serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president hasn t yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren t allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn t weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >it s time to finish the job. finish the job. the president s first audience since announcing re-election bid giving a warm election. [chanting four more years] but this campaign isn t shaping up to be about what biden has but
i endorsed ron, and ron, instead of dropping out of the race went to ahead of the race by a lot. i think up to 71 or something like that. in one night. i got him elected. pure and simple. now i hear he might want to run against me so we ll handle that the way i handle things. oh, here we go. we ll handle that the way i handle things. which sounds like a mob threat. actually, when you look how he handles things. lately just losing. it s losing. former president trump with what sounded like a threat in talking about a potential 2024 matchup against florida governor ron desantis. and for running against him. and conservative unusual group helped him win the white house back in 2016. who could have saw this coming? already attacked the pro lifer, now evangelicals? and real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate dealmaking to become speaker. reminds me of an expression we heard in the south pacific during the war. by the way, we came back aft
of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent
course. saying the united states will in fact send advanced rocket systems to the war torn country. we will have more on what led to the presidents change of heart. good morning, welcome to way too early, on this wednesday june 1st. i m jonathan lemere, thank you for being with us. the official account has changed once again. concerning how the gunman who massacred 19 children and their teachers entered the texas school. last friday, the director of the texas department of safety, said a teacher propped open the door. in which of the gunman used to enter. now the agency says the teacher had come back to close the door, but had failed to locked. the new account comes after a attorney for the teacher told the san antonio express news, that the teacher did prop up an the door. using a rock, so she could carry food from her car into the school. once you saw the gunman crashes car into a ditch. she went back inside the school to get her phone to report to crush the police. t
three-way contest seeking a place on the november ballot. and some drama on the democratic side there as well with the frontrunner, lieutenant governor john fetterman suffering a stroke last week getting a procedure at the hospital today. is he competing in a four-person field. we have fox team coverage tonight. we have you covered, jonathan serrie is following the north carolina primaries from charlotte. we head there in a bit. but, first, the keystone state. alexandria hoff is at kathy barnett s headquarters. bryan llenas dr. mehmet oz in newton. starting us off rich edson from david mccormick s campaign in pittsburgh. good evening, rich. good evening, bret. they are all getting set up at mccormick hq. john fetterman s watch party is getting set up but is he not going to be there. the progressive and democratic frontrunner has been in the hospital since friday with a stroke. today his campaign released this statement saying, quote: john fetterman is about to undergo a sta