6th attendee and candidate doug mastriano. all back in for the, desantis is bringing his far-right agenda to the classroom. the state telling educators what they must teach and what they are not allowed to say. tonight, part two of our special report. and democrats, hopeful as republicans run scared. new polling showing the gop is trump backed candidates could cost them a chance at taking the senate. republican strategist mike murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, a trump ally lindsey graham tells us he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with the story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is finding a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term go
murphy who is fed up with this party joins us live. plus, trump ally lindsey graham is told he must testify next week. andrew weizmann, former prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller s team is our guest. but tonight, we begin with this story. the man waiting in the wings. while donald trump is fending a torrent of investigations, there is one person who has been ready to take the mic, should the former president go bankrupt, be caught in jail, or fall into a classified box. that man is florida republican governor ron desantis. the first term governor has catapulted to celebrity status among republicans thanks to his abrasive style and his relentless desire to weigh into the culture wars on behalf of the far-right. with his sights clearly set on 2024 run, governor desantis is now taking his show on the road. he is headlining rallies for key gop candidates all across the usa. just last week, he visited arizona to stop on behalf of the far-right election deniers running f
longer theoretical. pro trump election deniers will top the gop ticket in at least three key states this november. this is truly a battle between those who want to save america and those who want to destroy her. what happens if they re in charge of the ballot box in 2024? they don t believe in democracy. they don t believe in our election system. it is very dangerous. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. we ll take you inside the senate floor. you re looking at live pictures where senators have been at it all night. they are debating the democrats $740 billion bill. manu raju is joining us now. what s going on on the senate floor? a little party for some of these senators, right? reporter: they ve been going since 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night. there are hours more of amendment votes ahead. no way to estimate exactly what time this will end. under the rules of the
right wing reacting to his tweets before they converged on the capitol. reports that pence caved. if pence caved, we are going to trial drag this guy through the streets. you politicians are going to get a drug through the streets we deserve to be with the rest of them. vice president is not going to interject anything. [noise]. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! okay, that is horrifying. unfortunately, it is the tip of the iceberg. turns out, a trump s lawyer and insurrection mastermind, johnny, did not think that the supreme court would overweight overturning the election. a swing claimed to have insight on fighting among the justices. i wonder how he got that? that is strange. maybe it is not so strange. he did clerk for justice aaron thomas. the washington report shows that he has been exchanging corresponds with jesse thomas. he denied that any of this can come before the court. now the january six committee has some qu
it then america. thursday, july 4 dead stuff good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the owl with presidential campaigns during a critical moment, just three days and counting until joe biden and donald trump face off in a prime time debate right here on cnn. the earliest showdown of its kind in modern history, president biden, his team will remain hunkered down at camp david, where he s then the last few days and debate prep. meanwhile, over the weekend, donald trump road-tested potential debate strategies at a rally in philadelphia how should i handle him? should i be tough and nasty or should i be should i be she say no, should i be tough and nasty and just say you re the worst president in history or should i be nice and calm? and let him speak be tough? so how are the two campaigns spending these final days before the debate joining me now are cnn s alayna treene and kevin lip tack. kevin, you have some new reporting a