danger to the country given what the country saw on january 6th and the ongoing threat to democracy. thank you. that does it for us. this edition of andrea mitchell reports . and now chris jansing reports. hello. i m chris jansing in new york city. tallahassee, we have a problem. ron desantis glitchy campaign launch sparked gleeful attacks on his opponents. will it also fuel new questions about donors? about whether the governor is ready for a political fight? and how does his team put their rough start in the rear view mirror? plus, the house gop ditching d.c. without avoiding an economic catastrophe. touting progress but making no promise about where things go from here. and breaking news, an 18-year sentence for oath keeper responder stewart rhodes. we start with ron desantis. his newly minted presidential campaign forced into damage control on day one after his decision to announce live on twitter got maybe the worst reviews for a presidential kickoff in rec
breaking news, a fire has brown out at russia s defense ministry in moscow. u.s. intelligence tonight is pointing to ukraine meantime as the likely culprit behind that drone attack on the creme line. we re live on the ground tonight. and she was simply the best. tonight, the legendary tina turner has died. singer s bryan adams and ruth pointer of the pointer sisters will join me to remember their friend and a true musical icon. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, he s in, the florida governor ron desantis officially kicking off his bid for the white house, and he did it on twitter. there is no substitute for victory. we must end the culture of losing that has infected the republican party in recent years. the tired dogmas of the past are inadequate for a vibrant future. we must look forward, not backwards. now, during his appearance on twitter, desantis went on to talk about his policies in florida to brag about the ones that targ
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the mastermind behind the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul s international airport taken out by the taliban. what we re learning about this. countries rush to evacuate their citizens from sudan as the latest fragile ceasefire appears in danger of collapsing. and day-oh, day-oh reporter: remembering the king of calypso. a look at the life and legacy of harry belafonte. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the white house says the terrorist leader behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the attack came in the final chaotic days of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 13 u.s. service members and nearly 200 afghans were killed. so let s bring in cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson. good to see you, ivan. what more are you l
what he said about reports the u.s. spied on south korean officials, rising nuclear tensions and relations with china the slow-moving disaster the severe flooding threat as snow melts much of yosemite park closed, as some areas along the mississippi are already under water. what doctors are calling one of the worst allergy seasons in decades why so many adults are suffering for the first time. and the remarkable life of an american original, singer, actor and civil rights activist, remembering the great harry belafonte. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome, everyone. there are 560 days until the 2024 presidential election, and tonight the ingredients for a potential trump-biden rematch are falling into place following president biden s announcement today that he is in, officially running for a second term in office as he put it in an early morning video release, to finish the job. the president laying out the stakes, taking
the son of caribbean parents worked so hard to pull himself out of poverty and become educated. i am the first of my family to educated. reporter: and he would become an impact on music. and sidney portier and walter mat matthau. reporter: he was dubbed the king of calypso and at the same time he won an oscar for his role in the first movie with an all black cast. he went on the make 40 albums including more than 40 movie compilations and went on the make 10 movies. he was one of the first black performers to win a tony award for the broadway hit john murray anderson s the almanac. then later he dealt with the larger societal issues of class and race like the white man s burden. i kind of grew up and it got away from me. although he was busy, he made time of father and father of four children from two marriages. his daughter sher vi b sherry bell fo bellfonte followed hi footsteps and became an actress in her rights. then he stood up for civil rights with bob