trump for the gop presidential nomination? think about it. he s a former president, essentially a gop incumbent, who is consistently polling around 50% of the gop vote in the polls. and we learned in 2016 that give continue hard core support that trump enjoys from some, he s the beneficiary of a large field. remember, in that cycle there were so many running that debates, they had a kids table. this time trump announced first and then nikki haley, and then vivek ramaswamy, larry elder, asa hutchinson, tim scott, and now ron desantis, who, by the way, is only 44 years old. by biden/trump standards, he s got three more decades to run for president. so why run now? why get into the steel cage with a wrestler who always carries a foreign object? mike pence said he ll soon make a decision. chris christie sounds like a candidate. even glenn younk gkin is taking second look. what s going on? maybe they don t think they ll have to beat trump. that will be done by a combination of al
the u.s. treasury pushes back the possible default deadline from june 1st to june 5th, giving debt limit negotiators to reach an agreement. the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, joins me in just a moment r for an exclusive interview. in ukraine, at least two people are dead and 30 injured after a russian attack on a medical clinic, ukraine claims was deliberate. we ll have a live report from the war zone. and as americans prepare to set out for the memorial day weekend, cnn is at the airport and on the highways with everything you need to know about one of the busiest travel days of the year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this evening, the u.s. treasury says debt limit negotiators have slightly, slightly more time to try to strike a deal. but it s still not clear if the two sides can reach an agreement before the nation defaults. from congress to the white
can t we still be friends [applause] lawrence: we are in new york at the peter pan diner. [cheers and applause] lawrence: all of these folks decided to get up in the pouring rain. the wind banging against their cars. they thought it was important to send a message to all of the candidates that are running in the republican primary. but, also, the joe biden they are not happy with what is going on in the country. and they are not going to be silent about it, guys. brian: two things going on with lawrence. is he jumping into adam klotz s spot by talking about the weather and pops the collar like jesse watters. be you, lawrence. come on. lawrence: i like taking things from the fox family and putting it in my represent deleware. carley: that is a lawrence jones look for sure. i picked a all the wrong day to bring my christmas gifts in to fox. it was pouring and i got soaked on my way into work today. steve: oops. lawrence: you still look flawless, carley. st
development in the high stakes legal battle to abortion access, the most high stakes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. a federal court of appeals heard arguments on why the widely used abortion drug mifepristone should be available. and attorney for the pharmaceutical company and anti-abortion groups squared off and a circuit court of appeals, which has historically been one of the nation s most conservative appeals court. during the tour to the hearing, the panel of judges, all of whom had previously backed abortion restrictions took repeated shots at the fda and, in the process, expose their fundamental lack of knowledge with the facts behind medication abortion. the hearing turned hostile within seconds with the judge james ho interrupting a lawyer after she described the landmark case as unprecedented in her opening statement. judge how asked that she, quote, just focus on the facts of the case rather than have the sort of fda can do no wrong theme. in anoth
i ll tell you what that would actually look like and i ll ask jacksonville s mayor elect donna deegan how she pulled off a stunning upset with a much different brand of politics. plus, fulton county district attorney fani willis signals that something big could becoming an august. i have some unsolicited advice about how drunk donald trump s republican rivals might want to message around that. meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican hostage takers joins me live. and later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker. we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism in washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. . both florida governor ron desantis is set to officially enter the race for president this week. and let s be honest, he s definitely work in progress when it comes to retail