hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a midair mystery. the united states shoots down more unidentified objects flying over north america. right now, washington knows about as much as you do. not much. what s gone on the last two weeks or so, ten days, has been nothing short of craziness. and the military needs to have a plan to not only determine what s out there but determine the dangers that go with it. plus, the republican house speaker convenes what he calls the heads of the five families of the republican caucus. he wants to forge a consensus and to prove wrong democrats who predict that house republicans in the end will blink and vote to raise the debt limit. and alive under the debris. sniffer dogs, thermal cameras find signs of life in both turkey and syria, but for every miracle, there is mourning. tens of thousands pinned beneath twisted metal destined for mass graves. up first for us, tr
presidential field gets a second entry this week. and several other prospects are taking important steps toward candidacies as well. the former south carolina governor nikki haley is scheduled to declare her intensions on wednesday. haley, you might recall, she was donald trump s first baemp to the united nations will be the only declared republican candidate other than her former boss. trump so far anyway seems more concerned about the florida go governor ron desantis. who is pulling together his own campaign team. trump has repeatedly disparaged desantis in recent weeks and the new york times reports one big question as desantis gears up is whether and when to return trump s fire. this from that story. quote, for month, mr. desantis has pursued a strategy of conflict avoidance, but now he faces the pressing question of how long this approach can work. mr. trump has spent weeks trying to goad mr. desantis into a fight. our great reporters are back with us. that story now notes he s