youngkin: good evening. thank you all for coming this evening, and david, thank you for that amazingly kind introduction that no, my wife did not write. [laughter] i do want to congratulate you on your new role here at the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. as virginia's governor, it is disappointing to lose you to california. but given the great work that you are doing here, we will consider you on loan. and it is comforting to know that the custodians of president ronald reagan's legacy had the good sense to hire a virginian. [laughter] [applause] as a kid who, 40 years ago, was taking out trash and washing dishes at a diner in virginia beach, it is pretty overwhelming to stand here. it is pretty overwhelming to contemplate something that i would have never contemplated. that is, talking about the future of america. and so i guess if i do nothing else, i want to thank you. i want to thank you for the tremendous opportunity that you have presented to me to a kid who grew up in a middle-cla

if you go for youngkin, who would want him to run?who don't want trump they think desantis might pull a rick barry fall flat. >> there's a lot of republican donors operatives to think that donald trump is unelectable in 2024 they want to find someone who can win and offer a mainstream republican conservativism and youngkin did it and virginia no one thought he could win a blue state like virginia he won pretty comfortably he has a very upbeat conservative record of governance. i think one thing he needs to pay attention to there's big elections in virginia where the state legislature could go either republican or democrat in november if he flips the state legislature republican has a political argument to make after the november elections that could give him a run for president but if it stays blue there's not a lot of argument to make it could hinder his chances. >> hillary clinton asked yesterday in a form about bindings near slip at the g7 and whether age was an issue, here's what she said. >> we've had presidents who have fallen b

if it is youngkin, you spoil it for trump.ght leaning. they would actually want trump to lose as opposed to ising him president again. i'm not saying, by the way, just for the viewer out there, i'm not endorsing this. i'm just giving youth facts. were this happens or not i can't tell you. i'm not endorsing whether trump can lose. liz: youngkin was at carlyle group. he would get wall street money you think? >> yes. another thing, liz, it will not happen unless it is biden versus trump. if desantis will pill it out, he will start his campaign, unless he does a 180 next couple weeks around memorial day, if he does run and he does win, this doesn't work, the calculus doesn't work. liz: got it. >> if he doesn't run or he doesn't win, look for 2024 no labels getting on every ballot and, you know, we'll see who it is. it is, youngkin is on the short list. liz: charlie, good work, thank you. >> thank you. liz: charlie gasparino. closing bell, we are four 1/2 minutes away. here we go. look at the dow jones industrials, a gain of 420 po

. >> alexandria: axios reporting glenn youngkin is open to the idea of running again.oungkin released a powerful campaign-style video and said he was contemplating the future of america, that could have been a hint. right now the governor is focused on flipping the virginia state senate. >> steve: more on the axios thing about the governor of commonwealth of virginia, glenn youngkin, they say he is reconsidering. he said he would pull out of the race a month or two ago because some powerful republican donors, who are not going to lineup behind donald trump are encouraging him to jump in. i mentioned a moment ago, two hours ago, youngkin has his own lane, nee is not a never trumper and not trump-like, he would be unique. >> ainsley: it struck me when i heard hillary clinton say age could be concerning, he is the nation's oldest ever president, he is 80 years old. he was in japan and he said his son perished in the iraq war. he said that last year and claimed it the next month, saying where my son died. his son died from a type of brain cancer? bethesda. >> steve: he did

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he says that governor youngkin is focusing on virginia and anybody who anonymously is saying otherwisenot as close to the governor than they would like to think. and so what this is speaking to is that ron desantis the florida governor, we are expecting him to formally get in, and he is not as strong as the republicans once thought. he is getting in the race in a far weaker position, and this is why so many others are thinking about also joining contest, john. >> part of it is the race to be the trump alternative and sensing weakness, it seems with ron desantis, and i am holding in my hand this open letter from nikki haley, and this is the type of memo that says, please cover me, and i want people to see that i am doing this. >> i love the memos. >> and it is basically an attack on ron desantis who says that this is like trump drama and all but without any of the charm. explain this. >> well, look, this is someone who has been in the race for several months, and nikki haley has been traveling probably more than any candidate to iowa, south carolina and some of the early voting states a

some, though, in the gop think youngkin could still be a late entry. one person already in nikki haley and she's doubling down on her criticism of president biden's age. last week the south carolina governor said biden is likely to die in office if he were to be re-elected next year. in a newly released opinion piece haley argues a politician over the age of 75 should have to take a mental competency test. that would noably include her competition, former president donald trump. she writes this, i wish joe biden the best of health, but it's only sensible to consider the reality of an already slipping president serving through his mid-80sch if biden is reelelkted kraurs would likely have the highest likelihood of becoming a president in the middle of a term. the question to voters in 2024 is to an unprecedented degree is whether they want kamala harris to be president, not vice president. >>> still ahead in sports a long playoff streak comes to an end in the nhl. and in the nba playoffs a former mvp leads his team to a stunning upset. we'll have all the

and we have also seen, i want to play, tara, this glenn youngkin video.ht seeing with it, i expression of it basically shared, this is the glenn youngkin i'm the second coming of ronald reagan video. >> we can usher in a new era of american values. ronald reagan changed lives. now it's our turn. a time to choose life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness over oppression, dictatorial rule. the stakes are high. and the consequences even greater. >> does seem like someone toying with running for president. am i crazy? >> no, of course not, and next time they choose to try to use a reagan video maybe they should use an american fighter jet next stein because that wasn't one in the video. they just can't get it right. they're all fledgling here. glenn youngkin, i live in virginia, he's my governor and he can only served one term. so he is very wealthy. he's going to be bored soon because his term as governor's over shortly. so he thinks, well, maybe i will jump in because jeff roe and some of the people who are working with desantis and thinking, well, maybe

youngkin september.he biggest problem for donald trump might not be ron desantis might be the court cases. he has got to be in court in march in the middle of primary season. if you see what happened yesterday, he is sending his lawyers -- sent a letter to merrick garland saying i want to meet because it looks like an indictment is coming on the mar-a-lago case. so his biggest threat is something that has nothing to do with this widening field. >> ainsley: is that a distraction and then republicans will go in a different direction or do you think that's going to help him? >> brian: that's a good point, ainsley. if he beats it in march, momentum. if mar-a-lago case is indicted it will play out over the course of month. i'm not sure that momentum. then they have got the other case about they are going after the trump organization. the attorney general. so if a guy has got to be in court one day if you are running against the former president. you really have a pretty strong stump speech. >> steve: is he fa

. >> on that point, i was about to ask about governor youngkin. i'm old enough to remember, at the milken conference, earlier this month, late last month, told the milken conference in los angeles, i will not run for president. now he put out an ad that is basically likening himself to ronald reagan. is that why he is doing this? to david's point, that he views, or potentially views, governor desantis as being weak as a challenger to trump? >> yeah, i think that a spot on. i think for a number of these candidates, you heard chris christie referenced earlier, flowed on friday, you know, he's in the position to make an announcement. you heard, obviously, tim scott is doing that. now they are looking at the potential opportunity in this field because the space has been left a little bit more wide open by wrong desantis. the culture war thing is a very narrow lane. the translation, so youngkin can make a case this way, the translation, if you were to look at, what i'm doing as governor, what it took for me to, win in a better narrative for a youngkin

are people talking about youngkin on the ground in new hampshire?like a campaign ad it, probably is a campaign ad. that's what it felt like to folks here in new hampshire. i think that youngkin may be an option later on once we get through the summer months and early on in the fall. when we get to november and folks are still unsettled it is in fact a race for second where nobody has defined they are the clear alternative to trump. people may turn to glenn youngkin and greg abbott the governor of texas. i will take issue with my colleague from south carolina. new hampshire is the first in the nation primary. vote first in the democratic race as well. >> bret: listen to this. all right, we will end with iowa. robin, there is first in the nation calculation, too. caucus, too and they have a lot of pride in this and people want to see these candidates up close and personal like in new hampshire, right? >> absolutely, that's been a big point of contention between the state parties, the state republican party is looking at a mid january caucus, which is

glenn youngkin and chris christie. now they are beginning to shift the focus somewhere else, in hopes, again that somebody can take them out. i will repeat, once again, for all of those who think otherwise. donald trump will be the nominee of this party until someone decides that they are prepared to lose this primary in order to win a general election and beat joe biden. that means taking trump on and not worrying so much about that 35% of the overall base. figure out how to kabul the rest of the votes that are out there. we have a winner take all primary, but what is the primary participation of registered voters? about 25 to 30%. so you're leading a lot of votes sitting on the table. unless that strategy is implemented, and someone is prepared to really take him, on then the headlines are screaming the inevitability of donald trump. >> i like this, michael, and i want to go into some of these candidates real quick. when you talk about chris christie, and glenn youngkin, to me, glenn youngkin, is he is men can from s

critics will say blame youngkin, it is misunderstood. like affirmative action in the 1970s. they want through policy to displace people and replace them with other people from other categories. we won't be upfront about that. they want control of the bureaucracies until they implement rules requiring these things so we are not having a conversation anymore, just our way or the highway. that is what glenn youngkin and ron desantis are pushing against. paul: will this work for him in the president ways? disney's pulling out now, a billion-dollar investment in the state dispose -- the dispute over companies woke policies. >> a lot of republican voters like this fight, they like the issue of pushing back against woke america, woke schools. for some this will help with some but it's going to be important that he nonetheless manages to figure out some other issues that resonate more broadly, this is a specific category the does fire people out but they want to hear him talking about the economy, regulations, foreign policy and the more he is i

on top of that, if youngkin were to wait until november, december, january, that would be logisticallyme filing deadlines, have to get a lot of staff on board, create an organization. it's hard to see where he fits in, but, yes, he is absolutely seen as more of a palatable alternative, seemingly more moderate, very conservative, though. >> it's a great point. there's a limit to how long he can wait. let's recall, the first republican primary debates start this summer, though we don't know what those are going to look like because donald trump is suggesting he won't participate. we shall see. "the hill's" julia manchester, great reporting this morning. thank you for joining us. >>> thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> we're not saving the planet with windmills here. if anything, you are hurting the planet. you're certainly killing the birds. ever looked under a windmill? you want to see a cemetery for birds? walk under a windmill someday. >> donald trump continues -- >> where do we start? >> -- his stra

now it's our turn. >> martha: what do you think is going on in the youngkin camp, bret?sten, they're saying this is about a push to win back the virginia state senate. didn't mention anything about the state senate in that ad. it was a lot of shining city on the hill and reflecting back on president reagan. boy, did sound like an intro to a race. there's no indications that he's jumping in but may be a late alternative. >> martha: and he and his wife walking down the colonnade that looks like the white house. thanks, bret. see you tonight. >> see you, martha. >> martha: so kentucky attorney general daniel cameron is now set to challenge democrat andy beshear in the governor's race in kentucky. he joins us live in just a moment. clearly a person to watch in his party. also joining news moments, attorney general bill barr after this. having diabetes can raise a lot of questions. like my morning ride. will it help lower my glucose? with the freestyle libre 2 system you can know where your glucose level is and where it's headed. without fingersticks. manage your diabetes wit

will: glenn youngkin can. thank you both for that. to that, by the way, trump campaign she owe of make america great seven, he said the following: ron desantis failed shadow campaign has opened the flood gates for career politicians looking for an opportunity to raise their profile ahead of the 20 the 28 race. tim scott's entrance doesn't only kneecap desantis the, but scott sees the same thing as youngkin, sununu, christie and others, the path to second place is wide open. they smell ron desantis the' blood in the water and no longer see him as an obstacle. pete: it's a very interesting take, because a large field you would have presumedded at the beginning of this race would have meant a weakened donald trump, and they're the arguing that it is a strong donald trump and a weak ron desantis that is inviting new folks into the race. when you look at the expectations for the florida governor in january when he was polling much closer to trump, they were high. today he's down 40 points in national polls and behind in all other states in

the dave rexroad, a close adviser of his tweeted governor youngkin is focused on virginia.one who anonymously says otherwise is probably not as close to the governor as they want people to think. so you know what, you can say oh, yes, it's a walk back, but these days all you want to do is keep people guessing, and that keeps people guessing. >> well, not really, john. >> john: oh, come on. how long has desantis -- how long has desantis been keeping us guessing? >> and it's hurt him. if you want to run for president, you want to take on the king, if you want to take a shot at donald trump, be up front, over and do it. this dancing, this halfway up to the net, i don't think it serves candidates well. the candidates in the ring, nikki haley, tim scott, even asa hutchinson who does not really have a chance, all those candidates, they have the courage of their convictions, give it their best thought and that's what the primary voters have to decide. i'm not a fan halfway up to the net, teasing you, teasing me strategy. >> gillian: it does keep people talking about you, whether y

i think the more voices like glenn youngkin's voice is, i think, are helpful to the party as a whole.i hope he runs. i think the more people we have involved, i think it helps create a solid republican narrative for the next cycle. mike: let's put on the screen the declared republican candidate cans at this point. it's getting crowded. does a crowded republican field benefit former president trump, kristin? >> potentially. i think, but i think, you know, what is, you know, as a democrat who wants the former -- the current president to win again, what's really scariest to me is somebody like glenn youngkin, all right? again, i do not think -- do i think people are done with donald trump. but somebody's going to have to take it to the current president. that was definitely a very presidential, you know, video. i mean, all, you know, signs would indicate that he's going to run. but i don't want to speak for the republican party -- [laughter] but if i'm a republican, i want somebody like that leading us into the future. mike: let's show potential gop candidates, and there are a bunch more

youngkin did so much for schools. he listened to the parents there. that was interesting to me. business background working at the carlyle group and being very successful. tim scott, what a story. this guy comes up from poor single household. his grandfather didn't read. his slogan is from cotton to congress. ran for the house and ran for senate. and now running for president. if that's not a wonderful american story. he created the opportunity zones all around the country which does lift up people. they are bringing in billions of dollars in private investments into these poor and distressed communities to give jobs to people who live in those communities and he wants school choice for kids. that will elevate children in poor neighborhoods where they have to go to the school based on their zip code. >> pete: look at how donald trump welcomed him to the race. a very different treatment than ron desantis has received. steve, you were talking about 2016 before the cameras turned on. look at the field right now. there is no one in this field unless chris christie runs which maybe h

and then governor glenn youngkin will speak about -- at the ronald reagan presidential library. followed by a supreme court ethics hearing. attorney during lent merrick garland and fbi director announced 288 arrest were made in a opera ration -- in operation targeting fentanyl traffickers. they seized products most of which were being sold on the internet. >> a little over two weeks ago i , announced that the justice department had taken significant enforcement actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world. the sinaloa cartel. i said then that the justice department is doing everything in our power and using every authority we have to bring those responsible for the fentanyl epidemic to justice that includes holding accountable the drug traffickers who use the dark web to commit their crimes. drug traffickers are increasingly turning to the dark web to sell illegal drugs in exchange for cryptocurrency. they may advertise their drugs on dark net market places as brand name pharmaceuticals. but in reality, the pills are oft

glenn youngkin told confidants he is reconsidering presidential bill and meeting with donors, sayinge is open to entering the race if he sees a path. we have a deep bench, ron desantis, glenn youngkin, both i think are in touch with the republican base. they are both fighters. they both care about the state of the economy and care very much about education. that was exhibited by both during covid. both have a terrific shot going forward. i think they are both fighters, that is what republican primary voters want. they want to make progress on priorities. >> shannon: we'll see what the ads turn into. polling this week is tough from cnn, 66% view biden victory as disaster or setback for the united states. two-thirds of the country think reelecting their current president would be disaster. we have months to shift that narrative, the vice president gave the first commencement address at west point for a woman to address cadets. as president says and if you are watching at home, take a drink, compare me to the alternative and will play out on the republican side. >> shannon: if we had a

might be at seven. >> bill: the interesting thing about youngkin. night he won he stunned a lot of people. virginia had been democratic for some time. the same night new jersey had a close razor thin margin. in virginia you only get one term for governor. and then you are done. and you can wait another four years but i think just watching his -- watching what he decides at the end of this term in 2025 will be interesting. >> dana: who does he endorse if he does? that will be interesting. virginia, of course, the state that helped make education the top issue for voters with parents protesting mask mandates and school closures many parents across the country say their kids are still struggling to catch up after dramatic learning loss from those shutdowns. madison has more in new york city. >> we're speaking to voters all week. when it comes to education, what we heard are that there are concerns around lack of teachers, the quality of education and a need to make up for pandemic learning losses. voters feel like the education system is not living up

glenn youngkin, rumored to be considering a run. top staffer says glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. anyone who anonymously says otherwise probably isn't as close to the governor as they want people to think. then you have got south carolina senator tim scott up with this new campaign ad. >> i rose from a child of poverty to a candidate for president of the united states. because we chose patriotism over pity. and to be victors not victims. >> peter: there is a lot of buzz around the desantis announcement but he, like all the other republicans not named donald trump, trails the former president in early primary polls. but it is, as they say, early. back to you. >> steve: it's very early. peter, thank you very much. ron desantis is 32 years younger than donald trump. you know, for the most part, the game plan that we have seen so far has followed what we thought. we were told that he would announce the run for president after the florida legislature did a bunch of stuff. and they did a bunch of stuff. and it certainly did strengt

i will say an extra five for youngkin. >> bret: oh a youngkin add. doug?ably a good place to be. if i'm at the casino there this is a push for me. so many variables with donald trump. he is indicted. we have never seen that before. other candidates if they stumble does a youngkin get in or somebody like that. i would push at this point. once there is a debate and they confront each other then the real money is going to be on the table. >> you have got 75 on trump. >> yes, grudgingly. >> $70 on trump. $15 on desantis 15 on the fiel. tim scott is my wild card. he had a good launch this week. he has good money and good play for iowa. >> bret: charles that seat saved money for wine, women and song. i like the field bet but i would like more specifics next time. >> you can't match charles. >> bret: that's right. panel, thanks. >> bret: you know that sound it's friday. time for "notable quotables." >> i'm running for president of the united states. >> ron desanctimonious. >> just make sure you call me a winner. >> if he is going to be an echo for trump. just vot

five more are known to be weighing a run, including pence and sununu and chris christie and youngkin. it's the large field that some experts say will favor the former president. we did learn today that his new york criminal trial will begin next spring in the middle of the primary. of course, how that may impact the race is impossible to predict. there's also new reporting tonight from "the wall street journal," which we will get to, that jack smith is wrapping up the mar-a-lago done ument docum. couple that with the january 6 criminal investigation, e. jean carroll's civil lawsuit and her motion for additional danimages and more. a lot will change between tomorrow, when desantis jumps into the race and the nomination is decided. we begin with the desantis announcement. do we know how this is going to work? he is announcing on twitter with conversation with elon musk. >> anderson, this will be a virtual stage where he will announce he is running for president alongside elon musk. musk today told "the wall street journal" it will be a q&a and unscripted for part of it. it will be moder

shannon: someone else going out there we talked about this last week virginia governor glenn youngkinn at out that race eyebrows at him at present reading at the reagan library another at out coparent still matter by his pack. they had this department was virginia governor glenn youngkin tell commented reconsidering that bid but privately meeting with prospective donors telling them he is open to entering the race if he sees a path. practice a great story for the republicans but we have a deep bench we have ron desantis, we of course that glenn youngkin, both of them i think are in touch for that rub republican base is. they're both fighters. they both care very much about the state of the economy. and of course they care very much about education as exhibited by both of them during covid appraising both of them have a terrific shot going forward. i think they are both fighters and that is a republican primary voters want too. they want to be able to win the next election so we can make more progress on all of our priorities. shannon: was to the answering into it that actually mean. q

date in this case out of new york, so i think what you are seeing is both ron desantis and glenn youngkin kind of lining up their own different timetables for waiting in the wings, if opportunity strikes. they are going to be months apart. i just want to also say this. while desantis, governor desantis is looking at twitter to make a news splash, he really is also continuing to rely on other media platforms. the religious broadcasters, the wall street journal, and fox. twitter is going to be what drives the news conversation, but he's going to be on a lot of other news platforms. conservative friendly ones, but other news platforms other than twitter. >> he was doing an interview i think with trey doughty on twitter right after. margaret taylor, thank you so much. and kinzinger as well, really appreciate it. -- former president tends to turn up the heat on governor desantis. tomorrow, not exactly surprising, given his tone toward the governor already, he's been on the offensive now for a couple weeks. it's easy to see why he might expect him to work. or in this case, work again. let's tak

virginia governor glenn youngkin also fueling presidential buzz with his new ad.ndria hoff is tracking the very latest campaign 2024 developments, and they are coming in fast. alex? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, plenty of teasers here too. senator scott is not expected to formally announce his run until monday, but he has already released his first ad. take a look. >> if you take out a loan, you pay it back. if to you commit a violent crime, you're going to jail. [cheers and applause] if -- can i get an amen? i'm going to tell you the truth. >> reporter: scott's team has confirmed the first major ad buy will be a whopping $6 million in states, one of which is new hampshire. florida governor ron desantis made a stop there yesterday. this week he's going to to meet with donors in miami where it's expected he will make the long-awaited announcement. and while in concord, desantis the met with residents, state reps and governor governor chris sununu who is still considering a run for president. but the already confirmed and prospective candidates have to the make m

youngkin also seemed to suggest he is the next reagan? which of course, is the point.al analyst cornell belcher and matthew dowd. gentlemen, welcome to you both. matthew, let's start with you on the glunki in -- on the glunkin. i don't know if it was fraudian or poetic. >> perfect. >> glenn youngkin's ad, linking him to reagan. it just, to me, seems a little bit much, or am i missing something? >> no, you know, michael, we had this conversation. i think cornell has been part. cornell has been part of it. if ronald reagan ran today in the republican primary, he couldn't get 10% of the vote in the republican primary today. >> exactly. >> in fact, he would be attacked by all of the other republicans including donald trump for not being supportive of all of the crazy stuff that they are for in this. to me, it's a sign, and we saw some of this in some of the republicans who ran against donald trump in 2016. it's a sign that either he doesn't fully understand who the republican party voters are today or he somehow thinks that there's space in the race for that kind of republ

some republican donors saying they really want youngkin to get back in the race.ing. a strategist in virginia telling my colleagues there are, quote, serious discussions happening on re-engaing in the race. nothing until after november. there is a legislative session he needs to focus on first. >> a lot of eyebrows raised after a video put out by the reagan library was put out backing youngkin. there is speculation he would be a strong non-trump candidate, particularly with desantis looking weak. would jumping in after november be tough, though, considering a bunch of republican debates would have come and gone and we'd be on the eve of the primaries? >> would it be tough or brilliant? i don't know. either way, that's the path. i mean, if there is a path, that's it. you remember famously in april he said, "listen, i didn't like a book, i'm not in south carolina or new hampshire or iowa, i'm focused on virginia." for that to be true, he needs to get through the legislative session in the fall. between now and then, these discussions are actively under way. >> he al

scott has raked in the 24 hours following his campaign launch and could virginia governor glenn youngkin jump into the race? what his staffers say about his political future and the white house. >> ainsley: peter doocy live from the would you say with the latest. >> peter: republican front-runner donald trump does not use twitter any longer. ron desantis is trying to find primary voters on there. >> will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. >> peter: nothing about the desantis record in florida in the initial campaign ad offering, instead, just this. >> i do have the courage? is it worth the sam fies? -- sacrifice? america is worth it every single time. >> peter: officials won't talk elections, but they are happy to speak broadly about florida, particularly now that the naacp issued a travel advisory for the state. >> lawmakers, republicans in florida have attacked diversity, attacked inclusion efforts, limited the teaching of bl

youngkin is looking for that, you can see him getting in. that could be interesting.he problem is desantis and youngkin in a three way against trump and that helps donald trump if no one else. griff: you have a point that it is all about what you are going to do than what you did. one thing we can expect and will likely see is donald trump continuing to talk about we saw the fbi go through but it was a hard week for the fbi from whistleblowers to the durham report painting a picture of two standards:for hillary clinton and one for trump. now this section 700 to warrant to look into americans. is this going to be the issue? >> it will be in the republican primary and caucuses. one of the things they are talking about is how we put up guardrails and conduct better oversight can make sure the law enforcement agencies at the federal level stay in their core mission and not stray into politics. what you see in the durham report and the pffisa issue, s many agents protect this country on a daily basis. the fbi agents are fantastic and we all support them. with the political

>> i do think that people should watch youngkin. it seems like something he has been interested in before, he might wait and see if there an is an opportunity later. people are talking about desantis not doing enough, he hadn't announced yet and polling fairly well. nobody wonders what is nikki haley or tim scott, are their campaigns doing better. more than anything i think the republican donor class needs to realize, the republican party has been changed, the republican voters have a huge say in who gets the nomination and whether that person will win the presidency and they are done with as stephen said, so eloquently, they are absolutely done with the failures of that push-era republican policy. they don't want to have weak people who cowtow to the media, and so the republican donor class needs to get up to speed more than anything. >> laura: i think as we've seen with biden, steve, stephen, wall street really elected him, their money, their influence and their power of the and they've gotten a lot from them. their earnings are d

. >> brian: are you surprised governor youngkin is not getting into the race, does that surprise you?op of explor tory committee. he isitalentsed and did well on the issue of education, i think it is a loss for the republican field, not surprised he is not running. >> brian: mike pompeo surprised me and youngkin thought he was be a shoe-in, see what happens, make next cycle. kayleigh mcenany will you work at 12? >> kayleigh: yes, and into the evening. >> brian: true, coming up straight ahead, homeless street encampments could be legalized if democrats have their way and if you don't like it, face serious ramifications. one resident joins us to react. in 2015, my dad had the idea to revitalize american textile manufacturing with bedding crafted from cotton grown on our family farm. we created red land cotton to give you the best farm, the home products possible. because it's more than quality products. it's a labor of love from our family. go to redland cotton dot com and receive 15% off your order with code fox news. from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more y

i do like trump's policies, those who announced or may announce like governor youngkin i am open. >>t's several very fair points and some of those in your opinion certainly regarding his personality i don't know if it's fair to say ford is always been governed well. >> you rebutted yourself at the end by giving them credit for the state afford as well. patrick i know that you feel differently, you are a fan of ron desantis. >> sam, i agree with what john said but my feelings are trump the name trump is so divisive in this country and my fear if we have a second term of donald trump nothing is going to get done it seems the republicans will not work with donald trump and the democrats as we know our going to try to put trump in jail that leaves us as a country in a very bad place. ron desantis has a lot of the same policy as trump in my opinion and i think is a better option. >> let's bring in the other two conservative voters. outside of ron desantis and trump has anyone gained you attention there's a lot of new names were expecting we heard tim scott from south carolina intends to r

glenn youngkin ran this spot yesterday and caught our attention. watch here. >> we can usher in a new era of american values. president ronald reagan changed lives and now it's our turn. >> bill: part of the clip he ran. the feature at the reagan library a couple months ago. what we see in reuters. trump 49%. doubling up on desantis, pence single digits as haley and ramaswamy at 4%. you mentioned tim scott. starting today he will run $6 million in tv ads in iowa and new hampshire. he has a good, positive message for a conservative republican. that's going to be his pitch. an interesting personal story. the ultimate question is this. when they are on stage at our debate in late august, how do they differentiate themselves on policy with donald trump? >> dana: also how do they appeal to the base which president trump at 49% in that poll seems to have pretty much locked down. can anybody dislodge that lead? i think that's yet to be seen. >> bill: desantis said he is going to all 99 counties in iowa. if he wants to compete he has to do well in at least

maria: joining me to talking about that in this exclusive interview glenn youngkin great to see you. thank you for having me fun to be with you this morning. >> right back at you you just returned, from an international trade trip taiwan japan, south korea trying to strengthen our supply chain relationships that are not china dependent. you just heard michael mccowl chairman he foreign affairs committee your thoughts on this if china invades taiwan they can turn it all off at any world. >> we know what china is trying to do, that is, to dominate the world, and they are going to use every arrow quihe veer balloons, tiktok economic he xhoergs saber-rattling if not more we need to wake up recognize, that particularly, in these movement important sectors, semiconductors, supply chain for pharmaceuticals, supply chains, for automotive, for wind turbines, and for positive solar panels we have now decided, at least our president has going to drive us into industries, we have to secure supply chains for these with our friends, that is why, when i was in taiwan, japan, korea this is what i wa

a big tease from glenn youngkin. will more candidates make it easier for donald trump to get the nomination. that's next when "andrea mitchell reports" comes back in 60 seconds. n 60 seconds there's a deal on the subway app. buy one footlong, get one 50% off in the subway app today. now that's a deal worth celebrating. man, what are you doing?! get it before it's gone on the subway app. ♪♪ at pnc bank, get it before it's gone on the subway app. you can find us in big cities and small towns across the us, where our focus is to always support the people who live and work there. because you call these communities home, and we do too. pnc bank. >>> the race for the republican presidential nomination is getting a bit more crowded by the day. just hours after announcing his presidential bid, tim scott sat down for an exclusive interview with tom llamas who pressed him about the style of donald trump and florida governor ron desantis, who is expected to declare this week. >> the truth is that what people really want is an o

virginia governor glenn youngkin posted a video which looked so much like a campaign ad.d to a speech that youngkin gave at the reagan presidential library earlier this month. take a look. sorry about that, i promise the video does exist and fuels a lot of speculation about what the governor would like to do going forward, but of course he has said in the past he has no plans to look forward to another race. he's still in his first term as governor, he cannot run for a second term in virginia because of the law. so looking to see whether or not the video fuels further speculation. former president trump continues to attack florida governor ron desantis, slamming desantis overnight over the latest fallout with disney after they pulled out a huge investment in florida because of the ongoing political fight. sandra, earlier desantis was in new hampshire making multiple stops. asked about the feud with disney and says 0 chance he plans to back down. sandra. >> sandra: not your fault, mark, one of those friday afternoon, electronics broke or something for a few minutes. we'll

i think youngkin -- enter the field. obviously he is keeping still keeping the door, open but if he does it will be after the virginia lettuce plate of session, and that timeframe is really problematic. i actually think big variable here is the debt ceiling. which is playing off an entirely different theater than the presidential campaign. if we have a huge economic catastrophe because we're default, that changes all the dynamics for our presidential primary. it could compel people to jump, and it could change the tender of the campaign. it could matter materially about how the voting public receives joe biden. we just don't know a lot of the variables here that come was an economic catastrophe of that level. i think that stuff is more important than whether or not the twitter spaces have worked for a matter of, you know, 30 minutes or so? >> matthew what do you think? when you look, at let's say tim scott, nikki haley, what are they thinking about tonight? the debt ceiling or desantis? >> i agree with sam on this. i thi

i will caution i think he needs to make sure he's doing it in a way similar to how youngkin did thatthe broad spectrum on parents, in principle, concerned about what they are seeing. >> john: hold for a second, ed sheeran is coming out in new york. let's just watch as he reacts to the court verdict here. >> right. doug, doug, doug, why don't you just come in. come around here, go there. go there. sorry, he's my guys. right. good morning, afternoon, everyone, thanks so much for being out here. i'm obviously very happy with the outcome of the case and looks like i'm not having to retire from my day job after all. s claims like this are allowed to go to court at all. we spent the last two years talking about two songs with melodies and chords used by songwriters every day all over the world. common building blocks use to create music long before "let's get it on" was written, and make music after we are long gone. they are in a song writers alphabet, tool kit, no one owns them or the way they are played, the same nobody owns the color blue. unfounded claims like this are being fueled by

which is why chris christie and youngkin and others are getting in. because of the weakness of donald trump but because of the weakness of ron desantis. i think chris christie, i agree with kornacki, the viability will not be there at a candidate, but he will have a role to play in the primary. ron desantis actually lies about his covid record. he shut down the beaches and bar and restaurants. he issued a stay at home order. chris christie is the type of person that calls out lies of the members of his own team. that's what he did to rubio. it is what he intends to do to donald trump. perhaps he makes the other republican candidates stronger. but he will hold them to account. it's good voters get to see that. >> robert gibbs, chris christie noted that he and the rest of the republican field made a strategic error, believing that each of them could winnow the field into a one on one matchup with donald trump. is there a risk that's what is about to happen again here? >> absolutely, peter. you see i think the desantis weakness even though people thought

virginia governor glenn youngkin generating headlines after he posted a video that looked like a campaign ad. >> president ronald reagan changed lives. now it's our turn. >> the video is tied to a speech that youngkin gave at the reagan presidential library. he's said that he wasn't planning to run in 2024. former president trump, the front ronner the gop race has been very active on social media today attacking desantis and the others challenging him for the gop nomination. no doubt about it, it's inching closer and closer. >> and there's in headline in "the new york times," biden and me, desantis telling trump donors that he can't win. based on the data, it doesn't look for to former president and insurmountable because people won't change their view of him. i want to bring in sarah bedford. that was the general prevailing thought a few months ago when many were handing over the gop to ron desantis. and then all of a sudden, trump started to move up in the polls. i'm not sure exactly why it happened but all of a sudden he's rocketed ahead with gop voters. that's who desantis has to conv

do we see him move up in the polls and do we see folks like youngkin say, you know what, on second thoughtantis is the one with the shot, or does he not fire? then you run into that situation like '16 where you got a crowded non-trump lane. >> steve kornacki, great to see you. you don't just know horse racing. you know the horse race. >> you got it. >> those of us who follow that. thank you very much. >>> follow the money. new federal charges for convicted killer alec murdaugh. what he is facing next. stay with us. facing next stay with us heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts. one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. young lady who was, mid 30s, couple of kids, recently went through a divorce. she had a lot of questions when she came in. i watched my mother go through being a single mom. at the end of the day, my mom raised three children, including myself. and so once the client knew that she was heard. we were able to help her move forward. your client won't care how much you know until they know how much you

. >> this morning virginia governor glenn youngkin's political team released another ad. this time focusing on education. axios reports the first term republican is reconsidering his decision to run for president. senior adviser maintains governor glenn youngkin is focused on virginia. >> democrats are already responding to the growing republican field. the dnc accused desantis of pursuing an extreme agenda on abortion, guns, and other issues. and said voters have repeatedly rejected what democrats call the maga agenda, bret. >> bret: so much for a small field. >> that's right. >> bret: all right. rich. thanks. house speaker kevin mccarthy says debt ceiling talks with president biden have broken down. he said negotiators need to be more creative and he does not expect a deal today. one of those republican negotiators says the two sides are miles apart; however, the president's press secretary is sounding a bit more conciliatory. there are real questions tonight on capitol hill about the timing and logistics, even if both sides can come to an agreement. white house corresp