right? and gosh, knows one of the most polarizing times in our history is political journey is unparalleled you re absolutely right. erin trump s speech later tonight may give us a sense of how he plans to move forward in that journey. sources now, telling cnn, the former president has been personally and very intensely involved in crafting what he ll say tonight, energizing, un, emphasizing unity after the attempt on his life, instead of the more familiar and divisive rhetoric he has offered used in the past. we ll be listening, of course to every word that s coming up later tonight than when trump accepts his third presidential nomination and delivers his remarks in primetime, we ll get a better sense of what s, what s, what s, what s about to happen this son, eric trump, also is speaking tonight and will help tie up his father s speech. we expect former first lady melania trump to be in the hall making her first appearance at this convention. erin. all right. and cnn s p
2024. this is the party of trump and whether democrats understand what they are up against remains to be seen. with me to discuss eugene daniels and megan malloy, founder, and ben collins. eugene, trump just beat florida governor ron desantis 70% to 21%. desantis would hold a comfortable lead over the others if trump did not run. vanity fair says trump and desantis appear to be on a collision course as desantis explores a run of his own. cpac did a second straw poll that shows results if trump did not run. you mean, just talk to me about those dynamics, the fact that they feel they need to do two different polls. well, it shows at once they re not exactly sure what donald trump is going to do. they have no clue. he is giving them no indication, therefore kind of like the democrats in 2016 when it was like will she or won t she with hillary clinton, the will he or won t he with donald trump is making it really hard for republicans to do much of anything. it makes it so ron
cpac s straw poll one with trump, one without. trump is clearly their man. he won by 70%, up from 55% in the same poll in february. lingering over that straw poll, a report by vanity fair says republicans are preparing for a showdown, between trump and ron desantis, who is reporting to be considering a bid for the presidency in 2024. this is the party of trump, whether almosts in washington understand what they are up against remains to be seen. joining me, eugene daniels, he is also an msnbc political contributor. meghan millmilloy. and benecolens, nbc news senior reporter. eugene, trump just beat ron desantis, in a straw poll. desantis has comfortable lead over the others. vanity fair says trump and desantis appear to be on a collision course, as desantis explores a run of his own. the cpac did a second straw poll if trump did not run. talk about those dynamics, the fact they feel they need to do two different polls. it shows they re not exactly sure what donald trump
through loud and clear, if it hasn t already, the extent of the january 6th riot on capitol hill and the former president s role in all of it. an impeachment trial set to start in just three days time, but donald trump s lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. the democrats. there s an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric it s possible to use. when you have the president of the united states give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, he s all of a sudden a villain. so, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. from new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid rel
christmas? lawrence: it was good. i didn t get to see my folks until yesterday. but all is well. i had a false positive test so i m all checked out. carley: i didn t know that. lawrence: i got to hug my mom and dad yesterday. i got celebrate. all is well. will: i got the call from lawrence, carley over the weekend. we ran into each other here in big d. i got the call from lawrence hey i got a positive test. i was around you. i didn t get the gradual lawrence it was false positive. that s breaking news to me right now, lawrence. that s interesting. thanks for the heads up. i love you, brother. here s the things i m going to forgive you that because you have at least one small excuse. and that is i imagine you were up late just like i was last night to watch the most dominant team in the nfl reclaim their position as a super bowl favorite. the dallas cowboys just whooped up on the washington football team. lawrence: it was about time. will: that meant i didn t get much sleep. i