breaking news this hour on the 2024 race. the gop field is about to get more crowded. florida governor ron desantis set to announce his candidacy. we have new details on exactly how he plans to do it and with whom. plus a teenager now charged with threatening to kill or harm a president. the suspect set to make his first appearance in front of a judge. we ll take you live outside the courthouse. and texas lawmakers scheduled to vote today on a bill that would require the ten commandments be posted in every classroom in the state. it s all part of a national effort to insert religion into public life. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. well, the race to become the next republican presidential nominee is about to get more crowded, heated, and interesting. after months of speculation, we now know that florida governor ron desantis will announce his 2024 white house campaign on twitter with elon musk
shaye moss vote collects. american, santa rebutting look at how a right of christmas is mark by racism. the incomparable billy porter stops by to discuss his documentary short already getting oscar buzz. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. the house is officially in rece for the holidays with no plans toreturn before the new year. meanwhile, across the capital, of the senate will reconvene on monday as negotiators trying to reach a deal on immigration which is holding up president biden to critical aid package for ukraine and israel. a senate majority leader, chuck schumer, pledged to hold a vote on the supplemental aid package next week, quote, no matter what. wever, any agreement will still need to make it through the republican-controlled house, which is already facing a lethto do list when lawmakers get back to washington. perhaps the most urgent of the unfinished business, taking action on two looming funding deadlines won on january 19th and another on jan
80,000 and now 88 men on the terror watch list crossed. 30 chinese nationals were walking near roma, texas in the rio grande valley. agents responded to process the group. continue to see surge of chinese and here is the president at the white house while meeting house speaker kevin mccarthy. [indiscernible] president biden: much better. you see it. lucas: texas governor greg abbott in the federal government s absence, we as governors must combat president biden s ongoing border crisis and ensure american s safety and send all available law enforcement and resources to the texas-mexican border. ron desantis deploying the following forces including 800 national guard soldiers, drones and vessels. at my direction, state agencies and florida national guard being deployed to texas with assets including personnel, boats anden plas while biden ignores the crisis he created. likely this year terror watch list arrests will surpass the 98 recorded last year. todd: lucas tomlin
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r
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