indicted candidate? for democrats, can they reinvigorate the coalition that put joe biden in the white house? how are they going to resolve a messy battle over the primary calendar? alas the chair, jaime harrison, about how his party plans to tackle those questions when he joins me, coming up first. plus, more from my recent conversation with two with the democratic party s biggest names. congresswoman, elk alexandria ocasio-cortez discusses that and makes the republican primary. governor gavin newsom explains why he s using his political capital to help democrats and red states. well there s so much that seems to divide us these days, music is one of the few things that brings us together. i join two members of the musical group, they ate it brothers at our weekend 14 i know it may seem like the election is pretty far off, but the truth is, the very first votes of the 2024 presidential sex durr will be cast just six months from now. this time next year, will be only days a
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