house floor for trying to stop the law. and the host of the hottest party in washington, funny man, roy wood junior, offers a preview of tonight s white house correspondents dinner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. i can say when i ran for president four years ago i said i would battle for the soul of america. and we still. our question we are facing is weather in the years ahead we will have more freedom or less freedom. more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be, and i think you do to. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for reelection. and that video, announcing his 2024 reelection campaign, president biden echoed the rationale for his candidacy that he made exactly four years ago, then, as images of charlottesville played out, he said he was in the race because it was a battle for the soul of america. today, with violent images from the january six insurrection in the background, biden called on the nation to resis
junior, you will learn that we are elated, not my play, cousin my real cousin. yes, on my father side. and roy takes this very seriously, but also that obviously the news of this last week, the political news, the news in media, it really changed the nature of his speech. the political, news meaning, biden harris are running for reelection? media news, all that stuff happening over there? the other networks? you know, some things on abc as well, and it s all gonna make it, and there will be some things about, trump obviously we discussed donald trump and his many legal cases, they also won the e. jean carroll, eugene carroll, i think roy would junior has a lot to unpack tonight. and i am looking forward to seeing how he makes that happen, but he understands that it is a comics duty, if you, will to hold these folks accountable, to hold powerful people
i raised the case of two wrongly imprisoned american citizens. as far as that discussion, i m not going to walk away on this. i talked with the parents of trevor reediest. they shared their reaction to how their son is doing now. joey and paula reed are joining us now. good morning and thank you for being with us. thank you for having us. i have to ask how are you feeling right now about where things stand as it relates to your son? we re very, very encouraged and hopeful. and optimistic. the best news we have had in a couple years. best news meaning what? there was no big announcement that he would get to be
some real results, and we see that the clear message from president trump is having an impact. nato allies have heard the president loud and clear, and our nato allies are stepping up. so this is good news meaning that we actually see more fair burden-sharing. john: so that s interesting that you say the nato allies have heard the message, and it s a good thing. because president trump gets roundly criticized here in the united states and abroad for being hostile to nato, for putting too much pressure on them to live up to their financial commitments. so from your perspective, what he s saying good thing or bad thing? there is no doubt that his very clear message is having an impact. the message on the summit last summer was very clear with all the leaders sitting around the table, and the message was that the u.s. and president trump is committed to nato, but we need fair burden-sharing. john: right. so are you happy with what he s
some real results, and we see that the clear message from president trump is having an impact. nato allies have heard the president loud and clear, and our nato allies are stepping up. so this is good news meaning that we actually see more fair burden-sharing. john: so that s interesting that you say the nato allies have heard the message, and it s a good thing. because president trump gets roundly criticized here in the united states and abroad for being hostile to nato, for putting too much pressure on them to live up to their financial commitments. so from your perspective, what he s saying good thing or bad thing? there is no doubt that his very clear message is having an impact. the message on the summit last summer was very clear with all the leaders sitting around the table, and the message was that the u.s. and president trump is committed to nato, but we need fair burden-sharing. john: right. so are you happy with what he s