but, you know, around the country, maga extremists are lying on to take on those bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while paying taxes for the will will wealthy. backing books and telling people who they could love all making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we were in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. the question we are facing is whether the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be and i think you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. because i know america. i know we re good and decent people. i know we are still a country that believes in honesty and respect and treating each other with dignity. that we re a nation where we give hate no safe harbor. we believe that everyone is equal. that everyone should be given a fair shot to succeed in
serious foreign policy challenges from china to russia to ukraine and a sputtering economy here at home. his poll numbers are not good. even a majority of democrats tell pollsters he should not run for a second term. but the campaign is launched. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. the president hasn t yet commented on his own re-election bid. reporters weren t allowed close enough today to ask. and officials wouldn t weigh in on what factored into his decision-making citing the hatch act. but the white house calculus seems to be that biden can win voter support in 2024 the same way did he in 2020. with a campaign that happens mostly online. >it s time to finish the job. finish the job. the president s first audience since announcing re-election bid giving a warm election. [chanting four more years] but this campaign isn t shaping up to be about what biden has but
watching would like to donate to the family go to friends@foxnews.com they have a go fund me page. 12 before the top of the hour, ashley over to you. ashley: gut wrenching story. one of the roommates from the idaho slayings. defense of bryan kohberger. beth anthony funk filing a motion to avoid taking the stand claiming she has no information that would clear him as a suspect. she was there the night kohberger is accused of killing xana, ethan madison and kailee. she said she never saw him. set for june 26th. locking up all of the merchandise amid the city s shoplifting crisis. even toiletries like mouth wash, 14578 pooh and more are secured behind glass. target employees have to unlock those cases every single time a customer wants to make a purchase. so far san francisco police have received nearly 9500 reports of
two months away from bryan kohberger s preliminary hearing lawyers for the man charged with murdering four university of idaho students last november say a surviving roommate can help his defense. bethany funke told police she was in her basement room in moscow, idaho, through the time of the murder and didn t even go upstairs after the horrific crime was discovered. she was barely mentioned in the police department s probable cause document. but, in seeking a court order, forcing her to testify, defense investigator richard ba tanty wrote the magistrate, quote: during the course of my investigation, it became known to me that bethany funke has information material to the charges against mr. kohberger. portions of information ms. funk has is exculpatory to the defendant. ms. funk s information is unique to her experiences and cannot be provided by another witness. beth anthony funk who now lives in reno nevada fighting the subpoena. in a motion last week to quash the summons her la