in washington tonight. right after the iowa caucuses,, the angle gave advice to governor sang tuesday and governor haley to drop out. people forget how young he is. three more years as florida s governor, can he build an even greater track record of success in that very important state. so, a future in the republican party for him could be really bright. but he is simply not going to be president this time around. so it s time to step aside and endorse trump. waiting for south carolina is a colossal waste of time and money and, frankly, it s a waste of your future political capital. laura: for having the nerve to say that, i was set upon by a bunch of paid flax for both candidates who, obviously, preferred to stay right on that gravy train as long as possible but yesterday, desantis made the right call by suspending his campaign and endorsing trump. now, i have been telling you there is a lot of good news lately and tonight i m going to say it again. there s a lot of good
this is the ingraham angle back in washington tonight. one step closer is the focus of tonight s angle. after the iowa caucuses, angle gave advice to governor desantis and haley, drop out. people forget how young he is. with what, three more years as florida s governor, he can build an even greater track record in that important state. a future in the republican party for him will be bright. it is time to step aside and endorse trump. waiting for south carolina is a waste of money and political capital. for having nerve to say that, i was sat upon by both candidates who preferred to stay right on the gravy train as long as possible. but yesterday desantis made the right call suspending his campaign and supporting trump. there is a lot of good news lately and this is good for the populous movement and the country. the angle has had great respect for how desantis has led florida, it is a solidly red state and growing like gang busters, we know that narrative. he s built a str
weeks away, donald trump is taking his campaign rhetoric to dark extremes. we re getting new reaction to trump s immigrant-bashing that s invoking comparisons to nazi germany. the gop governor of new hampshire chris sununu joins us live this hour. also tonight, two former georgia election workers are su su suing rudy giuliani again after he was ordered to pay the women nearly $150 million in damages. we re going to tell you what they want now. and hamas releases video of three elderly israelis it s holding captive in gaza. the u.s. is playing a role in restarting negotiations aimed at freeing the remaining captives amid pleas from hostages. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. exactly four weeks from tonight, the first votes of the 2024 presidential election cycle will be cast in iowa. and gop front-runner donald trump is trying to fire up supporters with ugly and very chilling new attacks on immigrants. cnn s omar jimenez has more on trump s rhetoric and t
i will stay with it until we can get it done. the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like, not about default. house speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden remain on the same page about not letting the u.s. default on its debt, but time is really running out to get a deal in place before the deadline. we ll have much more on the negotiations and that time line in just a moment. plus, a federal judge sends a message to an insurrectionist handing out the longest sentence to a january 6th defendant to date. and also ahead we ve got new details on presidential campaign fund-raising for florida governor ron desantis including some questionable actions by his gubernatorial staff. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 26th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. with less than a week until the united states could default on its debts house lawmakers have left
just ahead here on cnn newsroom. republican and nikki haley begins her run for for confidene the tests, politicians over 75 years old. could she be targeting president biden? or donald trump? our political analyst weighs in. plus, anger in eastern ohio as residents wonder if this small town is safe after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. and, later, survivors still being found under the rubble more than a week after a powerful earthquake left parts of turkey and syria devastated. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. but first, we begin with new developments in the investigation into former president donald trump s role in seeking to overturn a 2020 election. cnn has now learned a special counsel has subpoenaed trump s former chief of staff mark meadows, who was witness to trump s actions during the insurrection at the u.s. capitol. cnn s evan perez has more details now from washington. donald trump s former chief of staff