an autocrat facing dozens of ny charges with an ax to grind against the government he seeks to lead. that s a question that republican candidates are either unable to answer or unwilling to answer at this moment. there s now just one major challenger to ex-president trump after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump. it s hard to remember but for a time, ron desantis was seen as the much vaunted trump slayer, the one candidate who could break the hold on trump that he had on the voters in the republican party. appeal to those alienated by trump and ultimately beat joe biden. back in 2022, the new yorker asked, can ron desantis displace donald trump as the combatant in chief? the new york times asked, quote, is ron desantis the future of the republican party? but a las as it turned out, voters didn t want a trump alternative, they wanted trump. that became clear as his legal troubles mounted with every indictment the trump got stronger in the pol
reporting from new york. yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage right now. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. this morning, major political fallout on capitol hill as republicans formally launch their impeachment inquiry into president biden, hours after his son defied a subpoena to speak with lawmakers behind closed doors. meanwhile, new developments in the federal criminal case surrounding former president donald trump. why a new court ruling threatens to push back the trial s start date, even further, into the presidential election year. this morning in an unexpected twist, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani will not take the stand in his multimillion dollar civil defamation trial. we ll take you live to the courthouse and breakdown what is next for this case. as democrats are considering major concessions on the border, we re going to take you live to one port of entry officials had to close after being overwhelmed with new arrivals. we re also goin
everybody. thanks so much for joining us this morning. welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. communist china and america s national security, new worries this morning over another virus in china and a potential cover-up to come. china is masking up once again as gop senators call for travel restriction from the communist country. coming up, south dakota governor kristi noem on the china threat. then, the new virus just in time for america s next presidential election. is the ccp trying to keep joe biden in the white house and interfere in the u.s. election? as former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe told me last month. dissented from the intelligence community s majority and said how china was trying to influence the outof the 2020 election, and that has been corroborated. the fbi has walked back intention and said, no, china did try and interfere, continues to try and interfere in elections. and that s going to continue to be the case. m
thanks so much for joining us this morning. welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. communist china and america s national security, new worries this morning over another virus in china and a potential cover-up to come. china is masking up once again as gop senators call for travel restriction from the communist country. coming up, south dakota governor kristi noem on the china threat. then, the new virus just in time for america s next presidential election. is the ccp trying to keep joe biden in the white house and interfere in the u.s. election? as former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe told me last month. dissented from the intelligence community s majority and said how china was trying to influence the outof the 2020 election, and that has been corroborated. the fbi has walked back intention and said, no, china did try and interfere, continues to try and interfere in elections. and that s going to continue to be the case. maria: comin
and welcome to hannity. and tonight, the ceasefire in gaza that will continue for at least another day. but now joe biden is reportedly asking israel to go easy in the fighting against the terrorist group. go easy on terrorists. shouldn t you be having a goal of victory against terrorism and it will bring you the latest sad chapter of joe biden s impotent foreign policy. that s straight ahead. plus, the u.n. wants you, the american people, to stop eating meat. we actually give them billions of dollars for their advice. maybe it s time to say bye bye to the globalist organizations. and later, a full report on what is the latest mysterious outbreak in china. guess what? masks are back. distancing is back now, by the way, in china, it s causing hospitals to become overwhelmed with sick children. could this be another covid like pandemic out of china? we ll have a full report. but first, hunter biden, he s back in the news and not for his world renowned artwork. now, tonight,