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
To the point of it backfiring, i don t know. because at end of the day cross-examinations are very aggressive and joe taco pena has been doing this for a very long time and despite the bluster around him, he s a skilled attorney. so we ll see how it plays. but i think the thing, if it helps her, it is the low burden she has to clear. and this is happening if the heat of the presidential campaign. there is a poll from pbs that came out last week saying 63% of republicans would still want donald trump to be president again even if found guilty of a crime. just 17% of college graduates, 21% of independents. you were down with asa hutchinson who announced in arkansas. he s trying to be the anti-trump candidate. he s having a difficult time getting traction in the polls. is there a lane like that after reporting on the ground? we certainly have to see. i think asa hutchinson is a institutionalist in the way that