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Could be a part of the negotiating tactics on the part of the president in dealing with the new house speaker. >> no doubt about it. i think nia was spot on. there is a short-term political benefit here because of the coming weeks and months of this debt ceiling battle, and so this is an attempt to put kevin mccarthy in a bit of a box and say, okay, you know, you say you want spending cuts. you won't specify what they are. i keep saying, show me your budget, and now i'm going to pressure you here and say, take these off the table, which kevin mccarthy says, i'm not talking about cutting social...

Cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz has more on the state of the union road show and why florida was a strategic backdrop for his message. >> reporter: president biden armed for battle with republicans. >> look, i know that a lot of republicans, their dream is to cut social security and medicare. well, let me say this. if that's your dream, i'm your nightmare. >> reporter: the president's main target since his state of the union address, florida's own senator rick scott. biden waved a pamphlet highlighting the republican senator's plan to sunset all federal legislation every five years...

Anybody ask me what i meant, i've been very clear. nobody believes that i have a goal of reduce -- i don't know any republicans that want to cut medicare or social security benefits. he's been a complete failure, and now he lies about what i want to get done. >> reporter: still, it's a fight the white house is eager to wage, a clash on full display tuesday night. as the president gears up for a face-off with the gop over the debt ceiling. >> and i said, that means you all are for keeping social security? they all stood up and said, yeah. i said, well, we got a deal. sounded like they agreed to...

Been subpoenaed to provide testimony and documents in a criminal case that is targeting his former boss, donald trump, and the fact that they may be political rivals in just a couple months. so that -- this is just unprecedented. >> yeah. and it begins with an unprecedented event which was january 6th, which is a sitting president trying to overthrow a free and fair election. all of this will hang over donald trump. all of this will hang over mike pence. and in some ways this is the argument i think that other goppers who might want to run for president will make. this is sort of the bad news ...

Kinds of conversations he's asked to testify to, even -- he was a senior white house staff, and necessarily, by holding that role, there will be protections that come along with it. now, not every conversation that one has with the president or with staff is going to be protected. that's -- that will play out in the courts. so, we'll see what got requested. >> this is a dramatic moment indeed. david chalian, what's your reaction? >> well, one thing that i think is really important to separate out just because i know people have seen mike pence in the headlines dealing with the documents case, ...