hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with us today, a suspected leaker who shook up the world by posting top secret us intelligence documents online. sees the inside of a federal courtroom plus new cnn reporting on an intriguing avenue of investigation for the special counsel jack smith wants to know if donald trump is using an army of lawyers to intimidate potential witnesses telling his version of events and ron desantis just make himself unelectable. florida governor s science, one of the nation s most restrictive abortion laws, barring the procedure after just six weeks of pregnancy. it s a priority for the republican base. but it is very much at odds which with where most americans stand up first for us, though. hiking boots and handcuffs. this morning, the 21 year old allegedly behind a global intelligence disaster, appearing for the first time in front of a federal judge today, prosecutors l
kentucky and less than three weeks after a shooter murdered six people, including three children at a christian elementary school in tennessee. cnn s christian homes is live for us in indianapolis at the nra convention, kristen who you gonna hear from today? we re expecting to hear from nearly every 2024 republican contender today, take the stage or either submit a video and it just goes to show you how important this pro gun rights voting blocs still is to republicans, despite what the climate on guns might be across the country, so let s take a look at who s going to actually be here in person. we re going to see former president trump. he s going to keynote this former vice president mike pence. we re also going to see south dakota governor christie gnome new hampshire governor chris sununu as well as asia, hutchinson and vivek promises swami. we re also going to get videos from some of these 2024 hopefuls that includes florida governor ron desantis. tim scott and nikki haley. one t
kemp has a dp grip on that primary too. it will be an epic fight and, again, rare to see a trumpian governor like kemp who s been an ally take on the president and frankly tell him hell, no. and eugene rorks it s not like kemp is taking a flyer on a liberal. this is a anti-choice, pro gun rights young woman who plans to spend, what, $20 million to defend her new senate seat and may be doing in the reverse psychology way mitch mcconnell a favor. well, yeah. she swears too that she is a supporter of president trump and there will be no problem on that score. but i think mike is right. i think this is absolutely a reflection of the fact that this ain t your father s or your grandfather s georgia. it s a very different place now. you know, arguably the most popular politician there these
kemp has a good grip on that primary too. it will be an epic fight and, again, rare to see a trumpian governor like kemp who has been an ally take on the president and frankly tell him hell no. and eugene robinson, it s not like kemp is taking a flyer on a liberal. this is an anti-choice, pro gun rights young woman who plans to spend, what, $20 million to defend her new senate seat and may be doing in the reverse psychology way mitch mcconnell a favor. well, yeah. look, she swears too that she is a supporter of president trump and there will be no problem on that score. but, you know, i think mike is right. i think this is absolutely a reflection of the fact that this ain t your father s or your grandfather s georgia. it s a very different place now. you know, arguably the most popular politician there these
basically our shag carpet. he represents north georgia, not where a lot of voters are, the carpet belt up there by dalton on the tennessee line. so now kemp has done what very few republicans have, which is told the president, hey, i run georgia, take a hike. and of course for the president he s going to be on the macron list. both on the primary in november along with a democrat. it s an open primary situation. and then a runoff after the election with kelly loeffler and congressman doug collins should he run as the trump proxy. kemp has a dp grip on that primary too. it will be an epic fight and, again, rare to see a trumpian governor like kemp who s been an ally take on the president and frankly tell him hell, no. and, eugene robinson, it s not like kemp is taking a flyer on a liberal. this is a anti-choice, pro gun rights young woman who plans to spend, what, $20 million to