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 the abyss. and we ve heard a lot about his age. he told reporter this is week he does not feel 80 years old. but listen to how some of the democrats explained his age and it being an issue next year. i think joe biden is agile, it capable, his record of leadership both at home and abroad makes him imminently qualified and we should be folk you using on the wiz zom and experience he brings to the job. i think people should judge presidents on their performance and record and not on their age and the president has a great record. i think age is one thing. i think experience is another thing. if you believe in the democracy, you want to see more people vote, not fewer people vote, i think the choice is pretty clear and that choice is biden. how do you think plays with average voters? i mean, i think they re trying to neutralize it coming out of the gate. and like biden said last night, trump, who is the leading gop candidate, is not that many years behind him, quite frankl