one person who used to work for donald trump and one person who is willing to speak out against them. spoiler alert, they re not the same person. plus, speaking as a current republican front one or, we have brand-new reporting on two separate investigations into the twice impeached ex president. and will head to florida, they that currently looks every bit the picture of a trumpian dystopia thanks to trump s own closest competitor, governor ron desantis. then i ll call to order today s meeting as a velshi banned book club, featuring a very important book by a very brave offer who s been targeted for his work. not just by a book banners, but by the taliban. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday during the third, i m ali velshi. if you can believe, if the iowa caucuses which kick off the republican primary season are only about seven months away. the candidates lining up to be the 2024 republican presidential nominees have been filling up for the past couple of mont
i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. thank you for starting your week and spending part of your morning with us. there is plenty to get to this sunday. here is what we re watching. i think this is an effort that s ongoing never ending to destroy donald trump, everything around donald trump. politicians on both sides of the aisle reacting to the news that former president trump could be indicted this week. how trump s team and new york officials are preparing for that possibility and potential fallout. also, russian president vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol days ahead of a high stakes meeting with president xi jinping. ivan watson is standing by in ukraine with more. what would you say the weight of the job is? you hold people s lives in your hands. following a series of close calls at the nation s airports, cnn is getting an up close look how the next generation of air traffic controllers are training to keep us safe
in the classroom. that don t say gay bill triggered an all out war with disney, from which desantis is not backing down. disney s already pulled the plug on a one billion dollar project which would have greeted 2000 more jobs for the state. just last month, he signed a slew of anti lgbtq laws that ban gender affirming care for minors, that target drag shows, restrict the discussion of personal pronouns in schools, and force people to use certain bathrooms. desantis also created an election police force to investigate and crackdown on virtually nonexistent voter fraud. last summer, law enforcement arrested 20 people who had been incarcerated on felonies and voted in the 2020 election after their release. these people had filled out voter registration forms that were approved by the state i received voter identification cards from the state. and now florida lawmakers just signed off on a budget that includes a one point $4 million for an election investigations office. desantis is also t
role on january 6th to the gridiron dinner totally back him yesterday on this front. and kevin mccarthy, who has been loyal to trump for a long time, he called for congress to investigate what the d.a. is likely to do. but what i also thought was the most interesting was that ron desantis, trump s likely biggest rival in the 2024 race was silent. he didn t tweet. he hasn t talked about it much. he might be the rare republican who says let s just let the criminal justice system take its course and maybe take out my biggest opponent. there is a scenario, albeit potentially farfetched, in which desantis may have something to do with an extradition fight if trump and his attorneys refuse to leave the state of florida. we got to leave the conversation there. appreciate your perspectives. thank you. good luck. that s, julia. we will have to revit the