Aide is at a florida courthouse, potentially to go before a grand jury, investigating trumps handling of classified documents. Overseas, pope francis in the hospital and scheduled to undergo surgery. What we know about his condition. Back at home, another Mass Shooting, this time outside a High School Graduation in virginia. And we are Just Moments Away from yet another republican officially entering the 2024 president ial race. It comes just hours before former Vice President mike pence does something that hasnt been done in more than 80 years. And we begin with Breaking News on the investigations into former President Donald Trump this morning. A key trump aide who runs a protrump super pac entered the federal courthouse in miami to potentially testify before a grand jury Hearing Evidence in the investigation into trumps handling of Classified Information. This comes as two people briefed on the matter tell the New York Times former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows testified b
Ephemeral legislation. Yeah. That went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. Ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. Its still early. We have a couple hours ahead. Maybe we can find another one. Meanwhile, the Florida Governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third president ial bid. Well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. Is it desantis, is it December Desantis . Did he answer it . He did, and it was unrevealing. Huh. Republicans are still upset with Kevin Mccarthy over the Debt Ceiling Deal. Wah. One calling for a day of reckoning. Are you kidding me . It is a day of reckoning for the extremists, who thought that they were going to be able to hold, not only congress and Kevin Mccarthy and the president hostage, but also hold the United States economy hostage. They werent able to do it. These guys struck a deal, and struck a deal that passed overwhelmingly.
Branding of the program. We can go with the more accurate polish version or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation . The polish version probably closer to my roots. Im not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. Florida Governor Ron Desantis kicked off his president ial run last week. Perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to launch the campaign was hearing the candidates last name. Come again. The same day he released that video, he appeared on fox news and said this. Anybody thats so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support. This was lowhanging fruit for the trump campaign. Im ron desantis. This is Governor Ron Desantis. Wishing everyone a merry christmas. Who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this political calamity. The governor seemed unphased when asked what the final word on how to pronounce his name. He said this. This is ridiculous. The way to pronounce my last anytime, winner. While a name
Face questions any moment now, we expect john kirby to join Karine Jeanpierre on the podium after a busy weekend on the international front. More on that in just a moment. Sandra the briefing comes amid renewed questions about President Bidens age and the 2024 election. Well see if The White House gets pressed on any of that. John welcome back as America Reports rolls into hour number two. Im john roberts in washington, off to a rolicking start this week. Sandra we will be monitoring that Press Briefing and will bring the news as it comes in, but first this fox news alert. John major powers testing the United States on The World State yet again, starting with saudi arabia after the oil rich kingdom announced more cuts and threatening another summer of high gas prices. Sandra China Making Waves in the taiwan strait, a Chinese Navy Ship cutting across the path of an american destroyer. John dont forget about russia, Vladimir Putin leaning on the back of the Chinese Communist party as he
Colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanderstownsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. The twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to Face Criminal Charges from the federal government. Over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the Justice Departments case against the former commanderinchief. A case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. When the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. The indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. Outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trumps maralago resort last august. Trump faces 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act, through willful retention of classified records. He faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. Nauta it was also charg