hello, i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. florida governor ron desantis becoming the latest republican to launch his bid for the party s 2024 presidential nomination, and the chance to challenge sitting democratjoe biden. on wednesday, debuting this campaign video in a bid to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race for the white house. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the wayhe made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what mr desantis said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going in the wrong direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, d
ron desantis took the position that it is private. turn medicare into a voucher system. the whole field has really walked on that kind of extremism, so i don t know if it matters who the nominee is. americans will embrace joe biden because he has their back, he s brought us out of covid, restriction on drug costs, and they are going to embrace that with him as president. the view of debbie, the current democratic congresswoman in florida, joined tonight by francis, a former republican congressman from florida, and in the studio, christian, reporting with bloomberg covering the republican the republican campaign. thank you so much for being with us tonight. super typhoon mawar has hit the pacific island of guam, battering it with hurricane force winds and heavy rain. the eye of the storm is just
good morning. it is friday, august 26th. welcome to american morning. it s all about the hurricane today. i wish i could say happy friday, happy friday for those not living along the northeast coast. and whom it hasn t reached yet. exactly. let s talk about hurricane irene. now said to be a massive and powerful category 2 storm sitting just off the east coast. 50 million people could feel its force by this weekend. new hurricane warnings are now up, they stretch from north carolina to new jersey. states of emergency have been declared as far north as new england. irene totally hammered the bahamas yesterday with torrential rain, 115-mile-per-hour winds, north carolina like i is next. in atlantic beach a surf shop boarding up, mandatory evacuations under way along the outer banks and could be the biggest storm to hit new york in decades. people all the way up the coast are being asked to leave or to get ready. i understand sometimes folks think that people overreac