a lot of people are afraid of him. i ve been doing it for 22 years. i m not the least bit afraid of him. chris christie sure seems to be dropping more hits about a possible presidential campaign as he continues to criticize donald trump we ll have more of those comments straight ahead. and weeks after the first lady said he s running again, president joe biden finally appears ready to make it official, we think plus, the fight for endorsements in florida is not going well for ron desantis, his cool touch to republicans hadn t paid any dividends yet we re going have to have new reporting on trump s personal efforts to connect with lawmakers. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 21st i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. president joe biden is preparing to formally announce he is running for re-election next week the president s team is plning to launch his 2024 campaign soon potentially as early a
refusal to testify before the january 6th select committee and his failure to turn over documents. let s begin this morning outside the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. cnn political correspondent sara murray is there. how is all of this expected to play out today? reporter: well, you know, look, steve bannon is here in court, we expect this could take a couple of hours. what we know is that steve bannon is trying to get out of any kind of jail time. he was convicted on two counts for refusing to show up for a subpoena to testify before congress and refusing to hand over documents. the government has asked that he spend six months behind bars and they said he should pay a $200,000 fine. now, bannon s team has said, look, at the most he should get probation, he listened to his attorneys advice and if you are going to put him behind bars it should be house arrest only. they are also saying bannon plans to appeal his conviction and they re saying that any punishment he
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moment, but first, president biden in south korea today where he is issuing new warnings to china and north korea. jacqui heinrich is in seoul with the very latest. reporter: good morning to you, david. in case the subtext of the president s trip was not clear enough, he wrapped up his final full day in south korea with a not so veil ised warning the china that they better not invade taiwan, or they ll face at least the same treatment that that russia is getting over its invasion of ukraine. our alliance between our countries is built on shared sacrifice. our joint commitment to the freedom of the republic of korea and our opposition [inaudible] reporter: before his state dinner with south korean president yun, biden sopped to sign a $40 billion aid package funding ukraine s military, having that bill flown to the other side of the world for his immediate signature so there ll be no lapse in funding. the moment underscoring alliance after china buzzed taiwan with a do
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