thank you, anderson. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining me. this is war. and that may actually be the nicest thing that donald trump has said in the last 24 hours about his former friend and now foe, ron desantis. both of the men crisscrossing the early voting states today. desantis has been on a blitz in new hampshire, and trump was in iowa. but here is a taste of the back and forth that has really escalated over the last 24 hours on everything from the debt ceiling to ron, as i call him, ron desanctimonious for a reason. i think it s so petty. i think it s so juvenile. i don t think that s what voters want. and honestly i think his conduct, which he s been doing for years now, i think that s one of the reasons he s not in the white house now. when he says eight years, every time i hear it, i wince. i think it s a project that will begin on day one, and it will require a daily grind for not just one term but i think for two full presidential terms. but
you had conservatives from the house freedom caucus chip roy and dan bishop voting against it with all four democrat members of that committee refusing really to bail out the fractured g.o.p. conference over this bill that they didn t negotiate and would not have written themselves. this advances the legislation now to a full floor vote. and there is a considerable effort to whip the vote and count the votes on both sides. speaker mccarthy pledged yesterday that two thirds of republicans will end up supporting this on the floor. but conservatives like dan bishop are calling on their colleagues to oppose the bill saying that they expect it won t even get half of the conference in support. i m just fed up with the lies. i m fed up with the lack of courage. the cowardice. and i intend, in the time that i m here, i intend to see to it that those that there is somebody who is prepared to say what needs to be done. 434 members of congress, nobody could have done a worse job.
so mortgage costs rise, too, and there s a return of the 100% house loan. recession s probably off the table, but making ends meet is tough. people come in and sometimes they mention they ve only got so much to spend so, you know, you try and give them the best deal you can. so we have one big question this morning. will it be hard for the country to make a living for years to come? sky high gas and electriticy prices are part of the problem the energy secretary, grant shapps, is here. what would labour do differently? johnny reynolds shadow business secretaryjoins us too. and maybe the economy will be turned upside down by robots anyway tech boss emad mostaque has stopped by. i think this will be a bigger economic impact than the pandemic. it s up to us to decide the direction. and food prices are part of the pressure. the boss of world food programme cindy mccain on why it s a much bigger problem than at our checkouts. we are asking everybody to please support us be
serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president hasn t yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren t allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn t weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >it s time to finish the job. finish the job. the president s first audience since announcing re-election bid giving a warm election. [chanting four more years] but this campaign isn t shaping up to be about what biden has but