coming in to cnn news central. so it is now official in writing right there and also in video, president biden says that he wants to finish the job, and he wants to be what he callss - he wants to beat what he calls maga extremism. when i ran in 2020 i said i wanted to have more freedom and not less, and i think i know what the answer is and you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i am running for re-election. it was exactly four years ago today that biden threw his hat in the ring for 2020 and warned voters then about donald trump s rhetoric. we will go to white house now, and arlette seanez, we have seen the president on video today, and what do we expect from him life and in person? well, john, in a little over an hour, president biden is going to be holding the first public event since officially rolling out the presidential bid. he is expected at 12:30 to speak at a union conference here in washington, d.c., as he is looking to highlight the
robert f. kennedy jr. robert, thank you so much for being here. president biden has a bust of your father in the oval office. when you see that, what do you think? i m honored by it. you know, i have a lot of admiration for president biden for the service that he s given to our country. i ve known him. he s been my friend, my close family friend for 40 years. you know, there s nothing personal about this campaign. i am not going to run a mean spirited campaign or a personal campaign against president biden. he and i just differ really dramatically on the issues like the war, like censorship, like the control of wall street and the big corporations of our federal government and the pharmaceutical companies, and also the use of fear as a governing tool. i think our country is headed in a bad direction. that s why i m running, but not because i have a lack of personal affection for president biden. is he too old to have a second term? you know, i don t think age should be
country maga extremists are lining up to take on the bedrock freedoms. cutting social security that you paid for your entire life and cutting taxes for the wealthy. dictating what healthcare decisions women can make. banning books and telling people who they can love all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. harris: what about biden s age and fitness for office? some voters are saying they re very disappointed he did not follow through with his suggestion of serving just one term. remember that? president biden: look, i view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. there is an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. three the future of this country. harris: it might be the planet s longest bridge. majority of democratic voters who have appreciated what he said had it happened. recent fox poll shows 52% wanted somebody else at the top of the ticket. the rnc is mocking the president s re-election bid by putting out recheck biden.com.
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that s why i m running for re-election. biden wants another term in the white house to finish the job. meanwhile, the front-runner to take on biden, former president donald trump is face another legal challenge. a prosecutor in georgia set to reveal a decision this summer on whether to indict trump over alleged 2020 election interference and the legal challenges for trump don t end there. jury selection is started today, right now, in new york will trump show up to testify in his own defense? and later, one of the biggest media shakeups in decades. the shock waves after two big exits from the airwaves. first, the breaking political news president biden announcing his bid for a second term. we have every angle covered, with our reporters and analysts, symone sanders townsend and john kasich thank you all for being part of this conversation. the theme of the video is let s finish the job what can we expect from the white house and president biden in the coming weeks? we