april, but his remarks were quickly overshadowed, when he announced he would hold a major news conference this afternoon. sandra: actually is not happening. statement has since been clarified by the white house, saying there is no change to the president s schedule and there is no news conference. karl rove, doug, and jason will react to the puzzling comments, and where the heck is this american economy going from here. it has been quite a week. john: begin this friday with tensions, the justice department may be deciding on possible criminal charges for the president s son. the finish line in sight. sandra: and word could come in on any moment. this is america reports. refusal to lie low and plans to launch a legal defense fund. it could raise ethical questions over who is donating and whether they are trying to influence the president s policies. miranda devine, you ve always got your ear to the ground on these issues and these matters. what are you hearing on ten
editorial report. i m paul gigot. and we re counting down to cnn s presidential debate, the first of two, which is set to take place in atlanta on thursday. president biden is at camp david this weekend preparing for the showdown as a new fox news poll finds him in a tight the race with donald trump leading his republican rival 50-48 among registered voters. that s within the margin of error but represents a 2-point gain for the president from last month even as questions continue to swirl about the president s age and ability to serve a second term. is so how crucial is next week s faceoff to putting those concerns to rest? let s is ask wall street journal columnists and fox news contributor karl rove. if welcome, karl. so i want you to start out with that fox news poll. this would suggest i know it s the only one poll, but this would suggest with some other evidence that there s been some movement towards joe biden since the felony conviction of president trump. do you
instead, he s been attacking desantis and florida, raise expectations, don t lower them. sandra: very interesting. great to have you on this friday afternoon. john, going back to the moment a few moments ago, we were getting ready for the show and the president was holding the meeting at the white house and said i m not going to answer your questions now because i have a major news conference this afternoon, we all went back to the white house schedule and they said no, there was not one planned, that was not the case and the president misspoke. john: some folks tell you a news conference versus an interview, but when the president, announces a press conference it s like a canon has gone off among the press corps and everybody starts scrambling to get to where they need to be, and then when the white house says oh, no, no, he did not even misspeak, no change to the schedule. it does cause a lot of