a winner, because that s what we ve done in the state of florida. and that s exactly what we would conationally not only in the election do nationally, not only in the election, but bringing all these great policies to bear. charles: let s bring in our panel, columnists dan dan henninger kim strassel along with editorial board member kyle peterson. kim, you know, the media had a field day with all those glitches. beyond that, though [laughter] do you think there ll be anything else to remember about the announcement? well, the glitches are totally forgettable, charles. i think what s going to matter is what desantis does in the weeks and months ahead in terms of message. and you re already beginning to see the opening of that message, at least when it comes to his approach to donald trump which is going on the something along the lines of this, which is donald trump, you know, he had a lot of good ideas, big ideas, but because he is who he is, he couldn t get it done. l
connected to a criminal organization nor would they share the number of people that they believe were involved. more now from rosa flores across the border in brownsville, texas. reporter: two of four missing americans are back in the yupd and receiving medical treatment after being kidnapped in mexico after what a u.s. official tells cnn was a case of mistaken identity. two were found dead and one of the survivors is severely injured with a bullet wound to his leg. according to u.s. and mexican officials. in the party of four, latavia mcgee and eric williams were killed. shaeed woodard and zindell brown were killed. and we extend our condolences to the families. reporter: they crossed the border into mexico for mcxwee to obtain a medical procedure. and they drove a white van and got lost while trying to locate the medical clinic where they were headed. before they were able to locate the clinic, disturbing video shows the aftermath of the kidnapping as heavily armed me
an editorial about the florida naacp and the travel advisory that i think, you know, it s going to blow up in their face. certainly, tim scott has been targeted with those kind of smears as well. yeah. and i think that was kind of a stunt by the naacp, to be honest. desantis can, again, go back to the record and look at the national assessments of economic progress, those scores. we re beating maryland which is where the naacp is headquartered. charles: by the way, folks, i want to pick up on that because the naacp story, my mom, her side of the family tree is deeply rooted in alabama. in fact, i spent a lot of time there in the 60s and 70s. that s when organizations like the naacp p and so many others were integral parts of the civil rights movement. i mean, they fought blood, sweat, tears, but mostly out of fearlessness. as a nation, we have achieved things despite fear, despite
this is an advantage that he has. donald trump can t use executive authority any more. former governor nikki haley, she can t set a legislative agenda or sign bills. desantis can. and he intends to flex that power, use the legislature to rack up as many policy wins as possible before he makes a decision on wlr hhether he want run for president. all right. thank you so much. jackie kucinich, are we watching him use his policy wins targeting drag shows, using those wins to launch a presidential campaign i mean, it certainly seems like that that is what he is doing. and he is going on the road. he is going to iowa, nevada, some of the early states that we all know are the hallmark of testing the waters for a