expected to give the former president his toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor ron desantis getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. trump used it to pummel the republican field, including marco rubio and jeb bush who he turned into a campaign punching bag. in a moment, randi kaye looks into whether desantis will do better. first, the political waters he is about to jump into. in one way they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval now stands at 40%. new polling out late today shows this. with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that poll shows 34% approve of the way the president is handling the economy. desantis enters a large and growing field. five more are known to be weighing a run, including pence and sununu and chris christie and youngkin. it s the large field that some experts say will favor the former preside
good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former president s toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponent s former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor jeb bush, who you turn first into a verbal punching bag, then a campaign punchline, and finally, a political footnote. in a moment randi kaye looks ahead to whether governor desantis will do any better against those kind of tactics. first, the kind of political waters he is about to jump into. in one way, they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval, now stands at 40%. a new cnn polling out late today. and with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that same p
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we will be remembered in spite of ourselves. those words were spoken by abraham lincoln in 1862 and they serve as a powerful warning to a congress that remained deadlocked over slavery. it remained all to ambivalent over the mothers, the fathers, the children who were enslaved across the united states. of course, lincoln was right. histories judgment was fierce. it was politically craven and morally corrupt politicians, editors, and opinion shapers who fought emancipation every step of the way, they could not out-run histories searing grasp. 160 when there s remain marked by their actions and missions. the bibles cane, those cursed with that mark will be found guilty for centuries to come. just as it was when the blood red stain streaked across the decade since both connor and the segregationist of the 1960s brutalized those who believed in the self evident truth and that all men and women are created equal. defenders of that institutionalized racism degraded black american
okay. hello everyone, thanks for tuning in to this hour where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup for portis. we have harry enten, kara scannell, jeff zeleny joins us tonight, and eva mckend. great have all you guys hear. let s start with former president donald trump. he was found liable in the e. jean carroll defamation and battery case. the jury awarded carroll nearly $5 million in damages, that donald trump must pay, related to sexual abuse and defamation. e. jean carroll responded today, saying, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name, and to get my life back. today, the world finally knows the truth. this victory is not just for me, but for every woman who has ever suffered because she was not believed. cnn s kara scannell has been at the courthouse since the start of this case. she s here with us tonight. so, kara, tell us what it was like in the courtroom when that verdict was read. so, the judge told everyone t