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there, but i think what weve done in florida should inspire people with a sense of hope. american decline is not inextricable. it is a choice, comeback is attainable and freedom is worth fighting for. >> we begin this hour with the latest in the race for the presidency. senator tim scott launching his campaign yesterday in south carolina. >> steve: the senators he is the guy to turn around america as president joe biden faces an uphill climb in the polls. >> ainsley: alexandria hoff ha...

state visit since russia launched the invasion into ukraine. and china is promoting this visit as a peacemaking mission. you will be hard-pressed to think that any ending of the war is coming from this visit, but world leaders are watching it very closely for any clues to what moves russia and china might make. we are covering all of the angles of the visit for you, and we will start with matthew chance in moscow. matthew, what are you hearing from the officials today? >> well, russian...

have much of a future, in donald trumps republican party. welcome to tuesday, it is meet the press daily, im chuck todd. president biden approaches the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office. facing a prior of different crises thats going to test his presidency in different ways, facing tremendous pressure to keep the momentum going on what is clearly an improving covid outlook. to hold the positive trends that were seeing. cases going down, deaths going down, hospitalizations ...

Appear before the grand jury today and expected to contradict cohens testimony about hush money payments made years ago. and also, he could call him back as a rebuttal witness. we go to paula reid who is back today with us. and now, lets separate from what is said and what is actually happening today. >> so today, the grand jury will have the opportunity to hear from rob costello, and the prosecutors are running the show on the grand jury, this is a witness that was requested by the defense, and...

It essentially was an optics thing. i want to undo everything that barack obama did, each if its good for the world. now, recent tensions between the u.s. and iran sparking fears of war, the situation in the gulf is escalating. many of the experts ive spoken to all point to the moment that trump pulled the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal. >> interesting stuff. jonathan allen, john halt waninger, thank you both so much. weakened but still a big threat. a new check on tropical storm barry as it ...

New york for many years, she enjoys a lot of enthusiasm. they very excited for her to -- now that she has launched this campaign to hold fund-raisers make sure her campaign is well funded. will that be a problem for her? absolutely. it is an issue she will have to address. its an optics thing, right? we do have someone like elizabeth warren being very vocal, and hillary clinton has not spoken about those issues in the past. will she do that to such a degree? i dont know but the fact shes gone on...

With him, what can he gain the most by this visit to israel from your reading of it and talking to your sources? >> one of the three real main foreign policy issues the romney campaign has been forward-leaning on in terms of foreign policy is the u.s./israel relationship. it fits into the idea that the obama administration has been too cool to allies, it puts distance between the obama administration and netanyahu administration so this is part of their effort to go around the world and hug alli...

Wright and the vitriol forwarded by those on the right. he said i repudiate those attacks but a lot of folks think he has been vo i have russ enough. >> if he wants to the win swing voters he has to show hes trying to be an inclusive person. everyone in the middle wants a lead reaching out to meverybody. i think what hes doing is trying to show hes a compassionate skirtive. while hes not going to win a lot of black votes or latino image, he does need that if hes going to get the middle. >> so yo...

Troops. we actually have a full screen graphic of our troop levels from december 2002, 9,700, december of 2005, 17,80 o we went up 67,500. 97,000, now at 90,000. 68,000 troops a number we can hold at? does the american public stand by that? >> its twice what was there when president obama was inaugurated. and there is this clearly articulated two-year plan to phase out in two years. so to the degree, apart from what the military people on the ground believe is the optimal number, as an optics th...