Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Monday, June 5th. I'm Margaret Talif in

Fernailabudu. Today, hundreds die in a train crash in India, new leadership across

journalism, and a new message of hope heads to the cosmos. But first, the 2024 GOP

field widens. That's today's one big thing. It's another big week for the coming

presidential elections, with at least three Republican candidates expected to throw their

hats into the ring. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Vice President

Mike Pence, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgham. Axios' Alex Thompson is here with

more. Alex, let's start with Chris Christie. What can we expect from his announcement tomorrow

in New Hampshire? Well, we should expect Chris Christie to be his normal pugnacious self.

He has made very clear so far that he is going to focus on New Hampshire as his basic strategy

to try to take down Trump, who is at the moment dominating the polls. It's sort of ironic

because it's not just his second time running for president. It's the second time running

for president against Trump. And you may remember that he was sort of the first member of

the, quote, unquote, Republican establishment that endorsed Trump in 2016, and what was

seen as a huge boon to Trump's campaign at the time. But, you know, especially after

January 6th, Chris Christie clearly sowered on Trump. But also, I think he is currently

unimpressed with the current crop of Republican candidates, and, most notably, Ron DeSantis,

who has basically seen his numbers and polls go down by double digits over the first six

months of this year. Mike Pence on Wednesday, he's going to formally declare his long-awaited

campaign. How are you looking at him to portray how he contrasts with Donald Trump, given

that he was his vice president? I mean, this is why a lot of people, the Republican

party are ultimately skeptical of Mike Pence's chances because he basically doesn't have

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