right? vice president kamala harris has spoken out against it. former congressman, donalds criticizing it. senator tim scott joining in as well, saying there s no silver lining to slavery. this is what governor ron desantis had to say. part of the reason, he says, our country has struggled is because d.c. republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the left, and accept the lie that kamala harris has been perpetrating even when that has been debunked. is this yet another instance in which florida governor ron desantis is stepping in it? yes, because over the last couple of weeks, we keep hearing from the campaign is that this is a reset. he is going to run back as an insurgent candidate, it s going to feel a little different, and it doesn t. it doesn t feel different. it feels very much the same.
what is the latest? reporter: there is a curfew that we re moments away from. and the attempted coup, they have closed the air space and the borders and dissolved the constitution. and it started when president s own security forces began to detain him in his palace. u.s. officials believe that he is still being detained there and they believe that he is being treated well. there was a military council that came forward and said that they were running the country and as you mentioned, the head of the presidential guard service has declared himself the self appointed president of the country. first day of the protests was in favor of the democratically elected general president bazoum. but yet protests were more violent, cars were burned, people throwing stones. and they were against the president bazoum and in favor of the military leaders who have
her to stay with me. and ethan s defense team, they are presenting their side, their witnesses. it kind of goes like a trial. and basically they are arguing that he came from a violent home, that he is dealing with a severe mental health issues and that eventually we ll he ll be sentenced to life, he should have the possibility of parole. and so the judge has said that he won t issue a decision on the day it wraps up, he will schedule that for a date later day. and thank you, maggie. a general in niger appearing on state television declaring that himself the country s new leader. what it means for the west african country and the democratically elected president, coming up next.
america leadership pac supporting his 2024 presidential bid, they have paid money, substantial, tens of thousands of dollars to the law firms representing those codefendants. there s money on the line here, and for donald trump, ensuring they do not testify is important. as of right now, we believe their lawyers are being paid by this pac supporting donald trump, and coming from donations of americans around the country who are acting in realtime, donating to the legal effort. that s the politics of it as well. i want to dig into what ken was talking about there looking through the 60 page indictment. what stood out to me specifically, and what doug dug into is the conversation surrounding the surveillance footage, and i want to read a part of this for you, and then have you react. so it talks about this new codefendant, de oliveira, telling trump employee number 4 who we know as mr. tavarras that
we re following a growing political crisis in niger with the country s leadership there in question following a military coup, declaring a jen ral jen a a new head of state. and lloyd austin is closely monitoring the situation. courtney kube is on the ground for us.