it s done. dana: a big tease for quite a while. president biden made the announcement in a video released early this morning and some of the slogans from his last campaign and attacked so-called maga republicans and implores voters to help him finish the job. president biden: when i ran for president four years ago i said we re in the battle for the soul of america. we still are. the question we re facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer. this is not a time to be complacent and why i m running for re-election. around the country maga extremist are lining up to cut social security that you paid for your entire life while culting taxes for the wealthy. dictating what healthcare decisions women can make. banning books and telling people who they can love all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. this is our moment. bill: it s part of the 3:02 release today. the president going ahead with his campa
100%. judy s family says they can finally move on with their lives. there is one thing that brings them peace. you are religious. does that give you any comfort to know your mom and dad are now together? they are in a better place than we are. what would you say to judy? i will tell her that i love her and i would give her the biggest hug. that is all for this edition of dateline. thank you for watching. ank you this sunday edition of morning joe weekend. it was another fast-moving news week. here are more of the conversations you ekmight have missed. donald trump and his allies are ratcheting up their calls for revenge against democrats in response to trump s conviction in his new york city criminal trial. some examples. in a fox news interview on friday, former white house advisor stephen miller called le on republican secretary of state and attorneys general to quote, get in the game and use every facet of power to go toe to toe with democrats. florida senator ma
that s a big gamble. on both sides of those each party has strengths and weaknesses but on that kind of an agenda the democrats don t have much going for them with this team of biden and harris. she will be on the ticket. she is incredibly important to turn out his base, african-american women, minorities and young people. that s her strong suit. so of course they will feature her. i thought they did it appropriately. dana: great having you both. historical day as the president announced his re-election campaign. bill: they make a good pair. thank you karl and jim. talk down the road. he talks about african-american women. it will be important. some of the polls lately show biden is underwater with hispanic voters. you wonder whether or not that can turn around or not. i thought the most telling thing the glaring omission about the video was the lack of bragging about his accomplishments over
we should whoever wins the nomination should win it on their own merits. the theme of his 2019 video was problems biden had with trump s behavior. even though he doesn t name drop this time the sentiment is the same. president biden: i know we re good and decent people. i know we re still a country that believes in honesty and respect and treating each other with dignity. a nation where we give hate no safe harbor. everyone is equal and everyone given a share shot to succeed in this country. let s finish this job. president biden will drop by a union meeting and a dinner with the south korean president. no word yet on when his first campaign rally will be. dana: if there will be one. bill: there is a ton to analyze and who better than karl rove and jim massina.
question the president can t figure out. it is a real issue. when you are the democrat incumbent president and lost the new york times which thor liesed this weekend he was too old for this job, you have problems. that problem is not going to go away. anybody who thinks joe biden will get better on his feet and look younger and more focused and disciplined between now and november is kidding themselves. bill: on that point, jim. what does the campaign look like? 80 today, 82 in two years. during the covid years you could have cars show up at a drive-in theater and honk their horns with approval. those days are behind us. what does this campaign look like? in part it matters who the opponentent is. if it s donald trump they re similar in age. a bunch of groups recently about this. it is not an issue. voters think they re both old. karl is right. the white house has to address it straight on and he will take