has appointed jack smith as the special counsel. smith is a longtime prosecutor and former war crimes investigator who will lead two investigations into key aspects of the department s january 6th probe and the handling of sensitive government records at mar-a-lago. eric: republicans now looking at a variety of white house hopefuls for 2024. some of the biggest potential names are addressing the republican jewish coalition in las vegas. among them you see there former vice president mike pence who addressed that group a few years ago and florida governor ron desantis, top of the list for the presidential campaign for 2024. alexandria hoff is live at that event with more on what the republican potential hopefuls are saying. hi, alexandria. reporter: hi, eric. yeah, this is considered the first cattle call, if you will, of the 2024 election cycle, and there is just one confirmed