states and all around the world. i m paula newton, and ahead here on cnn newsroom. ron desantis s big announcement. yes, the glitchy beginning to a campaign that has donald trump in team biden trolling. but is there a pathway to the presidency for florida s governor? the u.s. territory of guam, clobbered by a cat four typhoon. live on the island where power is out, water has been cut and there is still assessing the damage. plus the queen of rock and roll tina turner dead at the age of 83. we will discuss the impact that she had on music, pop culture and curl power. with one of the industry s top writers. we begin with the 2024 race for the white house and it has a new candidate, florida governor ron desantis, the 44-year-old republican posted this announcement on twitter just a few minutes before a live chat with the platforms owner elon musk. righting the ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. in common sense can no longer be an u
carley: a fox news alert. a car slams into the presidential moetorcade. the car tried to drive away. i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. crash occurring in wilmington, delaware. the crash was said to not be intentional. alex. the president was not a target, the police are looking into the driver and investigating the motor vehicle collision, which did not result in injuries. investigators are working to determine if impairment was a factor. president biden was departing around 8 p.m. last night. he reacted to the sound of the crash and ushered to safety of his vehicle, where the first lady was already seated inside. north were injured. secret service said a secret service vehicle was struck. the president s motorcade departed without incident. the sedan tried toef loo the scene before being warmed by secret service. the driver was seen with his hands up. the vehicle sustained bumper damage, police are investigating. carley: don t try to leave the scene when you a
we are grateful. the the beat starts right now. you and everyone else in america is getting a law degree, one i paid for. but we are going to expend all that legal knowledge. thank you. and welcome to the the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to tonight. later, i will talk live to the lawyer for ruby freeman and shaye moss, the defamed election workers who won a $148 million verdict against rudy giuliani. now they are suing him again. plus, we ve got historian ruth who is here to talk about trump s threat to democracy and his gop enablers. we start the show with donald trump s desperation as legal deadlines pound him from the start, trump has tried to sow confusion, disgusting attacks on judges and witnesses, and above all, to delay his legal reckoning. the news tonight, special counsel jack smith is pressing forward with new moves designed to pressure trump and to stay on track. monday night jack smith forging ahead in the d.c. coup ca
he missed an opportunity to show america s face. this was maybe the big epps moment of his career and there s no video of it. there was nothing for networks to broadcast. no clips to distribute and run on loop for days. nothing to post online. newspapers and web sites couldn t even slap the announcement image on the front page. plus, run the risk of glitches and that could have been executed better. but, on the flip side. his team says the risk paid off because the guy has raised a ton of money since then. he raised over 8 million bucks in 24 hours and that s a record. and now that the twitter launch is out of the way, desantis is sticking to a more traditional campaign approach. is he doing the media blitz, fox, talk radio, podcast. and next week he is holding events in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. so his foot is on the gas and his sights are set on trump, he is looking to neutralize ron s strength on covid. listen. when the ron desanctimonious facts come out.
can t we still be friends [applause] lawrence: we are in new york at the peter pan diner. [cheers and applause] lawrence: all of these folks decided to get up in the pouring rain. the wind banging against their cars. they thought it was important to send a message to all of the candidates that are running in the republican primary. but, also, the joe biden they are not happy with what is going on in the country. and they are not going to be silent about it, guys. brian: two things going on with lawrence. is he jumping into adam klotz s spot by talking about the weather and pops the collar like jesse watters. be you, lawrence. come on. lawrence: i like taking things from the fox family and putting it in my represent deleware. carley: that is a lawrence jones look for sure. i picked a all the wrong day to bring my christmas gifts in to fox. it was pouring and i got soaked on my way into work today. steve: oops. lawrence: you still look flawless, carley. st