win over unthuziastic democrats and taking digs at his former and potentially future opponent donald trump. a rape allegation lawsuit against trump goes to trial with opening statements in new york. we will have the latest on e. jean carroll s civil case against the former president and trump s defense. and in war-torn sudan, americans are a part of an urgent race to flee the country as bursts of violence mara fragile u.s. ceasefire. this amid fierce of a biological nightmare after paramilitary forces seize a public health lab. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the 2024 race for the white house is taking shape in a big way tonight with president biden s official campaign launch. his announcement video driving home team biden s strategy, if an historic rematch with donald trump actually becomes a reality. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent phil mattingl
betting in the long run fox news is bigger than tucker carlson, that tucker carlson s not bigger than the big brand they built over the last couple of kdecade and they have some evidence to suggest that s the case. i mean, they have rid their channel of people like glenn beck, bill o reilly, megyn kelly left, and those people, they have never been bigger than the fox news brand. i mean, if you look at the platforms they have had since leaving fox news, they have been noticeably smaller than when they were on that primetime perch on fox news. so the think the murdochs are making a bet, yeah, in the short term we will take a little bit of a ratings hit. there is still, you know, doing pretty well in the ratings. but in the long term, they are betting that they make the stars and not the other way around. all right. thank you very much. oliver darcy reporting. next, the race to get out of sudan before time rouuns out on fragile three-day ceasefire. now we will have a report from