years for seditious conspiracy. the guy with his feet on the speaker s desk gets four years. but the guy who sent them to the capitol is still scot-free. then, the special counsel is closing in we get new reporting on team trump moving classified documents. plus, the disastrous rollout of the desantis campaign. rob desanctimonious and his members are dropping like a rock. is he a fool that has no idea what he s doing? and a showdown in texas as house republicans call for the attorney general to be impeached after he says the house speaker was drunk on the job. the objection to the [inaudible] when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it was a traumatic scene inside a washington court house today as a federal judge handed down the longest sentence yet for the january six insurrectionists. elmer stewart rhodes the third, founder of the far-right group the oath keepers, was convicted of the rare crime of seditious conspiracy late las
got to be some sort of video component to this. i guess a part of the drama of the announcement, no one knows what this thing is going to look like or sound like. we will be interviewing ron desantis and he quite an announcement to make. it will be the first time that something like this is happening on social media and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. jesse: not scripted. okay. this is obviously a nontraditional way to announce. usually candidates have a big rally with a huge crowd behind them holding up signs, clapping. you capture the raw energy of supporters live and then it s distributed everywhere. it s possible desantis didn t want to compete with the trump rally phenomenon. you don t want to get into a crowd measuring contest with the former president. trump also isn t on twitter he is on his own social media deal truth social so that could be a factor here. we are wondering how the event is going to be editing and distributed throughout the med
we now have a start date for donald trump s manhattan. it s right in the heart of primary season. the lead starts right now. the former president just learned he will be back in a new york city courtroom for the stormy daniels hush money case, and like i said, it will be right in the middle of the presidential primary season next year. trump says he understands he s not allowed to talk about certain parts of the case. then the charges now facing a 19-year-old accused of driving a u hall into the security barrier at the white house. inside the truck, according to the secret service, duct tape, a backpack, and a nazi flag. plus, well, that s going to give them something to tweet about. florida governor ron desantis turning to one of the most controversial ceos in world to help officially launch his 2024 presidential bid on social media. i m jake tapper. we begin in our law and justice lead. today a new york judge gave donald trump an official trial date, march 25th, 2024,
presidential bid during a rather unconventional live audio interview on twitter. we ll bring you the official launch as soon as it happens. in uvalde, texas, it s now been one full year since a gunman opened fire at robb elementary school killing 19 students and two teachers. the community and nation marking the terrible anniversary as questions remain over the response to the massacre. also tonight, the music world loses a legend. t tina turner is dead at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness. we ll remember her life and her iconic career. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the florida governor is only moments away from entering the crowded race for the republican nomination, launching a major challenge to former president trump. jessica jessica dean is joining us on what to expect from this rather unusual announcement. this is an unconventional presidential annou
speed bump. on the republican side, new skepticism over next week s default deadline. and a day of raw grief and remembrance in uvalde, texas, where almost one year to the moment a gunman walked into robb elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers, forever changing the community and the nation. we ll hear from one mother who lost her daughter, lexi, and is now demanding change. i m hoping that seeing her face, hearing her story encourages other moms and dads to join us in this fight. and we begin this hour with florida governor ron desantis set to jump into the presidential race in just about seven hours. nbc news was first to report he plans to launch it on twitter, during a talk with billionaire twitter owner elon musk on the social media platform. casey desantis, the governor s wife, released this teaser video. our best days lay ahead of us. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every si