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Limits for congress and mandatory mental competency test for politicians over 75 years old. >> let's go straight to the white house. okay, feels shot over the bow for both trump and biden, both of whom are in that age category. what is the white house saying about this? >> erin, nothing, which i think is as much of a reflection as their view of the candidate and the early very stage of the republican primary as that is the implicit attack itself. now, when you talk to white house officials, you talk to president biden's advisers as they ramp up for the campaign, they are closely watching repub...

She spoke with craig melvin in an exclusive interview. >> you shouldn't have to be 80 years old to get to washington, and we've got to start righting the ship. we need new blood, we need new leadership because we have some serious challenges. >> nbc's ali vitali was at haley's formal announcement today ali, she zeroed in on that generational argument >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right, lester haley's pitch is that the republican party needs a new generation to take the helm in 2024 now, she never mentioned her former boss, trump, by name, but when she talks about the party's losses in rec...

They look at a republican primary, they believe will be both chaotic and, in their words, somewhat extreme, will end up winning the day. it's a calculation that does not necessarily mean it is going to be borne out. that's their view of things right now. still, they know it's an issue. and i should note the president is going to get his annual physical tomorrow morning. >> that's right, tomorrow morning, he's going to do that. thank you very, much phil mattingly. everyone is back with. me s. e. cupp with us -- -- nikki haley, it's -- it's only being talked about among democrats but she was mak...

Politic tig politicians older than 75. probably a dig at joe biden, but also her former boss, who is 76. >> america is not past our prime, it is just our politicians are past theirs. our best days are yet to come if we unite and fight to save our country. when i look to the future, i see america strong once more. the america i see, the permanent politician will finally retire. mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. >> joe, she said a lot of things that republicans want to hear. a lot of it was very trumpy. the mental competency test, we could have used that in the...

Don't have the clip, actually. i lied. but nikki haley in her speech announcing, i assume jokingly suggested that politicians over the age of 75 need to have a mental competency test. now, i'm sure her people would say that was aimed at joe biden. but come on, that was also aimed at donald trump. >> when you're talking about generational change it's very clear you're talking about more than one person at a time, and there are two big dogs at this point. there's donald trump on the republican side and joe biden on the democratic side. people can hear what they want to hear. but very clearly the...