investigations, oh, a possible indictment and he s still re-litigating 2020. but, guess what? trump still has almost a 30-point lead in the rcp average over ron desantis and he leads biden in the head to head as well. but, of course, this doesn t speak to the battle ground states. that didn t fall trump s way last go round, as you remember. in two of those states according to a new public opinion s strategy poll, desantis not trump narrowly leads biden. of course desantis hasn t jumped into the race yet he hinted he will announce after his state legislature wraps its session in may. now this has worried some about this late timing desantis s which they claim may leave him ill-prepared against the former president s luggageening attacks and lagging in the on the ground organizing critical in states with an early nominating contest. well, for his part, trump continues what, to many, seem like petty attacks on desantis and the latest polls about, well, the latest about his so-ca
now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president s choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it down saturday. after the balloon crossed the continental united states, multiple republicans have criticized it calling it a weak response. but commander at norad says the intelligence gathered will be of value. there was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons. this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilit
next month. that visit coming as his administration is facing mounting pressure following record inflation and, of course, a surge in gas prices. president biden spoke about the trip at the joint base andrews in the last hour. take a listen. everything i m doing in the middle east, lays it all out, i m focused on labor all right, the president there also the major story we re following this morning, the january 6th committee set for another public hearing tomorrow morning. it was president trump s false election fraud claims that were the focus yesterday. several witnesses painted a picture of how trump and his allies used lies of election fraud to allegedly scam his supporters out of $250 million. question, though, this morning, will this committee make any criminal referral to the justice department? we ll have much more on that in a moment. a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month, but prices remain uncomfortably high all across the board. our chief bus
You by meso book if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to one 4,000 all right. Donald trump and joe biden agreed to finally face off twice, no less but was not there are hey, junior, could they come to maybe regret this decision . Ill explain. Also, tonight will take you inside the other criminal trial in manhattan. How senator bob menendez is trying to explain away those gold bars and stacks of cash in his bribery trial plus, after years of silence, he tweeted one image and sent meme stocks soren, the bizarre comeback of the one they call Roaring Kitty. Tonight and Laura Coates Live well, its one of the longest president ial campaigns ever but whos counting with the oldest candidates ever . Everyones counting. And now well feature the earliest debates ever. Welcome to the latest twist in this 2024 race, donald trump and President Biden have now freed to face off in june and september, the ju