what the attorney for kohberger asked for, a six-week trial in october. matt, thank you very much for joining us. mercedes colwin is joining us on set, very emotional for all those involved, and not hearing from him with the exception of he understands he told the judge what was laid out before him. what was your take away from what just happened? that was unusual. someone who is amassing a vigorous defense, obviously there will be a big defense, they are asking for six weeks, a lot of testimony will come in, a lot of evidence. you would expect that someone s accused of four murders of these brutal murders, they would say i m not guilty. but to stand silent and go through the procedural default of having the judge enter your not guilty plea, a little odd for me. and not a single-family member from the kohberger, not a single one in the courtroom. they obviously knew the arraignment very important, they
have any favorable numbers, because most politicians, especially congressional leaders, are underwater, meaning more people disapprove than approve. john: other bad news for tim scott in the poll, put up the preference. trump, 58%, desantis way behind him at 16%. pence 4, tim scott at 1. numbers likely to change as scott starts campaigning, but it s a huge bar to have to clear. a lot of people are thinking he s obviously saying he wants to be the nominee, but he would be the pitch perfect running meat for 1 or 2 of those candidates. certainly we will see speculation about scott and others being the v.p., his answer is of course i m going to be the nominee, i don t have to worry about being v.p. he is a leader in the party, but poll numbers are not good. he s just getting going. john: tim scott has nowhere
had overcome problems with his schooling in terms of being able to improve his grades, his education and of course his own family, personal dynamic, talked about what he s had to overcome and achieved the american dream. listen to what he had to say. this isn t just my story, it s all of our stories. the circumstances and the situations may be different but details may change. but every single one of us are here because of the american journey. where there were obstacles, that became opportunities. the senator certainly had the crowd on his side. they were very eager to hear from him, even when the microphone dropped out at one point. of course the senator has to overcome more than technical difficulties, a lot of focus whether he will be able to rise in the polls. even before he announced, he was only polling in the single
plead to these charges? your honor, we will be standing silent. ok. because mr. kohberger is standing silent, i m going to enter not guilty pleas. sandra: so that was that, john. just a few moments ago. we ll see where all this goes. but to your point, a lot at stake and many, many will be watching. john: i would we interested to know the reason for him standing silent in court. it happens on occasion, doesn t happen very often but as we pointed out when we began with ted williams, a number of reasons why a person could do that. curious as to why kohberger chose to do that. sandra: the u.s. barrels toward the june 1st hard deadline to avoid default, house speaker and kevin mccarthy will meet for more talks for raising the debt ceiling. jacqui heinrich has a preview. where do things stand right now as we begin a brand-new week?