campaign trail for the first time more than 50 days since announcing his re-election bid. there are renewed concerns among democrats tonight over the president s age, the 2024 primary schedule, and the possibility of a third party candidate derailing his re-election effort. correspondent mark meredith is following it all. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. president biden told a crowd in connecticut today he is far from finished when it comes to addressing gun violence. also far from certain he will win re-election next year. tomorrow, he is going to take his biggest step yet to try to shore up support among democrats. kick off of your campaign tomorrow? i kicked it off a while ago. 52 days after announcing his re-election bid, president biden is set to campaign for the first time. saturday s rally in philadelphia comes only hours after he won dual labor endorsements from the american federation of teachers and the afl
bret: yeah, there has been a lot more of them. you have to concede that. all right, we are going to trip right now down to candidate casino. again, $100 in chips. this the g.o.p. primary version. bill, we will start with you. yyou have got to make the bets. what have you got. okay. 45 chips on desantis. 35 on trump. and as you said, i m willing to put 20 on tim scott. bret: okay, leslie you are next. $100 in chips. i m gonna take my 100 in chips and put 90 on donald trump. and i m going to put 10 on ron desantis because i never give anybody 100 percent. bret: all right, hugh? 40 on the former president. he is still the frontrunner, 30 on governor desantis gaining ground on abortion this week and on the field the black red bet i m putting the rest of the money that s 30 bucks on the field. bret: all right. thank you, panel. up next the friday lightning rounds. house republicans vs. adam schiff, china. and later notable quotables.
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