Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where President Biden is officially

running again. Today, the president announced his reelection bid in a video that echoed his

successful 2020 campaign, framing the race once again as a fight for freedom against Trumpism.

When I ran for president four years ago, I said we're in a battle for the soul of America,

and we still are.

The question we're facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom.

More rights are fewer.

I know what I want the answer to be, and I think you do too.

This is not a time to be complacent.

That's a time to be complacent. That's why I'm running for re-election.

Now, the video did not go into detail about what the president sees as his accomplishments,

nor did it lay out concrete goals for a second term. Instead, it framed his campaign as almost a rerun of the 2020

contest and an anticipation of a rematch against Donald Trump, a face-off against what Mr. Biden

calls MAGA Republicans. Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those

bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while

cutting taxes from the very wealthy, dictating what health care decisions women can make,

banning books and telling people who they can love, all while making it more difficult

for you to be able to vote.

Now, the president's re-election campaign launch comes as he is facing some very significant political headwinds and challenges.

As we've reported, our new NBC news poll shows only a quarter of Americans say Mr. Biden should be running for another term.

More than half of Democrats say Mr. Biden should sit out 2024.

Among those who don't want Biden to run, age is a major concern. President Biden

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