headlines. heat. florida governor ron desantis is now set to officially announce that he is running for president. cnn learned that the florida governor is going to make the announcement tonight during an interview with elon musk on twitter. his wife, casey desantis released this video of him getting ready to walk on a stage as a dramatic voiceover speaks in the background. do i have the courage? it is worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it. every single time. desantis has widely been seen as former donald trump s leading challenger for the republican nomination. there are questions on what this launch will look like. the poll numbers have been slipping after shaky performances leading up to this launch. trump has been relentlessly attacking him for months now. and we re now learning that trump and his allies have been preparing for this moment with a coordinated plan to try to up end desantis campaign launch. there is a social media blitz and appearing in
raised. it s nonnot an acceptable situation for us to be able to pay our bills. that s treasury secretary janet yellen, reiterating her belief that the united states will go into default if the debt ceiling is not raised in just nine days. it comes as president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today in hopes of hashing out their growing differences on the budget. also ahead, we ll recap the president s trip to japan for the g7 summit, which included a meeting with the ukrainian president. plus, we ve got new reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing him in the classified documents investigation. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin this morning with the debt ceiling. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to meet one-on-one today at the white house. this comes after a weekend of
reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing the former president in the classified documents investigation. meanwhile, another republican senator is saying that the former president cannot win the 2024 election. we will have those comments and what they mean. it comes as the republican field in the race for the white house is about to add another name. plus, the naacp calls out florida governor ron desantis, we will have more on the organization s warning. also ahead, we will recap president biden s trip to japan for the g7 summit which included a meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and preview his meeting today at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy as both sides are trying to find a compromise that would avoid a default on the country s debt. with us we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us, also with us
challengers if not his biggest challenger former president donald trump is playing to undercut the campaign launch. speaking of trump, the special counsel investigating the former president is about to get some crucial documents from the national archives today. they could end up potentially being key evidence in his probe. and the man accused of ramming the barricades near the white house and threatening to kill the president will appear in court. new details about what the suspect said after the crash. also guam getting slammed by one of the most devastating storms we have seen there in decades. today marks one year since that mass shooting in uvalde that left 19 elementary school children and two teachers dead. president biden is planning to address the anniversary calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic happening in america. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. today florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his presidential race. we
diplomat for the first time since russia s invasion. and significant turbulence rocks a flight from texas. what caused a plane to plunge, terrifying passengers and sending seven to the hospital. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the death threats against jewish elected officials in michigan. this comes at a very, very dangerous moment following a dramatic rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country as well as threats to government leaders. let s bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what more first of all are you uncovering about this alleged plot in the state of michigan? reporter: yeah, wolf, this is part of an alarming and dangerous trend that we see across the country. in this case this man by the name of jack eugene carpenter is charged with making interstate threats against a number of jewish officials in michigan including dana ne