i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday. kaitlan is back. that makes me very happy. we re back. and so much going on today. and what s going to come. let s hope a deal. yeah. let s get started. i do sense a skeptic? i believe it. let s get to the five things we need to know for this wednesday, may 24th. ron desantis set to announce his 2024 white house run today. there is nothing conventional about this. he s going to make the announcement on twitter with elon musk. the once favored platform for his rival donald trump before he got banned. and speaking of the former president, he now has a court date in the stormy daniels hush money probe here in new york. he ll stand trial in march of 2024, right in the middle of the campaign for the auto term. and a super typhoon is lashing the american territory of guam right now. it is expected to bring a triple threat of heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and life
desantis upcoming announcement. what are we expecting from this audio event on twitter with elon musk? reporter: well, jake, ron desantis has already filed the paperwork to run for president this afternoon. so all that s left for him to do is to say the words i m running for president and we expect him to do that tonight at this virtual town hall with elon musk. it will start in about an hour. during that time, he ll take questions and give a statement, and he will finally enter this race. he s spent months and months in this slow rollout. he s been on the road, a book tour, he s done international travel. now it becomes official. his campaign has been hype thing moment for the last couple of days, including posting this video to twitter on his wife s account. do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every single time. reporter: now, he also took care of a bit of housekeeping today. he officially signed a bill that makes clear he d
marcus moore in ukraine. 24 hours after the deadly shooting rampage in atlanta the alleged gunman charge. as we now learn about the woman killed, a mother of two young children, a beloved cdc employee. four other women wounded. steve osunsami in atlanta. the deadly subway confrontation under investigation in new york city. disturbing video showing a former marine using a choke hold to restrain a man who witnesses say was acting erratically and threatening other passengers. the man later dying in the hospital. protesters demanding the former marine now face charges. the new report claiming the billionaire mega donor who paid for vacations or supreme court justice clarence thomas and bought justice thomas mother s home now comes reporting that the donor paid the private school tuition for thomas great-nephew who thomas raised as a son. n karl reporting tonight. the verdict for singer ed sheeran on whether he copied marvin gaye s song. you will hear his reaction tonight.
about a couple big issues here at home. first, pentagon pflueger who posted with the defense department because sensitive highly classified material in a chat room popular with video gamers. i was checking to make sure they get to the root of why he had axis in the first place number one and number two the focus extensively on the extent to which it all occurred and that s going on right now. i have nothing to report beyond what s already reported. a new report in the washington post reviewing leaked secret documents detail the u.s. was aware of the 24 china spy balloons in addition to the one u.s. shot down in february. meantime not only was biden ready to talk about the leaker, he weighed in on planes for 2024 but again keeping it vague. we ve already made that calculus will announce it relatively soon. you made a decision? i told you my plan is to run again. short of an announcement we will get to that. first, we have so much to talk about particularly this lea