whether it is ukraine and russia to entitlement reforms come he has done a total 180, all of it is copying trump. reporter: a trump ally out of touch and cbs news polling shows desantis trailing trump by more than 30 points. speak with problem with ron desanctimonious is that he needs a personality transplant. and those are not yet available. reporter: desantis has been hitting back, with not so veiled shots at trump. i think the party has developed a culture of losing. reporter: aides say desantis policy will boost his candidacy but it remains to be seen how his track record commode includes includes signing conservative both on abortion, transgender rights, and does she seem nationwide. desantis arrival seen him as increasingly vulnerable due to those repeated attacks from poor president donald trump, and for sources tell me in the coming weeks, they expect his competitors to take him on on te campaign trail and on the debate stage. norah? norah: fascinating to
ever, but we need help. if we had three more women in addition to the democrats, we would have been able to hold this. so we have to fight hard to keep our seats and keep the women we have, and we have to work hard to get more women in the senate. if there s anything i want to say to the country is, you do not have to be ugly to push her platform, to push your beliefs, to push her legislation. it doesn t have to be contentious. you are hopeful? absolutely. we are fighters. all of us are here we are fighters. nobody got here easily. we live to fight another day. reporter: now, once this is signed into law, it will likely face legal challenges. back in january, the state supreme court struck down a similar provision, but since then, the court s only woman retired and changed the makeup of the court, and republicans here think this new version will stand. norah? norah: seismic change in the south.
few years ago for $3.5 million and did renovations to make it look like the norah: tonight, remembering the queen of rock n roll, agf 83. tonight, the legacy of one of the best-selling artists in music history. you re simply the best attributes pour in for the legendary singer, whose career spans five decades. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. norah: florida governor ron desantis officially joins the race for president, launching his effort to defeat donald trump. south carolina has joined other republican-led states across the south in passing tighter abortion restrictions.
and 2013, she married her longtime love, german record of erwin bach. and in one of her last television interviews, she spoke with gayle king about finding personal peace in one s final chapter. i am so serene. wow. no problems. i had a very hard life, but i didn t put blame on anything or anyone. i got through it. here s to you. and i m happy. reporter: just last month, turner told the guardian that she not only wanted to be remembered as the queen of rock n roll, but also as a woman who showed other women that it is okay to strive for success on your own terms, and norah, she, her spirit will definitely live on. norah: and she did just that. jericka duncan, thank you so much. well, now to our other top story, and breaking news in the presidential campaign of 2024.
grand jury. norah? norah: lilia luciano, thank you for all of your reporting from there. we turn now to a cbs news exclusive. for more than three years, the department of justice has been investigating the president s son, hunter biden, for possible tax crimes. last fall, if the exorcist told us they had sufficient evidence to bring charges. cbs s jim axelrod spoke to the irs agent who was blowing the whistle on what he says was preferential treatment in his first public interview. i took control of this particular investigation, i immediately saw it was a way outside the norm of what i had experienced in the past. supervisory special agent for the irs. where he has worked for 14 years. in january 2020, he was assigned to what he calls a high profile investigation. who is the subject of the investigation? i can t confirm or deny that the subject of this investigation. reporter: why not? because, you know, part of the tax secrecy laws don t allow