florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking some of its products celebrating pride month off store shelves. why? they cite confrontational behavior and threats toward store workers over its pride collection. we are following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get much more competitive. just a few hours from now florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his 2024 white house run in an unconventional way. he s announcing i
welcome to in inside politics. i m john king in washington. releasing right now, a brand new snapshot of the republican presidential race. our new poll finds donald trump up big, but it s an important but. voters say they are open to supp supporting ron desantis, who presses the start button on his campaign tonight. the former lawyers want an audience with the attorney general to complain about the special counsel and his investigation. and just moments ago, the house speaker saud he s sending negotiators to the white house. he insists he s conceded a lot. this happening as they pull back the curtain on how the former chief of staff is steering hard right conservatives in this fight over whether they pay their bills. we begin with a big day in the republican 2024 nomination chase. the florida governor ron desantis officially enters the fray tonight. anunsing his run in a conversation with the elon musk. it s a big play on the social media platform critical to donald trump
234,000 people trampling the border to get into our nation. that s up by more than 30% from the same time last year, and up more than 350% from april of 2018. republican lawmakers say president biden is not listening to americans concerns. the alien encounters so far since president biden s been in office is more than the population of 15 individual states. we need to make sure we re putting america first and not trying to dodge to issues that are important to the american people. reinstate the remain in mexico policy, support the border patrol agents, finish the wall and we could really see a difference. the president doesn t seem to want to take on these tough issues. harris: even with all of that, though, the illegal immigrants are not the only concern. this week authorities announce they found a major drug smuggling tunnel linking tijuana mexico to southern california. it spans the length of six football fields and is built in what was thought to be one of the most f
st. louis ll own jon hamm voicing a new ad for marine veteran lucas koontz, the democrat who wants to replace josh hawley in missouri. no n. missouri you can t fake courage. we re the show me state. courage is something you have to show us. the first lady jill biden becoming the piece de resistance on the food network. she made a cameo last night on chopped. she surprised four active duty military chefs taking part in the finale of a salute to the military. please welcome first lady of the united states dr. jill biden. our military is so important, and we are so thankful for everything that you do for our country. thanks for your time on inside politics today. we ll see you tomorrow. cnn news central starts right now.
tom, we re talking about 2024. but this is going to be quite something, is it not? and another opportunity for republicans to get this right? yeah, the map of 2024 is actually very good for republicans. i think they re just defending very few seats. i think the top democratic top target on that list for democrats was rick scott, who barely won his race ousting bill nelson. given what happened in florida last night, they may want to rethink that strategy. you go down the list, brawn in indiana, marsha blackburn in tennessee, these are safe seats. josh hawley in missouri. these are seats republicans should hold on to. ted cruz will draw a lot of attention, especially in a presidential year. he was in a fairly close race last time around against bay toe o rourke. so i suspect cruz will be one. but the democrats are defending a lot of territory in states that republicans have a shot at.