crossing the line. a pandemic-era border policy expires. our border is not open. but with washington deadlocked on how to fix it, what s the long term solution? i ll speak with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and house gop homeland security chairman mark green next and deal or no deal as the u.s. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, president biden says the two sides are making progress. can they strike a deal in time? deputy treasury secretary wally ariyemo joins me ahead. plus primary problems, the president frames his re-election pitch around donald trump. sinister forces may believe they ll determine america s future. while ron desantis makes his case for change. if we focus the election on the past the democrats are going to beat us again. will voters agree? hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out there a very happy mother s day. president biden is making his general elect
thinking about who can win a race, what coalitions can we build? i think independents split between biden and desantis, but young voters really don t like ron desantis. he has come after them and standing behind him. young voters overwhelmingly, despite joe biden s age showed up in record numbers and continued to poll really well with him, and it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. to the x factor with desantis i can see the big general election pivot that we saw with donald trump. i knew him in the house. he was pretty much a mainstream republican, someone strong on national defense and he will walk back that position on ukraine time and time over, i think. i can see him being someone who says this is my culture issue, but it s not a winning strategy. let s talk babout what president said yesterday because he starting to put the arguments that he s making for his re-election into sharper focus.