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
History, let us commit and we ll be a nation that will embrace light over darkness, truth over lies, and finally, finally, finally, restore the soul of the nation. here-here. now let s discuss all of this and more with our great panel. heather cagle, new york times national political reporter and the host of the run up podcast astead herndon and cnn s number wiz harry enten and eve a mckend. thank you all for joining us. biden s campaign message, here is basically, i m better than the alternative and look at how the new yorker puts it in their headline, joe biden s 2024 opening argument, it is me or the abyss. he s not talking about what he ll do in the next four years. but he s trying to say he s warning about his opponents. is that a winning message here?