minutes. we will bring that to you when it begins. alabama governor kay ive tweeted, this morning, i agree with the people of dadeville and my fellow alabamians violent crime has no place i our state, and we are stayin closely updated by law enforcement has details emerge again, we are expecting a news conference momentarily and wil bring it to you as soon as i starts but for now we turn t the race for the 202 republican presidentia nomination as it gets going there is broader discussion underwa about what the future of the republican party will look like in a private retreated nationa this weekend that was a centra theme for speakers and attendees alike. former vice president mike pence and new hampshir governor christen uno both perspective personal strateg candidates that spoke at the retreat made big appeals to th republican party to move o from donald trump. the former, president however, gave the keynote speech last night. and according to a copy of his remarks obtained
remarks obtained by politico h declared that, quote, the ol republican party is gone and i is never coming back and a separate account of the, event in the washington post reports, quote, trump took extensive time to insult polling results, reading pol numbers state-by-state for about five minutes trump only re-read polls tha were favorable to him s, but i is not a sure bet that he will win the nomination again as he potentially faces stif competition from florida governor ron desantis. and of course there is the fac that trump is now the firs current and former president t be charged with a crime. he is the subject of a multitude of pending cases including about an upcomin trial that we will get back to in a little bit. but i believe we are going t go to a press around bitterly, if not now we are gonna go ahead and begin our press conference relative to a situation that occurred here in gainesville