Democrats say they are fired up today in Chuck Schumers words, exhilarated still today day after bidens fate of the Union Address last night. Now, today, biden is hoping to capitalize on that energy very soon. Hes heading to pennsylvania to talk to voters then team biden is fanning out the 22 states, lighting up behind me on that map from coasttocoast will by the end of this month, a white house official will the visit an Administration Official will visit each one of those states. The top democrat in the senate, Chuck Schumer, last hour was talking to john, how a play for you about what he said about how hes feeling right now . The speech showed that america is strong and biden is strong, and anyone who sat in that room would have no doubt Something Else that the white house is sure to be happy about today is touting the new jobs report just out this morning. Cnns arlette saenzs at the white house for us once again, arlette, what are you hearing from there about the new jobs report ju
correspondent chat pergram followed this all day and came to a head moments ago. good evening, chad. good evening bret. the house passed 217 to 215 and four gop defection and the bill wasn t ready to pass last night and nancy mace called the bill weak and she s a yes today. that s a pretty dramatic change and position. we had a very productive meeting because until then, a lot of us have not been included in the conversation so to get that commitment from him and working with us on balancing the budget and members force mccarthy to alter the bill in order to win their votes and one change moving up the date for healthy people to find work if they want to qualify for food aid. in the midnight seance that republicans conducted, mccarthy preserved tax breaks for ethanol, corn state members ballinged. we ll not allow balked. we ll not allow them to budget it on the back of american farmers. but tim burchette. we re increasing the debt $1.5 trillion over ten year
even say i guess how old i am. i can t even say the number. it doesn t register with me. and only thing i can say is that, one of the things that people are going to find out they re going see a race and they re going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it i respect them taking a hard look at it i would as well. i took a hard look at it before i decided to run. paul: let s bring in poll strer strategist doug served as advisor to former bill clinton doug nice to see you again. good to be here, paul. polls say majority of democrats would prefer another candidate to be their nominee in 2024 can you remember a case when that was the true incumbent? i can t remember a case where that was true of the incumbent or case where the field of perspective challengers to the president was as frankly limited as the field would be. there s an old adage in politics you can t beat somebody with nobody. that s what we re facing. paul: is there a doubt about him related to his
advocate of turnout a minority young people, as part of the get out the vote process to avoid having her be a drag on the ticket. paul: doug thank you so much for coming in. when we come back as president biden puts abortion front and center in his reelection launch, one republican candidate is tackling the issue head-on with a new call for a consensus, plus disney sues ron desantis blasting florida governor antibusiness our politics panel on what it could mean for a potential 2024 bid. the idea that somehow being probusiness means giving companies their own governments that is not what a free market is all about. last i checked can help your business get a payroll tax refund, even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify.
a comfortable margin over the two primary announced challengers for now. the second number robert f. kennedy jr. up to 19% there. this afternoon president biden talked about reelection bid and some of the concerns voters are expressing. white house correspondent jackie joining us on the north lawn with the latest on this. good evening, jackie. good evening, bret. despite the reelection launch focusing heavily on the threat of trump, biden said today he would have run even if the former president was not. how old i average i can t say the number because it doesn t register with me and they ll see a race and say i have or don t have it. president biden took a hard look before relaunching his