joining us tonight do you remember this moment? what s going to be differen about florida s election i 2022 what are you about to sign right now, i have what we think is the strongest electio integrity measures in th country. i m going to sign it right here, it will take effect. [applause] there you go, the bill i signed there you go, the bill is signed that was florida governor ro desantis as he signed hi states voter suppression o back in 2021 as you saw there, governor desantis did not sign that controversial law in a small private ceremony in his office or even a big public ceremon at the state house the governor decided that he would make a big to do of th voter suppression bill b signing it live on fox and france friends. voter suppression bill signings are the type of stuff that fox puts on its morning shows, which is, okay for desantis, this was all par of his unapologetically anti woke persona, sign a controversial bill onl supported by hard-core conservative
attempts to pressure him and he could be a key witness trump and his team could still appeal the ruling. but they have lost similar previous cases a date for pence s testimony is not settled, though it is likely to be later this month according to an adviser. now the ruling by judge james boseberg ordering pence to testify said that while pence was excused from providing details regarding hisrole as president of the senate on january 6, 2021, he s not excused from testifying about conversations related to alleged illegality on donald trump s part that means that special counsel jack smith could gain firsthand knowledge, a firsthand account of the one-on-one conversations that mike pence and donald trump had that day special counsel jack smith on the verge of access to a central witness in the insurrection is where we start today new york times reporter glenn flush is back with us and joining us msnbc legal analyst paul butler. he s a former federal prosecutor, now a law pro
we have lots of news to, cover and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. the u.s. military shoots a mystery object out of the sky for the second time in less than a week. now the races on to figure out exactly what was in the sky over alaska. what we know so far, plus new details about what that chinese spy balloon was truly capable of. plus, trump s legal team reportedly hands over additional items with classified markings and a laptop. it comes as an fbi search of mike pence s home turns out another classified document, and pence himself faces a subpoena in the january six special counsel probe. when all of these developments tell us about where these investigations are headed. and later, michael cohen, trump s former personal attorney, meets with the manhattan district attorney for the 15th time, will join us live this morning to discuss that and everything else circling around trump world as these probes heat up. all of that more is coming up. good satu
commission says about 70 more deaths have been reported, eight of them apparently after the recall began. scientists say the weakened ozone layer vital is back on track to recover completely within decades. according to a u.n. backed report, international corporation has helped stem the damage from ozone-harming chemicals. it says the use of chcss have decreased 99% since 1989. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning ostarts right now. there i see the president of the united states joe biden not commenting after classified documents from his time as vp were discovered in a private office. good morning, everyone. there you see us in this sort of pandemic era boxes, because we re in separate studios. we re having a little technical difficulty with our main studio this morning. so we ll be back in a moment, but it is good to see both of you. did you all make it? we were just rushed up the elevator. don documented it. so check your instagram later, f
starts right now. hi. thank you so much. i am ari melber and whoop there it is. election day within three weeks. early voting has begun, including in new key states. and we begin with something special. i m not going to hide the ball. i m going to show you the two chairs. howard dean who ran the dnc. michael steele who ran the rnc. in our opinion, no two better people to walk us through and it, they are here right now. let me tell you the context. 2 million people cast ballots. when we say election day, it s like rhetoric. this is election month. early voting is showing records smashed in certain states. fluid dynamics. new polls show the house leaning slightly towards republicans, depending on what happens. democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the senate majority. and as we ve told you, we cannot accurately cover 400 plus races at once. we will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts and the music. but i will show you some of the deba