re-election in november by nearly 20 points. now he is aiming for the white house and taking on the last republican to hold it. florida governor ron desantis will declare tomorrow evening he s a candidate for president. part of a campaign rollout that includes a twitter conversation tomorrow with ceo elon musk. paperwork filing with the federal election commission. and an overhaul of ron desantis.com which went from a florida based political page to an alligator. rising from the water. i think what we have done in florida should inspire people. defended fight against disney. touted run as governor. he sparred with the naacp after the organization issued a florida travel advisory, claiming the state has become hostile under the governor s leadership. desantis called it a stunt. and republicans noted the chair of the naacp s board of directors lives in florida. the white house has even weighed in. republicans in florida have attacked diversity, administration for the pa
speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg
other things the republicans are proposing is intended to help address this. texas on present course and speed will actually have more renewable energy generating capacity in solar than california, which you would have thought to have been the big state. and the last great irony, of course, is that the texas legislature, which is kind of fond of oil and gas, is trying to slow this down to try to have more oil and gas. but that s a story for another day. but right now, texas is in the lead on putting this stuff into service. fascinating stuff about the green revolution that is coming or maybe is already here already. steve rattner, thanks so much. always great to see you. mika? all right. a russian court has extended the pre-trial detention of imprisoned american journalist evan gershkovich, by three months. in response, his employer, the wall street journal released a statement yesterday, confirming that he had appeared in a moscow
impressionable teens. what could happen if they exchanged information and continued to have a relationship outside of their ride sharing company could add an extra layer of protection having drivers promise not to share information with the teens. meantime subaruer says safety is a top priority for not only teen rides but all of them. bret? bret: charles, thank you. bret: russian troops and security forces are fighting for a second day against an alleged cross border raid. moscow blames on military saboteurs. the ukrainian government says uprising against the kremlin by russian partisans. a russian court has extended the detention of imprisoned american journalist evan gershkovich for another three months the state run task news agency says an investigator from russia s