formally filing his paperwork today ahead of a formal announcement in iowa. we have so many good friends here. reporter: christie is set to declare tuesday in new hampshire, and bergum introducing himself in a new video. anger, yelling, infighting, that s not going to cut it anymore. let s get things done. reporter: today, new hampshire governor chris sununu making a different decision, telling dana bash he would not seek the gop presidential nomination. i don t mind who gets into the field, but given where the polls are, every candidate needs to understand the responsibility of getting out and getting out quickly if it s not working. reporter: the former president looms large over the race. the biggest clear beneficiary of a bigger field as the contenders work to distinguish themselves in hopes of a one-on-one contest with him. south carolina senator tim scott stopped by the view today on abc for a face-to-face conversation about race and opportunity in america. one of
much. we have to get this done. this bill not only expands the number of visas, because we ve almost exhausted the number of visas, but it streamlines the process. it allows for remote processing. we don t have an embassy in afghanistan anymore, and it allows for other really critical ways to cut bureaucratic red tape and bring these people to the united states so they can start their new lives. congressman wensrup, this is a companion bill, as you noted, to the one introduced by senator roger wicker and senator gene shaheen. an effort to include something like this in the omnibus spending bill was held by senator chuck grassly, republican of iowa. he raised objections over what he says are lax criteria for special visa priority. i don t know what his position is going to be on your legislation here. but does he need to be pushed? can you get him to stop obstructing this? we have to talk to any of those that don t quite understand what we understand.
only way for a young african american kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule. that is a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today. reporter: and this is a very busy week of this 2024 campaign. you can feel the intensity increasing, and chris christie will be getting in tomorrow in new hampshire in a town hall. jake, we re getting a new some new sentiment from the former president about his former vice president. we should point out this is a historic moment here, a vice president running against a former president, never mind the acrimony behind him, but he oddly has kind words for him. i wish him a lot of luck. he s a nice person. we had a very good relationship until the very end. he goes on to repeat the lies about how the former vice president could have overturned and not certified the election, so clearly, a couple years have gone by. it s the same song between the two. the question is, what is mike penc
message of a fiscal conservatism, evangelicals are interested in him, but it s a pretty narrow lane that, of course, so many trurp supporters are opposed to his candidacy, but he was received very warmly this weekend in iowa. that s why he s starting his race there on wednesday. trump s been pretty nice and welcoming about everybody going into the race except for ron desantis. the reason is, a big field benefits trump. i think i ve seen that movie before. jeff zeleny, thank you so much. tune in wednesday night. my colleague, dan bash, will moderate the town hall with former vice president mike pence. again, in beautiful iowa. that s wednesday night at 9:00 eastern only here on cnn. coming up, will competition spar conflict with china? an exclusive interview with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley. that s next. i can be free to do the e thins that i love to do. i hope when i retire someday, ththey say, that guy made this place a special place to come to schoo
the best part of the job is coming to places like this, right here in iowa where you can talk to everybody and everyday americans. there s plenty of fear and anger right here in america s heartland and indeed across the country right now. i sat down with the president just a little while ago for an in depth interview about job, the economy, the 2012 campaign. the war on terror and a lot more. specific about the short-term plans for boosting the economy and how it could make or break his reelection campaign. you said if you don t turn around the economy in three years it s going to be a one-term proposition. do you remember that? when i came into office, i knew i was going to have a big mess to clean up. and frankly, the mess has been bigger than i think a lot of people anticipated at the time. we have made steady progress on these fronts, but we re not making progress fast enough. and what i continue to believe is that ultimately the buck stops with me. a lot of these p