Neil lets go indeed. Less than five hours to go until the big debate on fox bus live in simi valley, california at the Ronald Reagan library. Seven candidates are facing off in what could be for several of them a make or break moment. Ron desantis could prove to be a key target. Hes the guy in the middle. So could nikki haley who has been rocketing in the polls. The nation is watching and so are a lot of anxious donors. Coming up, South Carolina republican congresswoman nancy mace on whether she is ready to make a choice. But first, weve got Fox Team Coverage with Grady Trimble steps away from that debate stage. And chad pergram on capitol hill with the threat of a Government Shut Down looming large over that debate stage. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. Glad to have you. First off, my thanks to Charles Payne for filling in while i was out. Rushed back for job security. Meantime, the fox business Grady Trimble on what we can expect tonight. Hes got a perch there unlike anyone else.
all thanks for joining me today. i m alison camp maratha. i ll see you back here tomorrow. and newsroom with jessica dean starts right now. you re, in the. cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i m jessica lean in washington and we begin today with former president and now convicted felon donald trump boasting a surgeon campaign donations following the verdict in his historic hush money criminal trial the trump campaign says it is raised nearly 53 million since he was found guilty by a manhattan jury of falsifying business records in order to influence the 2016 election. the judge has set trump s sentencing date for july 11. that s just days before the republican national convention, where trump is expected to be time tapped as the party s nominee trump, of course, planning to appeal and yesterday he gave a glimpse of how we intends to forge ahead with his campaign falsely calling the trial rigged and claiming political persecution this is a case where if they can do this to me, they
me that, they re committed to this i don t think money has much of an impact in politics as much as it used to, because people s minds are made up but it actually saddened me as a republican to see the base many of them on a fixed income continue to feed this guy is griffin at the cost of their own ability to buy medicine and food. it makes me sad actually do you think that the former president should face jail time i ll that s a tough one. i ll leave that one up to how they sentence he certainly hasn t shown any remorse you know what you would expect when somebody s going up for sentencing to show some version of remorse or at least be quiet in the press. he s not doing that. he s continuing to attack. so i ll leave that to the judge. obviously, donald trump in jail would have a serious implication for this country, but we can t do justice on the basis of somebody just announced they re running for president or a special class of people that are somehow exempt from
georgia runoff. i know around the country florida was kind of the biggest bright spot. it was not so bright in other parts of the country. it was substandard performance given the dynamics that are at play. and it s interesting desantis telling people to chill out, folks from georgia. trump mentioned herschel walker i think in his fund i don t think money will go to herschel walker if he is in fact raise money for him. it seems desantis, you ve got to feel pretty comfortable in order to tell people to chill out. listen, he is right. i think kind of the new york post you mentioned says something like 720 days until the next election, kind of tongue in cheek. there s a long way to go between here and there. and i think people do need to exhale here and see what happens in the coming months and i think ron desantis is right to say that. when you re the lead dog you ve
the of course. be very clear pup have a republican party spends millions saying chuck shoop sir destroying america and doesn t spend a dime to defeat chuck schumer, no the actually being genuine. or know chuck schumer s going to win re-election. 13 points. and i ll the man won by vote six years ago, 1.5 before that, and yeah. again, to my former argument, there is an argument to be made that by not spending money against a man who controls the purse strings. not just his own campaign cash but also the let me hear in was an opportunity that was lost, that hurt kari lake in arizona, lost candidates in colorado, hurt those candidates in new hampshire. the fact we had so much joseph, hang on. you re missing the point here. i don t care how much money you put behind those people again, what kaitlan said.