it s time for closing arguments, only three days away to go in iowa tonight on laura coates live. can you believe it? we are now they ve days away till when iowa republicans turn out to choose their candidates and the forecast is for temperatures to feel like 30 or 40 below zero. what could possibly go wrong? fasten your seatbelts. it s going to be a bumpy night. oh, my god, a betty davis reference on a friday night? no other show, people, no other show. that might be a bumpy ride if you re a republican presidential candidate and there are a lot fewer these days. it s all eyes on iowa as we speak. the candidates making their closing argument and taking some pot shots at each other. ron doesn t beat joe biden. trump is head to head. on a good day he might be up by two points. i defeat biden by 17 points. donald trump s not willing to show up on the debate stage. has he come to communities and answered questions? has he gone to all 99 counties? heck, has he even gone
cover and lots to go over. campaigner in chief president biden back on the campaign trail on a state he flipped from a donald trump when. his presidential pitch to voters ahead in a live report. plus a special counsel jack smith in new jersey state of mind? what happened to trump s mar-a-lago balms and bathrooms might not stay there when it comes to missing classified documents in an alleged cover-up. a power panel is standing by to go in-depth on the many criminal and civil case is straining the twice impeached, twice indicted next term president. and threes a crowd the growing effort to stop a third party cabinet from hurting biden s chances at reelection. former senator doug jones joins me live to talk about the alliance between democrats and never trumpers. all of that and more is coming up. . a good sunday morning to you, i m katie phang. we start this with a presidents pitch for another term. president biden officially kicked off his reelection campaign saturday in pe
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. deal or no deal. congress leaves d.c. for the memorial day weekend without reaching a deal to avoid disastrous debt default for the first time in u.s. history, we are live on capitol hill with a new deadline, giving lawmakers a little bit more time to reach an agreement. plus, stumbling start, and unforgettable, maybe forgettable, launch for florida governor ron desantis s presidential campaign rollout on twitter. what we can expect from his campaign, plus the new exclusive nbc news reporting that desantis administration is actually hitting of lobbyists for campaign cash. later, travel at your own risk. the naacp issues a blistering formal travel advisory for the state of florida, saying it s, quote, hostile for black americans. president of the day naacp joins us live to weigh in on this rare rebuke. ahead. and a good saturday morning to you all, i am katie phang, we re going to start today s show with the nation teeteri
lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. this morning new pressure on ron desantis after a stumble at the starting line. the florida governor looking to reframe the narrative today after his 2024 rollout on twitter was marred by tech issues. the desantis team spinning it as a victory. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they d ever had. it did break the twitter space, and so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. his critics had a different take, trump jr. calling it a de-saster. president biden sending out a fund-raising tweet with the caption, this link works. the question today, how does desantis rebound? plus, a warning of financial armageddon, a top agency putting the u.s. credit rating on watch for a possible downgrade with debt ceiling talks coming down to the wire. how an actual downgrade could impact everything from home buying to credit cards even as members of congress prepare to leave town for a long weekend. sentencing for stewart rhodes, the
camerota starts right. now sara, hold on a sack. that was the best heckel i have ever heard. you are a loser in high school. that was so good. [laughter] you reclaimed your virginity. that is so funny. i mean it s a serious topic. he s really making light of it in an entertaining way. it was fantastic. thank you very much for that, sarah. good evening everyone. i m alison camp camerota. welcome cnn tonight. so remember that expected surge of migrants at the border? when title 42 ended? well it turns out the opposite happened. the number of migrants has dropped 50% in the past few days. but that does not mean the crisis has ended. it is just spread north. in new york, about 300 migrants are now living in public school gyms and parents are not happy. our panel has a lot of thoughts on this. plus, a security guard shoots and kills a suspected shoplifter at a walgreens downtown san francisco. shoplifting is obviously not a capital crime, so why is the dea not pressing charges