desantis is finally in the race for president but not without a hitch right out of the starting gate. the governor s unusual choice to announce in an audio interview with elon musk on twitter, it was plagued by glitches and started 25 minutes late. desantis on fox later making light of the technical difficulties and laying out his vision for leading the country in a different direction. i m running to lead a great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it with our eyes. we feel it in our bones. we see the border being overrun, we see crime infesting the cities. what i will do is help restore normalcy to our communities, integrity to our institutions and sanity to our society. jessica dean is in miami with more on desantis big unveiling. r do you go with the crowd or do you look at the data yourself and cut against the grain? and i chose to do the latter. reporter: florida governor desantis attempt to declare candidacy for president in
i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday. kaitlan is back. that makes me very happy. we re back. and so much going on today. and what s going to come. let s hope a deal. yeah. let s get started. i do sense a skeptic? i believe it. let s get to the five things we need to know for this wednesday, may 24th. ron desantis set to announce his 2024 white house run today. there is nothing conventional about this. he s going to make the announcement on twitter with elon musk. the once favored platform for his rival donald trump before he got banned. and speaking of the former president, he now has a court date in the stormy daniels hush money probe here in new york. he ll stand trial in march of 2024, right in the middle of the campaign for the auto term. and a super typhoon is lashing the american territory of guam right now. it is expected to bring a triple threat of heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and life
viewers in the united states, and all around the world, i am paula newton, ahead on cnn newsroom. the white house, and congressional republicans, said to be inching ever closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but, that could be just the beginning of an effort to avoid a default. new reporting for the washington post, employees of former president trump, allegedly, moving boxes of papers at mar-a-lago a day before the justice department showed up to collect classified documents. russia has, apparently, begun moving tactical nuclear weapons to belarus. what experts are saying about it. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. talks between the white house, and congressional republicans, to avoid an economic catastrophe are set to be ahead. there is words from negotiators that they are moving closer to a deal. cnn has learned, both sides are talking about a compromise to raise the debt ceiling, and to cap federal spending for at least the next two y
and a warm welcome to our viewers all around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom i m ron desantis and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. it came off almost like he was a talk radio host not a future leader of the free world. keep on turning, keep on burning, rolling, rolling on a river she was a gift. there will be nobody like tina. this is going to continue to be a significant storm. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 25th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in miami where governor desantis will meet today with donors backing his newly launched presidential candidacy. he is also looking to recover with disappointed campaign rollout on twitter marred by delays and glitches. the governor s team saying more than half a million people logged on to the chat. but twitter s infrastructure couldn t handle the overwhelming response. desantis appeared on fox news a short
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