deal. republican south carolina congresswoman nancy mace who is looking for both parties to settle this mess right now. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in for neil cavuto, this is your world. we begin with jackie with more drama surrounding the president s big announcement. jacqui, we saw you at the white house press briefing a short time ago. didn t see that you got any questions in. yeah, it s been a hot second since february 27, by my count. quite a long time. we will keep trying. even more broadly, you know, the press corp as a whole didn t get a lot of answers about what went in to the president s personal decision making with this re-election campaign. and we also don t know where to direct those questions. the press secretary was not able to give us a specific person to talk to because a lot of those staffing decisions are still not finalized. however, amid a lot of looming questions about the president s age, this question to the press secretary seemed to trip
serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president hasn t yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren t allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn t weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >it s time to finish the job. finish the job. the president s first audience since announcing re-election bid giving a warm election. [chanting four more years] but this campaign isn t shaping up to be about what biden has but
retaliation. senator tom cotton calling on the white house to take a stronger stand against china in support of taiwan. president biden and the white house is going out of their way to minimize this visit, to say it s merely a private visit, not to defend the rights of senators and congressmen. not only are we going to continue this practice, but we ll stand up to any provocation that china undertakes in the western pacific because of these meetings. senior national correspondent william la jeunesse l live in si valley. with many western countries angry for china right now for a variety of reasons, this is an opportunity and pivotal moment for taiwan, which is about the size of maryland with a population of florida. taiwan is david. china is goliath. that s one reason president tsai needs support not just from the white house, but members of congress, including speaker pelosi, formerly, of course, and speaker mccarthy to counter that threat. china claims the island as i
we have fox team coverage in new york. larry kudlow of fox business tells us about the global impact of these currency efforts. in washington rich edson shows us how china is making its move. but we begin with national correspondent william la jeunesse at the leag presidential library in simi valley, california. good evening, william. good evening, bret. you know, washington and beijing have had for differences over the future of taiwan. today speaker mccarthy down played any disputes. he said while the united states is not interested in war it will not abandon taipei. a friendly handshake. , outside a symbol of the growing tension between china and the u.s. shutting off by house speaker kevin mccarthy. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world. and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. taiwan president xie equally indifferent to china s intimidation. we must be
far two often far too often. we have to do something to stop gun violence ripping apart our communities. ripping apart. [ applause ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. that s president biden joe biden delivering a speech. another deadly shooting. we re going to have more on the victims and the expected gunman just ahead. and the white house talks about three unidentified objects that were shot down over the last week with a new explanation of what they could be. and we re going to have new reporting from the justice department that could overcome claims of attorney-client privilege from one of donald trump s lawyers ominous news for mr. trump. mike pence continues to stonewall any efforts to get him to testify about january 6th. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i was thinking we could talk about the new york times story do we have the times here? new york times on italy s prime minister surprising europe or i m going to take you know whe