rights. on his republican opponent focused on inflation and crime. in florida former republican governor turned democratic congressman charlie crist will challenge republican governor and potential presidential candidate ron desantis for the governor s mansion. chris will be here to talk about his uphill battle. the senate candidate in florida is congresswoman and former orlando police chief val demings winning the nomination to challenge marco rubio. and in new york s bitter feud between two powerful democrats for one manhattan seat because of redistricting, jerry nadler defeated caroline maloney. also on the political front, president biden is back from vacation today and will be announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness, a decision unlikely to please partisans on both sides. and a somber independence day in ukraine as the country also marks six months today since russia invaded with boris johnson showing up in kyiv and president so lent skit addressing the u.n. $
figure out is are we in a moment of such a cultural inflection point coming out of the dobbs decision and the injection that donald trump and the january 6th story that captivates the american conversation, are we in such a national environment that democrats could actually defy history. that s certainly what florida democrats are hoping for this morning. i think they wake up knowing what they knew yesterday. they have two strong candidates in crist and val demings statewide, but they start the general election cycle a few points behind. simply based on the state of florida. you have two strong candidates, high name i.d., national profiles that if they can get some national trends going the way of democrats in november, they could give ron desantis and marco rubio a run for their money. we should also point out that you had that awful feud in manhattan so you have jerry