menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
latest on all of it. hey, alex. reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, president biden was actually in the sky surveying the damage of last sunday s deadly tanker crash that led to the closure of i-9 a 5 in northeast philadelphia. the president did provide an update on how his administration will be aiding in that reconstruction effort that has paralyzed one of the most critical roadways. listen. there s no more important project right now in the country as far as i m concerned. i m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get it do
was the father. even aids the other six men on e stage high-fived and call my wife a harlot, i m just kiddingh for thoso e of you who don t kno i have one son named lincoln, but even that name s become controversial in the past few yearrancs because a san franciso school district wanted to remove abraham lincoln s name from one of its high schools.n thankfully, it didn t happen, but from now on just to be safef whenever we re ie,n california,y son goes with by his middle name, o.j. yes, san francisco kept abean lincoln s name, bukst with it jt lost its biggest shopping malle. thanks to the high crime and high taxes in the state. it s obviously a disaster from a financial standpoint, but evensi onng an emotional level, losing the mall is a big blow to californians like dianne feinstein who will no longer be able to shop at her favorite store, forever 91. drugs and homeless have floodeda thnde streets,al to though democrats want you to call them free range people or unhousedha
on cnn. obama can t help himself. if you notice he doesn t spend a lot of time praising pal joe biden who has his old job. we can only wonder why that is? joe and ba rock used to be good friends, i they they gave each other friendship bracelets. remember when joe tweeted that. doesn t he think joe thinks he s a good president, shouldn t he get another bracelet for the new job? doesn t seem to be happening. instead obama used the cnn interview to attack republicans, specifically not donald trump but senator tim scott of south carolina. the fact that tim scott has an optimistic view of race relations in america seems to have the former president very upset. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of, can t we all get along, and the quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there is a your united states of america, that has to be under girded wind an honest accounting with our past and our present. and so
over things like migrant flights and the threat to throw him in jail. desantis thinks it s time for gavin to man up and get into the race for the white house. you know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp into throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what is happening. i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. here he is repeatedly ruling out a white house run. are you considering running for president in 2024 or 2028? no. not at all. it s not my ambition. it s not the direction that i m leaning into. how many times does your phone ping a day of people saying you need to get in this race. i see where you re going. i m asking. i m not answering. that doesn t mean that newsome would not relish the chance to debate his faux. you would do a two hour debate with desantis? i would do three, on a day notice, with no notes.