good evening. just two days to go until the first nationwide electoral contest, and the 2022 midterms will decide who controls the senate and what the biden administration will look like. the former president teasing a 2024 run is not, and the democracy is at stake this tuesday. they and former president trump all on the trail the last several days. he was in florida late today, and that s a story in itself we ll talk about tonight. president biden tonight in new york. if y all show up and vote, democracy is sustained. this is not a joke. this is not hyperbole, for the second time. not a joke. it matters and it s in your hands. look, you are one of the reasons why, as i said, i have never been more optimistic about the future of this country. this, too, is a story. democratic presidents spending the final days in a blue state, and nationally take a look. out of the 435 seats in play, all republicans need this week is a net gain of five seats to take control of the house f
. a . a little bit under women and seniors and still under performing among women and trump is doing well among black, hispanic and young compared to previous campaigns and you are right, absolutely the movement is among independent and they have moved in recent polls roughly 9 points towards biden at 21% of independent in a survey shortly after the conviction said that they were the less likely to vet for donald trump as a result of the conviction. you know, john, in close elections where michigan wisconsin will probably be decided for under a point. that fluctuation really mat matters. one thing he didn t did donald trump ■çwill tell you is he has the joan rivers vote locked away. okayings my god. just like he has in the past. so he s at least got that on the side bit. independent have broken away, and again, we hear it every four years, donald trump is going to get 20% of the black vote, 25% of the black vote. it doesn t happen. well, as i will, you know, be
with donald trump. the former president announced his third presidential bid. steven schwarzman says he will not back trump s campaign. he said america does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday. it is time for the republican party to turn to a new generation of leaders and i intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries. he is not the only republican megadonor who has decided not to support trump this go around. earlier this month, billionaire ken griffin endorsed florida governor ron desantis. griffin called trump quote a three-time loser. ouch. well, that s only a fact. that s not like a description. and billionaire, ronald lauder will not help finance trump s campaign either according to a spokesperson.
2024 ambitions. trump then reposted a video in which former fox news host said this. you think a hard core maga is going to abandon trump or desantis? they are not. and desantis has made inroads with wealthy donors that also helped finance trump campaigns. and desantis was asked about a possible white house run in june. if he runs, do you run? how do you make that decision? nice try, man, and we are talking and having fun here, so it s all good. randi kaye, cnn, florida. maggie haberman, and author of the new best-seller, the making of donald trump and breaking of america. and sarah griffin who served under the former president. you wrote in your new book that the former president has been kind of been privately calling desantis a variety of nicknames