difficult place to be if, as you pointed out, he s 20, 30 points below trump. now that he s launched his retail political skills, which have been called into question by many, will be put to the test on the stump. nbc s natasha live for us in miami, thank you so much for joining this morning. up next, we ll look at the axios 1 big thing. on morning joe, we ll have more reaction to that very, very glitchy presidential campaign launch from ron desantis. maryland governor wes moore will also join the conversation. he is a national advisory board member for president biden s re-election campaign. plus, we ll hear from the chair of the dnc, jaime harrison. also ahead, sarah bareilles, singer/songwriter, will be a guest. morning joe is moments away. o. and where it s going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns
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from apple music to disney bundle. so you get exactly what you want and only pay for what you need. and it all starts at just $30. on the network you want. because it s your verizon. joining us now with a look at axios a.m., senior politics reporter for axios, eugene scott. eugene, good morning. what is the 1 big thing for today? good morning, john. the axios 1 big thing is we know governor ron desantis from
joining us now with a look at axios a.m., political reporter for axios, alexi mccammond. good morning. what is the axios 1 big thing today? good to see you. as the white house is preparing for this debt ceiling showdown meeting with house speaker kevin mccarthy today, they ve been fortifying their lines, escalating rhetoric, and calling out vulnerable republicans ahead of this meeting. of course, speaker mccarthy thought that passing his bill in the house would give him leverage at the negotiating table with president biden, but there s no signs that biden and the white house will be walking away from their 30 sig position they meet later this afternoon. we ve seen the white house circulate memos, talking about different cuts republicans are proposing that would affect things like the dea, the fbi, all these things that republicans claim to care about, policing, veterans benefits. the white house is even claiming that these spending cuts from republicans would, they say, quote,
owe, alex thompson. alex, good morning. what is the axios 1 big thing today? so nice for you to have me. the 1 big thing is there is an emerging divide between house democrats and senate democrats over this debt ceiling standoff. now, democratic party has been largely echoing the white house s line, which is the debt ceiling is not negotiable. they have basically said, we re not going to talk about it until there is a clean raising of the debt ceiling. now, increasingly, you ve seen a number of house democrats go public and say that they believe the president should start negotiating with republicans, that it is just an unrealistic expectation that they re going to raise the debt ceiling without any sort of concessions. now, the senate democrats have largely, with the exception of senator joe manchin, stayed united in sticking with the president s strategy. it ll be interesting to see that, you know, the first two years of the administration, president biden, who was in the