nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the latest. kristen, what do you know? >> reporter: this is significant, jose. our political team has been working on this reaching out to sources who are familiar with the former president's thinking. and two sources close to former president trump say that while he has already all but announced that he is running for president again, he will likely make it official sometime this month. likely after the midterms. they also cautious, jose, that that date could slide. let me just remind you of some of the things we've heard from former president trump. he has been teasing this for quite some time at his rallies including overnight in iowa where he said i ran twice, won twice and did better the second time than the first, of course the facts don't bear that out. and now to make our country safe and successful and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. all but leaning into an