everyone. it is tuesday, april 25th. welcome to cnn this morning. we re so glad you re with us. we do begin, though, with news about this show. as you may have heard yesterday, cnn parted ways with anchor don lemon. a statement, chris licht thanked don for his contributions over the 17 years. writing in part, don will forever be a part of the cnn family. we wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future ende endeavors. he was one of the first anchors to have me on his show. that s something i ll obviously never forget. we wish him the best. we certainly do. don was one of my first friends at cnn. i m so thankful to worked alongside him and for his support for nearly 15 years here and i wish him all good things ahead. we re really proud of this show. we re so proud of the dedicated team that works around the clock to bring you the news every morning and our priority is you, the viewer. we re grateful you welcome us into your home each morning. absolutely. of course this
voters who believe very differently than them. it is fascinating stuff certainly recommend people checking out on axios. senior political reporter for a axios, eugene scott, thank you for joining us today. thanks for getting up way too early with us on this tuesday morning. it s a jam-packed day. morning joe starts right now hi, i m jimmy fallon, one of the few tv personalities who still is employed. tucker carlson, don lemon, what the hell is going on out there? everyone is talking about this fox news announce d they re parting ways with tucker carlson. [ applause ] some people aren t sure what led to his exit, but fox said they can think of almost a billion reasons why. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, april 25th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too
let s finish this job. i know we can. president joe biden made it official this morning, he is running for a second term. that was part of the video announcement that he posted at the top of the 6:00 hour of morning joe. wher welcome back it is tuesday, april 25th. jonathan lemire and jennifer palmieri are still with us joining the conversation, former senator and now a political analyst, claire mccaskill. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and writer at large for the new york times and the sunday magazine, jim is with us. we ll talk about the major news from fox. first, mike barnicle, your thoughts on president biden s re-election announcement you know, i thought the announcement was pretty skillful in the sense it gives you an introduction into joe biden, again, another introduction. his calmness, his deliberateness, his avoidance of calamity, his desire to calm
reporter harry hansen joins us now to run the numbers. harry the they say the sequel is never as good as the original, but we may be getting that sequel. in terms of these numbers right now, let s start with the numbers on president biden. where does that stand right now in the democratic party. yeah. i mean, barring some miracle for someone not named joe biden, joe biden will be the democratic nominee. if the field stays the way it is right now, look at this particular point. my estimate is that he s pulling in more than 70% of the vote nationally, right among democrats, they announced candidates against joe biden. this particular point are just simply put not anywhere close. this is not a big surprise right ? because joe biden s approval rating among democrats as north of 80% of the fact that he s pulling it about three quarters in a potential democratic primary. pretty much lines up with it, and pretty much lines up with everything that we know about history, jim and there s been a
the plan to actually roll that out are beginning to take shape . his team is eyeing next week as a possible launch date specifically looking at that tuesday, april 25th anniversary as a day that they could roll out a campaign style video. of course, his advisors caution. is often is with biden world that things in the timing could slide , but that april 25th date holds personal significance for president biden as it s the day he launched his campaign for years ago in 2019, when he was waging what he described a battle for the soul of the nation. advisors behind the scene have been working for quite some time trying to sketch out what the campaign apparatus may look like. and that all may be coming to fruition just next week, but they re certainly going to be a long road ahead. president biden as he seeks reelection. his approval rating overall is hovering in the low to mid forties. he also is has some skepticism within the democratic party about whether he should even be running. there