[laughter] that s a lot to unpack, bret. the facts may not lie but lying is not beneath donald trump. i think that ron desantis is more than campaign of dissecting some of those claims about his record and filleting some of them frankly because a lot of it is preposterous. one thing trump is right though desantis is running he is not giving this interview and starting to respond to trump more specifically out of the blue. it s not part of the book tour. he is running. he is not getting in for probably a couple more months and i think he recognizes this very bizarre moment right now where we have donald trump who might be the only person in history who seems elated to have a sort of indictment hanging over his head because the case is so weak. because the case is politicized, because the republican party is rallying to trump right now and his numbers are going up, you have got trump where he likes to be, right in the spotlight. the press loves that dynamic as well. shades of 2016. and
decent timing and kimmel pretty good as well. s john fugelsang with us, political comedian, with the professional opinion and will cain, columnist of theblaze.com. good morning. our starting point this morning, pretty shocking and daring escape that could have an impact on the u.s. relationship with china, a blind chinese discy dent evaded layers of guards after 18 months under house arrest, he made his trek 370 miles north to beijing. secretary secretary tim gigter in are expected to be in the country for the long planned strategic talks. neither governments are confirming of chen s whereabouts are at the embassy but a former senior china analysts at the cia says this, this is the greatest test in bihall relations in years, 1989, when tiananmen square was unfolding. joining us is gordon chang, nice to see you. thank you for being with us. the greatest test, do you think that s an overstatement of what s happening right now? i think so. any time there s an incident we