the president makes it official. he s running for re-election. we made a lot of progress. let s finish the job. most voters think he s still better than the alternative. plus historic testimony. this is an astonishing moment in our legal and political history. like pence testified before a grand jury investigating trump s efforts to overturn the election. are prosecutors moving closer to indicting the former president? and desantis versus disney. the days of putting one company on a pedestal are over. the would-be presidential candidate may have picked a fight he can t win. so why doesn t he just let it go, let it go welcome to inside politics, i m manu raju in for abby phillip. this morning president biden wakes up marking the end of his very first week as an official 2024 candidate. biden launched his re-election bid on tuesday setting up a battle which he must convince voters that he deserves to remain in the white house for another four years. now
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the economy. this week, by just two votes, speaker mccarthy squeak through a bill to raise the debt ceiling so that the united states can continue to pay its bills. but there are conditions. the so-called limit save grow act bill, whatever, we lift the federal barring limit by one point trillion dollars or through march 31st 2024, whichever comes first, but it would also cut federal discretionary spending, kill biden s student debt cancellation plan, add the work requirements for adult medicaid recipients, the list goes on. president biden says it is a nonstarter that he will veto anything but a clean debt ceiling bill, free from all spending cuts. besides, top of spending cuts should be part of regular budget negotiations. president biden issued his budget last month. where is your budget kevin? but i digress. it is not just democrats ringing the alarm about the need to raise the debt ceiling. according to the washingt
five people including an eight-year-old child. a live report on that ahead. battle lines on capitol hill. over the debt limit. the reaction to the house republican demanding massive cuts in exchange for a deal. and the president unleashed as he and comedian take aim at politicians in the media the white house correspondents dinner. i want everybody to have fun tonight. please be safe. if you find yourself disoriented and confused, either your drone corps marjorie taylor greene. you look good, you dress, need to get the night threads on. you get the jewelry glistening. look like everybody got settlement money from fox news. rhonda sanders jokes credit. mickey mouse beat the hello to me, got there first. it d into what i thought was gonna do. the trump perez was like a proud brownie you 84 hours ago. to a feel justice this don t feel like justice let me travel to them georgia arraignment rallies. all of that plus a bombshell new report raising questions about millio