and arizona, and one month after pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we are getting word donald trump and his allies are making plans to offend that announcement. maggie haberman will join us in a moment. just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he stood at 3%, tied with george pataki, and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. you see the numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%. the lowest number since last summer. it s also lower than trump s
i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday. kaitlan is back. that makes me very happy. we re back. and so much going on today. and what s going to come. let s hope a deal. yeah. let s get started. i do sense a skeptic? i believe it. let s get to the five things we need to know for this wednesday, may 24th. ron desantis set to announce his 2024 white house run today. there is nothing conventional about this. he s going to make the announcement on twitter with elon musk. the once favored platform for his rival donald trump before he got banned. and speaking of the former president, he now has a court date in the stormy daniels hush money probe here in new york. he ll stand trial in march of 2024, right in the middle of the campaign for the auto term. and a super typhoon is lashing the american territory of guam right now. it is expected to bring a triple threat of heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and life
first, the mar-a-lago classified document investigation. our reporting is that special counsel, jack smith, is going to be home stretch on that. then there s the hush money payments to stormy daniels. that case is set to begin in march of next year, right in the middle of primary season. then there s the georgia investigation into efforts by then president trump to overturn the 2020 election. but even with all of this, the deck is stacked in donald trump s favor for the gop primary. john avlon is here to explain. governor ron desantis plans to seize the gop spotlight tomorrow with a big announcement, it involves elon musk. kara swisher is gonna join our panel to share her thoughts. when is enough fame and money and success enough. lebron james playing the will he or won t he retire game. we ll see what happens going forward. i don t know. i don t know. i ve a lot to think about, to be honest. a lot to be thinking about, to be honest. just for me, personally, going forward w
anderson, thank you very much. and good evening, everyone. tonight, the nation is facing a situation that has never been contemplated in its history before. a former president will sit trial as a defendant in the middle of his campaign for another term, which means that jurors and voters will be deciding his fate at exactly the same time. donald trump appearing virtually in court today as a judge sets his trial date for march 25th of next year. and in case you re wondering, that is 20 days after super tuesday, six days after florida, ohio and arizona and one month before pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving the 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. and also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow. in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we re already getting word that donald t
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world! i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, plenty of new twist in the 2024 race for the white house. rhonda santas has chosen an interesting way to announce his candidacy while donald trump will likely be facing a criminal trial right in the middle of a critical primary month. a monster storm is fouling down on guam right now. the island is bracing for 200 rain, life-threatening storm surge and 165 mile an hour winds from typhoon mama. plus, grandma joys road trip, we will speak to the 93 year old woman who just visited all 63 national parks, the oldest living person ever to do so and the grandson who went with her on this wild adventure. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church! thanks for being with us. florida governor ron desantis will launch his long expected to run for the white house later today in an unconventional way. he will make the announcement duri