midwest. i started watching more what they did during this legislative session. i thought, man, they ve done an awful lot. maybe it s that florida is the iowa of the southeast. i don t know. florida ron desantis laying it on thick with praise for iowa during a barnstorm trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of donald trump canceling a campaign event in that state, and that comes as there s new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups between president joe biden, trump, and desantis. we ll take a look at the latest numbers. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling negotiations as the clock is ticking before president biden takes a trip to january for the g7 summit. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. the two front-runners for the 2024 republican nomination were both expected to be in iowa over the weekend, but concerns about extreme weather kept
fadeaway, cuts it in. 31 for jayson tatum in game sneechb that s my guy. there was no slow start for jayson tatum last night. the celtics star exploded for 25 first half points on the way to a historic 51-point effort, the most ever in a game seven to lead boston to a serious clinching win over the philadelphia 76ers. tatum had a bunch of slow starts in the series. not yesterday. the teams were neck and neck over the first two quarters. then the celtics absolutely blitzed the sixers in a 33-10 run in the third quarter and ran away with a 112-88 thumping. the celtics advance to the eastern conference finals against the miami heat. they re always tough. the heat eliminated the new york knicks in game six over the weekend. game one of the eastern conference finals, celtics/heat, wednesday night in boston. meanwhile the denver nuggets