former president trump is back in washington right now. looking to bring a new unity to the republican party and he will be hosting meetings with lawmakers, business leaders, and potential candidates for the vice presidency. he is expected to speak at the national republican vittorio committee later this afternoon. we will be monitoring his movements in washington all hour long. hello, everyone. this is outnumbered, i am kayleigh mcenany and here is my cohost, emily compagno, along with cheryl casone, and kaylee mcghee white, and fox news contributor, attorney, and former nypd inspector, paul mauro. first, let s go live on capitol hill. hey, kayleigh. it s been quite the circus here in washington, d.c., as we hop around different parts of the city following the president on his whirlwind tour of washington, the nation s capital. she s with the ceos of different businesses at a roundtable, trying to sell his economic policy and trying to win some donors. next, he will be c
reporter: the american civil liberties union is tracking more than 400 anti-lbgtq bills like those restricting gender-affirming care, drag performances and pronoun usage. florida has taken a strong stand against the imposition of gender ideology in our schools. reporter: while not all of the bills are expected to become law, advocates are fearful. in an historic move tuesday, the human rights campaign declared a national state of emergency for lgbtq+ americans amid the onslaught of such legislation and threats to the community. one in five of all hate crimes are motivated by anti-lbgtq+ bias. hr c president says there is much more work to be done. this is not just a moment to put up rainbow flags and march. we need to make clear where we stand. the majority of americans do not support these extremist attacks on our lives. reporter: tens of thousands are expected to attend the annual pride parade in the nation s capitol this weekend, including protesters from
election. but as you heard, trump vowed yesterday, i will never leave. do you see his legal problems hampering his run at all? well, they do. i mean, these are serious legal problems. and it s different than the political response to them. including this case, we haven t had a situation like this with federal indictments against a former president by the department of justice of the administration running against him. i think where this could become problematic, including a potential indictment from georgia, is if enough republicans and primary season start to think he is too risky, meaning he threatening partisan power. right you know is still seen as an asset. but if it reaches a point where these legal problems become too much of a risk for the republican party, i think that s when you might see more concentrated departures and
defections from within the tent. but at this point we are not there yet. but what do you think in terms of trump s perspective? is he using his potential candidacy as a child, you know, running for his survive, basically? he has, you know, from the moment he announced, he understood that if he was running, that changes the narrative, meaning you have an existing president and the department of justice going after the top candidate in the republican party, and that becomes the story as opposed to the substance of the indictments. so i think trump is very aware that his running is actually legally in his mind, his best protection, his best firewall. so he doesn t want to step out of this race. not only because he wants to win, but because that is the heart of his argument, that this is about politics, not about law, and biden will continue to probably be quiet, but the
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