vivek ramaswamy, you're actually in ohio.e look like -- is this -- do we have a systemic problem here with safety and certainly with the oversight of the railways? we had this incident, we had another toxic spill in arizona this week, and the administration, again, we talk about complacency about china, they don't seem on the taking these issues very seriously. >> yeah. the systemic problem we really have is with our leadership. yes, we have problems in if our infrastructure, but that is a symptom of the leadership in this country. and i look at mayor pete's comments over the last couple of days trying to almost make the argument and deflect and say this is getting too much attention in an interview i saw yesterday. that is shameful, dedeflecting accountability. and you know what's really going on here, gerry? i live in ohio today but, guess what? we overlapped at harvard when pete and i were going to college. and the dirty little secret is if this had happened in new york or washington, d.c. or somewhere in between, this wou

. >> entrepreneur, vivek ramaswamy, launches his 2024 presidential campaign. >> the identity we share. >> the 24/7 asbury revival will come to an end. >> watch our students experience this is a gift. ♪ >> brian: this is why columbus and everybody in that time up until him thought the world was flat. if i'm looking at that image, i'm saying the world is flat. you can't see the curvature of the earth. now ainsley, i gave you credit for having the best bump-in shot, i think that spot surpassed yours in terms of pure beauty and the world is not flat, we're definitely round. >> ainsley: yes, i'm from south carolina and love myrtle beach, the shot they gave me from maine in the first hour was -- >> steve: stunning. >> ainsley: so gorgeous. right? >> brian: take a look at my shot. >> steve: look at that, the earth is flat. >> brian: looks like it is. >> ainsley: the santa maria are somewhere on the other side of that. >> brian: the world is not flat, geraldo sailed around the world and he is okay, he would have fallen off the edge. >> steve: ainsley, explain why you are in kentucky today. >>

stuart: that was vivek ramaswamy declaring his bid for the presidency. vivek joins me now.good to see you again. god good to see you. stuart: bill ackman, he's a very well known, wealthy investor. he tweeted his support for you last week. he says you are going to win. you're off to a good start, vivek. >> we're off to a good start, but i think, stuart, it's because i'm talking about the what and the why. i think that's what we need to focus on this year more than the question of the who. the question of the who, that's for 2024. but 2023 many and this race ought to be about the agenda. what does the gop stand for, what does this country stand for. and i'm all about reviving those basic ideals from merit to free speech, to self-governance. let's define that ideal and good things are going to happen. stuart: so where do you stand in the gop? if you've got trump here and say, just for example, mitch mc mcconnell here, where are you in between these two? >> i'm an unapologetic america first conservative. i do not apologize about that. but i think to put america first, we need t

don't go anywhere vivek ramaswamy will be joining us later this morning.ldogs have a bone to pick with the biden administration for failing to invite the team to the white house for a second straight year. it is tradition for the president to invite the college football national title winner but the back-to-back champs are still waiting. the dog's offensive lineman tweeting biden about to snub saying no invite to the white house is crazy. maybe the letter got lost in the mail, guys. >> brian: i don't get it, georgia delivered the senate for him. >> ainsley: i don't either. >> brian: he won georgia, i don't get it. >> ashley: doesn't make sense. >> ainsley: good point. >> steve: all right, ainsley. >> ainsley: all right. everyone, coming up. i'm in will more, kentucky where people have been praying nonstop, they have been singing nonstop last two weeks. how this gathering came together we will interview a few fine folks here. >> brian: while pete buttigieg and president biden are mia in east palestine. donald trump will visit the disaster. we will hear from

and vivek ramaswamy. and daily mail's josh boswell, with his exclusive for us. washington examiner's byron york. and dr. janet, and a mother outraged over the systemic failures of america's children. in baltimore public schools, davita allen, far left democrats like senator bernie sanders are slamming pete buttigieg for going awol on the ohio rail catastrophe. >> and james biden admits they do make money off of joe biden government job. >> and cdc director trying to dismiss a new study that masks do not stop covid-19. >> government e-mail surfacing showing national archives did coordinate with the president's lawyers on his mishandling of u.s. secrets. >> and i am elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. elizabeth: thank you so much for joining us. stocks ended higher. the u.s. consumer is stepping it. despite high inflation, january retail sales came in strong. rose 3%. better than expected, by 1.8%. and home buildy confidence rising, we're looking at futures market. pricing in a possible lower quarter point rate hike in march. maybe the fed wi

with that, we bring in vivek ramaswamy. good to have you with us today. very much, vivek. >> thank you. good to see you. >> martha: first time i've seen you since you declared. congratulations to anybody that throws their hat. in it's a american dream that a lot hoff people have and you're trying to make it come true for you. we'll be watching closely, this student loan forgiveness program, these things don't happen in a vacuum. they polled this. it's very popular. take a look at this poll. among 18 to 34-year-olds, nearly 60% favored this program. we did see a lot of those voters turn out in the mid-terms, vivek. so they felt this was politically advantageous to democrats in the mid-terms. no doubt. >> the legal issue is to one side. i expect the supreme court to rule against the biden administration here on good grounds. this san abuse of executive authority. there's a deeper cultural question. this is case of bribing the voters. raining money like manna from heaven. it's a great way to bribe voters. it's an arbitrary redistribution of wealth. someone w

mcfarland, mike turner and vivek ramaswamy. big show on tuesday, pen 14th. oh -- february the 14th. oh, yes, happy valentine's day. varney and company is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ♪ think you gotta keep me iced, you don't. ♪ even if you were broke, my love don't cost a thing ♪ ashley: well, there you have what looks like a traffic jam on sixth avenue in midtown the manhattan. we haven't seen that many vehicles for quite a while, not much fun sitting in that jam. good morning, everybody. jennifer lopez says, lo don't cost -- love don't cost a thing, but we do have the latest on inflation, and those consumer prices up 6.4% from a year ago. yeah, i mean, progress? good morning, lauren. take us through the report. lauren: slow progress. i think the bottom line is a small improvement, but inflation is sill way too hot. where is -- still way too hot. where is it most pronounced? in the things you need to live, rent, food and energy, gas with rising 2.4% last month alone. that was for gasoline, the third number on that screen. so better than fearedded, ashley, but signaling that the fed will lik

>> no, i don't think this is a vanity project because vivek ramaswamy is a very serious guy.n for "the wall street journal" editorial page, he is well grounded in the issues, he is articulate and, you know, this is an indication, paul, of where our politics are going. if i mean, we have the debate a lot about are we really going to the end up having a vote for joe biden and donald trump again. and meanwhile, you have generations behind them -- and vivek represents one of those generations, 37 years old, entrepreneur, indian-american ancestry, made it in the united states and believes deeply in the united states and is able to articulate that. that sort of thing will be a great contribution, i think, to the presidential debate. and it's the sort of thing that the american people really are yearning for. so i think vivek is going to get a hearing once he gets out there and starts talking about why he should be president. paul: yeah. if he gets on the stage and muster the support to get on the debate stage, i think he could more than hold his own and really add to the debate. ki

vivek ramaswamy is with us. vivek?a's corporate governance and their bookkeeping >> so stuart, i would never say i trust emerging markets nations bookkeeping wholeheartedly but i would say india is, in my estimation, broadly no worse and no better than many other emerging markets as well, from brazil to china and so on. what i think is interesting about this story though was the linkages to government and particularly to the mothe administration. actually in thef believing mothe has done an incredible job but the irony is in part he came to power through railing against capital ism yet his tight relationship with adani is an important part of this story as well and maybe as we learn more an example of crony capital ism in its own right and i think that's a cautionary tale for many emerging markets when you have companies that have that cozy of a relationship with government. it tends to be a telltale sign for corruption and scandal and to be honest, stuart it not a bad lesson for us to learn here in the united states a

vivek ramaswamy will join "fox and friends first" later this morning. less than a week from the chicago mayoral election and lightfoot is doing major damage control over this comment. >> any vote, any vote coming on the south side, for somebody not named lightfoot is vote for garcia. if you want them controlling your fate and your destiny, then stay home. don't vote. >> ashley: she said, don't vote, that is not all. wait until you hear about her latest scandal involving chicago pd. >> todd: and there is this. >> takes our entire community to combat good violence in our city, especially when it involves children. we have to find a way as a community to reclaim our young people. >> todd: a georgia mayor taking a stand against youth violence, after nine children, including a five-year-old boy, are shot at a local gas station. that mayor joins us next. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart... efficient... agile... and that's never been more important than it is right now. so for a limited time, comcast business is introducing small

vivek ramaswamy [applause] vivek: that was so nice. the first thing i will say is thank you for that to kind of an introduction. i wish i could've brought my family today. i was late saying happy birthday to my son who turns three years old tonight. [applause] thank you. we had a surprise for him which was we were going to do a little birthday celebration for him here tonight but there was a weather issue so they ended up getting grounded can ohio. thank you for celebrating in spirit. here's what i will say, i will start in the middle of the speech. is steve here? he's on his way. good good. i think steve is going to join us, he's a friend and were going to have a conversation. i will kick this off with i believe the preamble out. some of you might have seen the big announcement that i made this week, great i'm running for president so what. the question ought to be about the what and the why. in places like this, in times of the year like we are in, electoral cycles, we tend to obsess over the question of the who. that's the problem w

>> the issue that vivek ramaswamy is talking about isn't just a base issue. we've learned with the republican party's focus on education over the last few years it's an issue that energizes the base but wins a lot of swing voters in states like virginia and in florida with ron desantis's re-election campaign. this is an issue one of the few issues these days that energizes the republican base and can win over some independent swing voters. the challenge for ramaswamy is that almost every republican presidential candidate or potential candidate is talking about the issue of wokeness and the excesses of the progressive left. so there always have been room historically for ideas centered candidates to have some traction. remember andrew yang in the democratic primary in 2020 on universal basic income and you had steve forbes on the flat tax. room for candidates to run on an idea and get a lot of momentum. the challenge for ramaswamy is a lot of other republicans, especially ron desantis are talking about many of the same issues he has put into the public domain.

conservative entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy jumping in the race for president.out of india wants to revive the ideals of america's founding and the pursuit of excellence. if you are up in cincinnati, ohio today he is in new hampshire. a woman from poland says she may be madeleine mccain. a british girl who disappeared when the family was on vacation in 2007 in the country of portugal. her parents agreed to a dna test for that. high winds, heavy snow slamming the west. massive winter storm moving across the u.s. northern states expecting blizzard conditions and in the midwest and northeast getting ready for what could be a lot of ice coming their way. more on that story throughout the hour on this wednesday morning. dana. >> dana: first big tech on trial. the u.s. supreme court today hearing a case against twitter claiming the online platform was aiding and abetting terrorism by allowing isis to post content online. a big case and we'll follow it. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. high court in

vivek ramaswamy executive chainman of strive magment.s not enough snark for this but there shouldn't be any. this is serious stuff. why would he do that? >> i think it's another senseless act and it is some of it is not even -- can't be explained. >> harris: he has no credibility. >> he had no credibility before. part of the deeper problem in our media. the same people who mainstream media get promoted to speak out have no grounding in principle in the issues they engage on. i care about the substance of it. one of the more interesting proposals she made that i like is the idea of term limits for elected officials. take it out of the age debate. you fix on age. what is the principle here? fresh blood running the country. i would go one step further than she did. it's not even elected officials that are the problem. if only they were the ones who ran the government. let's take that same idea to the management in the federal government. if you worked for the government for eight years you shouldn't be there any more and the president shoul

go to vivek ramaswamy. you know imasset executive manager, executive chairman, best-selling author. ular out there, nation of victims. the one that intrigued me, i give vivek credit, he wrote couple years ago, "woke, inc.," inside of america's woke justice scam. he was always ahead of this. good to see you. i'm wondering what you make of the way desantis is attacking this in a pretty surgical way in florida? >> so i give governor desantis full credit here. not only do we need to go to the step figuring out what we don't teach to kids in k-12, we need to go the extra mile what we do want to be teaching those kids. reviving civic education and civic pride. the main goal should not be to teach kids what to think but to teach them how to think. when i look at those criticisms of his actions, what i really see is the crt ideology even embedded in the criticism. because the way it works, neil, once your race goes from being about your skin color to being about the content of ideas you're allowed to espouse, keep in mind congressman ayanna pressley, we don't want anymore black faces that do

vivek ramaswamy joins us right now from columbus.from the secretary of transportation. he has been talking about everything except this. and this happened, what, 11 days ago. that's crazy. >> that's what is staggering is how little attention this has gotten. i will say that the firefighters in that community bore the brunt of this and deserve a lot of credit. do you know who doesn't deserve the credit is our federal government and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he will talk about diversity in the construction workforce, obsess over climate change. do you know what is not going to kill people in this community or other communities like it over the course of their lifetime is going to be climate change. but, you know what actually is dangerous for those communities? the risks of cancer from chemical spills. we need to learn more about this particular situation. but i think that that's one of the problems with the focus of our leaders. even as it relates to environmental issues is if it does not relate to their narrative o

you just heard president trump and vivek ramaswamy.hange agent in '24. >> yeah, it's time for a new direction, maria. i think we need to leave the status quo of the past. i mean, you look at how america's falling into socialism, you look at how this national self-loathing has taken over our country, and we've got real issues whether it's $31 trillion in debt, whether it's that our children have fallen so far behind, we don't know how to catch them up, whether it's security and crime on our streets or open borders or the fact that our minds are are being closed by woke ideology. the idea that we'd look up at the sky and see a chinese spy balloon looking back at us, there's no shortage of issues. but what i will tell you is americans want more. they want something different, and they want it now, and we can't coenough to make sure that joe biden's last days are ahead of him. maria: we've been talking about foreign policy this morning. you did an incredible job at the u.n. fighting for america first. how do you differentiate yourself from

. >> gillian: vivek ramaswamy is the next one to throw his hat in the ring, a crowded field over theweeks. republicans are making their case to take back the white house, the current mr. president plans are up in the air. karl rove, former white house deputy chief of staff and also fox news contributor. karl, especially excited to have you this morning in light of the news from ramaswamy yesterday. let's start with the bigger picture, though. we have the whole massive potential republicans, including the three who have already declared. on the democratic side, not so busy, we are looking at maybe williamson, maybe president biden, it seems, though, that in both cases there's like everyone is waiting for this shoe to drop by you know, on the gop side it's when is ron desantis going to declare, and the democratic side, it's when is president biden going to declare. >> i think that's right. and neither one of them should really be in, you know, in a rush to do it. governor desantis has a legislative session going on, travelling a bit around the country laying out a message. he can sort

my great thanks to charlie hurt and vivek ramaswamy. i'll be back next week, in the meantime, have a great >> "barron's roundtable" sponsored by global x etfs. jack otter: welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. coming up, increasing tensions with china have us tech companies in the crosshairs. constellation research founder ray wong on which companies are at risk and later warren buffett's berkshire hathaway making big money moves ahead of his annual letter to shareholders. our experts say it may not be buffett doing those trades. we begin with three things investors ought to be thinking about. markets ended the week mixed on a rate hike fears and rising bond yields. investors fear rates could go higher and stay there longer. ford and haslett hit some bumps in the road but the industry is still moving forward and we've been hearing about a hard landing at a soft landing but are we heading for no landing. on "barron's roundtable," ben levisohn, kristin health term and jack h

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. >> i am vivek ramaswamy, i wrote a pair of books one is woke inc.he other is nation of victims. >> greatest impact for good. >> he pretended like he cared. other than profit and power to gain more of each, that is cardinal rule of 21 century capitalism. >> just really, large. >> funny part of this irony about soar is part of t story, he was able to create that virtuous smoke screen that deflected everyone else's scrutmy. >> he used to money to become one of the biggest donors in this year's midterm election. >> donates tens of millions to democratic candidates to the good guys, nobody bothered to ask how he generated that kind of liquidity. >> this is in hamlet for a reason. true as human history. >> there is enormous amount of positive impact we could have on the work. >> the guy pro protests chase of virtue much, might be the guy you want to question then turn and run the other way. >> sam bankman-fried donated more 40 million in 2022 political cycle, 99.6% of his donation to democrat. >> i think duty as a member of the industry to get us regulate

. >> another republican candidate launched his presidential campaign, vivek ramaswamy a successful thed author. former v vice president mike pence giving it careful consideration and tim scott in iowa this week, joining us now kevin walling and cha chart -- charlie hurt, thank you for joining us. kevin, start with you, to flash my bipartisan skills, what are the chances that president opts to not run? do you really think he is giving it some thought? >> i do. thank you for having me, this president is a deliberative guy, he will talk it over with dr. biden his family, all indications are he is running for reelection, i saw him last month, i think he is fired up for this campaign, you see a white house emphasizing arduous things he is doing, length of train wide to we'v kyiv for example on presidents' day, describing in detail the president is up for it and released his recent white house physical exam the week before, they are preparing this campaign and announce in april most likely. trey: charlie hurt, great to see you again. i guess we now have a couple of folks on the g.o.p. side.

maria: welcome back, skwef businessman vivek ramaswamy is considering a run for the 2024 white house ng messages against the invasion of quote woke liberal ideology in the business world we want to talk to vivek and find out how he is going to move forward, do we have that? okay. we are waiting on vivek to join the conversation, but let me get to todd piro greg faranello newt gingrich with us this morning todd thoughts on 2024 playing field as newt told us president trump is likely to be the candidate for the republican party, if not governor ron desantis also has a significant amount of support from -- and nikki haley has throne her hat in the ring. >> i think based on the way the last couple months have gone, a number of individuals in the conservative space if you will feeling about what emboldened to enter the race, if we have learned one thing over the course last six plus years never count donald trump out. now grand, he has much he stronger headwinds ron desantis a formidable opponent assuming he enters the race i don't like the way people are provening the nikki haley discussi

vivek ramaswamy, who is running for president, is speaking out on this and what should happen next tohe lab. this is what he said last night. >> two prongs of accountability, accountability for china and ccp, which tried to sweep this under the rug. the u.s. needs to lead the way in holding china accountable. if we hold those accountable at home that purposely evaded gain of function research to go through the backdoor and do it abroad anyway. i think that accountability starts at home. we have foundation to deliver accountability to the chinese communist party and lesson in free speech and open debate having prevented us getting the answer sooner. if we don't learn from our mistakes, we'll keep repeating them, that is the lesson of today. >> griff: he is right. >> brian: the answer to why. >> ainsley: congressman said those who had concerns deserve an apology, origins of covid, this will not be forgotten. >> griff: the energy department did speak to fox news digital and said department of energy support thorough, careful work of intelligence professionals and investigating origins of

and tech entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, he announced his candidacy mid survey, so you did not see him there. another question that was asked of voters from both parties is if mental competency tests should be required for politicians over the age of 75 to which 77% polled in favor of, eric. eric how about that? alexandria, thank you. arthel? arthel: the epa is ordering norfolk southern railway to pause waste remile from the toxic train derailment sign in east palestine, ohio. this after other states pushed back at being the dumping grounds. meantime, east palestine residents continue voicing fear over the health impact of the spill as well as disappointment in the biden administration's response. mike tobin is live at east pal sign with the very latest. -- east palestine. >> reporter: and, arthel, since the beginning this wreck has been plagued with at least complaints of communication or poor communications. and now a communication breakdown has halted the work here and the removal of contaminated material from the site here in east pal stain concern east palestine. much of the conta

we talked about vivek ramaswamy and what his policy is very let's talk about merit, let's talk aboutesting racism way to look at this. for those of us people of color to have people who are not wanting to identify as this, bu actually not wanting to know we or understand that we really want to be known for art merits and our ethnicity, why can't we do both? it's because it's not real for them. i found that really insulting. >> that is a good point. >> okay, we will move on. right after this, more "outnumbered." veteran homeowners: to combat today's rising prices, lower your monthly payments with the 3 c's. pay down your credit cards. pay off your car loan. consolidate your debt with a va home loan from newday. suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the source, relieving nasal congestion and sinus pressure by reducing swelling in the sinuses. try vicks sinex. ♪♪ >> that was an appropriate song because last but not least, we are taking a look at this day in history, 43 years a

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it makes politicians feel completely, and and so vivek ramaswami, mike pence, most others like tim scott and rhonda santos were asked what do you think of this? no comment. people don't want to touch this because it is a just. she does have a point. when you look how certain people of a certain age performed, you might say it is necessary. stuart: there are times on this set when you fill out the last words of my sentence. >> you do that to me too. >> that has nothing to do with age. stuart: you are doing it to me now. strategists this is important stuff, strategists morgan stanley worn the markets have entered, quote, a death zone. they say the s&p 500 could tumble roughly 26% from its current levels bringing it all away down to the 3000 even mark. the gentleman on the right-hand side of the screen joins me now. are you in line with that? a 26 point drop for the s&p 500 by the end of this year? >> yes, we are setting ourselves up for a perfect storm as it looks like we have an earnings recession. in my opinion sometime around the summer we have not really seen earnings come down in a wa

as tensions continue to rise between the us and china, vivek ramaswami is calling for total decouplingrom china. really, i mean, we rely so heavily on china for so many products, we are so integrated, how do we go about breaking up with beijing? it is almost impossible i would say. >> that is why we've got to do it. the top foreign policy objective for the united states is to declare independence, declare independence in the 21st century means declaring independence from communist china. here's the dirty little secret. unlike the soviet union in the last century, we were never dependent on them for the shoes on our feet or the foods on our pocket, we depend on our chief military enemy to power our modern way of life. we are in this codependent relationships. they do not end well. this one won't either but the sooner we end it the better it is for us, the longer we wait, the better it is for china. this is not going to be easy but many large us companies cannot do business in china until the ccp reforms it's behaviors behaving as a participant in global capitalism, no more intellectual

. >> again whether it's nikki haley or the leader of vivek ramaswamy, he was on tucker carlson and he'santastic. taxes and regulation and build up the military, which is what republicans talk about all the time. he said there's a cancer growing in the country. we don't base our promotions on meritocracy. we're using diversity, equity, inclusion, looking at affirmative action and all things that help rot the country and so i love his thought leadership, but it's a race between donald trump and ron desantis. stuart: at this point, it looks like that. sean, mike pence, former vice president says it's president biden's policies that led to the disaster in ohio. watch this, sean. roll it. >> this is one more example of absent without leadership in the biden administration. biden's policies on this economy derailed the economy of east palestine long before that train came through. i mean, this is coal country in eastern ohio, martha, and the record inflation that people have faced, the war on energy people have faced has presented an incredible hardship. stuart: okay. sean, pete buttigieg is

ambassador nikki haley and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. there is also one who might be flirting with the idea and that is senator tim scott. listen to him yesterday in iowa. >> right now we have politicians who want to say that grievance is our future and not greatest. they believe that by using the racial history of our nation that they can create a wedge in this nation that will bring more power and more resources to their progressive agenda. i stand here to tell you, not on my watch. >> dana: i think tomorrow, karl, you will have an event in texas. will tim scott be there? >> that's later this afternoon there will be a dinner held for him in the home of one of the supporters of our voter registration project and tomorrow at a conference at barton creek resort he will be interview by senate colleague john cornyn tomorrow afternoon. it will be interesting to see how it plays out. clearly, he is interested and it was not an accident that he went to des moines, iowa and drake university in order to make a speech that lays out a different ap

. >>> as the 2020 for presidentia race is heating up, vivek ramaswamy has announced he is ready to runn the republican primary. he came out with some key polic proposals like a plan to end affirmative action, a push to completely separate the america economy from china and this wee he has been campaigning in iowa new hampshire where he now join us. welcome to the program. thanks for being here. >> thank you, sean. i appreciate that. >> i am aware of you. i believe you have been on my radio show a number of times, right? >> yes. >> you are not well-known to th american people. you are going up against eventually going up against som of the biggest names in the republican party. are you running for name recognition or are you really i this because you want to win an you think you have a better vision than the people that are in the race now? >> sean, i am in this to be the next president of the united states. i am running on a vision for ou country that i have developed over the last three years. this is not somebody else's vision. this is my vision. we are in the middle of a national id

who want to run in the republican primary how are you different from president trump and what vivek ramaswamy said yesterday. >> what are the policy differences you have between yourself and donald trump? >> first of all donald trump is a friend. i'm not running against him. i am running on a vision for our nation. >> you aren't running for him but against him. let's be honest. >> dana: here is another one from nikki haley and tim scott. >> probably not very many at all. i am so thankful we have president trump in office. the policies that we were able to pass in 2017 to 2020 were monumental. >> i kick forward. joe biden hasn't led. >> dana: a debate would be different. so far how do you rate this? >> senator tim scott had the perfect answer. let's be real. everyone will run on some kind of america first agenda. border security, lower crime, lower taxes, fewer regulations, putin not being the aggressor around the world, nuclear capable iran no longer salivating at israel. fair trade deals. i think senator tim scott had the most honest and realistic and accessible answer. not a lot of policy d

if scott jumps in the race, neil, he will be joined by former president trump, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamythink about a potential scott run? karl rove had this take earlier. >> he has a compelling message. again, you know, if he decides to get in, he will be serious. again, it will be what is his message, how does he go about inspire ago coalition that make him competitive in these early states. >> we may find out the answer to those questions as he delivers remarks tonight in a lincoln dinner in iowa and then head to austin, texas where karl rove will be part of a conference where scott will speak with nikki haley and mike pence as well. neil? >> neil: a lot of tea leaves to follow there. thanks, griff jenkins. meanwhile, we're following the money. that can say a lot sometimes. i want you to meet the donor that just ditched don for run. every day, more dog people, and more vets are deciding it's time for a fresh approach to pet food. they're quitting the kibble. and kicking the cans. and feeding their dogs dog food that's actually... well, food. developed with vets. made from real meat an

so far former president trump, former south carolina governor nikki haley, and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy all announced their candidacy. and actor michael b. jordan suiting up in giants' blue to recreate what he calls the greatest catch in nfl history with the man who fed odell beckham jr. the ball eli manning. >> deep ball down the right sideline. >> jump ball. makes the catch for the touchdown. well, what a catch. >> ridiculous. >> ashley: the actor who is a lifelong giants fan says the catch wasn't identical since he wasn't able to snag the ball with one hand like beckham did. i guess beckham didn't have that little padding there either. >> brian: right. that's true. they don't put mattresses in the end zone. i'm not sure. >> ainsley: that's great idea though. less injury. >> brian: all a way to promote cede 3creed iii. >> the u.s. prepares to quadrupled the number of troops island questions -- the island off china's coast. general jack keane assesses the latest strategy. >> ainsley: plus, pete buttigieg loses his train of thought "train" of thought in east palestine. >> community when

only two other republicans have declared so far, biotech the entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy and formerikki haley. haley also attendedded a conference in austin yesterday that included former vice president mike pence, senator tim scott, governor chris sununu and former governor chris christie. jon? jon: alex, thanks. so florida governor desantis also visited three blue states in recent days on a pro-police tour to showcase his crime-fighting efforts. desantis hitting the national stage is further raising speculation that he could soon announce a presidential run for 2024. matt gore month is a -- gorman is a former communications director for the national republican congressional committee. obviously, former president trump got in the race first, he's trying to freeze out any other potential competitors. the nickname for ron desantis suggests that the president, the former president, isn't too happy about this governor and his chances. >> yeah. look, president trump could very well be the nominee. it wouldn't surprise me at all. however, the idea that it's going to be a fait accompli or

only two other candidates have dethe claireed their candidacy, vivek ramaswamy and former u.n.dor nikki haley. haley joined possible contenders yesterday for a conference in austin. former vice president mike pence, senator tim cost and former governor chris christy. neil: we focus on the money raised because that can give us a good indication where the financial support could be. it seems to be ample for both president trump and governor desantis the, but are you hearing from the trump folks that they're concerned all the money that desantis appears to be ready and able to raise and quickly at that? >> reporter: yeah. i think there's a real concern because this mar-a-lago event on thursday was described as an intimate event. we don't know the cash flow that went through that room, but this weekend retreat for desantis, 150 top donors, it could be a real moneymaker. meanwhile, president trump is hoping for a crowded field, it would likely benefit him in 2024 if it stays large. neil: got it. alexandria, thank you very much. charlie gasparino has been following this story closely

last night we had a new republican announce, -- vivek ramaswamy. >> we have celebrated our diversitynces for so long that we forgot the ways we are the same as americans, bound by a common set of ideals that set this nation into motion 250 years ago. that is why i am proud to say that i am running for u.s. president, to revive those ideals in this country. lisa: ohio businessman, founded a pharmaceutical company and investment firm. he is running a fund what he says is anti-wokeism. but people would say at the top of the list is governor ron desantis. guest: the biggest issue for trump when you look at these people saying they don't want him or they don't think he is the best fit for 2024, he is real struggling with white-collar voters, people who make more than $50,000 a year, college graduates, all people who do scientists is actually doing well with. you look at trump's numbers and dissenters's of numbers, they are near mirror images of each other. with voters without a college degree, trump does better. voters with college degrees, desantis does better. less than $50,000 a year,

. >> there's a new candidate for president, vivek ramaswamy, who says it's time for republicans to takens. in the last election, republicans dropped their platform. the platform are all the various issues, called planks, that your party believes in. ramaswamy says they should have a platform once again. >> i think the thing we need to do in this country in 2023, is decide on the what. what does the conservative movement stand for, what does the gop stand for. in 2024 we can decide the who. but if we decide the agenda right now, that's going to be good for the gop, the conservative movement, good for this country. >> big important supreme court case as well. we'll talk about that in our midday news and on social media. on facebook you can find me #scott mcgrew tv. >>> the latest book banning debate is playing out in our back yard. parents, students and teachers last night packed a meeting in the san ramon valley school board to debate the book "gender queer". the author is a bay area native. the book is a graphic novel exploring and depicting lgbtq identity and sexuality. the district ha