united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, plenty of new twists in the 2024 race for the white house. ron desantis has chosen an interesting way to announce his candidacy, while donald trump will likely be facing a criminal trial right in the middle of a critical primary month. a monster storm is barreling down on guam right now. the island is bracing for torrential rain, life-threatening storm surge, and 165-mile-an-hour winds from typhoon mawar. plus grandma s road trip. we ll speak to the 93-year-old woman who just visited all three 63 national parks. the oldest woman to do it, and the grandson that went with her on this wild adventure. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. republican ron desantis will kick off his presidential campaign in the hours ahead, but not in typical fashion. the florida governor will make the announcement during a conversation with twitte
positions. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme. those extreme positions hurt us all. dana: just one state over in new york another big contest we ve been following. the race for governor. republican lee zeldin going head-to-head against kathy hochul in a state where crime is surging in nearly every major category. here is what they had to say last night. unfortunately kathy hochul believes that the only crimes being committed are these crimes with guns. you have people afraid of being pushed in front of oncoming subway cars and stabbed and beaten on the street with hammers. we need to talk about all the other crimes. instead kathy houck you will is too busy patting herself on the back. we can work on keeping people scared or focus on keeping them safe. i have worked hard to have real policies that are making a difference. bill: wow, it is crunch time, right? new york post calling governor hochul clueless on crime saying give them zell. in a moment dr. marc
refuses refuses to acknowledge the crisis that is happening here and how it is affecting not only our border communities but our entire nation. dana: griff jenkins with a front row seat live at the border in eagle pass, texas. hi, griff. with no signs of slowing down. good morning, dana and dagen. the new ruling by a three-judge panel out of the 5th circuit court of appeals finding the obama administration lacked authority for the deferred action childhood arrivals but leaving in place protections for the 600,000 dreamers currently in the u.s. the practical impact. look at this video shot just hours ago just before dawn. you can see this group that arrived where i m standing about 106 in total. another group behind them totaling 200 came as well. any childhood arrivals in this one cannot apply for a new application, meanwhile those that are already here can continue to renew their applications for now. meanwhile, dana and dagen, the journey for migrants has never been m
[cheers and applause] rachel: heading to a fox news alert, blackout pages of the affidavit used to search mar-a-lago have been released. will: some details we knew but also a whole lot more questions. kevin is live in washington with more. reporter: a lot of questions. let s be clear, last night we said with good reason that the affidavit would be heavily redacted and present uncorroborated allegations presented in such a way as to frame the argument the former president was up to something by having those documents at mar-a-lago and we got a look at the affidavit and there s not a ton of detail because as you said it is really read acted heavily. half the pages were read acted. a lot of sharpy. the fbi believed there might be evidence of obstruction, the criminal investigation began after the national archives sent a referral to the doj in february. president biden insists he is not sure if the former president had the right to declassify all the materials at his home.
good to have you with us. republican ron desantis will kick off his presidential campaign in the hours ahead, but not in typical fashion. the florida governor will make the announcement during a conversation with twitter owner elon musk on the site s audio platform twitter spaces. musk says there will be real-time questions and answers, unscripted, and stressed that he is not making an endorsement yet. desantis has seen his standings slip in recent weeks, but he is still widely considered the most formidable challenger to donald trump, ahead of the primary. and we re hearing the former president intends to turn up the heat on desantis, which is not a huge surprise. trump has been on the offensive for weeks now and his team has reason to expect his campaign attacks to work. or in this case, work again. cnn s randi kaye explains.