ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. it is going down with elon musk on twitter. todd: what does this all mean? the republican primary bench keeps getting deeper and deeper. the governor is the latest candidate to turn his hat in the ring, on the heels of south carolina s tim scott. ashley: lucas tomlinson has more. lucas: president biden approval ratings continue to suffer, the highly anticipated official announcement from florida governor ron desantis coming tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. i ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and for the first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. lucas: florida s first lady showing a reminiscent of the movie the greatest showman. you can see brighter future, our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been
interview as a contender. todd: the governor will become the latest candidate to throw his hat in the ring on heels of south carolina senator tim scott. ashley: lucas tomlinson has everything you need to know ahead of tonight. good morning. lucas: good morning. this move has been months in the making, now official, florida governor ron desantis will declare he s a 2024 presidential candidate tonight on twitter. here is elon musk with a preview. we will be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and will be for first time something like this is happening on social media and with realtime questions and answers, not scripted. lucas: florida first lady has a video on twitter showing the governor in front of a large american flag backstage with loud applause heard in the distance. they call it fate, in the face of darkness, you see brighter future, faith our best days lay ahead of us. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth
Shutdown is all but certain at this point. Republicans in the house failing to pass a short term measure to fund the government, but the House Speaker says he has other ideas. Top official at the white house will join us on how the administration is bracing for a shutdown. Plus senator Dianne Feinstein, Longest Serving Female senator in history, passing away at the age of 90. How her impact is being remembered from congress to her home state of california. And speaking of the golden state, donald trump is in california this hour speaking at a republican convention. His message as one conservative group trying to keep the former president from becoming the gop nominee admits they are struggling to stop him. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here on cnn news central. The nation has just moved one step closer to a Government Shutdown. House republicans are expected to meet here in the next hour after their leader just suffered his latest defea
Years as a young adult in california, there were two female senators, senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both elected in 1992 during the socalled year of the woman. I was 9 years old when that happened, too young to grasp what was going on, and not entirely aware of Anita Hill Saga that prompted it so to me it was norm toll look to have washington and see two women representing my state. Completely normal to see one of those women led by bipartisan or to see her lead the Intelligence Committee or see her held to account for egregious wrong doing after 9 11 or see her stand up to the chief to get an apology out of it. It was norm toll watch Dianne Feinstein work in washington, and i know you see this coming, but looking back at the unremarkability is precisely what makes it so remarkable. Wasnt until i came an adult covering politics that i understood how hard she had to fight, sometimes against wings of her own party. Today the flags around the capitol are flying at half staf