Lets get to the main event. Were going to have a good conversation tonight. We have dr. Rick moreira, Ricardo Pereira visiting professor of military history of the u. S. Army war college at carlisle barracks, pennsylvania previously a professor of military history at the school of advanced military studies at the Us Army Command and general Staff College at fort kansas. Hes also a veteran of the u. S. Army. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. From marquette. Hes the author of for liberty and the republic, the american citizen, a soldier, 1775 to 1861 and many, many other articles helping us understand in the development of the united states. Hes worked on his new book while he was a member of Washington Fellow on the washington libraries, fellow class of 2016 2017. I remember he would be out there in the reading room working and. I would yell at him faster, write faster. I want book. Ive been wanting this book for many, many, many. And so im delighted tonight to welcome and lets give him a
reaction on the glitches and on desantis himself. good evening. reporter: governor ron desantis remains confident. he did his first tv interview as a presidential candidate tonight on fox news. he explain what his top three priorities would be as pres president. there s a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american energy policy, which you probably could do most of that executive. and then reconstitution leising the administrative state. reporter: also, desantis who was already called ron desantis money is by former president donald trump said he is not fazed by nicknames. he says he is ready to take on his republican challengers. i don t mind being called different things. i have been called everything but a child of god as it is. it does not faze me. make sure you call me a winner because that is what we have done in the state of florida and that is what we would do nationally. reporter: the governor s video on twitter to announce his presidential run during
musk. desantis making light of last night s rocky rollout. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption this link works. the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most people don t use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it s basically a conference call. brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. ainsley: basi
biden. alexandria hoff is live with more. good morning. alexandria: good morning. the financials are different. fox news have been speaking with desantis donors, waiting on the sidelines to infuse this campaign with cash. in the 24 hours following desantis announcement, the presidential candidate raised 8.2 million. desantis campaign manager said this historic fundraising hall shows grassroots republicans are united behienemy governor desantis s vision for our great america. it will be a near miss with former president trump who arrives in des moines the following day and will head to new hampshire and south carolina. in iowa then desantis will travel and make up for lost time, while in iowa, desantis has to do work, former president trump holds 3-1 advantage with republicans signalling they would pick the former president as the party nominee. similar margin on the other side of this cnn poll showing whopping majority opted for kennedy over president biden. here is kennedy
biggest they had ever had. it did break the twitter space. we re really excited with the enthusiasm, ultimately it is about the future of our country. brian: other presidential candidates seizing on the stumble. former president trump s campaign saying, ron, he said rob, botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is not ready for the job, the stakes are hoo high to gamble on a first-timer not ready for prime time, and here is another caption, this link works, despite the shade desantis has announced with first stop in iowa next tuesday. he had a great interview and a one-hour with trey gowdy at 8:00 p.m. last night, not like he just went on twitter spaces. plus, you can do whaefr you want, if you make a mistake, you are open, if anyone, blame the guy who owns it, elon musk. it is not desantis s fault. if i interview someone on fox, you can t blame who i am interviewing. ainsley: you have to make sure it works. i wonder if ron desantis said, i will do thi