[applause] [applause] thank you, thank you so much. Good to see you [applause] you all seem a little restless. Well thank you thank you so much, mr. Speaker, madame president and our fellow citizen 2024 is going to be a banner year for the freee state of florida. Those folks impacted know the state of florida stands with you and well handle whatever dangerous tornadoes. We are as a country in the midst of a great upheaval and we see this throughout the land. And under the Current Administration in washington, hopelessness at record level, 62 of americans are i living paycheck to paycheckfederal buds expected to hit 2 trillion this year. Cities decayed and San Francisco following f in a doom loop and crime, hope eviscerated the quality of life in the city. Other states enacted a spark of exodus of their resident out of their states and in illinois, residents saddled with high taxes and spendthrift politicians continue to spend and borrow at some of the highest rates in the nation with m
Donald trump agreeing to that or sticking to that, not to mention that promise will be a problem for current candidates who have already said they would never support trump if he gets the nomination. And then there are other republicans about to jump in, including chris christie, trumps number to bike and north dakota governor doug joining me now on the road, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard in des moines. , this is the first time we have seen a lot of these gop hopefuls on the same stage, why are these events crucial for these candidates . Hey, right. This really was the Summer Campaign kickoff here. But you just laid out why it is extra important. It is because the debate is just two and a half months away. And in order to spread the message for so many of these candidates to a broader part of the electorate, being on the debate stage is going to be key. You just laid out, they are not 45,000 unique donors. Some of these candidates, they are going to have to work to get to that
donald trump agreeing to that or sticking to that, not to mention that promise will be a problem for current candidates who have already said they would never support trump if he gets the nomination. and then there are other republicans about to jump in, including chris christie, trump s number to bike and north dakota governor doug joining me now on the road, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in des moines. , this is the first time we have seen a lot of these gop hopefuls on the same stage, why are these events crucial for these candidates? hey, right. this really was the summer campaign kickoff here. but you just laid out why it is extra important. it is because the debate is just two and a half months away. and in order to spread the message for so many of these candidates to a broader part of the electorate, being on the debate stage is going to be key. you just laid out, they are not 45,000 unique donors. some of these candidates, they are going to have to w
corral republicans on the debt deal, run desantis is in iowa, marking the first big speech of his presidential campaign and taking aim at the former president. now, he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think that he s doing it in a way that the voters are going to side with me. our panel will explain how all of this will play with the national audience. plus, a new study shows that the first 45 words of police officer says during a traffic stop of a black driver can predict how that encounter will end. i will talk to one of the researchers who discovered the warning signs of a police stop likely to escalate. remember the fifth grade florida teacher who is investigated for showing a disney movie with a gay character in it? as we speak, there is a heated school board meeting going on where parents and students have a lot to say about all of this. that teacher will join us straight from the board meeting. just a reminder, here is the controversial scene.
the tape from donald trump discussing a very sensitive military document could be a game-over moment for the ex-president in the classified documents investigation. it s a recording that not only significantly increases trump s legal exposure. but it also blows a gaping hole through many of the defenses that team trump has been peddling in public in the case. the ex-president s lawyer jim trusty went on cnn last night, playing defense in the wake of the bombshell news first reported by cnn of the tape s existence. and repeated a line that will be familiar to anyone who s been following this case. will trump display documents at will or as trump puts it even by just thinking about it. what i will tell you is there is no doubt as commander in chief when the president left washington, d.c. for mar-a-lago, he was actually still president, when he left with boxes that he brought he was the command in chief. there s no doubt he had the authority as commander in chief to be classi