It is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. At this hour, Breaking News, Hunter Biden stuns the Special Counsel. His last Minute Offer to change his plea just as Jury Selection was set to start in his tax case. Will the president s son be able to avoid a highly public trial. Were live at the courthouse as proceedings get back underway. Also developing, Donald Trumps indictment in the federal election case. It was back before a judge, but completely upended. The Courtroom Battle Today and the big decisions looming after the Supreme Courts immunity ruling. And major news in the Campaign Money wars. The massive new haul from Kamala Harriss Team and how it compares to Donald Trumps fundraising numbers. And could a School Shooting in georgia have been avoided. What were learning about the fbis past encounter with a 14yearold whos now accused of murdering 4 people. Our Nbc News reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with David Noriega who
declaration about the war in ukraine. we ll have that for you in just a moment. also ahead special counsel jack smith responds to a request by donald trump lawyers to delay his trial in the classified documents case. they want to do that after the 2024 election. plus hollywood officially goes dark for the first time in over six decades as writers and actors are now together on the picket lines. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, july 14th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. president joe biden wrapped up his five-day european trip to finland yesterday with nato s newest memberch it ended decades of neutrality in april when it became the alliance s 31st member. the country shares 830 miles of border with russia. president biden yesterday celebrated finland s membership and nato s united front against russian president vladimir putin. mr. president, at this critical moment in history, this inflection point, the world is watching to see will w
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with florida governor ron desantis set to launch his campaign today in an audio interview on twitter conducted by elon musk, part of an attempt to reset the table as donors express concern. there are other unconventional aspects like this dramatic teaser video tweeted out by his wife. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. jessica dean has more from miami. reporter: news coming on tuesday that makes it official, something that has been talked about for months and months. ron desantis will announce that he is running for the republican nomination for president. what is unique is that he will be sitting down to do so with the owner of twitter, elon musk. he will be doing that on wednesday night. that is not typically how someone would announce their candidacy, but it goes with what we ve been told about what the likely campa
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world! i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, plenty of new twist in the 2024 race for the white house. rhonda santas has chosen an interesting way to announce his candidacy while donald trump will likely be facing a criminal trial right in the middle of a critical primary month. a monster storm is fouling down on guam right now. the island is bracing for 200 rain, life-threatening storm surge and 165 mile an hour winds from typhoon mama. plus, grandma joys road trip, we will speak to the 93 year old woman who just visited all 63 national parks, the oldest living person ever to do so and the grandson who went with her on this wild adventure. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church! thanks for being with us. florida governor ron desantis will launch his long expected to run for the white house later today in an unconventional way. he will make the announcement duri
companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats against law enforcement. now, this was sent to the eight executives of