welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden maiks his argument. he enters the 2024 campaign. his video makes clear he expects to stair down trump in a rematch. the president s election now mirrors his message back then. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. plus nikki haley tries to change the conversation about abortion her message calls for more compassion. where she delivered that speech highlights the states that decides the electoral map. and today donald trump on trial. jury selection conducts off on whether the former president defamed a writer who awe accuses had him of rape. the president s four more years bet. this morning joe biden making formal another run at the oval office. the method, 6:00 a.m. video release. flashes of violence from one of the darkest days. that announcement video calls back to his 2020 campaign launched
of questioning so far that the judge has a panel of 48 potential jurors in the room. so far 12 have been excuse r excused. the number here is nine. that s how many he needs to hear this civil case. the judge has run through the normal course of questions. is there anyone that can t be impartial based on the individuals involved or the allegations. there were nine hands that went up. those nine were excused. then he asked some more specific questions to this case asking about any plolitical donations o either trump or biden, obama and presidents of the past. and one juror said they donated to democratic causes was excused. he also asked if anyone was a member or a believer of a group including qanon, the proud boys, oath keepers, the kkk, no one raise d their hands to those questions. one person raised their hand stay saying they had strong opinions about the me too movement and that juror was excluded from this case. so the judge is continuing to ask questions. i m hoping to whittle th
to nine. we could get to opening statements in the case later this afternoon, depending on how quick ily they move through this. she sued trump for battery and defa defamation. a former president not required to be present is not here. he s denied all of those allegations. outside the courtroom, keep us posted we appreciate that live report. let s get insight from elliot williams. it s a civil case. it s defamation case. she alleges he raped her in the 1990s. walk through the different legal issue os posed to a civil case versus a criminal case. a criminal case is brought by the state. the people v. donald trump. a civil case is one person suing another either for damaging or either just a statement from the court. the bigger thing here is that the jury does not need to be unanimous. it sounds like the judge is picking six jurors in new york. five out of the six have to vote
when you don t have a suggest cant primary challenge, we don t see president biden having one of them. you get to deal with your weaknesses. not only play to your strebts, but you get to address weaknesses. jim clyburn shs the man who was the biggest help to joe biden in winning the 2020 nomination says the president needs to deal with issue one. the president is going to have to deal with the whole issue of age. that is something that we just cannot pretend is not on people s minds. it clearly is on people s minds if you look at this cbs news poll, this is among democrats. and democratic leaners. they think the president should not run for reelection. 86% of them site krooit his age. 77% think it s time for somebody new. 59% say they like other democrats more. you have almost 9 in 10 of democrats when are hesitancy saying it s his age. when he s been asked about
a pesky concern. but this part of the president s framing. weesht your time on inside politics. we ll see you term. cnn news centraral starts aft a quick break.