84-year-old man expected before a judge accused of shooting a black teenager after he mistakenly went to the wrong house and rang on the man s doorbell how the community is rallying around the injured teen. and in texas, a man under arrest accused of shooting two cheerleaders after one in their group mistakenly got into the wrong car. one of the girls being treated in the icu new this morning, a hearing for a massachusetts air national guardsman accused in a massive leak of classified intelligence documents. that hearing delayed but now new details about what those documents reveal it is one of the largest defamation payouts in history. a huge settlement between dominion voting systems and fox news, but fox s legal troubles are not over in florida, governor ron desantis feud with disney heating up today as he faces new criticism from his potential presidential rivals. and we begin this morning with what appears to be yet another tragic incident of gun violence this tim
conversations were just conversations. there is no commitment or guarantee the dollars will be there. he has to figure out how to translate to the speaker s point, this florida narrative nationally and my bet is it doesn t translate nationally people like disney people think the way disney is being handled is inappropriate to go after, you know, one of the largest employers in the state. for what reason? they took a conscientious position against legislation that be, you know, went against some of their own employees, for example. so there is a lot for this governor to figure out how to correct if he launches a presidential bid in the face of these wins. i m wondering, the insistence gi the governor on the back and forth, it seems as though there have been a series of waves, right, regarding this issue
disney feud? there is no gaming moment for desantis, particularly given that you are now seeing a couple of cracks. one, obviously, between trump with trump and with chris christie, who may or may not get in the race, but has placed a marker but then you also have the fact that as you just noted coming into this conversation that at least six members of the florida delegation refuse to hold their power and wait for the governor to make a decision so, all of this all of the backdrop with what is going on in florida is sort of underscored by how the political class is responding to him the governor was in waushington earlier this week, couple of days ago, trying to ing to shor support with high end donors from what i understood those
chris christie also said he wasn t sure if desantis was a conservative and this is all playing out in the backdrop here at the florida state legislature to why we speculated that governor desantis is waiting until after the legislative session to announce a run for president they have passed man ed many ofe governor s priorities so far we spoke with paul renner earlier today, a staunch republican ally and ally of governor desantis, of course, and i asked him about a wide range of issues. here is part of our conversation. has he indicated to you he plans to run for president after the session is over? no he hasn t. he s focused on this very, very big transformative session i think he s leading where the country ought to go in the coming years. do you think disney should be retaliated against i don t think it is retaliation at all. isn t it risky to go after the largest single site employer in florida
potential 2024 rivals including former president trump himself joining us now from tallahassee is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez. walk us through all of these moving parts what is going on between the governor and disney? reporter: good morning. as you said, the governor in south carolina this morning, once again touting his vision of florida and trying to sell it to a more national audience in an early primary state, referring once again to disney as a, quote, woke corporation, and as you know, jose, this is an ongoiing feud since last year when disney opposed the parental rights and education act here in florida, which critics dubbed don t say gay bill, well, governor desantis doubled down his attacks earlier this week. today, a state board appointed by governor desantis is meeting near orlando, but he s facing a lot of backlash from some potential 2024 republican rivals including donald trump who called this a political stunt,