first, the mar-a-lago classified document investigation. our reporting is that special counsel, jack smith, is going to be home stretch on that. then there s the hush money payments to stormy daniels. that case is set to begin in march of next year, right in the middle of primary season. then there s the georgia investigation into efforts by then president trump to overturn the 2020 election. but even with all of this, the deck is stacked in donald trump s favor for the gop primary. john avlon is here to explain. governor ron desantis plans to seize the gop spotlight tomorrow with a big announcement, it involves elon musk. kara swisher is gonna join our panel to share her thoughts. when is enough fame and money and success enough. lebron james playing the will he or won t he retire game. we ll see what happens going forward. i don t know. i don t know. i ve a lot to think about, to be honest. a lot to be thinking about, to be honest. just for me, personally, going forward w
desantis upcoming announcement. what are we expecting from this audio event on twitter with elon musk? reporter: well, jake, ron desantis has already filed the paperwork to run for president this afternoon. so all that s left for him to do is to say the words i m running for president and we expect him to do that tonight at this virtual town hall with elon musk. it will start in about an hour. during that time, he ll take questions and give a statement, and he will finally enter this race. he s spent months and months in this slow rollout. he s been on the road, a book tour, he s done international travel. now it becomes official. his campaign has been hype thing moment for the last couple of days, including posting this video to twitter on his wife s account. do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every single time. reporter: now, he also took care of a bit of housekeeping today. he officially signed a bill that makes clear he d
good evening, alex. we have beto are joining us tonight on the one year mark since the mass murder in uvalde and andrew weissmann has pulled off a miracle. he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need nowhere, all you need to know, if this is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, it andrew can t contain him self. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for a teen years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to ma
[laughter] he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need know where, all you need to know, if that he is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, andrew can t contain himself. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for 18 years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to make as chief justice of the united states? where would you begin to answer that question, there must have been so many very, very, very hard decisions
sorry about that. we ve got so many people here that i think we are kind of melting the servers. desantis hoping to take the fight to former president trump by hopscotching states this week. remembering tina turner, with that unforgettable voice and dance moves who overcame years of domestic abuse to top the charts in an inspiring comeback, entertaining generations of fans. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s fallout from the debt limit brinksmanship. ratings of the three big ratings companies has put congress and the white house on notice that it could downgrade the u.s. credit if a payment is missed. a credit rating grades the nation s credit worthiness, a mesh of its ability to pay its debt in full and on time. right now, they rate the u.s. with its highest aaa status. they are warning and triggering alarm bells on wall street and concern on main street. 71% of voters are either very or somewhat concerned about possible default. without explaining