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top of the hour. thank you for joining us in this cnn newsroom. im erica hill. >> im jim chsciutto. the ntsb investigators are headed back to ohio. they have more concerns after a new crash there. >> and now, there is a police training facility where there was protesters who set a vehicle on fire and there was a clash there. and we will look at the look next of former president trump and governor desantis as they head to ohio this week. and we go to jason carroll who is on the scen...

Trump. i cant defeat trump if i dont run to the right of trump. this rallying cry about the deep state or whatever, its resonant with a core of that base. part of this is that. part of it is how donald trump conducts himself. if anyone sees an opening, if they think that -- if they see a strategic reason to pursue it, yes, but theres two different lanes. there is the desantis lane and the chris christie lane. i dont see them tackling that. two different lanes of candidates. >> i cant defeat him ...

This is what the party is now. they represent the voting base of the republican party, and the only lane in this republican party, if you want to be the nominee for the republican party is the trumpian party, and that is no longer telling the truth, and given up on the democracy and one for authoritarian, and desantis is trying to occupy that lane as well, but that is the only lane. >> it is interesting when you are talking about desantis and trying to find the lane, and there are plenty of peop...

Is changing, and brown and black people are coming into america, and it is not going to be safe. that is what, again, this republican party is now. /dont think that desantis has a lane, and maybe just trump supporters and that he has a better chance to win. >> looking at what we stand, and looking at the messaging, and the culture war messaging coming from the republicans, do democrats have a handle on the rebuttal there? >> i will tell you that i want to scream, erica. look, the republicans, an...