all this is a democratic national committee is facing pressure to open up the primaries and hold debates and we are on top of all of it. i m sandra smith infer neil cavuto, we have fox team coverage in washington and three more republicans ready for launch. of jacqui heinrich in the white house where pressure is mounting on the president to begin debate. the field of republican candidates is growing fast today, former vice president mike pence made it official he s good to be challenging his old running mate former president trump for the revoke a nomination, he will officially unveil the campaign on wednesday he files paperwork today and will be delivering remarks in iowa, the former vp is expected to campaign heavily on his faith, his record and policies he fought for during the trump administration. i m very confident that whatever things look like right now, that republican primary voters are going to look at the field and think very deeply about who can best carry ou
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
investigation and the response to lawmakers in just a moment. plus, president joe biden defends his division to send troupes to the southern border as the covid restrictions are set to end this week and the polls are sinking. and now on the wrong side of a potential rematch with donald trump in 2024. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a second deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year. eight people were killed and several others injured on saturday when a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen, texas, which is a suburb of dallas. we want to warn viewers that some of the footage you re about to see is disturbing. dash cam video, which police confirm is authentic, shows the moment the alleged gunman got out of his car and began firing. police have identified him as a 33-year-old suspected neo-nazi sympathizer. he was wearing
the republicans in the house are going to go on record and make a decision if they re going to stand for truth and accountable or if they re going to stand with someone who is an admitted liar. republicans unable to clean up their own george santos mess, so it was left to a democrat to produce a resolution to expel him. i m ask hakeem jeffries about that and his meeting today with the white house on the looming debt ceiling crisis. also tonight, the serious new allegations against rudy giuliani. beyond the really pervy alleged sexual harassment, there s the accusation he and trump were trying to sell pardons and planned to split the cash. plus, keeping it right wing goes wrong. the culture war ron desantis is fighting is not only morally repugnant, it s economically disastrous. case in point, his most recent anti-immigration bi and we be to the brink of financial catastrophe. we are now just 15 days from the united states potentially running out of cash to pay its bi