that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. i ll have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn he ll be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a new york times reporter listened in. i m going to read a quote from that new york times story which begins with something desantis said on the call. you basically have three people credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis said on the call, organized by the superpac supporting him, biden, trump and me. of the two, two have a chance to be elected, biden and me. the times said he is basing that on swing state data which he describes as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable because people aren t going to change their view of him. which is
the republican nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. we will have more on what disney just naturally. but on desantis s run sources of telling cnn he will file paperwork next week. medical today were donors and supporters. a new york times report or listened in. i m going to read you a quote from that new york times story. it begins with something ron desantis said on the call. quote, you have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis told donors on the call, organized by the super pac supporting him, never back down. quote, biden, trump and me. and i think of those three, to have a chance to get elected president. biden and me. now, according to the times he went on to say that he s basing that on swing state data which he described as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable, because people are not going to change their vie
donald trump really means when he says black jobs. and, separation of church and state, not so separate in oklahoma now forcing public schools to teach the bible. what if the teacher refuses? let s do it.■ç tonight, a new poll in the aftermath of thursday night s presidential debate is likely only adding to democratic anguish about the state of the race. a cbs 2 of online survey of registered voters finds the nearly three out of four think biden does not have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president, and there are some caveats. the poll was immediate, conducted just two days after the debate and this margin of error is 4.2 points, but this is a seven point increase in the number of registered voters who had the specific doubts about biden on june 9th just weeks before the debate. to counter the negativity, top biden supporters hit the airwaves today to stand by their candidate. i have spent time with joe biden. i can tell!çyou that not only does he have
four think biden doesn t have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. the poll was immediate conducted two days after the debate. it s margin of error is 4.2 points. but this is a seven point increase in the number of registered voters who have those specific doubts about joe biden on june 9. to counter the negativity, top biden supporters hit the airways today to stand by their candidate. i have spent time with joe biden. i can tell you that not only does he have a tough mind, but he has a tender heart. that is what you need in a president. donald trump has an ego. joe biden has confronted and has to come back from tragedies and trials and tribulations throughout his entire life. the moment we are in right now is a comeback moment. joe biden s decision to go forward is a decision we will all embrace because of the record he has and the performance that will come with it. for their part the campaign staff took a more abrasive approach to countering worr
2024, we send our congratulations, goodness knows you have earned it and so much more. thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. here here, thanks for sharing that. have a good show. appreciate it. welcome to the beat, i am ari melber. steve bannon s path to court, new developments on his case. democrats are on the senate floor demanding action to reform the supreme court. senate republicans trying to block it. we have those stories coming up in the hour. we begin right now with the white house race. the first debate is just two weeks out. it s the earliest presidential campaign ever. the biden campaign pushed the schedule in a bid to galvanize its side. as the general election begins in earnest, we hear from so many people that this is one of the most important elections ever. but, when you ask why it s so important, the answers do vary. there is one thing th