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hello and welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing another very busy news day with us. on notice, six more lenders get put on a watch list following the bank intervengs. new inflation numbers today make the challenge even more complicated. the inflation playbook says raise them again. plus the anterior of reagan no more. gop presidential hopeful ron desantis says russia's assault on ukraine and its democracy is not a vital u.s. interest. it's a flip tlop for the governor that puts him in sync with today's gop. and blame mike pence. donald tru...

>> i think the answer from a lot of the republican candidates would be so what? this is a party that doesn't care about that stuff in the same way. or at least that's what it looks like on the surface right now. one of the big questions about this race, for years now, the lewdest voices in the republican party have been say whag we hear from donald trump. that's not our rob. it's a territorial dispute. i am old enough to remember when this was a solidly hawkish party and an underdog candidate, john mccain rose from the strength of his credentials. i wonder how much there is some of that dna st...

Officer in too many instances. and in too many instances it's unsafe to be black. >> reverend, the mayor of new york city and also a presidential candidate if an underdog candidate, bill de blasio didn't really take a stand whether or not this police officer should've lost his job or not. >> i think that by city charter he could not interview. >> but you can voice your opinion. >> my opinion is that had he interfered, they would then be able to say this was all politics what, they're saying anyway. would i have liked to see this dealt with five years ago? yes, i would have. but would i have li...

Our democracy. so these times require bold leadership, activist leaderships, leaderships that will cause movements. because a vote in congress cannot defeat the hate coming out of the white house, only a movement can. that's how i've governed -- >> let me just ask you, we're running out of time and i want to get one more question in. i know the former massachusetts governor, as well as the congressional black caucus. they endorsed your opponent in a district that's nearly 60% minority. why do you think they're not supporting you? >> this is not what voters are talking to me about. it's almost ...

And forth. who is ahead by how much but tough to predict who turns out in an off year election. >> bill: peter doocy, arlington, virginia there. >> sandra: all right. thank you, bill. joining us for more on this is james freeman assistant editor of you heard us talking over bill, these polls just out. what do you make of them? >> you are seeing a tightening race. what we saw from gillespie a few years ago when he was running for senate. underdog candidate, a great closer. that's what you are seeing again is now when you look at the average of the polls, it's basically margin of error. >> sandr...