re-election in november by nearly 20 points. now he is aiming for the white house and taking on the last republican to hold it. florida governor ron desantis will declare tomorrow evening he s a candidate for president. part of a campaign rollout that includes a twitter conversation tomorrow with ceo elon musk. paperwork filing with the federal election commission. and an overhaul of ron desantis.com which went from a florida based political page to an alligator. rising from the water. i think what we have done in florida should inspire people. defended fight against disney. touted run as governor. he sparred with the naacp after the organization issued a florida travel advisory, claiming the state has become hostile under the governor s leadership. desantis called it a stunt. and republicans noted the chair of the naacp s board of directors lives in florida. the white house has even weighed in. republicans in florida have attacked diversity, administration for the pa
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we begin this hour with high stakes negotiations starting back up on the nation s looming debt crisis. just minutes ago talks resumed on the staff level in washington. but they will set the stage for a top level meeting tomorrow. president biden is expected to sit down with republican house speaker kevin mccarthy. the two men spoke by phone today as the president was flying back home from the g7 summit in japan. this new glimmer of optimism is a quick compromise appears increasingly bleak. the u.s. could run out of money to pay debts as early as june 1st. experts say that would be disastrous for the u.s. and the global economy. let s go the to white house and arlette saenz. what this what are they saying over there? the president returned to washington much the same when he left it, without any clear resolution in sight to avert a national default on the debts as early as 11 days from now. now, one thing that t
serve in congress. our panel will share their thoughts on that special number. plus, the case of the ex-buffalo bill player, matt awry sa, a rookie who was cut from the team after ugly accusations went public. now prosecutors have declined to press criminal charges against him. was his career ended prematurely. and the lawsuit by parents and authors against a florida school district that s been removing books from shelves, freedom of speech versus parents rights. which one will win. let s begin with dianne feinstein and questions about her fitness for office. she was out of work for a month fighting a bout of shingles. today we learned she suffered from inflammation of the brain, something she denied to cnn earlier today. she described it as a really bad flu. her staff also confirmed today that she s suffering from a rare neurological disorder called ramsey hunt syndrome, which causes facial paralysis. the pictures of her back at work show a more frail senator than we
liable for sexual abuse. desantis is driving home his record of turning culture war issues into laws. then there s nikki haley and senator tim scott, calling for a return to true conservatism, without directly attacking donald trump. former vice president mike pence worked in the trump presidency but also became a target of it, said he too wants to return back to the party s original roots. and there are those presidential hopefuls and potential candidates who said trump should never step foot in the oval office again. that is where asa hutchinson, former new jersey governor chris christie, and new jersey governor chris sununu land. more candidates, with less name recognition, are also jumping in with various platforms. for his part, desantis travels to another early nominating state tomorrow when he visits new hampshire. here now, with his take on the road to 2024, michael smerconish, host of smir connish here on cnn and of the michael smerconish program. desantis is say
i m bianca nobilo. max foster is on assignment today. just ahead we pay our bills. the nation has never defaulted on its debt and it never will. greatest threat is american default. and i took what i took and it gets declassified. g the president is being investigated not only willful retext of classified documents but also obstructing an investigation. and jack teixeria was taking notes on classified intelligence information and seen putting the notes in his pocket. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, may 18, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 p.m. in japan where u.s. president biden is set to meet with the prime minister ahead of the g7 summit. but back home in washington, the u.s. is inching closer to defaulting on its debt which could plunge the global economy into chaos. mr. biden arrived a short time ago where he was greeted by u.s. service members. g7 leaders have a packed agenda for the summit including th