His base, which is why many people were shocked when he muddied his position on abortion this week remarking on a florida ballot amendment that could overturn that state s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy i think the six week because to shore, it has to be more time and show that. And i ve told them that i want more weeks you ll vote in favor of the amendment on voting that i am going to be voting that way need more than six weeks after backlash from conservatives, trump s campaign tried to clarify his position saying quote, president trump has not yet said how he will vote even though we did just hear how he said he would vote at that moment in time on the ballot initiative in florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short, then yesterday, this is what president trump said. Are you voting yes or no on amendment four in florida? so i think six weeks you need more time than six weeks. I ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries my marriage
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing this businbusy news day with us. the president called the latest debt ceil ing meeting productiv and a sign of good progress. but kevin mccarthy s morning after update is rather bleak. nowhere near a deal. this as the treasury begins checking how long agencies can pay their bills. plus legal quick sand for donald trump. his words at a cnn town hall push e. jean carroll to seek more damages and his instructions about how to handle classified documents end up in the hands of the special counsel. and swing voters dread the idea of a biden/trump rematch, but their focus group on what happened if there is one is quite revealing. the biden team arriving last yhour. they are now with the team behind closed doors. both sides say there s mgood faith, yet both sides also say there is little progress. this morning the speaker telling fellow house republicans the two sides are nowhere near agr agreement,
challenge that could change the internet forever. and alex murdaugh s son takes the stand testifying for the defense in his father s double murder trial. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. president biden is preparing for a huge moment, and he is in poland and about to deliver a major speech to mark the one-year anniversary of russia s unprovoked war in ukraine. where biden was yesterday making surprise trip to kyiv where he pledged support for ukraine really no matter how long it takes. biden s speech comes today after vladimir putin himself made his own major address from moscow. and putin is staying true to form and accusing the west of igniting the conflict and condemned the west and nato allies for supplying weapons to ukraine and announced that russia is going to suspend their participation with the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. now, we will start with the big moment with kaitlan collins where the preside
about desantis readiness to take on donald trump. they have been fielding complaints with donors that he s not ready yet. he s not shown that he is clear eye d about the challenge ahead. this is an attempt to come out in full force and show the playbook that has worked time and time again in florida to get ron desantis in the headlines, make news and enforce the other candidates to react to him. now i did talk to one former desantis adviser who cautioned a little bit about this strategy telling me, quote, in presidential races, the issues kind of create themselves no matter how much star power and stamina the candidate might have. i don t think it will be as size to control the narrative. we appreciate that. that former adviser has watched donald trump. it s hard for anyone to control the narrative. but we ll see that. we appreciate that. let s bring the conversation in
with our partners. we ll hold accountable those responsible for this woor and seek justice for the war crimes and crimes against humanity continuing to be committed by the russians. there s much for us to be proud of over all that we have achieved together this past year. we have to be honest and clear eye d as we look at at the year ahead. the defensive freedom is not the work of a day. it s always difficult. it s always important. and ukraine continues to defend itself against the russian onslaught of counteroffensive. it will continue to be hard and butter days. victories and tragedies, but ukraine and the united states are going to continue to have ukraine s back as it defends itself.