when the time comes. one analogy that we have used sometimes is we are effectively building a launching pad. if we offer our ballot line to the unity ticket they got to build the rocket ship to take themselves. not everyone is thrilled with the idea of no labels jumping in. former house speaker nancy pelosi blasted group back in november suggesting they could jeopardize president biden s re-election chances. no labels says they will announce their plan publicly by about mid march. bret? bret: okay, mark, thank you. stocks are mixed today as earnings season begins. the dow lost 118. the s&p 500 gained 4. the nasdaq was up 3. for the week the dow gained a third of a percentage point. the s&p 500 finished ahead almost two. the nasdaq 3. the state of texas takes over federal property in an effort to deal with the border crisis. we will have a live report from the border. first, here what happens some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 29 in buffalo as
about. where are you on this? that s the goal. we ve said from the begins, we d like to have a democrat and a republican. we ll entertain independents in the end if that gives us the best chance to win. neil: so joe manchin of west virginia, the senator is not seeking re-election there but entertaining a presidential run. have you talked to him? is he the guy for the top of that ticket? what we we haven t been talking to candidates. what we ve been doing is consultations with our members across the country to get a bet ever sense of the candidates that they want to see, the traits that they want to see. we ll make a decision after march 15. one whether we go forward to offer a ballot line to a ticket and two, who would be on it. neil: he name seems to come up a lots. a lot of your members are intrigued by that and the idea of a mitt romney or someone like him as his running mate. is that true? there s been a lot of speculation out there. that has been speculation put out th
confidence in the two major parties. and by a large number, they don t want to have to choose again between president trump and president biden. shannon: but, senator why? because shannon: let me just ask you they want a change. shannon: if that polling showed that you guys were going to tip in one way or another, and especially for president trump, would you bow out and let the two parties go head to head? well, here s what we ve said about that. we re only going to run basically is to, say, offer our ballot line, a third line on the 50 american states to a bipartisan unity ticket if we think it has a realistic chance to win. and we re not going to be a spoiler. by my definition, and i think most people would say it, a spoiler ticket would be a ticket that has no chance to win and would take votes
confidence in the two major parties. and by a large number, they don t want to have to choose again between president trump and president biden. shannon: but, senator why? because shannon: let me just ask you they want a change. shannon: if that polling showed that you guys were going to tip in one way or another, and especially for president trump, would you bow out and let the two parties go head to head? well, here s what we ve said about that. we re only going to run basically is to, say, offer our ballot line, a third line on the 50 american states to a bipartisan unity ticket if we think it has a realistic chance to win. and we re not going to be a spoiler. by my definition, and i think most people would say it, a spoiler ticket would be a ticket that has no chance to win and would take votes
contenders joining the fight. the group no labels continues to float the idea of an independent ticket, saying if both parties play to their bases, fanning the flames of extremism and ignore the common sense majority, then, quote: no labels will have our ballot line ready to offer a unity presidential ticket that can win. bret early yeah today donald trump released a statement called the under card candidates. they said they consider tonight s debate to essentially be an audition for some of these candidates to try to be part of a future second term in the white house for donald trump if he were to be reelected in the future. send it back to you. bret: bill melugin in the debate hall. thanks. when it documents debates, president biden is not doing any primary debates and today his campaign would not commit to general election debates. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has that story tonight from lake tahoe traveling with the president, good evening, jacqui. good evening, br