expected to give the former president his toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor ron desantis getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. trump used it to pummel the republican field, including marco rubio and jeb bush who he turned into a campaign punching bag. in a moment, randi kaye looks into whether desantis will do better. first, the political waters he is about to jump into. in one way they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval now stands at 40%. new polling out late today shows this. with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that poll shows 34% approve of the way the president is handling the economy. desantis enters a large and growing field. five more are known to be weighing a run, including pence and sununu and chris christie and youngkin. it s the large field that some experts say will favor the former preside
okay. i have just a really quick question. i promise it will be quick. the statue that everyone is talking about that they think is her on the yacht s that her? so, it is not her. although a striking resemblance. it s actually the norse goddess freya. beautiful looking mermaid on the front of the ship slash megayacht. it s not a boat. it s much bigger than the boat. you don t have that on your yacht? i don t have the yacht. thank you, chloe. thank you, chloe. congratulations to them and cnn this morning continues right now. a u-haul truck rammed into security barriers near the white house. and the driver is around arrest for threatening to kill, kidnap harm the president, vp or family members. looming debt limit deadline. experts warn of a global recession that could take years to recover from. this would be a generational, economic self-inflicted wound. the fact that they are still committed to getting a deal is a positive sign. i felt we had a prod
good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former president s toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponent s former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor jeb bush, who you turn first into a verbal punching bag, then a campaign punchline, and finally, a political footnote. in a moment randi kaye looks ahead to whether governor desantis will do any better against those kind of tactics. first, the kind of political waters he is about to jump into. in one way, they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval, now stands at 40%. a new cnn polling out late today. and with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that same p
challenges as he makes a third run for the white house. today, he made a virtual appearance at a hearing in the manhattan d. a. s hush money case. it was his first court appearance since pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. this afternoon, the judge told him the trial would begin on march 25th 2024, the heart of the presidential campaign season. the judge also issued an order of restricting trump opposing about some evidence in the case, nbc legal analyst lisa reuben was in the courtroom. the judge did not obey the protective order to trump line for line, but definitely wanted to make sure on the record that trump had reviewed it line for line with his lawyer and that he understood most importantly that it is a court order that if he violates, he risks a wide range of sanctions including and up through criminal contempt. was my clinic believes this is an infringement of a first amendment right and i have assured him, your honor, that was not yo
and the battle for, buck moves a city now in ruins after the lace battle of the war in ukraine. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. greetings. i m simone sanders towns, interesting role. the former president has learned when he ll go on trial in the hush money case and reporting says one of the special counsel s investigations maybe near the end. according to the wall street journal special counsel jack smith is wrapping up the criminal case involving trump s handling of classified documents. the journal says smith quote has all but finished obtaining testimony and other evidence according to people familiar with the matter. trump is trying to take his case directly to the justice department. today his lawyer sent out a letter to attorney general merrick garland requesting a meeting to discuss the special counsel s investigation. of course donald trump is facing multiple legal challenges as he makes a third run for the white house. today, he made a v