centering around free speech and real edge religious liberty and other things. dana: not many days left. bill: stand by. dana: did you see this? former president obama stirring up a battle over race relations in america. obama taking aim at presidential contender tim scott criticizing his approach to race in america. i think there is a long history of african-american or other minority candidates within the republican party who will validate america and say everything is great. and we can all make it. nikki haley has a similar approach. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of can t we all get along. that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present. dana: now senator scott is pushing back saying president obama is the one who failed to bring the country together. trey gowdy the host of sunday sunday night in america. if president obama is going to try to attack tim scott as he sa
they still appear to be far apart and there are warnings that avoiding default might not be good enough if they come too close to june 1st when the u.s. potentially runs out of money. tim scott is running. the senator from south carolina the only black republican in the senate announces a run for the white house. scott may be hoping to run on a message of positivity, but if he goes, can he win if other candidates go low? and the suspect in the idaho college murder case appearing in court for an arraignment. 20-year-old bryan kohberger facing the death penalty if found guilty. when it came time for him to enter a plea, he and his attorneys remaining completely silent. the latest from court. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. washington is running out of time and money. president biden and speaker mccarthy will meet this afternoon to once again try to avoid a u.s. default. that nightmare scenario co
an honest accounting of our past and our present. dana: now senator scott is pushing back saying president obama is the one who failed to bring the country together. trey gowdy the host of sunday sunday night in america. if president obama is going to try to attack tim scott as he said it is not personal but on the overall issue tim scott will take the opportunity to respond. you know tim scott well. how do you respond to what obama said? you know, dana, usually when someone says don t take this personally you probably should take it personally. i am stunned at how little barack obama knows about tim scott and i m also stunned at what little effort he made when he was in washington for five years to change that. if he knew anything at all about tim scott he would know tim scott starts with education. if you want to do something about poverty in this country, then give people access to a
your character and your grit and your talent will take you. i bear witness to that. i testify to that. that s why i m the candidate the far left fears the most. cnn s eva mckend is in south carolina where he made his announcement this afternoon. i ve heard his stump speech where he tells his personal story and gives his vision for the country. it is positive, markedly positive compared to other front-runner for the gop nomination. i wonder is that a deliberate campaign strategy for scott? reporter: it certainly seems to be, jim. it seems as though he has very little appetite to get into mud slinging against his fellow republican opponents. that will be his immediate challenge going up against his fellow republicans in this hotly contested republican primary where the former president leads the pack. we actually heard from trump
they still appear to be far apart and there are warnings that avoiding default might not be good enough if they come too close to june 1st when the u.s. potentially runs out of money. tim scott is running. the senator from south carolina the only black republican in the senate announces a run for the white house. scott may be hoping to run on a message of positivity, but if he goes, can he win if other candidates go low? and the suspect in the idaho college murder case appearing in court for an arraignment. 20-year-old bryan kohberger facing the death penalty if found guilty. when it came time for him to enter a plea, he and his attorneys remaining completely silent. the latest from court. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. washington is running out of time and money.