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presidential campaign sure was good while it lasted, and now hes getting buried a couple of months before he even announces. so trump turbo-charged by his indictment in the stormy daniels case has been rising in the polls, and desantis has been sinking. ive argued for many weeks now against my guests that desantis needed to respond to trumps assaults rather than largely ignore him because hes busy with the florida legislature. now thats becoming the medias conventional wisdom. throw in...

his planned trip to the middle east including saudi arabia. on capitol hill lawmakers are racing to put together a new bill that addresses rising gun violence and pass it all before the july 4th recess. well discuss with congressman salud car ba hall. well highlight the key races to watch with steve kornacki at the big board. well bring you an update on the fight for ukraines donbas region which ukrainian president zelenskyy says will go down as one of the most brutal battles in and ...

>> president biden: yes. >> you are? >> president biden: thats a commitment we made. its a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. >> dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is const...

ahead in a moment. but were going to begin in buffalo. where in the wake of saturdays supermarket terrorist attack, president biden has just finished delivering remarks about the rise of ideologies in america. the president renewed calls for stricter gun laws and urged americans to reject racism. >> white supremacy is a poison. its a poison. [ applause ] >> it really is. running through our body politic. its been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, n...

So, you know, im not sure what desantis game plan is right now. its not clearly working as in december he was much higher -- howard: yeah, he he must have one. >> its a long way. howard: let me get ben back in. the biggest journalistic criticism these days is desantis lacks retail political skills. in fact, one report said that when trump himself calls when hes looking for endorsements, i dont think they matter that much, but its find -- kind of a barometer, and desantis has an aide call. this i...

Were to be a criminal case. we had previously known about some of these things, about barrs public statements, the cybersecurity directors public statements, the court defeats by 60 judges. hearing this insider stuff i think is incredibly effective to show that trump actually knew he lost the election when he continued to persist in public statements that he had won and this was a fraud and that the election had been stolen. he didnt believe that. he knew the truth and yet he persisted anyway. >...

Not so puch. >> but still overall americans are not happy with either party. and i think when you look at -- most of this disappointment around biden and his job approval numbers, its with parts of the coalition. its with parts of his majority coalition. we talk about it pfr. younger voters. if you tell me what percentage of the electorate is younger voters, i can tell you whether or not democrats will have a good night. >> its always 1213 -- 12 or 13%. >> its not presidential year. but again, i...

Wheeling and dealing in congress and the frustrations that come with it. >> the day today of my day job is frustrating, so is everyone else is. you know i ate should when i was a waitress and a bartender, and i eat -- as a member of congress. its called a job. [laughs] you know, and yes i deal with the wheeling and dealing and whatever it is that insider stuff, and you know, i advance amendments that some people would criticize as too little and too small and etc. and also, i also advance big th...

Anybody from a new generation. that is also a powerful argument. >> right. i think those things shake out when and if you get the majority. i think things change sometimes after elections. right now i think when you are running and you have got a shot at taking back the house andet going your hands on one of the three levels of government run on the issues that are going to matter to the people oath voting for you and deal with that washington insider stuff later. >> is this -- the republicans a...

Partys foreign minister. it is insider insider stuff. the chinese have not said why they sent him to pyongyang. i think its unmistakable it sends a signal president trump, well help you out. well see what happens. the chinese, sandra, are concerned on multiple fronts. they dont want a break with us. theyve always viewed north korea as a valuable ally. now north korea has slipped the leash and theyre worried. but as china has enforced some of the u.n. mandated sanctions, russia has stepped in and...