from the beginning. is that where the momentum, to get that done tonight so senators can go home for the weekend and don't want to interrupt their weekend plans? >> yeah, the smells of jet fumes in the air in the senate tonight as a push to get this done is intense. in fact john thune, number two republican who's deep in these negotiations to try to ensure that all 100 senators can agree on a timeline to have some amendment votes that will fail and ultimately get to final passage of the debt limit increase. that's what's required, all 100 senators to sign up. he told reporters he believes this could happen late tonight and end what was a stand-off that led to weeks of intense negotiations between the speaker's team and the white house,

clean, rick scott.tt's proposing to subject "nearly all federal spending programs to a renewal vote every five years, making medicare and social security more vulnerable to budget cuts." and there's one old man... >> [booing] >> stephen: a little late on that. there's one old man who's not going to take that. >> a senator from florida? going after medicare and social security? i tell you what, i don't know where -- as they say in southern delaware -- i don't know where y'all been. hot damn, boy. >> stephen: did he just say, "as they say in southern delaware"? you know what they say in southern delaware? "we are one mile south of northern delaware." hot damn, boy. it's not just biden. right now, both sides are making their closing arguments to voters. the g.o.p.'s argument is stop voting. they've been encouraging so-called "pollwatchers" to intimidate voters at drop boxes across the country. here are two guys in arizona a few weeks back, standing near a drop box in a phoenix suburb wearing ski masks and

week florida render -- senators's rick scott threatening to also join the, front there's a lot of people12 announced so far which is one fewer than the republicans who entered the race by this state in 2015, a number that eventually grew to 17. this time, with the ex president holding a consistently strong number in the polls, the question is, why? why is the field getting so big? why so many republicans jumping into the race? tim miller served as communications director for the jeb bush 2016 presidential campaign as well as spokesman for the rnc. david plouffe when the campaign manager for barack obama in 2008, served as senior adviser to president obama. both join me now. tim, let me start with you. you were there the last time. last time you had obama's term limited out. you will not have an incumbent president take. on that always invites a lot of challengers. and there was no massive, formidable behemoths in the world of -- on the right. there was jeb bush, sort of the early favorite. there was a lot of reasons people thought that. but nothing like trump. why are so many people gett

florida senator rick scott is reportedly considering a late jump into the race.rida man to do so. joining former president trump, governor ron desantis, and miami mayor francis suarez. "new york times" reports that scott, who came to power as governor during the tea party wave of 2010, has been discussing a possible campaign for several weeks, according to folks familiar with the talks. senator scott denied he is weighing a run when pressed yesterday. >>> elsewhere in washington, the republican controlled house has voted to send articles of impeachment against president biden to two committees. colorado congresswoman lauren boebert introduced a resolution earlier this week citing an alleged abuse of power over biden's handling of the u.s./mexico border. she originally wanted to bring the resolution to a floor vote, but speaker kevin mccarthy urged her to refer it to the homeland security committees where biden is already being investigated. an immediate floor vote would have likely failed. in a statement when the resolution was first announced, a white house spok

florida senator rick scott tweeting "randi weingarten is the last person who should be advising anyonehat. and, you know, i read the story and mom of school aged kid, i get so mad every time i hear her name. and it's hard for me to reconcile who did more harm during the pandemic. anthony fauci or randi weingarten. >> jeanine: the two of them and they're both considered heroes by the left, by this administration. look, you know what's rich about this is she's appointed by another failure, what's his name? the two of them, talk about a couple of losers, i think that randi weingarten is an embarrassment. i think our children already we're behind 33 years in math. we're behind 20 years in reading. it is sad. the united states is not what it once was and she single handedly is the person who didn't look for any metric to open up the school. but every metric was to close it down. and she gets before congress and she says oh, we wanted to open it up! but people were dying! i mean, give me a break. the catholic schools were open. the lutheran schools were open. charter schools were open. the k

decades but by just a pointer to rick scott famously i don't think he's ever won by more than a pointlook at this last. race rhonda scent is won by 20. and that's why a lot of national democrats have suggested that maybe we don't spend the critical resources in florida. but then you saw that major race at democrat winning the city of jacksonville. a town that the suburbs of which rhonda scent is has held himself. that he hails from. i think what it speaks to is the national -- 18 and 20 and 22. that the suburbs are trending democratic when the republicans are focused on donald trump in culture war issue. when i would suggest is take your message everywhere. concentrate on those suburbs. and when the swing voters that can deliver florida for the democrats in 24. >> top the issues that people are concerned about. thank you former congressman, david jolly, and val demings. we're sorry we couldn't get that sound straight. coming up, i state such as california consider reparation, new book spells out exactly how wide the wealth gap between black and white americans really is. and how it co

. >> john: bring in florida republican senator rick scott, serves on the senate budget committee and says he is going to oppose the bill. you made your views known in an op-ed, you said conservatives in congress have a choice, either do business with the devil, knowing this debt ceiling bill will not slay inflation, reduce retirement concerns or medical bills or say now is the time to live in our means and stop inflation in its tracks. mccarthy says this might not be the deal he wanted but it was the best deal he could get. what do you say? >> i think kevin mccarthy worked really hard with the president that didn't want to negotiate at all. so, but that's not where we are. where we are, we have a country, i talk to people across florida, they are scared to death of what's happening with their life savings, their ability to put food on the table through inflation. this bill does not address the biggest issue of the country, inflation. inflation is hurting almost every family in this country. so, we are just going to -- going to raise the debt ceiling, if this bill passes, and not do a

will hurd, and while hurd is in, several more still on the fence and florida heavy weight senator rick scottback on he's close to becoming candidate number 14. so a lot to talk about with nbc senior politics reporter jonathan allen and former chief strategist for the bush cheney campaign and msnbc political analyst matthew dowd, so jonathan, how have candidates been navigaing this crazy tight rope when it comes to the pledge. >> as you suggested in the intro, there's a spectrum of responses here. you have will hurd who said on another network that he would not support donald trump if he's the nominee. chris christie is saying usually what you'll see from the top front runners. obviously donald trump is sort of in his own category. i don't think anyone expects him to sign the pledge, though. i think he did last time. what you're going to hear a lot of is people saying, of course i'll sign the pledge because i'm going to be the nominee, and it's a good way to sort of step aside from the question. >> this first rnc debate is 61 days away. are these folks just going to sign the pledge and potent

laughter ] also notably, there were two other republicans on stage with walker senators tom contin and rick scott there to show mainstream gop support for walker, even amid all of the scandals and i can't imagine they were hoping for that story. "all right, herschel, just stay on message and talk about tax cuts and inflation." "cool, yeah. right after my cow sex story." "maybe it's better to focus on inflation? "100%. but i need to warm them up with my cow sex story." "herschel! so, the gop has once again made a devil's bargain with trump and his maga movement. in fact, mitch mcconnell made the bargain explicit in an interview he gave to cnn yesterday. mcconnell was asked if he has a litmus test for republican candidates then said, he doesn't care who the candidates are or what they do he only cares about winning. >> when i asked him, do you prefer republican candidates who might be in the mold of donald trump, or liz cheney who battled donald trump's election lies, he said, "i'm for candidates who will win, and i don't have a litmus test one way or the other." >> trump versus cheney, essentially

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everything that is going on and watching all the tweets from all the tougher publicans here in florida, rick scotts really a war on information at this point. they are trying to control the narrative to try to mislead their base. and it's extremely dangerous. what they're doing right now is to use that misinformation to divide, further divide, chip away at the faith on what enforcement and the judicial system. i am very worried that donald trump, if you remember in 2016, if you could choose somebody on fifth avenue and get away with it, i am really concerned that this is going to fuel his most extreme bass at a time where we have seen a rise in political violence and easier access to firearms, especially in florida, where desantis passed the carrie bill chosen to effect july 1st. you have a perfect storm forming, and that is why i think we need to be very aware and preoccupied about what is going on here in the state of florida. like you said, the transfer of national security in the united states and globally. >> david, i am embarrassed to admit until i had to be sitting here talking about florid

i did notice he was going to vote against it and rick scott and some others. he'll lose a few.vote for it. democrats will vote for it. bernie sanders is against it. i think what you're seeing is there are two different kinds of people in congress in both chambers, the governors and the grandstanders. and what this has produced is negotiators came together and did what was right for the company and let us have the fiscal policy debate in the presidential campaign where it belongs in 2024. i don't think it's going to have issues in the senate, although like in the house you're going to lose conservatives. >> dana, you thought it was wise for president biden to wait on this before negotiate yagt. why? >> well, first of all, i don't think -- i think he would have had a much more serious problem among his own supporters if he started negotiating with no provocation. i mean, the fact of the matter is it wasn't at all clear that mccarthy could pass a bill through the house. and that would have set up a different conversation if he hadn't done that. once he did that, it became clear th

and rick scott and some others. but he will lose a few. a lot will vote for.w. bernie sanders is against it. but again, what you're seeing is two different kinds of people in congress in both changer chambers. the governors in the grandstander's. what this has produced isn't ago she shun where the governors came together and it was right for the country, which is to keep the economy spinning, and let's have the big fiscal debate in 2024. i don't think we'll have issues in the senate, but like and how sulu some of the conservatives, absolutely. >> david, you said it was wise, you thought, for biden to wait on this before negotiating. why? >> first of all, i don't think, i think he would've had a more serious problem among his own supporters if he had started negotiating with no provocation. the fact of the matter is, it wasn't clear that mccarthy could pass a bill through the house. that would have set up a different conversation if he hadn't done that. once he did that, it became clear that it was time to start negotiating. but i want to make, scott mentioned,

as i look at the importances we have seen, we see people like senator rick scott saying this is a mere slap on the wrist and a mockery of the legal system. others are saying that this is nothing because hunter biden is not going to -- is not having any jail time. and that he was able to do this plea deal. they're saying that that's something that the former president himself was not able to do and so even though there are now currently some conclusion to the hunter biden investigation from the doj, for most of the republicans that we're hearing from now, this isn't good enough and certainly gives them more to hammer home and continue beating the drum on an unequal system of justice that they see happening here, allowing them to continue muddying the waters with what is happening with the former president, and now president biden's family. again, they're coming back to town today, so i'm sure we'll hear more, but what we saw i think in the aftermath of the trump indictment were pretty different reactions between house republicans and senate republicans. so far the republicans on the sen

the folks like rhonda sanchez and before him, rick scott when he was governor, put together a strong in south florida by courting the broader latino community. it's something that donald trump has always said, he wants to claim that he's going to broaden the republican parties support with voters of color. i think that the polling would suggest that it's more complicated than that, but certainly south florida is the type of place where republicans invasion, trying to diversify their party, it's kind of come to some fruition. >> tainting the jury pool, a little bit of politics, maybe both. maybe a bit of a dig at rhonda st. stephen. >> yes, i definitely think so, on the substance of this indictment, it's highly detailed and troubling for trump. he's trying to change the narrative by putting all of this misinformation out there. he's using the hillary clinton comparison, for example, saying that while she had classified information, she wasn't held accountable, that sort of bunch of his allies are saying. i think in terms of republicans that are saying that, we need to be holding donal

centre rick scott on balance of power yesterday. let's check in on balance of power.higher by single basis points. much higher in yesterday's session as we get another surprise rate hike. the first in australia and the second out of canada. plenty of surprises out of canada the past couple days. the wildfires painting the sky orange. the last 20 minutes or so, inbound flights to laguardia have been grounded although visibility. they have been slowing traffic into new york city airports the last day or so. tom: we saw yesterday that new york at one point was limiting and coming. i saw one tweet that across america, it is 20 minutes delayed in coming. you nailed this yesterday saying it is a movable feast. as a general statement, it seems to get worse and worse. lisa a: i am not a weather expert, i am just reading the reports that say it was coming in and settling as the afternoon goes on. there is a real question about the disruption as people are not able to be outside. schools even cancel events and classes. tom: i want you to bring our next guest who was so special.

i think rick scott are running to have a chance to be picked as vice president. to minorities or african-american. i think desantis is running because he wants to be a viable candidate in 2028. and trump is running to make america great again, again. host: all right. mike, speaking of those candidates for the republican nomination for president, just yesterday in iowa former vice president mike pence launched his 2024 campaign with a denunciation of president trump has unfit to lead the country in the aftermath of january 6. >> i'll always be grateful for what president trump did for this country. i have often prayed for him over the past few years. and i pray for him again today. i had hoped he would come around and see that he had been misled about my role that day. but that was not to be. so let me say i stand before you today as a candidate for president to say to the republican party, the republican party must be the party of the constitution of the united states. [applause] we have had enough of the democrats and the radical left repeatedly trampling on our

he was also a member of the transition teams for both governor rick scott and governor ron desantis when it was their turn to become governor here in florida. he does seem to have a full team. at least what he means when he goes into the courtroom today. what happens after today? it's really what we're gonna be need to be paying attention. to he has a different legal team. just last week as these charges were unsealed. there were people. lawyers on his team talking on multiple networks about these indictments. as soon as they were unsealed. they were off the team. this is really a. changing process but at least so far for today. seems all systems are go for his legal. team >> before we let you go. describe what we can here but we can see. we hear the horns i'm assuming that someone has a sign that says honk if you love donald trump or haunt if you hate donald trump? is that the sounds we're hearing? >> yes, i would say for the most part, it's honk if you love donald trump around here. there are definitely some protesters here are against the former president. i would say the majority of

and this is in the situations where refugees already extremely a rick stuff, model nutrition, scott, this is an other preventable illnesses caused by the food security. and now there is no mechanisms for the refugees to fix this problem in the hands because they are already a 100 percent reliant on international 8 in every aspect of their life. and there is access to education, employment opportunities for spill buildings, or even to rent land so that they can make their living. yeah, we know that this isn't a sorry to interrupt. we know that this isn't the the fewest cut. it may very well not be the last, i mean, what happens if there are more complex to, to the food? so what would happen is that it will just increase. they will just put them in a good rate, a range of rick salt of protections and safety. so increase a property as well as the crisis level. will leave the refugees with no choices, but to escape the can. and these uh, escape routes uh overland and sees that life threatening roots in human traffic and, and even that, as in this situation, women and children. the other

in 2012 you would have had rick perry. 2016 would've been scott walker or maybe jeb bush.lling. what we are seeing in iowa, though, is he cancels a rally that was going to be a large rally. he's now holding events when he does come to iowa in very small venues. i believe there's an appetite for somebody that's an alternative to trump. i think a lot of people are very thankful for what the former president did in his administration. burt now they believe it's time to turn the page so they can win in 2024. >> you talk about how evangelical voters are so crucial in the recent base. 59% of white evangelicals, bob, want trump to be the republican nominee. no one else even comes close. i know you don't trust early pollings. but this is a group you know a lot about. so, what do you say to that? what accounts for that consistent support? >> well, i believe that poll is probably indicative of what the trump administration did. we know the former president's a transactional leader, you do right by me, i do right by you. evangelicals helped him get into the presidency so he moves the

rick harris. in 2016, it would have been scott walker or jeb bush. none of those made it.es crucial. i think if ron desantis or one of those other candidates emerges and they're able to upend the former president, i think it's game on for the nomination. if the former president is able to steam roll iowa, i don't know if you're going to be able to do that. >> can i talk to you about abortion here? is it a problem that underneath donald trump nor ron desantis have endorsed a national abortion ban? >> i believe what the pro life community wants to see is clarity on this issue, not nuance. i think ron desantis, by signing the heart beat bill in florida, offers a lot of clarity in him saying, you know, he will champion a culture of life, which basically is saying that you bring me pro-life legislation to my desk, most likely i'm going to sign it. >> so, you don't need to hear them say -- >> the former president is being -- >> you don't need to hear him say, i am for a national abortion ban? >> well, right now we are in a different world after the overturn of roe v. wade. there

rick harris. in 2016, it would have been scott walker or jeb bush. none of those made it.ls. but iowa becomes crucial. i think if ron desantis or one of those other candidates emerges and they're able to upend the former president, i think it's game on for the nomination. if the former president is able to steam roll iowa, i don't know if you're going to be able to do that. >> can i talk to you about abortion here? is it a problem that underneath donald trump nor ron desantis have endorsed a national abortion ban? >> i believe what the pro life community wants to see is clarity on this issue, not nuance. i think ron desantis, by signing the heart beat bill in florida, offers a lot of clarity in him saying, you know, he will champion a culture of life, which basically is saying that you bring me pro-life legislation to my desk, most likely i'm going to sign it. >> so, you don't need to hear them say -- >> the former president is being -- >> you don't need to hear him say, i am for a national abortion ban? >> well, right now we are in a different world after the overturn of

senator scott wiener of san francisco tweeted today condemning what happened saying it stems from anti lgbtq red with red rick. that is sweeping the u.s. adding that this is this sort of thing is why the human rights campaign declared a state of emergency. >> nevada lawmakers are in a special session right now to talk about whether enough public money should be used to help the openai's build a new stadium in las vegas. a vote is expected later tonight. if it's approved, it will then go to nevada state assembly for a hearing tomorrow. four's dan kerman reports. >> we're bringing the baseball team to southern nevada over a billion dollars in private capital. the a's are in extra innings and their hopes to move the team to las vegas. we're looking for a partnership after the governor stadium proposal introduced just 2 weeks ago stalled before the legislative session ended on monday. the nevada state senate was back in special session wednesday afternoon for a heering on the proposal to build a 1.5 billion dollar 30,000 seat stadium with a retractable roof on the las vegas strip by bringing additional tourists a

rick, thank you as always. i want to bring in rachel scott.he is live in iowa, which tells you she's already out on the campaign trail covering the race for the white house. rachel, i come to you because i know you've been reporting on all of the other republican candidates. it's now somewhat crowded field. we know that mike pence entered the fray this week. officially, he went so far as to say his former boss should never be president again, should never be allowed to be president again. chris christie in the race as well. the former new jersey governor who right out of the gate took on donald trump and by name. i gather all of these campaigns tonight are watching this play out and deciding what their next steps will be and how far they'll go. exactly, david. but right now, i could tell you that most of this very crowded republican field is walking a fine line. you heard trump's own former vice president mike pence say that he's unfit to serve again, calling out the former president directly and by name when he launched his presidential campa

rick rich edson. good evening. >> good evening. they are coming into town, names like desantis, haley, pence, scott, for this fund-raiser.k of the g.o.p. field will be here. before they come to the iowa fairgrounds, some campaigning to do across the country. >> you are going to see a lot of us in south carolina. >> florida governor ron desantis hits his third early voting state of the week, south carolina after campaigning in iowa and new hampshire. >> don't let anyone tell you they can do this in 24 hours or six months or anything like that. this is going to be trench warfare. >> ron desantis is responding to former president donald trump was arguing -- could break the country in six months. desantis says that the republican president would need to go consecutive terms to rein in government. trump wrapped his two day iowa trip with a town hall in des moines and responded to reports that federal prosecutors have the reporting of the present acknowledging that he had a classified document about about -- iran war plans. >> everything i did was right. >> the prosecutors -- subpoena for the documents come about trump's legal

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scott, appreciate it. getting reaction from many of the republican candidates. one more question on this before we go. let's bring in rick, our political director. we see the dividing lines already as we move forward to election day 2024. this country looks ahead. you heard from donna brazille. she said one more blow from the roberts court. you heard from sara isger that this was much narrower in scope. republican candidates saying this is what we had hoped for. this is what we support. course donald trump super pact saying his decisions, the people he appointed to the court. we know the court leans heavily conservative now in this country because of a number of appointments made during the trump administration. so this would appear to be a key issue now building momentum. you heard donna mention roe versus wade and others, that the case democrats will make moving forward about this court. >> david, the politics of the supreme court have been up ended over the last year. for more than a generation it has been conservatives railing against liberal leaning justices saying they want to rectify that. they have gotten what th

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