These other pot television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. The Palm Beach Post picking up the story before the president s announcement from yesterday, doing that from maralago. The league says that donald trump is back in, and now it is decision time for floridas gop and maga universes. Then it is the speech. It was reported that the president filed with the federal election commission. That is a key step to running for president , the announcement cap months of speculation punctuated by in the innuendo and potshots by political rivals. Potentially gop nomination rival Governor Ron Desantis. That is the palm beach right, up the full spectrum yesterday in the president s announcement you can still find our website at cspan dot org and our app on cspan now. From his president ial announcement yesterday, here is former President Donald Trump. In order to make America Great and glorious again i am tonight announcing my candidacy for the president of the United States. [applause] thank you, all of you. So many incredible friends and family here tonight, such a beautiful saying, people say how do you speak before us on people tonight . When there is lev in the room it is really easy, if you want to know the truth. You ought to try it sometime. Together we will be taking on the most corrupt forces and entrenched and tests a manageable. A horrible state, we are in grave trouble, this is not a task for a politician or a conventional candidate. This is a task for a Great Movement that embodies the courage, confidence, and the spirit. This is not for anyone individual, this is a job for tens of millions of proud people working together, from all across the walks of life, young and old, brought together for the very first time. When you look at the numbers you look at what has happened with hispanic, with african american, with asian, just like what is happening. This is a party that has become much bigger, much stronger. Much more powerful. Can do much more good for our country. This is a job for grandmothers and construction workers, teachers, and doctors, and farmers who cannot stay quiet any longer. You cant stay quiet any longer. You are angry about what is happening to our country, our country is being destroyed before your very eyes each. It is a job for every aspiring young person and every hardworking parent. For every entrepreneur and underappreciated Police Officer who is ready to shout for safety and america, the police are being treated so badly. These are great people, they can straighten out the crime, they are the ones who know how to do it, we have to give back respect and dignity. This will not be my campaign, this will be our campaign. Altogether. Again, that full speech Available Online if you want to see it for yourself, also on our app at cspan. Org. Or at cspan now, on the New York Times this morning. The Biden Administration reacting to the hours after mr. Trumps announcement. Mr. Bidens political twitter account positive in you mocking the president s claims that he was doing something about the crumbling infrastructure. The video titled the difference between talking and delivering. Mr. Biden signing this infrastructure message into law, just with a compilation of clips of the former president using the word infrastructure. Also, in the middle of mr. Trump speech the twitter account posted another video showing scenes of january six 2021, the ride on capitol hill. So, we will get your reaction to the president s announcement yesterday. Also as leadership challenges take place on capitol hill particularly on the republican side you can respond to that as well. Again, the numbers will be on the screen. You can text us at and you can also send us a tweet at cspan ewg independent line michael sites us off, good morning, go ahead. Good morning, i tell you, i am going to vote democrat up and down the ticket come 2024 because trump is a joke. He lost the house, the senate, and the white house. He has lost the popular vote twice. I just dont see how these people. Either they are brainwashed or i dont know. It is a disgrace and a complete disgrace to this country and the world. Thank you so much for taking my call. Lets hear from john, john in california, and santa paula, republican line. Good morning, i watched the speech last night and i am so glad he is running because i think that we need donald trump back into the movement. A movement to stop President Biden from destroying our wealth, destroying our freedom, putting mandates on us. And, we need to take back our country, and donald trump is the man to do it. So, god bless hand and you juxtapose some things, but i would like to juxtapose some that donated to the democrats, millions and millions of dollars, and then went bankrupt because of crypto, and missed spending, and his chief Investment Officer was a fool. That is where the democrats are doing to our country. Okay, lets hear from eddie and lawrence ville, georgia, democrats line. Yes, i am a democrat, we are going to have 100 million democrats if found trump is talking about running, we are going to have 100 million to take him down again, just like we did in his four years. And then when he left for six months, he did not do anything for the American People. I try to listen to that speech, the kkk speech you are trying to make up. He isnt going to do anything, he did not do anything in the four years he was there. And, it was all jacked, up last up with the things he was talking about taking things from us. And 59, that first. 149. Dealing with him, he did not do anything for the people. But, him and his family were just talking the money. These super republicans dont even want to see, that they did not even say that. Still giving him money to pay off these crazy, crazy firearms and fees. Giving trouble all the time. Okay, lets hear from eric in massachusetts, independent line. All right, good morning, it is tough to follow that tirade. Big news, trump is running, i am an independent, i am not quite sure if trump is the right guy. He is much better than the current president , obviously. And, i do have a little issue with how you introduced the midterms saying it was disappointing. Well, we arent going to get the house, and, we can slow down the crazy train. So, i think that is a bright spot for america. Hopefully in 2024, whether be trump or another candidate, i cant see biden running again based on his age and his mental status. But, it is going to be an interesting couple of years. Just going back to the last caller, mentioning in his speech the kkk speech. Where is this craziness coming from . I will never know. But, we are going to hear a lot more of that baseless claims in the next couple of years. As far as your support, it is early on in the process. But, could someone else emerge in the Republican Party that would gain your attention more than former President Trump . I think definitely that could happen, i dont know why, i think earlier in 2024 im going to vote democrat up and down, and this guy said he was an independent. How do you say you are going to vote, that is the problem with america. If youre going to vote one party, no matter what the candidate is, i am going to vote democrat. So, then i think that is part of the issue with america. You know . How can you do that . We are two years away. How has everyone made the decisions already . Okay. That is part of the problem. That is eric, in massachusetts, a couple of conservative publications putting out editorials after the president speech last night received. This is national review, their lead editorial, if you go to the website, just the capital use the word now with the period. That is what you will find if you go to the website of the national review. If you go to the editorial page of the washington examiner, what theyre editorial from yesterday filed about 9 10 last evening, republicans must say no to trump. That is just some of the reaction utley from conservative publications from the president s announcement yesterday. You can add yours to the mix as well, again, for democrats, for republicans. And independents erie pennsylvania, next, this is on a republican line, hi. Yes, i was just happy to find out the trump is going to run again, i just cant wait for that man to get back in office and give everybody a fair share. Because, he did a good job, an excellent job with that movement, back in 2016. I am just happy that he is throwing his father back in the cap. From wendy, wendy and maryland, democrats line. I, pedro, how are you . Im fine, thank you. Okay, nothing scares me more than just seeing trump running again. That really scares me. What if he gets all of these lawsuits . He is not going to be able to run. I would rather a democrat, i will stay that way. And, it just worries me one trump was on her last night, i could not even watch the speech because it just scared me. He is just the greatest thing since sliced bread. No, i dont want him to run either, i would rather see pants, or a good man. I mean, you really have to look and find a good candidate. Not trump. I am sorry, i made a mistake once voting for him, i will never do it again. So, i am a democrat, all the way now. Trump does not interest me in the least. That is Wendy Clinton township, michigan. By the way, there is reporting that one of the legislators detective David Cicilline responded to the announcement yesterday by looking at legislature and trying to push legislation barring him from pursuing office. Chastising the former president for leading an insurrection against the United States. Sicilian contended that the president should be banned from office under the 14th amendment, and unveiled plans to craft a bill through that in a letter to House Democrats on tuesday night. Quote, tonight donald trump has decided to announce his whole bid for the United States even know he forfeited his right to ever hold federal office again for leading an insurrection against the United States. The impeachment proceedings against the president for january 6th, quote, the legislation details testimony and evidence demonstrating how donald trump engaged in insurrection, it goes off but there is reporting against the effort on capitol hill in reaction to the former president s announcement yesterday, again. You can see that full speech on cspan. And on our app at cspan, now. In california, independent line, this is, robert up next, hello hello, thanks for taking my call. Trump still has a lot of stuff in the cookie jar, and, the trump people are still thinking he does. But, they had better look again before they vote for him. Theyre showing these hats, one was again good . When was again . Okay, terry, up next. Los angeles, california, republican lauren. Yes, how are you . Fine, thank you, go ahead. I am a black republican collar from la, california. Donald trump is the greatest president weve ever had, bless him running. What people dont understand about democrats, good you have to have all of these people running across the borders, get coming like wild and crazy. Joe biden and Kamala Harris dont need to run, they both need to be out of office. When donald trump was in there were more black people working. And it was easy to get jobs in all of that, buying houses. Joe biden is a disaster, i am a republican, i would never vote for a democrat. All they do is trick you. I have been a republican for 20 years, living in the ghettos of l. A. Please get joe biden out of office. Him and a black lady, Kamala Harris or whatever name is. Vice president Kamala Harris, yeah, that is terry in los angeles, california, giving his thoughts. All of these domestic issues, particularly when it comes to politics, is what we will be talking about the next couple hours. Just an update on the issue overseas concerning those missiles that landed in poland. There is reporting by axios saying it is the polish president saying today that the explosion that killed those two people near the countrys border appears to be a, quote, unfortunate accident. Not calling it an intentional attack. The projectile that caused the blast was most likely russian made, but, officials have no proof at the moment that it was a missile fired by the russian side. He added that it was, quote, very likely the explosion was caused by Ukrainian Air defenses, with the muscle unfortunately falling on polish territory. This story also adds that ukraine was previously denied it was to blame for the blast. Russia also deny that responsibility. That is the reporting as it continues to come in concerning that incident in poland. If you are following that. Again, we will be talking about either one of two tracks if you want to comment on at this point. Yesterdays announcement, former President Donald Trump with his plans to take a third run for the white house. Also, as leadership elections take place, on the republican side there is a battle going on. Not only on the house side but the senate side. About 9 30 this morning on the senate side leadership elections will be placed. Senator Mitch Mcconnell expected to, once again, receive the nomination to become minority leader. He will be challenged, he challenged formally yesterday by rick scott. A florida. We will see how that plays out, again, 9 30 is when those leadership elections are announced to be started. That is according to punchbowl news this morning. Pennsylvania is next, democrats line. Maria, hello. Good morning, i am calling because i am really concerned that donald trump plans to run again. He is very, very scary. And, i feel that this country would really, really suffer claude and, if he were to have another shot of the presidency. I am a democrat, i have voted and Cross Party Lines in the past, i have been voting since i was 18 and i am 71 now. So, it is not strictly a party thing for me. It is always who does the best job of this nation. And, donald trump, again, he is very frightening to me. I think that under his watch all of these autocratic leaders from korea, putin would probably be the happiest person in the world should donald trump become elected. I think that after or during his presidency they have become emboldened. I think, as such, they have been doing the things they have been doing. In korea, with the missiles flying over friendly territory. And, it is just frightening. He dismissed the covid, covid in this country. I am a retired medical professional. And, what he did to this country was just absolutely sickening, and i cannot look forward to his running again. I think joe biden, given what he was given day. Okay, that is maria, lets hear from ronald in cincinnati, ohio. Independent line. Hey, pedro, good morning. Good morning. I am a frequent viewer of the show. I was watching the show for six weeks leading up the election as i was working in a long time sub so, i watch you guys frequently. No better choice than a lot of the other programs that are available, we appreciate what you do. I just wanted to say, it is not really surprising to see donald trump running. Even my students could see that politics is really just turning into a circus. I encouraged a lot of them to go back and watch the obama and mccain debates anti, the bush gore debates, and control compare them to now. We would always watch the Senate Debates that were going on, the governor debates going on. And, even the students it is a circus now. Politics has not been taken seriously. And, they also see how important government is, and the role that it plays. So, they are concerned, i am concerned. But, we just have to sit back and watch the circus, now. Okay, ronald, in ohio. Lets hear from ed, and in akron, ohio. Republican line. Yes, thank you for taking my call. I think if people can see the state of the nation, how it is, they need to take the blame the blinders off. I mean, the crime, the border, the cost of living. I mean, if people cannot see that i do not understand how they can see that, and how they cant see the difference between the same person running the country and the course and running the country that thinks that we are on the eve of destruction. I mean, the carrier cannot be worse than the solution to fix the world coming to an end, it cant be worse than the world coming to an end. If we dont have fuel we cant live. You know . We cant pair bells, we cant live. I dont know, people hate trump so bad and they are going after him and they are completely against him. I can see the difference in how it was and how it is. He will stand up against critical race theory, he will say there is a problem with, it and with fentanyl. Our Current Administration will not even acknowledge that there is a problem with drugs coming across the border. Or, if they do they dont want to do anything about it or say anything about it. You know, january 6th was about whether our elections were fair or where they regular . And there was nothing regular, and there was nothing fair about our previous elections. You know . I think there might have been a little entrapment going on. Come here, what do something different, lets look at Something Else instead of our elections. You know . So they did not do that procedure correctly, the way it was supposed to be done. Okay, okay, that is chad in akron, ohio. A lot of reaction to the president s announcement yesterday. One of those questions asked of Governor Ron Desantis during a press conference yesterday was about President Trumps announcement and his own personal reaction to it. Here is Governor Desantis from yesterday. You know, one of the things i have learned in this job is when you are leading, when you are getting things done, you take incoming fire. That is just a nature of it. I roll out a bed in the morning and i have Corporate Media outlets that have a spasm at the fact that im getting up in the morning. It is constantly attacking, this