and so are that those figures like the historical ones that you've referred to, whether it's ron reagan so on who stand for a principal other than donald trump, or is the really the deeper crisis within the republican party that it other than donald trump. it doesn't know really what it stands for, other than seeking power for their own personal agendas. i think that's when you happens when you have such a strong personality that comes in and it has become about donald trump. it's become, you're with them or you're against it. and for folks like me that want to talk about the issues that want to talk about the principles to one, talk about what we stand for, which is frankly, what americans want to hear. we're out, they just haven't had that. and so if it's, you know, even though they might not agree with the left and all the things that they're doing, at least they're not donald trump, and that's what this is coming down to you. i just, i'm very disappointed to be that kind of boiled down to whatever he says represents the republican party, because that's absolutely not how i was raise

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the chinese slapping sanctions on both the ron reagan presidential library -- ronald reagan presidential library and the hudson institute for hosting the event. joining us is virginia congressman rob whitman. congressman, thanks very much for being here. you were there in california with kevin mccarthy and his visit with the president of taiwan. can you tell us what happened? >> yes. it was a great bipartisan meeting, maria, and we had great discussions about the threat that taiwan faces from china, the things that we need to do together to make sure that we face that threat. also understanding, too, the resolve of the taiwanese people. she was very, very forthright with what was in their minds as well as the minds of friends and allies in the region. so it was a very, very productive meeting, and it was very sobering too about the challenges we face. maria: well, i thought kevin mccarthy's comment was really spot on when he said, look, i'm speaker of the house, i'm not the general manager of the houston rockets, i'm not going to listen to what the ccp tells me another. was that part of

of mandatory spending is by a bipartisan gri agreement, i would support that like ron des ron -- ronald reagan and tip o'neill. we should take that approach. we don't have leadership from president biden. trey: congressman. quickly, you are on house intel. what can you tell us about what is happening in sudan? >> well first let me talk about open source data we read today and salute our seal team 6 members that rescued our diplomatic staff in khartoum. but, trey we have over 10,000 americans trapped in sudan right now, including 3 of mi constituents from little rock, i called united nations, state department we need toy strategy to create a safe corridor to get the foreign citizens out of the sudan, as the civil war rages, we need leadership from president biden and the united nations. trey: you know you or it best to all americans that are trying to get out. congressman french hill thank you. >> great to be with you. trey: secretary of homeland security was before congress this week it did not go well. mayorkas said that border is secure. but it's not. whether it is fentanyl or cocaine or mig

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he spoke at the lee county gop s lincoln reagan dinner yesterday, taking credit for ron desantis winning the governor's race. here he is. i got 1.2 million more votes than your successful governor's campaign. you know that. start meeting. have you support sir? supportive about three to have your support. think about it. and it was like a rocket ship after i gave an otherwise right now you have a lawyer someplace looking for business. former trump ally is taking aim at trump well, considering whether to make a presidential bid in 2024, former new jersey governor chris christie made the case that trump is disqualified from the presidency and a dinner in new hampshire hosted by local republicans. christie argued that trump had not put the american people first serious. this guy who's pretended to put us first. failed us. we showed faith in him and he failed us because he put himself before the country. he put himself. before the people that elected. multiple sources tell cnn exclusively that lawyers for the us president's son will meet with the justice department next week. hunter biden's l

reagan. understandably, he wanted to do that. ron klain sat him down as only a white house chief staff can do. and said, mr. president, we really advise you to go to the following states only where you can actually have an impact and a positive impact that can impact the. and you're going to and you're going to talk about women's reproductive rights and the threat. the maga threat to democracy. that's it. that's what he did. that was the script that joe biden followed. and the rest is history because the democrats defied 60 years of history. they were the prediction was they should lose 40 seats in the house. they lost a handful. and it was you know, it was a triumph over expectations. i don't want to belabor this. one of my favorite stories from jack, by the way, about sitting the president down and telling him what he doesn't want to hear. was the time you said you went in and i'm not sure what the what the subject was or the issue was at the time. and you said, mr.. i urge you to do the following. and what how did the president re

ron desantis is proven to be smaller than life. the model for big state republican governors, if you think about it, get elected president reagan bush. they're they're positive. they're optimistic their expansive and ron desantis is clearly not having fun at this and say what you will about donald trump. the guy enjoys the fight. people go to his rallies because it's a spectacle. and there was a question whether or not if he was indicted. it would, uh, hurt him or help him . i was always the impression that it would almost forced people to be for donald trump in the republican party to prove that he was being victimized here. otherwise they were validating the big state, so i think this has the potential to shape up to be an unusually long match up. between incumbent president and donald trump. the president has shown some weakness with left leaning voters, especially younger voters in recent polls. i don't know how big a concern that is for them at this stage. does he need to make up ground there? does that matter? i mean, look, i think young voters absolutely matter if you look at the wisconsin state supreme court referendum just

reagan did that well with jim baker. biden did it with ron klain. so he'd also decided to have a chief of staff. why? because he wanted to do exactly the opposite of nixon remember, nixon had haldeman. haldeman was in jail and carter said, i don't want to do what that guy did. so he said, i don't i'm going to have a chief of staff. and it imperiled the presidency he did appoint a chief of staff in year three and that helped stabilize the house. and actually they got a lot done the last couple of years, even though they the election. yeah this idea of i feel like there's a whole sort of cottage industry now around presidential transitions but it's still sort of like a fairly modern invention. when did it really start? was it really sort of josh bolten, the bush administration, that really sort of set up the standard or when did this idea that this is something that needed to happen in organized fashion, really come to the i would say, post 911. it really accelerated and the partnership for public service gets a lot of credit because they created a ce

called - the initiative it was the original anti-boome bill a look at up, ron desantis and yet a guy by the name of ronald reaganasically saying i you are gay you cannot teach our kids and he similar to the don't sa gay bill which passed? here it is even more extreme than the one passed in florida it echoes similarly and it goes, reagan you had the courage saying you cannot catch aids like you can measles i had the courage to come ou against that i am very worried for the lgbt community in the trans community. i mean, drag shows, that's mor importance than expandin medicaid >> hearing you talk about al these issues, you said you are not running in 2024. i believe you, you are on th presidents advisory committee. but people watching you, i how you are talking with these issues passionately, it does not sound like somebody wa retiring in 2026 >> i am not. i am with justice -- democracy is the most importan office he never said governor president, he says he wants to support the office of citizens so yes, if that is the worst-case i get to retire int that, i am all for it. so, no i am not running and know it is the

remember, in california, i had something called the - look, ron desantis you had a guy by the name of ronald reaganhould look at, who had the courage to oppose, which basically says, if you'r gay, you can't teach our kids. any similarities to the don' say gay bill that passed here? even more -- and similarly, it is reaga saying that you can't catch ye like you can measles he had the courage to come out against that i'm very worried, the tran community, drag, i mean, dra shows? that's more important than expanding medicaid >> hearing you talk about thes issues, i know you said you're not running in 2024, i believe you. you're on the presidents advisory committee but if people watch you, you talk about these issues, i doesn't sound like somebod who's retiring in 2026 >> and in a democracy, the mos important office, i never said government or president, the most important one's office of the citizen. if that's a worst-case, retire into, that i'm all for it. no, i'm not running, and i kno it's the perfunctory questio that you have to ask any tim anybody puts that out, i get it, but if there's nothing e

reagan library. so, ladies and gentlemen, please help me in welcoming the 40th governor of the state of florida, ron desantis. thank you. hello, california. i know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concern about what we're doing in florida. so i figured i had to come by. well, thank you so much. it's really an honor to be at the ronald reagan library. and as i was coming here, i started to think a little bit about president reagan and about some of the issues that we're facing now. and, of course, you know, president reagan had a great sense of humor. and i thought about a story that there was a debate between three of our founding fathers, dr. benjamin rush, thomas jefferson and ben franklin. and the debate was about what was the world's oldest profession. and dr. rush said as a physician, he said, the world's oldest professions, the doctor, because eve was cut out of adam's rib. so it has to be the physician. thomas jefferson, who, you know, design monticello said no. the world's oldest profession is the architect act after all. was the architect who brought order

ron desantis does not there has there's not like a ronald reagan figure there's not like a figure of more moderate republican stripe who's able to make those kinds of moral arguments in a way that resonates and that's again. this sort of abdication of morality in this segment of the population. well first, i think it's important to understand why do they hitched themselves to trump and why have they since 2015 and 2016? actually had a lot of conversations during that time with republican voters who were the base now who they hadn't gone to the fully. oh, the election was stolen. this was still 2016. and they told me , you know, part of it is a systemic problem that republicans and democrats every election. come and say, vote for me, and i'm going to fix all your problems and then when they vote for them, which is a very sacred thing to give someone your vote when they vote for them. they don't feel any tangible results, and you see a lot of portions of the country that we had terrible policy planning because we knew we were shifting from a manufacturing economy to consumer economy, a

larry: ron desantis is, of course, much larger, sthe age issue -- although sometimes that has fallen flat. i think back in the 1984 election campaign of ronald reagandemocrats put a lot of in pointing out that ronald reagan was 73 and was alreadyhe oldest president in american history, and it definitely hurt him, in minnesota and the district of columbia. he won 49 states and carry 59% of the vote. maryam: do you think going for ages the wrong thing to do, then? do you think republicans should not push that point? larry: well, they can push it. i don't think it is enough to win. they will have to do a lot more than that. that is where the democrats could have an advantage here, because all of the republicans who have seen at the moment, to have a chance of being a nominee, first and foremost trump but also ron desantis and several of the others who are running are very trumpy, they are very trumpist. the problem is their image is so poor now with young people come up with many of the age of 50, 55, and older voters, too, are worried about what might happen with social security, that if biden wraps them all up into the mirror of trumpism, any of the

ron desantis supporters should be nervous. is that over tha that period of time, he's given speeches at the reagan library. he's been to iowa. duri been all over the placell effectively running as a candidate. and during that time, his his his polling numbers, he's gonepn from 30% dowt n to twenty five percent. meanwhile, trump has extended his lead from 15% over to to pr, 27%. so the problem is not necessarily ron desantis hasil to say he's a presidential candidate that's goingy that to turncandidat things around. the problem is he's out there, e right now and everybody seemslv to be galvanizing to trump.to obviously, events that have caused that to happen. i mean, i think that's the biggest worry for desantis folks right now. well, someone is able to brand you. of tha how do you get out of that brand? i mean, i think that's whatat a lot of people are worrying about senator barrasso, cornyn, thune are actively reaching outar to fellow republican senators in an effort to prepare for an t anticipated leadership vote . my question to you is , are anyf of those d to any of those? the mcconnell team came outteamc quickly to deny

reaganism, where he was optimistic. it's a sunny day in america, um and, you know, obviously contrasting starkly with the former president donald trump and ron desantis, who have been all about grievance politics. the rhetoric is very negative and dark, and it's funny. i think if you look at glen duncan, he's someone who i know just months ago, talking to a lot of republicans, both on capitol hill throughout washington strategists they all thought that young can could be almost a dark horse in the republican race for the nomination, and now it looks like he's pulling away from running again. but his speech today did sound very heavily like he's thinking about his future political ambitions and we have some sound. i think if we want to play that i think first of all we've allowed ourselves to fall into. i think a trap of grievance politics. and grievance politics is, i think, underpins by myopic focus on oneself. i think that grievance politics has run its course. and we've got to put it down. and that's a wonderful aspiration. i mean, and i don't mean to make it happen. i'm not kidding happening. i don't mean to make light of it. i think tha

reagan national airport. this is cnn. in florida tonight, a bill that would ban most abortions after six weeks just one final passage by the state legislature . republican governor ronesantis has indicated he supports the bill as he prepares to enter the 2024 presidential race. the measure would make florida one of the most restrictive states in the country when it comes to abortion. also tonight, the national battle over access to abortion medication is heading to the u. s supreme court. the u. s justice department is asking the high court to intervene in response to a new appeals court ruling. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has details. tonight the clock is ticking as access to the abortion pill mifepristone could soon be restricted the courts unprecedented decision, attorney general merrick garland, saying the justice department will ask the supreme court to step in to stop a ruling from the fifth circuit from taking effect, pledging to defend the fericansd effective reproductive care. we believe again the laws on our side we're going to prevail. we're going to continue to fight that is the commitment that we're going to make the fifth circuit's ruli

president trump has filed for president and it seems like ron desantis wants to be president to by virtue of his campaign. if you go back to 1980, ronald reagan-- republican nomination, george h w bush ran for republican nomination. after george bush got out of the race, reg a slightly to be his vice president. perhaps that could happen but i believe there might be constitution a against having the president and vice president from the same state which they both are floridians. barring that issue, perhaps it could happen later in the campaign. host: eileen in st. petersburg, florida. democrat. caller: good morning. i have listened -- i'm a registered democrat. my city is one of the bluest cities probably in the country. we celebrate trans community and game community. we have a black lives matter mural. i live downtown and i encounter every day, i spent a lot of time outside, i haven't never had one person tell me they are moving or living here because of our governor. governor desantis is the last reason people are moving here. we have great weather. low taxes. relist estate cheap compared to other states. as far as desantis wenning, only 34

president trump has filed for president and it seems like ron desantis wants to be president to by virtue of his campaign. if you go back to 1980, ronald reagan-- republican nomination, george h w bush ran for republican nomination. after george bush got out of the race, reg a slightly to be his vice president. perhaps that could happen but i believe there might be constitution a against having the president and vice president from the same state which they both are floridians. barring that issue, perhaps it could happen later in the campaign. host: eileen in st. petersburg, florida. democrat. caller: good morning. i have listened -- i'm a registered democrat. my city is one of the bluest cities probably in the country. we celebrate trans community and game community. we have a black lives matter mural. i live downtown and i encounter every day, i spent a lot of time outside, i haven't never had one person tell me they are moving or living here because of our governor. governor desantis is the last reason people are moving here. we have great weather. low taxes. relist estate cheap compared to other states. as far as desantis wenning, only 34

wars and rev up the base, but he could run as a, dare say, reagan republican who was, you know, you could be just a normal person who supported ron desantis i think he is too online i think that his campaign thinks that twitter, or maybe he thinks that twitter is the real world, so they've doubled down really on the culture wars, going after mickey mouse instead of donald trump, instead of joe biden, really i mean, they're running this kind of culture war campaign, and there is a sense that, like, the big enemy out there is bud budlight, you know, not china, not even the democrats he is not running as a mainstream candidate who could win a general election he is running to be the -- he is running to be the president of right-wing twitter, and i don't think that's a smart political move nevermind what it might be doing to the country. >> well, i mean, it's budlight instead of china it's mickey mouse instead of north orea it is hunter biden's laptop instead of russia. in fact, a lot of 'em are on putin's side they'll basically say that you listen to what marjorie taylor greene says listen to what other republicans say. it's frighte

and i think ron desantis is he's a conservative in the way that ronald reagan and margaret thatcher arei think it is conservatism. i think it is fundamentally. i think it's the only way to build a winning conservative coalition in america . i think he's good news. america. i think he's good news. i'm a big fan of his. i wish him well and it's great that he is meeting uk government ministers. i hope, incidentally , when he's i hope, incidentally, when he's in london, they're talking to him about a free trade agreement because think sort of because i think he's the sort of person who actually be person who might actually be able deliver on that. and if able to deliver on that. and if it's there will be it's not him, there will be future generations of republican leaders will able to leaders who will be able to deliver that. yes i mean, he's less divisive more less divisive and a more coherent than donald coherent leader than donald trump , isn't he? and he famously trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht— trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht h— trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht hh ee—

and i think ron desantis is he's a conservative in the way that ronald reagan and margaret thatcher are. i think it is conservatism. i think it is fundamentally. i think it's the only way to build a winning conservative coalition in america . i think he's good news. america. i think he's good news. i'm a big fan of his. i wish him well and it's great that he is meeting uk government ministers. i hope, incidentally , when he's i hope, incidentally, when he's in london, they're talking to him about a free trade agreement because think sort of because i think he's the sort of person might actually be person who might actually be able deliver on that. and if able to deliver on that. and if it's not him, there will be future of republican future generations of republican leaders will to leaders who will be able to deliver that. yes i mean, he's less divisive more less divisive and a more coherent than donald coherent leader than donald trump , isn't he? and he famously trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht— trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht h— trump, isn't he? and he famously eeht hh ee—