We think is the strongest Election Integrity measures in the country. Im going to sign it right here. It takes effect. So there you go. Governor ron desantis, nearly three years ago, signing floridas Voter Suppression bill and doing it live on fox and friends. He turned his state into a maga wonderland. Desantis signed the stop woke app that banned the teaching of race and racism in the state of florida if it made white people uncomfortable. He supported the idea slavery benefited enslaved people suggesting it was sort of a skills training program. He signed the dont say gay bill which banned any teaching about homosexuality or Gender Identity in florida Public Schools and all of this was supposed to transform florida into a Conservative Utopia that then would put ron desantis directly on a glide path to be the next president of the united states. It was highlighted in speeches and broadcast live on fox news. All of it, except for one thing. There was one agenda item so toxic, so unpop
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour, oh, canada. The Standing Ovation that created scandal for our neighbors to the north. How a roomful of canadian lawmakers got a standing o for a ukrainian veteran who fought for the wrong side in world war ii. After he was found out he fought with the nazis, there was an apology from Justin Trudeau. Look at this video, a night in center city, philadelphia. Shocking images of lawlessness, prompting for ing more question basic safety in the cities in the united states. And leading this hour, yes, the election music. You know i love it. A critical night in the republican president ial race. Only seven will be allowed on the stage in this second debate instead of eight in the first round. Asa hutchinson, the one not making the cut tonight. Sorry, governor. The dominant candidate also will not be on stage, donald trump. Though that is voluntarily. Instead, hes going to michigan with a message for union workers, oddly hes chose on the do so at
you re watching cnn news central. israel is under growing international pressure to provide evidence that hamas uses gaza s al-shifa hospital as a command center. as premature babies evacuated from the hospital arrive in egypt. we have special teams in the region. the supreme court appears ready to limit the speech of a former american president, as donald trump s legal team fights the gag order in the federal case that accused him of trying to undermine the 2020 election. an appeals court struck out a key tool for a civil rights law. why this could set up another supreme court showdown. we re following these stories and many more coming in right here, to cnn news central. we have concrete questions. and we expect answers. that s what family members of hostages being held by hamas in gaza said before they went into meet with israel s prime minister. that was in the last hour. the white house now saying that negotiations to release some of the hostages are, quote, gettin
the state and have done a lot of appearances. went to every county and in desantis is case. the former president has done a lot of rallies but hasn t done as much retail politicking, would you agree? is not in any way going to give the two underdogs more of an advantage? i certainly agree and even back in 2016 cycle, trump didn t run caucus campaigns but he didn t have to. recognition from his tv show and so forth that he could do something different and it his style to do rallies rather than normal retail politics. on the other hand, he is a former president so his name recognition is higher so he s stuck with ali approach but he did do more retail politics in terms of precinct and caucus training and all of that. on the other hand, talks on how
i had a conversation with one woman who told me that, hey, look, he s doing what he has to do. he s donald trump, the former president and he has a lot on his plate, and, you know, she s not wrong, katy. as you see at the bottom of the screen, there s been a break in court here in new york. the prosecution was giving its closing argument after this break, which we assume will be pretty short, one of the prosecutors will get back up to discuss donald trump s intent. joining us is former press secretary and house speaker john boehner, and brendan buck. if there s somebody who has a chance against donald trump, say it s nikki haley because right now her polling numbers look best in the next state which is new hampshire. what is nikki haley s path? obviously it s a surprise win in new hampshire, and trying to find some way to turn that into real momentum. money is probably the biggest thing in politics, and campaigns