in the house, i think that the power that trump has even within the conference itself and the house republican conference is certainly more conservative than the senate, his voice just doesn t matter the way that it once did. frankly i would be calling ron desantis and asking for an endorsement. let s talk about ron desantis, there s new polling out, warm off the printer so fresh, 62% of republicans and republican leaning independents want someone other than donald trump at the top of the ticket in 2024. most of those people who want someone else want ron desantis, florida governor. no one else has more than a single percentage point in this. if you are a ted cruz, if you re a nikki haley, does this matter so far out from iowa? what do you see here? well, desantis is the consummate frontrunner right now after having victory, what we would call victory during the midterms when other republicans just did not do as well as we anticipated. my caution with the desantis
matters. and herschel walker fails on both counts. even some of his own supporters are convinced that voters think that way. i think a lot of the very persuadable voters in terms of seeing the economy is something that politicians can materially affect. new fox news polling out today reveals inflation still ranks the most important issue in this race with abortion 20 points behind. and even though voters are seven points more likely to feel extremely concerned that walker is unqualified and that warnock is out of touch, the two are polling neck and neck in this final stretch before elections day and could be headed for a runoff. and where senator warnock could get a boost here, bret, is from those split voters. that is something to watch here in georgia, we talked with independent voters who say they voted for governor brian kemp a
forward. the other thing i would add, this is good for him to show back home, the two regional powers, two dominant powers. but also there s a new polling out, independent polling that shows the last six months, putin s popularity has gone up. and that is something that gives him a boost at home. all right. stand by, senior squad, here. twice in one day top administration officials have suggested that reporters who were asking legitimate questions are siding with enemies of america. at yesterday s state department briefing, this heated exchange between state department spokesman ned price and matt lee, who covered the last eight secretaries of state. it s an action you say they have taken. but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. and i m going to get to the next question here, which is what is the evidence i mean, this is like crisis actors.
polling out tonight showing that people are concerned about the economy. 24% say it s excellent or good. 76% say it s fair to poor. we ve been told by the white house to buckle up. we will. thank you for your expertise. thanks, have a good night. shannon: sun is coming up in ukraine. we want to head back live to what s happening there. reporting from kyiv. good morning to you, steve. steve: good morning, shannon. a few explosions in the past few minutes in off to the west. sounds like tank fire can t confirm that. the real question is when will the main russian forces get here from the capital? the defense official there is within 20 miles. the goal seems to be, the stated goal has been to come in here, take out the leadership, the ukrainian leadership. the president said he s enemy number one and he expects to be capture or killed if they come in and do that. we ve seen 25 cities hit today,
people that use every loophole out there but the fact is it s a pretty big chunk being paid by the top 5%. now you re telling are some people are going to get a better tax break at the top end of the scale, i don t know how lawmakers explained that pray that s been part of the argument the entire time. we have brand-new polling out. fox news poll yesterday. people are asked how do you think the president s spending plans are going to affect your family? 27% believed it would help. 31% said hurt. 33% said no different. what we are constantly told by the white house is there s an overwhelming approval among the american people for what they are doing on capitol hill. multitrillion dollars in spending. boy just elections two weeks ago throughout the country. especially into big states. democrats did very poorly in these races.