jump into the race? what his staffers say about his political future and the white house. ainsley: peter doocy live from the would you say with the latest. peter: republican front-runner donald trump does not use twitter any longer. ron desantis is trying to find primary voters on there. will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. peter: nothing about the desantis record in florida in the initial campaign ad offering, instead, just this. i do have the courage? is it worth the sam fies? sacrifice? america is worth it every single time. peter: officials won t talk elections, but they are happy to speak broadly about florida, particularly now that the naacp issued a travel advisory for the state. lawmakers, republicans in florida have attacked diversity, attacked inclusion efforts, limited the teaching of b
potentially coming in days. they attack medication that for 20 years the fda ruled as being safe. se restrictions on abortion. that s where i do believe in commonsense restrictions on abortion that s where america is at as republican presidential hopefuls continue to struggle with the abortion issue post-roe. i would literally sign the most conservative pro-life legislation that they can get through congress. even if it was six weeks. i m not going to talk about six or five or seven or ten. and the gun debate, after more mass shootings in tennessee and kentucky - oh, my god, there s an active shoot are there! the nra holds its annual meeting and republicans pledge support. with me at 1600 pennsylvania avenue no one will lay a finger on your firearms can the two parties find common ground on issues that have divided the nation for decades? my guests, tammy baldwin of wisconsin and bill cassidy of louisiana. also, rising tensions. israel is facing
just moments ago, donald trump returned to a new york courtroom in his civil fraud case, describing the trial as corrupt. insisting he did nothing wrong. now, the defense called an expert witness and things got testy. we ve got details when we take you live outside the courthouse in moments. as u.s. aid to israel remains stalled on capitol hill. today marks two months in the israel hamas war. we ll be speaking to a spokesman for an update on the fighting. the presidents of harvard, mit and the university of pennsylvania facing streetny and calls to resign after their hill testimony on anti-semitism on their campuses. now, a house committee has launched an investigation into the three schools. we re following the major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now, former president donald trump is inside a new york courthouse watching the $250 million civil fraud trial that threatens his business empire. trump is expected to t
criminal defendant. someone who tried to overthrow our democracy. that is the overriding issue of our time, of our day, it is beyond donald trump. it is not only the people on the stage. it is millions of americans have bought into this. this is an issue of extreme seriousness. and to treat this like just another debate where, oh, nikki haley likes ukraine and the sky doesn t like ukraine as much as this guy, well, all that kind of pitter-patter is really beside the point. we have a party who has betrayed america. and i think it to remind people over, and over again what this is really about. the question is really democracy for the republican party. that s right. that s the point. all the pitter-patter is beside the point. there were some interesting policy distinctions between some of the candidates but, michael, the thing, the policy distinction that matters to america is where will i take
maggie haberman, they say the desantis people have $200 million and a key political group supporting ron desantis is preparing $100 million voter outreach push that is so big it plans to knock on the door of every possible desantis voter at least four times in new hampshire, nevada and south carolina. that is a lot of people. kayleigh: that is how you win elections, look at shining spot of the midterm, state of florida. he organized mail-in ballots campaign, it is the next challenge, can he do it? money wins elections. tim scott 22 million on hand, enormous. brian: ted cruz and marco rubio attacked trump and lost. can ron desantis do the same thing only win? kayleigh: if he focuses on policy distinctions, the desantis campaign, where am i to