[laughter] they used to the fault ronald reagan for not holding more press conferences, but the american people want to see their president and feel that he is capable, especially right now when there is so much stuff out there in the water, saying that he is displaying all of the signs of mental decline. and this is serious stuff. and we ve got to find out if the guy is equip for a second term. he d be 82 if he won, he d be 86 when he left. look, biden and i have the are the same age. i m clean and i m articulate, as he once said about barack obama. shannon: are you running. i m running from office finish the. [laughter] shannon: panel, thank you very much. a quick break here. up next, the growing fight between house republicans and the fbi over a whistleblower document as investigations into the biden family divide washington and capitol hill. [ ]
what senator scott said. i mean, come on, president biden doesn t give a damn about americans? here s someone who has dedicated his entire life to public service. i would never say that about president trump. i would not say that he count care about americans, so doesn t care about americans. so why don t we deal with these issues instead of ad hominem attacks on the president. of course i m concerned about china shipping fentanyl, it s wrong. i ve heard the testimony in congress of mothers who have lost their children. let s solve that. i mean, instead of launching ad hominem attacks at the president. shannon: okay, let s do a little bit of a lightning round, a couple of other things. the debt ceiling, there is a call by the white house for a clean debt ceiling. there are enough senators, republicans, who say they won t vote for a clean ceiling. it s fully buster-proof there filibuster-proof there. if the debt ceiling is mechanically lifts without any
trump administration had used to get a handle on the problem. at the border this week, senator ted cruz said this i have to say i am angry, because this is deliberate. this is a decision that was made by president joe biden and kamala harris and congressional democrats, to open up the border to what is nothing less than an invasion. shannon: president biden did get rid of trump era policies that he called inhumane. you heard what congressman dons said, that that s an easy way to label things in his estimation. but nothing got done in the administration the first couple years of democrats controlling the white house and both houses of congress, so who owns this chaos now at the border? shannon, nothing has gotten done president reagan signed biattar san immigration reform in 1986. and instead of throwing fingers at each other, why don t we come together on some common principles. we need a safe and secure border
shannon: iowa s diehard republican voters heard firsthand this weekend from one of the former president s potential 2024 challengers, florida governor ron desantis traveling to several cities in iowa to test his message as he weighs a presidential run. supposed to be a bit of a showdown with former president trump, but he had to cancel his rally because of tornado warnings there. alexis mcadams is live in iowa with a look at what voters are thinking. ing hello alexis. reporter: hi, shannon. we did have a chance to talk with several voters across iowa. they tell us they do not like where the country is heading, and they ll back whomever will beat president joe biden. we did have a chance to catch up with florida governor ron desantis, i asked him about what he thinks of the southern border. watch. it s a disaster x it s a manmade disaster with bad policies. the border should just be shut down. reporter: now, governor desantis expected, shannon, to announce a presidential campaig
whispering about the third party contender. manchin flirts with iowa voters, he took the time from his busy senate schedule to tell at gather gathering of iowa business leaders wednesday in d.c. that he s fiscally responsible and socially compassion sate nate. another interesting piece, richard, out of axios, they talked to a group of swing voters in georgia who said the they re confronted with this rematch in 2020 but somebody who is independent and has a financial backing, they d vote for that person or at least consider consider it. look, i think there s always this flirtation with the third party. here s the problem, many candidates lack the infrastructure to get on the ballot in many of these states which creates a problem for them. if you think about if there s a potential rematch between donald trump and joe biden, the recent abc poll that came up, the media s been fodder in the beltway, the truth of the matter is for many voters are saying, look, the election s 18 months