to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us and imminent and an important deadlines for the justice department. it has until one p.m. one hour from now to respond to a late night filing an abortion court battle that could impact women coast to coast plus family ties and college controversy. the top democrat on the house says he hardly remembers his uncle s flagrant anti semitic remarks. but cnn s k file uncovers an opinion piece from a college age takeem jeffries defending his uncle and defending louis farrakhan from his in his words, quote. white media. and tim scott feels out of presidential run today. he s in iowa as he stands up and exploratory committee is opening message. heavy on biography heavy on faith, the biden agenda but makes no mention of the republican frontrunner donald trump. today our country is once again being tested once again, our divisions run deep and the threat to our future is real. joe biden and the radica
be well liked by a constituency , whether it s all republican voters, whether it s your fellow republicans in congress questions do people see you as a president? this is a poll out just today in his home state. the winthrop poll from south carolina among likely south carolina republican voters trump at 41 to santa, said 20 nikki haley, the former governor at 18. tim scott at 7% so you re running a distant fourth in your own state. now it s just the beginning. numbers can change. but it just shows you the steepness of the hill. right right. and i think obviously, south carolina constituents have seen him for more than a decade now as a legislator, not as a chief executive, so it not only does he have to change the perceptions of his his his public service among his own voters right now, but elsewhere in the country, i do think in terms of elaine, i was talking to his people this morning, and they feel that he can make deep inroads with at least the evangelical community and iowa. he is
have. it is very smart for him. once you get out of iowa and new hampshire if you are seeking the democratic nomination it is hard to keep the momentum going if you can t appeal to it african-americans and others in the minority community. he can t just build crowds and look at iowa and new hampshire. he has to make deep inroads in the african-american s community. specifically because of the clintons. that has engineered a lot of affection with the african-american community. he s not just running with someone who has no natural connection. hillary clinton has one and he has to get over their that. bill clinton was often described as america s first black president.