trump for the gop presidential nomination? think about it. he s a former president, essentially a gop incumbent, who is consistently polling around 50% of the gop vote in the polls. and we learned in 2016 that give continue hard core support that trump enjoys from some, he s the beneficiary of a large field. remember, in that cycle there were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley, and then vivek ramaswamy, larry elder, asa hutchinson, tim scott, and now ron desantis, who, by the way, is only 44 years old. by biden/trump standards, he s got three more decades to run for president. so why run now? why get into the steel cage with a wrestler who always carries a foreign object? mike pence said he ll soon make a decision. chris christie sounds like a candidate. even glenn younk gkin is taking second look. what s going on? maybe they don t think they ll have to beat trump. that will be done by a combination of al
development in the high stakes legal battle to abortion access, the most high stakes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. a federal court of appeals heard arguments on why the widely used abortion drug mifepristone should be available. and attorney for the pharmaceutical company and anti-abortion groups squared off and a circuit court of appeals, which has historically been one of the nation s most conservative appeals court. during the tour to the hearing, the panel of judges, all of whom had previously backed abortion restrictions took repeated shots at the fda and, in the process, expose their fundamental lack of knowledge with the facts behind medication abortion. the hearing turned hostile within seconds with the judge james ho interrupting a lawyer after she described the landmark case as unprecedented in her opening statement. judge how asked that she, quote, just focus on the facts of the case rather than have the sort of fda can do no wrong theme. in anoth
i ll tell you what that would actually look like and i ll ask jacksonville s mayor elect donna deegan how she pulled off a stunning upset with a much different brand of politics. plus, fulton county district attorney fani willis signals that something big could becoming an august. i have some unsolicited advice about how drunk donald trump s republican rivals might want to message around that. meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican hostage takers joins me live. and later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker. we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism in washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. . both florida governor ron desantis is set to officially enter the race for president this week. and let s be honest, he s definitely work in progress when it comes to retail
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. four, three, two, one. engine s full power. and liftoff. falcon 9, go axiom. [ applause ] together we expand this is a beautiful sight if you just missed it, right now four private astronauts are on the way to the international space station. the axiom 2 mission blasted off from the kennedy space center just minutes ago. we ll go there live in just a few minutes to wrap up some really remarkable developments on the space coast. but on the meantime, here in atlanta and in washington, negotiations are resuming to confront the looming debt crisis. the talks will be at the staff level for the moment but they will set the stage for a high-stakes meeting between the president and kevin mccarthy. they spoke today and this new glimmer of optimism, if we could believe it, comes as the prospect of a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. are you at all optimistic about what we could accomplish today. could we g
the democratic party has thrown us women aside. we re going to go to washington, and we re going to shake things up. i can t trust obama, he s an arab. the first african american president of the united states. failure to act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. this is not health reform, this is control. how is that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for ya? the american people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. it s been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you are a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular. and many democrats think they can win the presidency. senator biden now joining a growing list of democratic candidates who are announcing their intentions for 08. on the democratic side, yo