that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. i ll have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn he ll be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a new york times reporter listened in. i m going to read a quote from that new york times story which begins with something desantis said on the call. you basically have three people credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis said on the call, organized by the superpac supporting him, biden, trump and me. of the two, two have a chance to be elected, biden and me. the times said he is basing that on swing state data which he describes as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable because people aren t going to change their view of him. which is
solidarity with other industries. while this incident came about spontaneously, they did find that organizers from amazon and starbucks unions showed up to help them and vice versa. sneets. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. president biden will be meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. ukraine already scored a key victory after the u.s. has signalled it will now permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders issued a statement of support, saying, quote, we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. high on the agenda, western leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. phil mattingly is in hiroshima, japan. what can we expect from this highly anticipated meeting between biden and zelenskyy? reporter: you know, the symbolism is obvious. we ve seen it not just here in hiroshima, but also over the course of the last ten days with pr
good morning, i m erica hill, it is a busy tuesday at this hour. we are officially two weeks away from the midterms. a major focus on the senate battle in pennsylvania today, one of the most critical races this cycle. tonight republican mehmet oz and democrat john fetterman will face off for their first and only debate, and we are on the ground in harrisburg. overnight in florida incumbent republican governor ron desantis going toe to toe with his democratic challenger charlie crist. the two sparring on a number of topics, we will discuss with charlie crist in our next hour. plus new this morning, adidas officially severing ties with kanye west following a rash ant submit tick comments. a moscow regional court upholding the drug smuggling conviction of american basketball star brittney griner. she was sentenced to nine years behind bars in russia. cnn s kylie atwood is live at the state department for us this morning. kylie, what more are we hearing about what this coul
good afternoon, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. it s good to have you. more than 9 million votes across the country already been cast. election day just two weeks away now. not two days away. two weeks away. and the pressure s on for the candidates to win over every voter. it s especially high in pennsylvania. tonight democrat john fetterman will face off against republican mehmet oz in perhaps the most anticipated debate of the election season. it s also the only chance for pennsylvanians to see the candidates argue the issues side by side. in a 50-50 senate pennsylvania is one of the races democrats hope to gain to retain power over the chamber. many voters there have already made up their minds, though. nearly 640,000 people have already turned in ballots. cnn s jessica dean is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jessica, give us a preview of tonight s debate. reporter: well, bianna, you really just outlined how critical this
The chair declares the committee in recess subject to the call of the chair. Well reconvene in five minutes. Thank you. All guests should remain prohibited by title six of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dissent is essential to democracy. But dissent must never lead to disorder, or denying the right of others the committee will reconvene and come to order following our recess. Ms. Fernandez, youre recognized for five minutes. Thank you so, madam chairwoman, and thank you so much secretary cardona for being here today for keeping the focus. I keep seeing you keeping the poe focus on the issue of education, because we know that education is both the foundation of our democracy, as well as the path for prosperity for our families. Now i wanted to give you the time to answer a bit about the question that came up earlier. You really werent given the time, or im sorry, the respect to be able to explain the authorities that you have under the Higher Education act, to forgive Student Loans. And