for iowa voters?ch the country is in disarray. we see it with crime on our streets, or a border that is s irresponsible, reckless, and ee odangerous. we. see it with our world on fire. fo r the first time, 81% of americans don t think their kidd oare going to live as good of t life as we have. we can t be okay with it. we have one job as parents, and that s to do rightds. by our kit every child deserves a good education, regardless of whereit they are born and raised.. we feel it with our mortgage payments, our insurance payments, everything that we have to pay has all gone up. i analyzed the threats, and the stronger the threat, the higher the heel.i i m a problem solver. but more than that, i love america. e inne is going to outwork m this race. no one is going to outsmart me in this race. we do havee a country to save, t i promise you this if you doing with me in this movement, if you joiinn with me in this fight, i promise you our best days are yet to come. ,
he s losing.is the reality is, that is what i ve always said. america should keep your promises every time. rather than saying you re notou going toch touch it, like ron says, we have to touch it. but we also have to be honest and over-communicate with those in their 20s that this is what we t are going to do. if we do it, we ll make sure you haved wi something to go forward withth. it s also letting seniors andow those in their, 40s and 50s now, don t worry, we are not looking to touch yours, we are looking to save it so you have something when the time comes. bret: take a listen to this, the former president. nev nikki would sell you out like shs e sold me out.d i would never run against him. ladies and gentlemen, i veer decided to run. martha: what do you say to the former president that you betrayed him, that you sold hims out, because he promised hede would never run against him? i will tell you, when i said i would never run against him,we we hadn t had the debacle in
and go through four more yearsu of chaos. we won t survive it.ch aoyou don t fix democrat chaosea with republican chaos. notht only that, we can t go through another nail-biter of an election. we can t. if you look at the head-to-head polls, trump, on a good day,by 2 might be up over biden by twoi points. wall street journal had him up by 4. i am in every one of those same polls. i defeat biden by 17 points. 17 points. do you know that means? [applause] that s more than the presidency. that s governorship, house, senate, all the way down togo school board. , you go in with athat double digit win over biden in d.c., that s a mandate to getda teour out-of-control spending bk on track. as a mandate to make sure our kids are reading and get ourers education back to the basics. that s a mandate to secure ouror borders with no more excuses, and a mandate to bringy. law and order back to a country. martha: governor, if i
risk. martha: on that issue of national security will hear from our first question her tonight. is a stay-at-home mom fromat west des moines. she has indicated that she s currently been looking at all the candidates, leaning towardh vivek ramaswamy and caucusing fotionr him, that she s here wia question for you. take it away.in g. hi, jennifer. hi, good evening. i am concerned about your national security policies. please explain to us how you will put the united states first, and additionally i am wondering how you can continue to send money to ukraine whereea they are really not accounting for how they are spending all os our billions of dollars. that s a great question. you know, for anybody that questions why we should care about ukraine, that is a legitimate question for you to ask. the problem is, no one is giving you the answer, and i blame biden for all of that. he should always tell americans why we are doingthe what we re doing. the reason we care about
event. martha: we should note that none of the campaigns have inpu on who is in this room tonight, who was invited or the questions we will ask.t bret: as mentioned, first a spelook at some of the other special report headlines we are following tonight. president biden appearing at a rare campaign event today. he spoke to black voters at at inchurch in charleston, south carolina. the president indirectlys referring to the controversy over tifo governor haley s faile to specify slavery as a cause for the civil war. martha: and the white house dealing with a growing controversy over the absence of defense secretary lloy jd austi. it says austin s job is safe. the white house did say that today, and they are reviewing the rules and procedures regarding his failure to disclose that he is in the hospital and has been for days.s tiwe still do not know why white house officialuss were noi notified, not aware of this until three days after austin wamitts admitted to the intensie care un