ancestral home to commemorate the anniversary of the good friday agreement that ended 30 years of hostilities between catholics and protestants. will tim scott run jay ensley i will speak to gun safety advocate justin jones ahead of the vote to send justin pearson back to the statehouse. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington as president biden begins a deeply personal overseas trip to the republic of ireland. at first visiting northern ireland, still part of the united kingdom, 25 years after the good friday agreement, that ended ed decades of violence this took a long, hard years of work to get to this place it took people willing to come together in good faith and to risk boldly. it s up to us to keep this going, to keep building on the work that has been done every day for the last 25 years. joining me is the founder of irish american magazine who served as a key back channel negotiator between bill clin toclinton and the ira. the president landed in
what s he up to today? reporter: the campaign trail getting crowded in the hawkeye state. it took longer than some of us thought for it to start heating up we are likely to see another challenger officially be added to the mix the only reason i hedge on that is because tim scott is coming as close as you can to launching a bid without officially doing it today saying that he will launch an exploratory committee and coming to iowa, new hampshire tomorrow and back to his home state of south carolina on friday and over the weekend he will do an event there and meeting with donors. what the exploratory phase allows him to do is to stoke speculation while building an infrastructure and test the waters with donors and see how this candidacy will be received. on the other side, you have former south carolina governor and u.n. ambassador nikki haley making her way through the hawkeye state. it s her third trip here since announcing about seven weeks ago. we saw last week that massive
taking the next step toward a bid for president in 2024. he is creating an exploratory committee making the announcement in a video message today, which he noted is the day marking the beginning of the civil war. i will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make america exceptional. that s why i m announcing my exploratory committee for president of the united states the move signaling his intent to enter that 2024 primary contest, plus scott is in iowa today. that s a big signal. the first republican caucus state. joining me is ali vitali from iowa, brendon buck and ashley parker welcome all. ali, to you. tim scott is in iowa of course, another south carolinian as well, nikki haley.