trump s new message. i did everything right and they indicted me. president front-runner at the center of his came. but is it what voters want to hear? plus biden hits the road. are you with me? the president holds his first big campaign rally with the focus on the economy. two word he did not say donald trump. and a taunt from gavin newsom. and a dare from ron desantis. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? a new war of words between two of america s most prominent governors. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m manu raju, abby phillip has the day off. my dad and all of the dads out there, thanks for spending your father s day with us. we re still 7 months for the first votes being cast for the 2024 republican primary. five candidates gracing the sunday shows today to make their case to voters. but like it or not, there is one question every republican contender must answer. should voters look past a federal indictment of
take these cuts off the table. remember i said it no, i m serious. remember what i said, i said so you re not going to cut it, huh? no, i said okay, we ve got a deal. i sure hope that s true. president joe biden hits the road following a strong state of the union address keeping republicans in the spotlight for proposed cuts to social security and medicare. plus speaker kevin mccarthy spent parts of biden s speech trying to calm down rowdy members of his own party. we ll show you what he had to say about their outbursts. and house republicans got to air their grievances against twitter. we ll have the big moments from yesterday s contentious oversight hearing. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is continuing his populous push following his state of the union address taking his message to the swing state of wisconsin yesterday. the president spoke t
even though they re seeing a boost in fundraising and they thin the short-term they ll have a rally, it is not clear how this will play out long-term. and i want to note as well, listen to donald trump, i spoke with a lot of allies of his as well before his speech tuesday night. people like andrew giuliani and a former trump administration official and they were hoping that his speech would be more forward looking. that he would focus on 2024 and talk about being a leader of the republican but so much of what he said was criticizing joe biden and his 2016 presidential rival hillary clinton, and special counsel jack smith and not looking forward and i think that is something that i know when i talk to his advisers, they don t want him to focus on the future and what will he do with the economy and bringing down taxes and things like that. but he s so fixated on the past, i think that is going to be an issue that continues to plaque him, knowing donald trump and
we should probably then start moving toward some middle ground compromise so we can get the government reopened. dana: the president wants to do the speech tuesday night. nancy pelosi asked him to delay. she said it was security reason, though i think really that is probably not as big a concern as the fact that the government is shutdown. what do you think should happen tuesday night? it would be better if he were allowed to give the speech in the house of representatives as tradition has dictated. it was a petty ploy on her part last week to do that. it started an exchange between president trump and the new speaker that really didn t amount to anything except both the house of representatives and the white house being dragged through more political mud. the trick if donald trump is going to try to stage an alternate state of the union is how you pull that off with the same dignity, as he would have