thousands of actors are set to hit the picket line for the first time in over 40 years. the joint board of the screen actors guild and television and radio artist unanimously approved the action after tense negotiations suddenly broke down. the strike officially began at midnight and coalition of 160 s, are000 actors will join the picket lines since may. now face major delays. biggest stars are showing support for the actors strike. the cast of oppenheimmer, the film s director said the cast left the event to write their picket signs. fran drescher says industry, greed and artificial intelligence are the main reasons for the walk-out. we had no choice. we are the victims here. we are being victimized by a very greedy entity. i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it, quite frankly. how far apart we are on so many things. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble. we are all going
[cheers and applause] he spends so much of his time as president on vacation, we might as well make it permanent. harris: the man we have yet to see on the campaign trail, joe biden, is out front in the democrat primary. it has been more than a month since the re-election announcement. is president biden going to hold a campaign event ever? so i will say this to you, peter, as you know, we follow the rule of law here. you can t say if he will be campaigning for re-election. i am not going to comment from here. another story harris: it wouldn t be a wednesday if she didn t mention the hatch act although she does talk politics as times. the woke stuff comes up. the former president still has a sizeable lead over the governor from florida. but six points smaller than earlier this month. this washington examiner piece sums it up. the pre-game is over between the two. desantis taking the opportunity to throw a jab at trump. he used to say how great florida was.
i believe it s a choice. a leader does not use polls to tell them what to do. if hunter were a republican, he would have been in jail long ago. our great american comeback starts by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware. [cheers] jesse: now, if you want any kind of national traction you can t be boring. and have you got to feed juicy soundbites to the media machine. no one is be at that than donald trump. desantis is creating friction with the establishment. toy sized muse laney ron desantis manifesto vowing to destroy leftism and wokeism. not even trump is dumb enough to go after the most popular entertainment provider. i thought desantis was supposed be the non-fascist alternative to trump. i guess not. he is trying to be a carbon copy of donald trump in that his campaign and his candidacy is based on grievance politics, divisiveness, and extreme policies. i say this with conviction. i think ron desantis is far more dangerous than donald trump. je
to avoid a monday default, simple majority needed in the house and senate. this is a two-year deal, that is hope, dream and handshake you will commit to spending caps. nobody gets everything they want in negotiation. take two trillion savings. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. good morning. lucas: good morning. more time to watch more racing. debt ceiling deal only passed by a single vote, it needs 218 to pass. speaker mccarthy is confident it will. see where things stand. one democrat, aoc and third of know ares are against the bill. here is some speaking out against it. sending one person into a room with another person and no cameras and they come out and say up or down, take it or leave it, that is not a good process. this is about increasing the credit card for prospective spending. this bill is smoke and mirrors, never are we talking about interest on existing debt. 32 trillion, one trillion is 30 billion. lucas: americans are over trilli
the whole campaign and not have to answer tough questions, well, then we may be in danger of seeing a democrat sweep in 2024. steve: all right. good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city and we start this wednesday morning with the race for the white house. the republican presidential primary heating up with former president donald trump expected to arrive in iowa today. ainsley: yeah. that s right. his visit to the hawkeye state comes just a day after florida s governor ron desantis kicked off his great american comeback tour. brian: right. here we go. lucas tomlinson joins us now to set the table. lucas? good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. first visit to iowa as a presidential candidate. florida governor ron desantis vowed to fix the border once and for all. i m frustrated on things like the border because i have been listening to these politicians talk about securing the border for years and years and years. i could tell you if i m president, th