multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover funds stolen during the coronavirus pandemic. the stunning case of cosmic irony, that bill being debated on the same daisy that one of its co-sponsors found him self indicted for that very same crime. yes, that s right. justice finally caught up with now infamous serial liar and fabricator george santos. on wednesday, federal prosecutors in new york announced a 13 count indictment against the rep
ukraine says its open attacks are taking a toll on russia s war machine and a major counteroffensive could begin at any moment. a dire warning as the ceo of an artificial intelligence company testifies on capitol hill. quote, if this technology depose wrong, it can go quite wrong. we know ai is going to change the world, but how, how quickly, how much, no one quite knows. with the u.s. on the brink of defaulting on its debt, lawmakers are digging in at the white house. those talks in just two hours. we are following those major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. amid a barrage of missile and drone attacks in kyiv overnight, russia is making a major claim that it targeted and destroyed one of these, an american-made patriot air missile defense system. a u.s. official tells cnn it was likely damaged but not destroyed. ukraine is not commenting, but it says that its air defenses worked against the large-scale attack, intercepting
desantis in the white house? new evidence that the governor s willing to test that theory as he gears up to announce his presidential run. if you re not worried about the potential for a catastrophic debt default two weeks from now, the white house has a message for you. right now vice president kamala harris is trying to make their case to the public with the goal of pressuring republicans into making a deal. the latest on that, plus a live report from japan and the latest remarks from top administration officials on where the talks go from here. plus, why a house vote to punish admitted liar and federal fraud suspect george santos may ultimately help the new york republican s chances of staying in office. we ll explain that coming up. but we start in florida as nbc news learns that governor ron desantis will officially announce that he s running for president next week as we watch him try to super charge his campaign by harnessing the powers of the culture wars incl
mr. trump s falsehoods kept coming fast and furious. did you ever show the classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. a jury of nine people found you libel of sexual abuse. the do you think that will deter women from voting for you? no, i don t think so. i would be salivating if i were the attorneys for e. jean carroll, if i were jack smith. kevin mccarthy says he ll not support george santos re-election. after being indicted on 13 criminal counts. the reality is it s a witchunt. if they find that santos broke the law, would you call on him to resign? they said yes. the biden administration is hours away from the end of title 42. they ll go undetected if they have to to get into the united states. we re making it very clear that our border is not open. crossing through regularly is against the law. the prime suspect in the disappearance, natalee holloway headed to the u.s. to face charges. vander sleuth has been serving t
the bookings for several dozen rooms. dozens of people. one couple from florida saying the cancelled room reservations couldr could cost them $20,000 as they try to find room revocations for their guests. they said it s upsetting how they are treating the american people. i agree with that. i think it s insane. i know you were married not too long ago. one of these couples had people flying in from all over the world. people from more exotic places. but how would you deal with this? this is not a trivial thing. tomi: this is the greatest nation in the world. if this happened to me i would be livid. i m already livid for the american people dealing with this. this isn t just wedding couples, this will be in every city, every town, every suburb. you can t have 6.5 million people coming in, 80,000 in one week. they have to go somewhere. make no mistake, this will be catastrophic and it will affect communities that are underserved. a lot of these illegals will be there and sucki