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
And certainly in framing it in those dcrass terms that she did could be viewed by some voters as problematic. pu look, you can t outrun aging. he has to be something he has to contend with. but i don t think that we should diminish the fact that voters are somewhat sophisticated. so the democrats that are going to be supporting president biden, it is not so much about him all of the time. they know his age and his vulnerabilities. it is about using him as a vehicle to accomplish a whole host of issues. so that is what you cannot forget in this election. republicans will want to talk all about age. but that is not the only factor. and underlying all of this will be vice president harris. something would happen, she would be president. she s going to be an issue throughout this campaign. in the announcement video, 2024 announcement video, three minutes long, and 15 appearances of kamala harris in this video.