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
good thursday morning i m erika hill. i m jim sciutto. happening right now, house lawmakers on capitol hill receiving a closed door classified briefing on the chinese surveillance balloon. this as cnn has new reporting on when u.s. officials were first warned about the threat. all of it sparking sharp criticism on defense and intelligence officials who were not aware of the depth of that threat. live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, incredible stories of survival out of turkey, including an infant pulled from the rubble after 58 hours, small signs of hope there. rescue workers among so many things facing freezing temperatures, lack of water and power. the death toll hard to imagine. now surpassing 17,000. cnn is on the scene. back here in the u.s. on the road again today. cue the 2024 election music. president biden headed to florida, where he is expected to drive home his pledge to protect social security and medicare. we have a preview of the trip ahead. we want
heartbeat. i m surprised because he s a florida resident and i thought he would complement the fact that we were able to do the heartbeat bill which pro-life has wanted for a long time. he never complemented or said anything about it. he s talking about the florida bill that would ban abortions in the state after six weeks that could be a liable in general election primary that plays different. the dindictment is going to dominate the news for next year. and is it effective to ignore it and try to attack donald trump on some of the other social issues? we ll see what ron desantis is trying to do. he s not wanting to anger his b base. and i like to talk about lanes in primaries and what is essentially come to pass is there are two lanes. there is the trump light lane and then the anti-trump lane and most people are trying to be in the trump light lane. and then as far as indictment is concerned, it is going to be a
we look towards 2024, nikki haley seems to be inching towards some sort of announcement here about her own bid for the white house. what are her chances of securing the nomination? donald trump of course the only other republican to officially throw his hat in the ring? erica, my crystal ball broke several years ago. when it comes to 2024 predictions, but, you know, she s certainly trying to harness a lane you see several people don t necessarily want to walk away from the former president, want to take some of his posts and repurpose them for their own run kind of the trump light lane. it s going to be crowded this time. seeing several republicans trying to run. she s going to have some competition. we ll see how it plays out, but i am out of the prediction