that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. i ll have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn he ll be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a new york times reporter listened in. i m going to read a quote from that new york times story which begins with something desantis said on the call. you basically have three people credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis said on the call, organized by the superpac supporting him, biden, trump and me. of the two, two have a chance to be elected, biden and me. the times said he is basing that on swing state data which he describes as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable because people aren t going to change their view of him. which is
opponents are sure acting like he is. we re following the major developing stories coming in right here to cnn news central. a surprise visit to the g7 summit in japan. president volodymyr zelenskyy will arrive in hiroshima this weekend to meet face-to-face with president biden and other world leaders. remember, the g7 used to be the g8 until russia was expelled. the impact of these talks, that could be effective. the u.s. now primed to let nato allies sent those fighter jets to kyiv. and a sweeping list of new sanctioning. nic robertson is in ukraine. he s made a lot of international visits before, but this one happening right now on the cusp of this widely anticipated counter-offensive. how important right now? it is important to zelenskyy. he s on the record as saying the country is not quite ready for the counter-offensive, but when you and go into the conversation recognizing what they tell you would be spin to send a counter-narrative, a propaganda to the russia
the republican nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. we will have more on what disney just naturally. but on desantis s run sources of telling cnn he will file paperwork next week. medical today were donors and supporters. a new york times report or listened in. i m going to read you a quote from that new york times story. it begins with something ron desantis said on the call. quote, you have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing, mr. desantis told donors on the call, organized by the super pac supporting him, never back down. quote, biden, trump and me. and i think of those three, to have a chance to get elected president. biden and me. now, according to the times he went on to say that he s basing that on swing state data which he described as not great for the former president, quote, and probably insurmountable, because people are not going to change their vie
today he is trying to lower his monthly child support payments. this could, however, open the door to new revelations about his own financial records as well as complicate the other scandals involving him as the president s son. jonathan turley explaining on fox & friends a bit earlier this way. his own counsel went into this arkansas court and tried once again to suggest that maybe this isn t his laptop. the irony is this effort could really backfire across the board. he is under investigation in delaware, washington, and he may have just tripped the wire on this one by once again trying to reduce his support for his own child. bill: we ll talk to andy mccarthy in a moment. fox news justice correspondent david spunt live in baitsville, arkansas to begin a new hour. good morning. this case has implications far greater than just this paternity issue or this child support issue, i should say, before the judge here in independence county, arkansas today. we have video of
attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in