won the democratic nomination. he is backed by socialist bernie sanders. he beat graham the daughter of bob graham. this is a sign the democratic party is being pulled further left even in a swing state like florida. it pits this bernie sanders backed candidate gillum and ron desantis backed by president trump. this should be an epic clash in the mid-terms. sanders versus trump when you have desantis who was given no chance of winning just a few months ago. a dramatic victory today against adam putnam. the president tweeted just a few moments ago: such a fantastic win for ron desantis. the people of the great state of florida, ron will be a fantastic governor. on to november!
democratic nomination. the key is he is backed by socialist bernie sanders. a complete upset. he beat former congresswoman glenn graham, the daughter of the former florida governor and senator bob graham, much more moderate, establishment. a sign that the democratic party is being pulled for her further left, even in a swing state like florida. it pits this bernie sanders-backed candidate and andrew gillum against, as you mentioned, ron desantis, backed by president trump. an epic clash in the sunshine state in november in these midterms. gubernatorial battle. sanders versus trump essentially, when you ve got to santos, who was given no chance of winning just a few months ago, a dramatic victory tonight against adam putnam. the state agriculture commissioner. the president to eat tweeted a few moments ago, such a fantastic win for ron desantis and the people of the great state of florida. ron will be a fantastic governor.
debating in any way shape or form. it s not going to be waning iss a winning issue for them. those folks trying to speak to the mcconnells point to a frustration that exist in the liberal base. they don t feel they have a leadership that s out there fighting for them. they see a lot of nonaction on the hill, asking for civility, asking for restraint. michelle obama, they go low, we go high. a lot of liberals are saying that s not working for me anymore. you guys need to step up and deliver something that makes us feel like you re representing us in this epic clash between donald trump s america and their america. they re not seeing that. that s why we re getting this grass roots rage out there. seems like it s a philosophical question. seems like it s a strategic question. they go low, we go high and
we re going to decide whether or not the president of the united states is going to declare himself above the law, and take steps to put himself above the law. so it is really an epic clash between two different world views. charlie, thank. frank, a big thanks to you as well and mr. baker, always appreciate your time and insight as well. we continue to watch this federal courthouse in new york city as michael cohen gets ready to go to court. why he is arguing that the feds should not be able to read those documents that they took from his house during a raid last week, and his office as well. also ahead, access denied for chemical weapons inspectors in syria as the u.s. takes steps to punish russia over its support of the assad regime. we ll take a look at some of the proposed new sanctions, next. we re putting ai into everything, and everything into the cloud. it s all so. smart. but how do you work with it? ask this farmer. he s using satellite data to help increase crop yields.
efforts to cnn. the president taking the bait, when he, mr. ball told espn that he didn t think it was a big deal. the president called him very ungrateful. the table is now set for what could be an epic clash of smack talkers. tonight lavar ball is here, and he has a message for the president. mr. ball, thank you for taking the opportunity. no problem. did you ever think you would be on cnn discussing geopolitics and the president of the united states? never in my wildest dreams. so as we live this dream. let s discuss how we got here. your son was playing ball with ucla in china. they stole merchandise from a