who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. here s some what she said. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trump s purported net worth. and then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misstating his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit. it was a scheme that by its very nature became more profitable over time. it is all in stark violation of the law. the lawsuit, which seeks to bar the trumps from doing business in new york, as well as to fine them to the tune of $250 million reads, in part, quote, the number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering.
rejects its bid to exclude about 100 documents marked as classified from the special master s review. it seems like this is getting really complicated. reporter: yeah, jake. the lawyer for the government saying that, if they lose that appeal, they will likely appeal this even further. so, again, up to the supreme court. they said that could then complicate the timeline around the turning over and the sharing of the classified documents. so certainly something that could become a not knotty issue as they try to expedite this review of documents and ultimately get to the heart of this investigation. jake. kara scannell in new york, thank you. let s discuss with former assistant attorney general tom duprey and john miller from the new york police department, now workings for cnn. john, welcome to cnn. good to have you. you can connections with many in the intelligence community. how are they responding to all of this? this is making them quite nervous. the ruling by judg
causing prices to soar in the u.s. and food crisis around the world as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court
again. i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann. you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court battles. they have until noon, tomorrow, to file their response to the doj s appeal of the judges decision to temporarily block investig