better off than their parents and radical left is pushing us to culture of grievance instead of culture of greatness. todd: with that, you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. and i m ashley strohmier for carley shimkus. ashley: is it enough to win the nomination? the senator is facing competitors like former president trump, governor ron desantis and others possibly waiting to jump in. alexandria hoff is live in washington. good morning. alexandria: you saw in the clip, the 57-year-old senator kicked off his campaign with a life lifted out of poverty has provided him. scott has more cash on hand than any other gop hopeful. joe biden and the radical left are against every rung of the ladder that helped me climb. that is why, i m announcing today that i m running for president of the united states of america! [cheering] alexandria: last night at charleston southern universities, his campaign slogan, faith in america. after signing paperwork on frid
the league and political battles over abortion. one of the nation s pose conservative courts weighing it as state legislatures in north and south carolina take new action to ban the procedure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive reporting on new evidence in the trump classified documents investigation. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel broke the story for us, jamie, tell us what you re learning. reporter: wolf, cnn has obtained this letter from the national archives to president trump informing him that the archives is getting ready to hand over 16 new presidential records to special council. thises is far as we know we have not seen the records yet but the evidence . it suggests that trump had first-hand knowledge that you just do not declassify material with a wave of a hand. there is a rigorous process. as we have heard multiple times, trump an
improve under johnson, who has several conflicting comments on whether he is defunding the city of police. we know the city of chicago rebuked this call to defund this bit. this system of incarceration and policing, this is real political gold. i never said we ll take money from police. the 150 million was not redirecting the funds from police? directing dollars to make sure we hire and promote 200 more detectiveses, to make sure we are implements laws on the books like red flag laws, i never said i would cut the police budget. ashley: here is lauren with more. new chicago mayor brandon johnson will be sworn into a job with no small task, figure out how to stop crime? his city and learn to work with police and his constituents even though he was part of calls to defund police. he says his policies go after root causes of crime. chicago police report murder is slightly down from this time last year, but still in the hundreds and motor vehicle thefts up 130%. just y
washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours and 15
r.f.k. jr. would like to see debates, but joe says no. hiding biden again teachers union boss, randi weingarten expecting to get grilled. teachers should have been back to work as soon as possible. aaron rodgers bids fare well to green bay. we are all excited to add someone of his character and ability.ndability.and ability. brian: that is billy joel singing uptown girl and it is appropriate. billy joel would have named it longer island, the indians would have or native americans, whatever we re calling them now. this was not written about christie mcpherson, it was written about elle mcpherson. ainsley: i was at a concert and christie brinkley was there on the front row and they shined the spotlight on her. she was in front of the stage on the end on the corner. and i love christie brinkley, as a child, i thought she was see gorgeous, still is. brian: whatever moisturizer she is using is working. ainsley: there are some ladies you want to know who the