please. absolutely not, absolutely not. john: ah, absolutely not but the numbers tell a different story. have a look here. the president has held 23 news conferences since he took office and this time in his presidency, president trump had held 41, and obama had held 53. so, what gives with 23? sandra: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour on this monday afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and great to have you back. john: maybe channelling michael jordan with 23. joe concha has a theory. why hold a news conference when tiktok influencers can do the work for you. we ll talk to him how in the world the white house is spinning the press access as a good thing and the army of influencers pushing the president s lies. but first sandra: chaos on chicago streets after hundreds of rowdy teens flooded the downtown area over the weekend. police responding to reports of gunshots and scenes of juveniles smashing cars, blocking traffic and fighting i
announcement or a semi announcement? i haven t been surprised by this, to be honest, for a couple of reasons. the first reason is that it is rare for a prime minister to actively choose to leave downing street before they have two, normally they are. because there is a leadership challenge knitting on their heels. so i think rishi sunak wants to spend as much time as he can in downing street, seeing they have been there for two years, it feels better psychologically than going quickly and i think after the rwanda vote, when the government won that reasonably confidently, i think that made his strategists feel he had mark comfort, because if those numbers had been tighter or if he had lost that vote, it may have signified that there could be a leadership challenge after a very
said he does plan to announce soon. what does soon mean? that s anyone s guess. one question he did answer last week in ireland. the last few days have changed your calculus when you will make an announcement on no, no, no, i made the calculus, we ll announce it relatively soon. the trip here reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done. you made a decision? i told you, my plan is to run again. the plan is to run again, the new york times had this in there this morning saying there is increasing discussion among the broader biden team about the notion of a low key video announcement on april 25th, the fourth anniversary of his entrance to the 2020 race. symmetry mr. biden is said to appreciate. we may see a semi announcement in the next eight days but it s not a guarantee, things could change. and we talked about, john, the
bloggers than rick perry. on saturday we will be speaking to the red state gathering. conservative bloggers from across america. they could be a big help to him oning a primary. so yeah, if rick perry announces or has a semi announcement on saturday, it could overshadow some of what comes out of aims iowa straw poll at the same time. now, dr. dyson, i heard bob say that he can claim governing or executive experience, unlike others in the race, other than those who are moderate. look at some of his exec tifr executive experience, what he did as governor. he cut $4 billion in school funds. he also mandated sonograms for women planning abortion. so his executive experience also signed a voter id bill requiring photo identification for voters,
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