reelection bid as soon as next week. for the latest details, we turn to cnn s phil mattingly, who joins us now from the white house. so what s the latest phil? you know, pamela four months the president s top advisers have been very clear behind the scenes that the president was going to launch a reelection campaign. what they weren t clear on was when that would actually happen, and it seems like now we have some sense of a timeline that to some degree has taken a lot longer than people expected. the president is planning and may go forward with the decision to launch his reelection campaign as soon as tuesday of next week. now that date is important because it was. it will be the four year anniversary of the day he launched his 2020 campaign, a campaign that he framed as the battle of the soul of that for the soul of the nation and campaign where he eventually defeated then president donald trump somebody who may be his general election opponent again in 2024. now advisors
starship inaugural test flight indigenous 2.5 minutes after takeoff. the rocket had no crew members onboard tumbled out of control what spacex called a rapid, unplanned disassembly. spacex also said it learned a tremendous amount from the test and called it quite a show. the effort comes after years of explosive tests regulatory hurdles in public hyping from musk. news continues. let s hand it over to pamela brown and cnn prime time. pamela anderson. thank you so much tonight the race for the white house getting clear on one end and more dramatic on the other sources say president biden is ready to formally announced his reelection bid as soon as next week for the latest details, we turn to cnn s phil mattingly, who joins us now from the white house. so what s the latest phil? you know, pamela four months the president s top advisers have been very clear behind the scenes that the president was going to launch a reelection campaign. what they weren t clear on was when that wo
of experience. if you look at any potential front runner of the two parties right now. there are no spring chickens evolved, so i don t think anyone is shocked at that. but the other thing is you mentioned that poll about biden. i haven t actually seen another poll saying, and here s the other person everybody wants, and i think that s always going to be a problem for the party. if there s not some other names that they re coalescing around. well then, of course, why wouldn t he run, whereas at least on the republican side we re watching desantis searches his fortunes rise and fall. we re watching what s going on with trump. a lot of people in the mix and you can have that dialogue. that s not really happening on the democratic side , so i think as much as we talk about it tables like this. biden looks at it and thinks it s moot. right and speaking of you mentioned the republican side, nancy mace, we d love to hear your thoughts on on who you would like to see on the republican side as
the crisis of all of our lifetimes. so this is this the pandemic really test him and i think he came out with flying colors, and i think it s good for the country. interesting. you hurtful note that aids are very aware of the h rate, the age situation. he s 18. now, if he did a second term, he d be the end of that 86 years old, and they re trying to pitch that as a plus audie that that means this is someone who s had a lot of experience. if you look at any potential front runner of the two parties right now, there are no spring chickens involved, so i don t think anyone who s shocked at that. but the other thing is you mentioned that poll about biden. i haven t actually seen another poll saying, and here s the other person everybody wants, and i think that s always going to be a problem for the party. if there s not some other names that they re coalescing around. well, then, of course, why wouldn t he run, whereas at least on the republican side we re watching desantis searches his fo
democrats and he had the most successful midterm since 1934, i believe it was, why wouldn t he run for president again. sandra: wouldn t that mean more of the same, people not feeling about about the direction of the country or the economy? joe biden did well, if i was a democrat i would disagree with jessica. if you look at how well he s doing on the stage, how well he s governing, he s losing his step and i think they would be well served. as a republican, i love that joe biden will run again, 41, 42%, wrong track, 72%. sandra: and who would he run against? i think donald trump has the heart of a lot of republican voters but i think they will watch the debate happen and go who really is right to lead the country forward and we ll see. sandra: there are some democrats who are starting to show their concern about a