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anderson, thank you very much. and good evening, everyone. tonight, the nation is facing a situation that has never been contemplated in its history before. a former president will sit trial as a defendant in the middle of his campaign for another term, which means that jurors and voters will be deciding his fate at exactly the same time. donald trump appearing virtually in court today as a judge sets his trial date for march 25th of next year. and in case you re wondering, that is 20 days after super tuesday, six days after florida, ohio and arizona and one month before pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving the 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. and also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow. in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we re already getting word that do ....
That in some way to extract their own concessions from the white house. that is a powerful tool by united states senator to block any nomination, hold up the process here, so there are very few of them criticizing him. you did hear mitch mcconnell in the past criticize tuberville s position but that was only public comments about it when reporters asked him about it, tuberville saying he s not getting the pressure from mcconnell privately even though mcconnell made his objection known publicly. that is interesting. very interesting. great reporting. manu raju, live for us from capitol hill on that. jim? right now senators are getting their first classified briefing on artificial intelligence, and its dangers. the department of defense and other intelligence officials are providing details about potential risks as lawmakers work to create a framework they hope will regulate the rapidly growing technology. here with us now cnn media analyst and reporter for axios sara fisher. ....
Past, the decision about whether or not to charge a sitting or former president of the united states is not a little deal. there are only two people in the united states who are subject to election by all the people. the president and the vice president. and he s a candidate now for office. again that raises some substantial questions. yeah. we could be, as a country, on the cusp of a very significant series of decisions being made by this justice department as it relates to former president donald trump. sara, maggie, robert and reena, thank you very much for all of that. coming up next for us, debt deadlock. just nine days until a possible default and still no deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. progressives like congress woman alexandria ocasio-cortez are warning the president not to budge. and she joins me live next. helping them achieve financial freedom.m. we re investiting for our cliens in the projects that power our economy. ....
Democratic strategist basel smikel. sara, we knew desantis s announcement was coming. we didn t know it was coming this way. an announcement on twitter says a lot about twitter and where that platform has gone after all these months. yep. twitter has become the center of gravity for the republican party that used to be fox news. ever since it fired tucker carlson, you re seeing a slew of conservative personalities, now candidates flocking to the platform. you think of ron desantis, he has always been someone who shied away from the mainstream media. a very strong signal of what his campaign is going to focus on. platforms that bypass traditional outlets including fox news to speak to voters directly. and one thing i want to note, elon musk hasn t come out endorsing a specific candidate, of course, he is the ceo of twitter. but, in the past he said that he would endorse desantis especially because desantis from his perspective is a younger, ....
Appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we re already getting word that donald trump and his allies are making plans to upend that announcement and maggie haberman will join us in a moment. and just a reminder of how wide open and unpredictable these races are, just take a look at the republican primary polls from this month back in 2015. marco rubio and jeb bush both led the pack. donald trump, he started just 3% tied with george pataki and speaking of polls, fast forward to right now. new cnn numbers show that republicans, they smell blood. president biden s approval rating just hit 40%, the lowest number since last summer. it is also lower than trump s approval rating at the same point in his term. and joining me tonight is senior media reporter for axios sara fisher, new york times senior political correspondent maggie haberman, reena shaw and ....