ron desantis cannot be the ron desantis ron desa ntis he ron desantis he is today, he is running a republicanas educated, not someone who is liking a lot of what republicans are doing across america when it comes to abortion. so, today's republican party really stands to gain but i'm not entirely sure that ron desantis to be that person. just make the choice that's going to be a 180 for who he is campaigning yesterday. i believe he is the stamina and the ideas and people think he has no charisma. i've been part of many a campaign in which you talk about personality, he can evolve. you can peel off biden at the end of the day if it isjoe biden versus ron desantis, i do see many voters saying that ron desantis is the better option, though he may be left of centre. i5 better option, though he may be left of centre. , ., ., . ., of centre. is announcement on twitter, this — of centre. is announcement on twitter, this is _ of centre. is announcement on twitter, this is not _ of centre. is announcement on twitter, this is not your - of centre. is announcement on twitter, this is not your usuall twi

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really going after ron desantis as not even being his own man. >> absolutely. s clearly trying to undercut desantis' argument for why he is different than trump. but trumpy enough for the base, right? so she's clearly trying to cut into that. if you think about it, that's probably the best she has at this point. people may be interested in learning more about who she is, but in order to try and really make some gains and move votes, she's got to try to show that she too can sort of take away some of the desantis mystique, if you will, before he really gets into this race and we see really what he can do. so that's kind of her best hope. it will be interesting to see, when we have all of these candidates on a stage, on a debate, how they interact with each other, not just how they do on the campaign trail, but how they engage with each other around these issues. i'm curious to see her try to make that argument to him for example, when he's just feet away from her on a debate stage. >> nikki haley will join me in iowa on june 4th, only on cnn. >>> with ron desanti

so that's what ron desantis has to do. and then it's all about to go full tim russert on you iowa, iowa, iowa. he will have a ground game there like we have not seen from any g.o.p. candidate in some time and donald trump is vulnerable there. because ted cruz won in 2016, you may remember. beat donald trump by three points. if desantis could get a win there or at least be close. that could be enough momentum to propel him to have a puncher's chance against donald trump. as it stands right now, donald trump is the prohibitive favorite. brian. >> brian: tamika, looking at the response from the dnc, they didn't really say anything when tim scott got in. not much of a word when nikki haley got in or asa hutchinson. they came out with a strong mocking statement that he is going to make his announcement on twitter spaces after he got in. what's the buzz behind the scenes for the dnc and ron desantis? >> i think clearly ron desantis is the person to watch. he has been touting out that he has this florida blueprint that he has mad

ron desantis has a beautiful family. casey desantis is one of his strongest assets. do you think that they need to get a redo and do something like that, salina? >> i think you're probably going to see that kind of sort of barnstorming roll-out that will happen in new hampshire, south carolina and iowa next week. i suspect you'll see that kind of roll-out happen then. politics has changed so dramatically in terms of how politicians communicate. while barack obama did have a lovely roll-out, i was there. you know, he also became very adept using social media and donald trump took it to the next level. what desantis did last night is take it again to a different level. it shows us something that everyone was talking about. not only did they have a lot of people watching it, there was discussion on social media and discussion on all kinds of other social media platforms. to that end, i think that is what they wanted to accomplish and they did it. >> martha: one of the things that is striking, governor huckabee, when you watch the governor from florida, he's a lot younge

he would very much like you to remember that 2018 ron desantis ad and what it says about the man who is now running against trump. and so trump dropped this video minutes after the epic desantis twitter launch fail. >> trump's support was so powerful just days after the endorsement desantis took a commanding lead that propelled him to be elected governor. >> i'd like to thank our president for standing by me when it wasn't necessarily the smart thing to do. >> you're welcome, ron. unfortunately, instead of being grateful desantis is now attacking the very man who saved his career. isn't it time desantis remembers how he got to where he is? >> make america great again. build a wall. then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> truth is there's only one person who can make america great again. >> what a night. we have so very much to talk about. joining me now are jonathan martin, the politics bureau chief at politico, and mark liebovich. first your reaction to the 21 minutes of technical glitches the audience was treated to as part of the desantis launch. >> i thought it was

ron desantis hizo el anuncio en una concesiÓn en twitter con el empresario elon musk.ntÓ varios problemas tÉcnicos durante la noche, todo estÁ un hotel de miami, donde ron desantis planeaba reunirse con donantes republicanos. lourdes: terminaron las especulaciones, esta tarde el gobernador de la florida, ron desantis no sÓlo sometiÓ la documentaciÓn necesaria para convertirse en precandidato sino que a travÉs de un vÍdeo hizo un esperado anuncio. [habla en inglÉs] junto al controversial multimillonario, dueÑo de esta plataforma, pero el sistema fallÓ y sÓlo se escucharon algunos segmentos con muchas interrupciones. >> [habla en inglÉs] lourdes: este lanzamiento es muy importante porque aunque el expresidente, donald trump, le lleva una amplia menta en todas las encuestas. el gobernador ron desantis es por ahora el Único que se cree podrÍa ganarle, arrebatÁndole la nominaciÓn. el expresidente reaccionÓ de inmediato al anuncio de hoy "me gustarÍa felicitar a ron desantis por anunciar que entrarÁ aa contienda de presidente en estados unidos, ojalÁ que tenga experiencia co

this is a national poll. 26% say ron desantis. he has half the support of donald trump he's in a universe by himself. everyone else is in single digits. mike pence and nikki haley next up at 6% support. but your caveat is very important. we asked people in addition to your first choice, who would you be open to supporting in this race. take a look. you see ron desantis and donald trump are running even here with overwhelming majorities of republican and republican leaners saying that they would or could support ron desantis or donald trump. republican and republican leaners for nikki haley, tim scott and mike pence are open to supporting them, even though they are not necessarily their first choice in this race. this shows potential for growth for those candidates. we also asked the flip this is a warning sign. who do you rule out right now. who would you not support. among republican and republican leaders, 60% say chris crhristi is not an option for them. that's a rough play. and mike pence, who we saw a slim majority say might

so far, ron desantis has remained above the frey ignoring the former president's jab. ma for governor desantis or any other candidate, you sooner or later have to take trump head on. the problem is the people for trump are really for trump. you may be alienating the very voters that you want. >> you know, it's interesting. in the wake of desantis' glitch-filled announcement, a trump super pac chimed in tweeting ron desantis' fail campaign launch is another example that he's not ready for this critical moment. the pac for nikki haley pounced tweeting this. failed soft launch, check. failed announcement, check. double-check. we look forward to ron desantis' failed campaign. ultimately, it comes down to the voters. that could be a case of split loyalties. we spoke to some republicans at a dinner florida. >> i'm for both. whoever is the nominee,ly work hard to get elected. >> desantis should let trump get his second term. he should finish up what he's got going on here in florida and go for president next time. >> if there's a way to support both, i would. i hope it doesn't

listen to him and i will get your reaction. >> ron desantis has a great record. i represent the state. at the end of the day, all of his accomplishments, especially if you want to talk the abortion ban are now possible. >> trace: would desantis be as successful as governor without former president trump having that office? >> well, he most certainly wo would. i mean, desantis has distinguished himself from very good crop of chief executives including president trump. head and shoulders above them all in his accomplishment as governor of florida. i mean, the congressman only touched on one and that was his second pro-life bill. there's also lowering debt. there's also fighting the woke mob at the corporate level and higher at which a lot of us didn't even think was possible anymore. and protecting children in k-12 and given control of their lives back and their education back to their parents and he was rewarded with a 60% victory in a swing state including winning at miami dade county digits. amazing performance that has not been matched by anybody else in the rac

i love ron desantis. i wish we had a governor like desantis here in arizona. he is a family man. veteran. i think he has great potential. my only concern is that he waited too long to get in the race. i wish he had announced a little bit sooner and maybe discouraged some of the other folks that decided to run. i'm afraid the vote is going to be split. >> steve: jeff, what do you think? you are down in florida. >> i'm excited he is running. i love the way he handled the pandemic. i love how he is fighting against anti-woke campaign and representing floridians all over. >> steve: okay. and quisha? >> yeah. i love governor desantis. i am excited to see him get in the race. i do want to hear, you know, all of what he plans to do for the country. he has been an excellent governor here in florida. the way he has stood up throughout the pandemic. the way he has stood up for parental rights. and getting our education system back in order to something that we can be proud of. i am extremely proud of all the work that he has done. i'm excited to hear of what his plans are for the rest of t

now, ron desantis�* announcement itself wasn't a suprise, but the wayhe made it was unorthodox — a conversationspaces with elon musk. here's some of what mr desantis said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going in the wrong direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, drugs pouring into the country, cities hollowed out by spike in crime, the federal government making it harder for the average family to make ends meet and to maintain a middle—class lifestyle, and our president lacks vigour and flounders in the face of challenges and he takes his cues from the woke mob. the live twitter chat with elon must run into difficulties from the very beginning delaying the announcement by 20 minutes. this is what listeners heard when they first tuned in. now it's quiet... ron desantis is officially _ now it's quiet... ron desantis is officially entering _ now it's quiet... ron desantis is officially entering a - is officially entering a republican field dominated by one man, for

take a look. >> ron desantis loves sticking his fingers where they don't belong. we're not just talking about pudding. desantis has his dirty fingers all over senior entitlements, like cutting medicare, slashing social security, even raising our retirement age. tell ron desantis to keep his pudding fingers off our money. oh, and somebody get this man a spoon. >> i mean, david, look part of running for office is shaking hands. not only does this dude eat pudding with his hands, he literally wiped his nose and wiped snot on somebody's shirt. we have vo of it. don't shake his hand you'll get pudding or spit on it or get snot on it. don't touch his hands. and that weird laugh. what is going on with this man? >> joy, this is the biggest day in the political life of ron and casey desantis. it has become absolutely humiliating. embarrassing, emasculating, mortifying, choose your word. this has been a disaster for ron and casey desantis. but it is also very telling. i think it speaks to the narrative that the donald trump camp is trying to lay on ron desantis, but honestly

i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. ♪ >> bret: more hat in a bit. governor desantis now becomes the main challenger to former president trump for the 2024 nomination. at least according to the polls. he is already fielding attacks though from both his fellow republicans and democrats. correspondent mark meredith has that story tonight. good 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 campaig

down the rhetoric. >> brian: people are concerned trump can't win. >> lawrence: that is the case ron desantis made yesterday. >> brian: he said, i'm tired of losing. >> lawrence: that is the case he made with voters and again with trey gowdy. look at polling, they are both within the margin of error. desantis up plus 1 and desantis down two. you got to win the primary before you get to the general election and these are just republicans i'm talking to in diners across the country, i'm not seeing the energy just yet for ron desantis. >> brian: only been out one day. >> lawrence: he's been running for months, we just put his name on the ballot. >> ainsley: we haven't seen debates. >> lawrence: he's been doing a book tour across the country. >> ainsley: i'd like to personally congratulate rob desanctimonious on announcing he will enter the race for president of the united states. hope he will get the full experience of being attacked without which he will never know the kind of job he's doing. the low lives and misfits are worse than the leaders of hostile countries. >> brian: rob, my red button

ron desantis probablyjust minute delay. ron desantis probably just as embarrassed minute delay.esantis probablyjust as embarrassed as elon musk must have been about all that, those glitches, keeping ron desantis from his long promised announcement. when it came, we heard him rallying against such thing as law and order, the collapse there of, and immigrants flooding across the us mexico border. he also took aim at at what he called the woke mob and the teaching of gender identification in schools, something he has launched laws aimed at deterring. this was ron desantis on the back foot, i think, particularly given his team has sought to portray him as an example of executive competence perhaps in stark contrast to his main rival in this contrast, donald trump. we heard from _ this contrast, donald trump. we heard from donald trump. usually incidents like this, he is raring to go on e—mail or some form of social media. absolutely. donald trump took to his own social media platform cruise social to condemn ron desantis for launching this presidential bid. he regards it as disloyal

ron desantis failed on disney. he's done little for his campaign. less for florida's economy. desantis has trump's attention. ron desantis says i'm fighting a woke company. he thinks that helps him with republicans. does it? >> it's increasingly looking like it does not. it looked like he was sort of had the upper hand and commanded this fight several months ago, but when this becomes about jobs and it becomes about tangible things, it shows us this fight is going to go on for quite some time. the disney company is digging in and they have been at this for a long time. they have been in the state of florida for much longer, for the lifetime of ron desantis and will be in it for longer. you hear every republican candidate from mike pence to tim scott to others saying this isn't conservative. this fphilosophy of going aftera company is not conservative. so the fight seemed about it. what he's trying to focus on is this blueprint. but interestingly, he says he's the one who can beat donald trump. what's not factored into all of that is this blueprint.

ron desantis made it clear our country is off track. trains off tracks. joe treats them like unplanned grandchildren like they never happened. ron better be ready to ramble. the media and the dems see him not just as a huge threat but evil. their mouths are foaming like kevin spacey watching a little league game. "vanity fair" said ron desantis will announce his 2024 bid with elon musk because david duke was not available. david duke is almost as irrelevant as "vanity fair." that shows how the white supremacy are the fabric of imaginations. failed presidential candidates are chiming. this old clam tweeted. ron desantis is ultramaga. florida is not safe for people of color or lbgtq or multi--billion dollars corporations. i bet it's safer than being a former friend of hillary clinton. it's more of the same lie going back to florida's don't say gay bill that desantis signed. >> gay, gay, gay, gay! >> don't say gay, bill. >> [laughing]. >> greg: the acting. that never happened. the bill could have said florida residents get free rainbow biki

que se fueron con ron desantis ,. >> en redes sociales están a toda marcha, tendrían presupuesto dedores en campo . >> crónica de una muerte anunciada ,. >> donald trump ganará . >> me gustan los dos, las cosas de donald trump están ininciert, prprefiero aa ron desasantis . ,>> seríaa interresante esest pelea, los dos se apoyaron . >> el cocomité naccional demócócrata, permitio portar armas antinmigrante . >> en este hotel se reunieron cientos de donantes que mostrarían su apoyo a ron desantis, johana regreso contigo . ,>> tras el lanzamiento ron desantis, competía con el expresidente donald trump, con el senador de carolina del sur, y ex embajadora, nicky, así como otros políticos menos posicionados en las encuestras, entre ellas están mike pence, y (inentendible) después de que se llevaron ac abogado elecciones primarias en todo el estado, el proceso se definirá con quien será la candidata presidencial, el compañero de fórmula para el 2024 . >> nos vamos ahora a uvalde texa,s se conmemora el aniversario de la masacre, ene esta zona que dejó a 19 niños dos maestras muertas, la fami

joining me now is kentucky congressman tom casey, who has endorsed governor ron desantis for president . congressman, you obviously believe that desantis has to fight it, given what he's accomplished, which is a huge amount in florida. what is it, though, about the economy? that seems like we didn't spend much time talking about that tonight, even though every single poll shows that that is the number one concern by far of the american people. >> well, i'm glad you brought that up. >> and look, desantis is decisive, but not impulsive. but the reason trump can't run on inflation is he's the one who pushed. so we get to call on congress before we get to trump . well, i asked a question. we had a big event tonight and it was exciting. and a little glitchy. but that's all right. and i was involved. yeah. and you were there. we're going to tease you about something later. you were there. but the economy is the number one issue in which you talk about it at all. >> what will run will be able to talk about the economy because he didn't shut his down and trump was urging of governors to shut t

happens to be a political donor to ron desantis in the past. this is an opportunity for desantis to get and audience with a platform that has increasingly been embraced by republicans and conservatives under elon musk. of course, it's also a platform, as you mentioned, that donald trump was famously kicked off of. elon musk has since invited him back. the former president has not tweeted yet. >> i assume announcing this way is designed to set himself apart, send a message about what his campaign will be like. >> that's right. desantis is planning an unconventional campaign that is going to surprise and leave people unexpected at every turn. this is something his people close to the planning have emphasized to me and it's what they are laying out for the coming weeks as soon as he gets into the race. as someone covered desantis for five years in florida, it's like drinking from a fire hose down there. the media, democrats, even some republicans can hardly keep up with his schedule, the speed at which he is announcing new initiatives and thrusting

. >> todo listo para que el gobernador ron desantis entre a la carrera presidencial por los republicanos ante el multimillonario elon musk. >> tras su derrota ante los nuggets de denver, lebron james considera su permanecía en la nba. >> esas declaraciones hoy levantan sospecha del máximo anotador en la historia de este deporte. >> noticias telemundo con julio vaqueiro. >> muy buenas tardes soy arantxa loizaga en ausencia de julio vaqueiro, en "24 horas" el gobernador ron desantis de la florida lanzará su candidatura a la casa blanca lo hará ante elon musk que lo había respaldado públicamente. >> será mañana el gobernador ron desantis de la florida lo hará ante elon musk en una página web y es que harán un importante anuncio. >> (audio en inglés). >> y hoy día anunicaron en twitter está lleno de simbolismo político dijo este senador. >> es una manera de hacerlo en la parte de twitter. >> el latino será parte de la campaña de gobernador ron desantis y dice que por las controversiales leyes de identidad de género. >> Él lo que hizo es firmaras pero ya existe. >> según encuesta gobernador r

so we are about to find out how much of a political athlete ron desantis is. does desantis condemn the phony investigations into donald trump while keeping a safe distance from him? now, ron needs to figure out how to deal with the trump investigations if he looks like he supports the investigations, he will lose every republican voter. but if he supports trump while trump's hammering him, he looks weak, desantis has to be nimble here because he will need trump's voters and his political career is just beginning. and fox has the republican primary debate coming up in august. so that's really going to be the first time when we really see how ron handles the heat. trump's flirting with the idea of not showing up. now, that could be for leverage. but republican voters expect him to be there remember the 2016 republican primary debates? some of the best tv ever. now, with all this action in the republican primary, joe biden's justice department is about to make a move. the "wall street journal's" reporting biden's prosecutors are getting close to indicting trump ov

they probably like ron desantis. they probably like tim scott and like vivek ramaswamy and what he is saying but they are so loyal to donald trump they feel like he got screwed over by the department of justice, the woke media and everybody else and they feel like he needs to finish what he was doing for four years. on the other hand, ron desantis, his case is going to be i don't bring the drama. i get the results, you get the same quality. i'm 32 years younger than donald trump. i am the future. if i run and win i can go for two terms or eight years as opposed to just four more years of donald trump. >> harris: you know, it got nasty pretty quickly with the topic of race when senator tim scott jumped into with his candidacy yesterday. two days ago he did his first interview and after that yesterday. interesting how quickly mainstream media will pounce on conservatives. "vanity fair" headline, ron desantis will announce his 2024 bid with elon musk because apparently david duke wasn't available. jason. >> it is so pat

florida governor ron desantis will announce he is entering the 2024 race and making that announcement tonight. you're watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. going down during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. then desantis will be here on this channel 8:00 p.m. eastern time for first national tv interview as a contender. >> todd: the governor will become the latest candidate to throw his hat in the ring on heels of south carolina senator tim scott. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson has everything you need to know ahead of tonight. good morning. >> lucas: good morning. this move has been months in the making, now official, florida governor ron desantis will declare he's a 2024 presidential candidate tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. >> we will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and will be for first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. >> lucas: florida first lady has a vide

i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american come back. kennedy: he looks great. desantis joining an already crowded republican field, the eighth to jump into the race. no rival matters more than former president trump. 45 president welcoming him with open arms, i'm the kidding trump writing: kennedy: he goes on -- trump way ahead of the pack and desantis in most polls. some political analyst say that desantis may have waited too long to get into the race. that said, can he sp springboard to oval office, the man panel, for hump night, we have gary hoffman, all smiles. and he is the host of the richard fowler show, he is richard fowler. and 2020 libertarian vice presidential candidate, we don't know what future holds he is chair of you are the power. spike cohen is back and he looks serious, i like it. i will start with you, gary, we have never had a president from florida. andy jackson does not count because he was from a region that was not florida when he ran for president. >> okay. well. we have also never had a president from aruba that

ron desantis is coming in second. so that could be definitely attractive to donors looking for a trump alternative. we'll have to see. he still even though we talk about him here in the media and political circles, where i am in the state of florida, he still doesn't have the name i.d. that donald trump has as the former president of the united states running in a republican party. so clearly ron desantis has some work to do. >> neil: the elon musk angle and doing this on twitter and all, what do you think of that? you could knee jerk that and say that's a way to pick up the youth vote. i think twitter is used by a broader base of folks. but even that is in question since elon musk took office. what do you think? >> yeah, i think it's so fascinating this decision to do this on twitter. number 1, look, i think elon musk himself is a fascinating character because he has sort of almost catered to the right and more conservative figures. so on its face, it makes sense that ron desantis would partner with elon musk for som

what does ron desantis need to do?icant for him, because iowa is first caucus state and this matters because trump has a significant lead because he's appealed to iowa voters with corn and general food production for farmers there. desantis needs to come out swinging and be strong. this is his first time in the state, so this is important for donors. >> ashley: yesterday the president was asked if he could win and here is what ron desantis said. i got endorsed by 37 legislators there before i announced. we have a lot in common with florida and ground swell of support has been strong. there may be differences with me and donald trump and the differences might should -- >> todd: is that enough to eliminate a 42-point trump lead? >> good question, todd, of the governor yesterday. iowa is critical in terms of the first in the nation status and you are seeing focus on evangelical voters. he is kicking off in des moines this evening at a church. that is a signal that vote is important. you saw in 2016, donald trump came in s

florida governor ron desantis is now the latest republican to launch a presidential bid. wednesday he debuted this campaign video to position himself as a donald trump—style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump's main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis�*s announcement itself wasn't a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox — a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here's some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border�*s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government's making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle—class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation's challenges, an

that is tricky for ron desantis.— that is tricky for ron desantis. ., , ., ., ., desantis.. again there are big differences between these candidates on where they stand on abortion. !! candidates on where they stand on abortion-— on abortion. if you asked me today can — on abortion. if you asked me today can trump _ on abortion. if you asked me today can trump when i on abortion. if you asked me today can trump when a i on abortion. if you asked me i today can trump when a general election i would say absolutely not. it is not come out entirely and always say i am the most conservative, i'm going to be the most pro— life in my second term but what you get from ron desantis is the complete opposite of trump. you get a governor who signed a six—week ban in the dark of night, who didn't want any coverage of that is so desantis is walking this very conservative walk and also let's not forget what he has donein let's not forget what he has done in education and diversity studies in florida— he is taken at hard right turn but he has always been more right of trump but when we com

>> this is going to donald trump continuing to defy ron desantis before ron desantis can officially getthe question we're all asking is when is ron desantis or is ron desantis really going to essentially get down in the mid with donald trump at this point and sort of be trump to beat trump is. he going to make the sharp pointed criticisms about donald trump? we heard him in the past talk about how florida was the exception to the worst than expected 2022 performance from republicans. that he saved florida. he sort of used that to jab trump. trump is making very deeply personal attacks against desantis. maybe not too deep at this point but personal. talking about his personality and how he's not good with people. i i'm curious to see if you see ron desantis start to do that. in that sound clip that we just heard, you're starting to hear him go after donald trump talking about he's -- how he's an entertainer and, you know, not necessarily in to governing the same way he is. i'm going to be curious to see if that intensifies. a lot of republicans would say it has to intensify as this point

we know that ron desantis has filed his papers. what more do we know? of speculation. if he is like we always knew this was going to happen. ron dantis was always predicted to throw his hat in a crowded ring. it is officially official that he is nning to be the republican party's presidential nomination. in terms of what -- what will be interesting i think is to see whether or not the politiche has in the state, the conservative policies he has implemented. floridians love ron desantis. whether or not they will work on the national stage. . this is such a big test for the republican party to see if they really can move on from donald trump. donald trump as you mention is theavorite. he is leading in terms of who is likely to get thnomination. but ron desantis is seen as by far and away if you think about the other candidates and there are many more candidates that will throw their hats in the ring. ron desantis is seen as the closest but distant rival to donald trump. we are about a year and away from the election. as we know anything can happen in that

ron desantis has that attitude that's very, very trumpian. he's not going to not just back down from a fight, he picks fights. >> desantis is 44 and still governing. while bush was 62 when he ran against trump and had been out of office for eight years. >> and bush was the more traditional candidate. part of a political dynasty. desantis is pitching himself as a fresh face and leader on the front lines of the culture wars. desantis is also still riding high from a 19-point gubernatorial victory here in florida. >> so far, he sees desantis as more challenging than he did bush. trump is laser focused on desantis, because he knows how desantis has a lot of name recognition, he's been able to raise big money, he has some endorsements, had major policy accomplishments. >> florida political analyst, susan mcmanus, says that this time around, trump does have the advantage of a new angle. taking credit for desantis's rise. >> every single day, trump reminds whatever audience he's speaking to that he was responsible for desantis's election to governor.

can ron desantis do the same thing only win? kayleigh: if he focuses on policy distinctions, the desantis campaign, where am i to the right of trump? on disney, corporate america and fighting for children. to the right of him on abortion and vaccination mandates. if i'm desantis, i'll ignore the name calling, knock it in the mud and cling to the right on policy. >> brian: interesting. if he ignores it, they will think he's afraid, but you are saying ignore it. >> kayleigh: ignore it and policy distinction. >> ainsley: stay right there, new york city college professor out of a job after holding a machete to a "new york post" reporter's throat when he went to her door. >> steve: the police are investigating, the same woman went viral for a violent tirade against pro-life students at her university. >> brian: todd piro joins us. >> todd: hopefully this doesn't happen to ron desantis knocking doors during the campaign. rodriguez was caught on camera threatening a reporter outside her apartment. >> get -- away from my door. >> let's

air with you, the event was still going on but they were having a q and a between elon musk and ron desantis and also david sachs who was hosting the event. they were trying to explain the gli glitches to the audience, that's going to be the overwhelming take away of the event, overshadowed the announcement. desantis is a candidate for president. he'll be running in a republican primary against donald trump and several other candidates, and those candidates are starting to pile on and go after him. you've got to imagine that is going to continue after tonight's rollout. >> it certainly is, right, and of course you know he was clearly going to be a candidate, right right, but now it's formal. we're going to see whether things change in polling and otherwise. steve, thank you very much, reporting from miami. i want to go to david urban, trump 2020 senior campaign adviser, and ashley allison, former national coalitions adviser for biden/harris 2020. dan, i know obviously you're going to have heard good things here. you're a major donor here. what did you make of desantis doing this on twitter?

but they also believe that ron desantis is better as a governor.nald trump should be focusing on other people, namely president biden. 0ne voter said that should be the goal, to get rid of president biden and to get him out of the white house. but he is the favourite so far, donald trump, and we will have to see exactly how ron desantis performs over the next year. if he does catch up over the next year. if he does catch up in the polls and is victorious and gets the nomination, this twitter fiasco will be forgotten, but if he fails, and flames out, it might be this twitter chaos that defines him.— might be this twitter chaos that defines him. . ., ., , hundreds of people have been attending the funeral in london today for a jamaican—born airman who joined the raf to protect britain from nazi germany. flight sergeant peter brown was part of a group of elite fliers dubbed the "pilots of the caribbean". he died in december, aged 96, with no known relatives. he was going to have a small funeral but, when his wartime service was revealed, it prompted a

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ron desantis doesn't have that problem. yeah, maybe he should have talked about that in the twitter spaces but that was a ranging dialogue. that wasn't scripted. like he could have written a speech and scripted it but the great thing was we got to ask him whatever we wanted. they suggested i ask a question, i asked a totally different question. so that was the beauty. and the danger of twitter space and they had some technical glitches. but, look, this is a young -- you know, he's a young guy, he's using technology and he could be the future of our party. that's why i'm backing him. it's not a dead end. >> laura: now, he touched on the covid issue tonight. watch this. >> we need an honest reckoning about what happened during covid and the only honest reckoning is that all of those agencies, all of the elites, the public health establishment, they failed. and florida not just kind of stood in the way, i think this country would have had rolling lockdowns for probably a two-year period. >> laura: now, congressman massie, how

stuart: it is official ron desantis no longer on the bench.e has launched, the are not without technical glitches. >> is like the movie failure to launch. stuart: did you crash the internet? >> it was a disaster technically speaking. kant calls it success, twitter handle nearly 1 million people trying to get into the space room, essentially a conference call. it took 25 minutes and ultimately had to switch to a new room for the big event. it eventually happened, he lost candidacy for president of the united states did not attack trump by name, he went straight for biden. >> i'm running to lead a great american come back. we know the countries on the wrong track, we see the border overrun, crime infested in the cities, we see the federal government making it difficult for families to make ends meet and the president who's a listless vessel, not energetic and not dealing with the challenges facing our country. decline of the country is not inevitable, it is a choice and i think we can choose a better pathway. >> that was after the twitter advent

explain why you were in ron desantis' office, why did you get arrested?with our florida legislature attacking the rights of all the people in florida that do not look or think like him. it's been an onslaught of attacks on teachers, union members, it has just been relentless. it is the last week of legislative session. today is the last day of our legislative session. we could not end it without taking courageous action and being heard. amy: talk about the various bills, one after another made into law that most concerned you from reproductive rights to anti-lgbtq legislation, to issues of what teachers can teach in school. nailah: desantis has been going after working-class people in florida, people of color, since he first started in office. he has been turning the dial, turning up the hate every year. the six-week abortion ban, taking books out of classrooms of children, expanding don't say gay until 12th grade, they cited the fugitive slave act for a version of the immigration bill that they were trying to pass this year. it is just an diluted -- undi

and ron desantis probably being first and foremost. he likes to position himself as a strong man in american politics. the problem is america knows that strong men in politics are rarely people of actual strength. they're people who punched out, who marginalized communities like the lgbt community, the migrant community, the african american community. in the case of ron desantis, ban books, deny science, and deny history. what we have learned since the trump era is that type of grievance, culture war, angry conservative politics actually elevates you in the republican party but leads to general election losses. ron desantis is woefully out of touch with a general election voter come 2024. >> thank you. >>> from there i want to go to south carolina, the state senate passing a six-week abortion ban late yesterday before most people know they're pregnant. the bill now heads to the republican governor's desk, he's expected to sign it into law, meaning an end to most abortions in one of the last states in the south with access. led by the

we're talking about ron desantis. ron desantis, juan was just talking about trump and being the number 1 challenger. ron desantis took a swipe at donald trump. i'll play this and get your thoughts. >> it's possible in those eight years we would have the opportunity to fortify justices scalia and alito and thomas as well as actually make improvements with those others. if you were able to do that you'd have a 7-2 conservative majority on the supreme court that would last a quarter century. >> what he's saying, he could serve eight years, president trump could serve four years. about ron desantis getting in the race, your thoughts. >> yeah, that's one of the points of difference, trace, that he will probably point out starting tomorrow night as you were just referencing with juan. he has to sort of be strategic. he wants to appeal to a large swath of republican voters and conservatives that like former president trump, many of them are trump supporters right now. some of them are let's say soft supporters. he doesn't wa

how many people for ron desantis? about half. split. so, why is that? why for ron desantis?i'm going for both of them. >> you are going for both of them. we can't lose. >> brian: i think you have got to make a decision. i i'm pretty sure have to make a decision. >> the best thing that could happen is we have a trump-desantis ticket. >> brian: right. >> then we have desantis for another 8 years. >> brian: right. >> anybody but. >> brian: anybody but. >> but biden. >> brian: we will see what happens. do you think so, janet, that anyone could surge amongst the single-digit candidates? >> maybe -- who is that gentleman? >> vivek. >> vivek ramaswamy. >> he is at 8% right now. >> brian: is he about 4%. >> vivek. we will knicks those numbers up. marianne williamson is surging on president biden. you are in real estate. how's it going. >> couldn't be better. i know that around the country we have some areas that are not going as well as florida as you said with your t-shirt, everybody is coming here. so, you know, we have still some offers and we are selling our properties quickly t

ron desantis is hugely popular here but also very controversial.dline conservative policies. the question is, can he appeal to enough americans outside of florida to win a national election? he has already been travelling across the country to drum up support. however, the polls suggest he can't beat donald trump, who has nicknamed him de sinking ship. some supporters in miami say don't rule him out. ron desantis comes with a big warchest of money and a lot of hype. american history is littered with those who tried to be president. ron desantis mayjoin them or go the distance. nomia iqbal, bbc news, miami. some more breaking news. a rwandan genocide suspect has been arrested in south africa. that's according to the united nations tribunal for war crimes committed in rwanda. they are alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 tutsi refugees during the 1994 genocide against the tutsis in rwanda. there will be more of that as we get it. let's get some of the day's other news now the us national security agency says it's identified

now, i will say i've talked to some donors and here in miami where donors are meeting for ron desantisntis. they think that they liked what he said when he did get on, they liked his message a lot. so they're still sticking with him. it's not like they're fleeing. i'm not saying people are happy with it, but they do put the blame on twitter versus ron desantis. >> we'll be to note that technical glitches do happen. of course, we're not launching a presidential campaign as we do so. you have a new piece published on nbcnews.com titled this, "ron desantis is stuck in the middle and getting punched from above and below." tell us a little bit more about what you call the unusual squeeze that desantis now finds himself in, now that he's in the race. >> so, ron desantis is getting pinched in the middle here. as the story lays out, you have trump pummelling ron desantis every single day. he's coming up with new nicknames, so he's punching down. even on the very first day, you have nikki haley pinning ron desantis right away, saying that he's just an echo of trump. so here, you have someone wh

and this is why ron desantis is right to go after the woke disney universe.y has gone from serving kids for its entire career issue not the disney that you or i or our kids grew up with in the '80s, '90s and early 2000s, people are fed up with ridi ridiculousness like this. >> steve: people are going to outkick.com. >> that's right. >> steve: quarter before top of the hour, time for news and mortgage stuff, brian. >> brian: money, quick headlines, mortgage demand hitting three-month low after rates spiked, average interest rate for fixed rate mortgage 6.9%, up from the previous week. mortgage applications dropped by 3% and by 31% since last year. is that the goal? target losing 2.4 billion in the market yesterday accord being to dow jones market group, they have lost 12 billion since controversy over pride month displays. this comes as bud light status as top beer in the country in jeopardy after posted worst sales ever dropping 25% on big beer weekend. speaking of someone that likes big beers, adam klotz has fox weather forecast. >> adam: miller light guy ou