woke goes to die. when republicans, extreme republicans, these maga republicans don t agree with an issue or with policy, they don t bring forth something that s going to either have a good-faith conversation. they go to this conversation of woke. but that is not actually policy. what that turns into is hate. jeff zeleny is outfront in des moines covering desantis. reporter: florida governor ron desantis on his maiden voyage to iowa. i bring greetings from the free state of florida. reporter: riding a wave of lofty expectations to the state that opens the republican presidential contest in less than a year. people lined up to catch a glimpse of the governor, who technically is promoting his book. this is the number one best-selling nonfiction book in the country. reporter: but actually is testing the white house bid that
in iowa. reporter: governor ron desantis on his maiden voyage to iowa. i bring greetings from the free state of florida. reporter: riding a wave of lofty expectations to the state that opens the republican presidential contest in less than a year. people lined up to catch a glimpse of the governor, who technically is promoting his book. this is the number one best selling nonfiction book in the country. reporter: but actually is testing the white house bid that he intends to make official by summer. sl welcome to iowa. this is your first trip. reporter: he s told advisers he will wait until the legislative session ends so he can campaign on a bolder agenda. one that is delighting supporters and alarming critics. i always tell my legislators you watch iowa, do not let them get ahead of us. so we have our legislature in session now. so buckle up. the next 60 days should be fun in florida. reporter: he s stoking the culture wars in schools. we re also leading on
any point since biden was elected. how much of the president s chances for re-election, in your view, would hinge on the economy? a lot. and there s a general consensus among experts now, economic types, that we re very likely going to have a recession in this coming year. and i think that s going to be one of the variables. just like gas prices, we ve seen it numbers went up and went down, how expensive gasoline was. that s going to be true in spades if we have a serious recession. so, yes, it s one of the things i think could imperil his presidency. right now he s riding a wave that s very positive. paul, obviously there s a lot of talk about vice president kamala harris possibly running if president biden doesn t run. is there any reason to think she would clear the primary field. there s no way she clears the field. i can t recall a time when the current or former vice president sought the nomination and didn t get it. she would be a front runner.
so who knows? maybe this is our year. so a bitterly disappointing night for the usa, whose young and inexperienced team have reach the end of the road. they are look ahead with optimism. they re going to be cohosting the next world cup along with canada and mexico in 2026. the dutch advance to the quarterfinals and an intriguing clash with lionel messi and argentina, a repeat of the 2014 semifinal which argentina won. the dutch will desperately be hoping for some revenge. back to you. so the americans are disappointed to be coming home already, but ever since team usa held england to a scoreless draw, their fans have been riding a wave of euphoria about the future of the sports in their country. here s cnn s andy scholes with more and reaction. team usa fans across the country going through a range of emotions today, including those
riding a wave of resentment to his election back in 2016. but here is the thing, it turns out that this form of upsets of negative attention seeking, that we see from all three of those. it s not real popular with most people, regular voters, normal people. people who correctly see it as gross an off putting, and weird. it s one of the reasons why republican candidates did so poorly in last month s midterm election. particular those that that are trump aligned, almost inclined to this kind of behavior. the republican party thanks to donald trump, thanks to the people who staff the party, who put up that. we nominated a bunch of anti social weirdos. arizona gubernatorial candidate kari lake, campaigned on stuff like this. we may have won this battle, and i won an epic battle in arizona. [applause]