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President. has done a huge amount of damage. very unpopular in 2022 and were supposed to have this big red wave. other than florida and iowa, i didnt see a red wave. >> his argument is im a conservative, but i actually win. >> thats right. i think right now there are two problems with that. one, its not direct enough, and i think once he gets in the race, pretty soon after i think he has to make a more direct attack on president trump, if he wants to actually beat him. the second thing is i do w...

Book on mesothelioma call for the free book and receive so much more call 1 808 31 37 100. turning to our politics lead. it has been an action packed week in florida, even not, including the arrest of palm beach is most prominent citizen donald trump in a state that not long ago was considered purple. obama won it twice. on monday, florida governor ron desantis signed a bill that allows individuals to carry concealed weapons in public without a government issued permit. on that same day , florid...

List and maybe provide him with a campaign platform on the other side of it. with desantis backing or urging republican lawmakers in the state have filed a slate of bills that deal with universal school vouchers, the death penalty, consolidating his power as governor, treatment for transgender children and abortion among many, many others. joining us from miami is national political reporter mark caputo who covers florida politics. mark, this is kind of this remarkable legislative session that t...

Sources in this reporting, about all of it, including the likelihood that donald trump gets his facebook account back. >> with the reporting of mark caputo, there were officials at facebook and meta saying there is a likelihood that donald trump would be let back on. when he was banned from twitter and facebook the day after the january 6th riot, those were supposed to be permanent bans but facebook quickly turned around its oversight board saying it would be a two-year ban and revisit it. so th...

Dang! one more, a really quick question, the 20 seconds we have left, what do you think governor desantis is waiting for in terms of making an announcement that yes, i am running for president? >> money. he had $64 million after his last election in the bank, that is a lot. he has a regular lawmaking session coming out, he has a book coming out. we are probably looking at the summer or so, maybe fall for more of a clear sign of what he is going to do. as evidence of this conversation, he is a ma...

Celebrate that we brought an american home. we brought an american home. >> if you look at recent polls, governor ron desantis is emerging as the new maga air. the latest wall street journal survey gave him a 14-point lead over donald trump among republican primary voters. and while desantis has not announced whether he plans to run, he has been working hard to win over his partys far right base. this week, the florida governor called for a grand jury to investigate quote, any and all wrongdoing...

National political reporter for msnbc news. mark, welcome to the sunday show! okay, so what can we learn from the latest polling that has desantis surging ahead of donald trump? >> best available evidence has just been a lot of republican voters are weary with trump. your prior segment about all of the different problems from january 6th is having an effect, when you talk to people who talk to republicans. when you talk to republicans, among republican voters, there are constant problems, he did...

Mandate the vax on people. i protected people from having that happen and made sure floridians could make their own choice. from the very beginning, we were helping people make their own decisions, but not using the coercive power of the state or allowing big corporations to condition those choices. >> one call it a shot across the bow for the former president. presenting donald trump with a tricky political problem. how to get credit for operation warp speed and the vaccines that clearly saved ...

Reminding them even it is a historic race two of black men, that he needs them to push the community forward. in the final hours before they give their sendoff, the countdown begins and theyre pushing into their bases. >> thank you very much. joining me now, the atlanta journal constitutions politics reporter, and senior national reporter mark caputo. thanks for being with us. these walker allegations, the latest allegations, and the sit-down that my colleague vaughn had with his ex is, that b...

And as big as they expect, it doesnt mean it is going to happen. it obviously helps to have every extra vote. when were talking about razor thin margins in the senate currently. so every extra vote certainly helps. now, if were talking about 2024, and you look at joe biden, he would rather have an extra democratic vote in the senate, and to a degree, having a republican house run by kevin mccarthy, who is essentially going to be hostage to his own caucus, assuming he even gets chosen, is not a b...