presidential bid during a rather unconventional live audio interview on twitter. we ll bring you the official launch as soon as it happens. in uvalde, texas, it s now been one full year since a gunman opened fire at robb elementary school killing 19 students and two teachers. the community and nation marking the terrible anniversary as questions remain over the response to the massacre. also tonight, the music world loses a legend. t tina turner is dead at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness. we ll remember her life and her iconic career. 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 tonight, the florida governor is only moments away from entering the crowded race for the republican nomination, launching a major challenge to former president trump. jessica jessica dean is joining us on what to expect from this rather unusual announcement. this is an unconventional presidential annou
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai
savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. it s going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and it s just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their stauts state
optimistic. he s surrounded by family, so that s a wonderful thing. she sent out the video in a tweet which reads in part with a grateful heart i thank all who sent kind words and prayers for paul. it s a long road but he will be well. our security, our democracy, our planet, our values are on the ballot. we re in something of a unique moment in american history it seems. there s much that is familiar and normal in a midterm election, and at the same time there is so much that is not normal. normal is candidates criss-crossing their states in districts making closing arguments with control of congress for the next two years at stake. normal is big name surrogates campaigning with the interest they bring and the questions about the difference they might make. normal is having economic issues front and center with republicans focusing on high inflation hoping that will work against democrats. democrats pushing back today on new strong job numbers hoping that will give them a
have ultimately been a decision that two men came to at the same time. whether or not there was some thought, and if there was not consider about making the administration s life and the president s life more difficult, he might have been left it. kelly was said to have delivered the news. it is unclear and unknown, it s a wild card. he goes outside independently. steve bannon is now a household name. there is people that will be
upset that he left this white house. i talked to a bannon ally earlier this week. they said we had a sense this is coming and we look at this white house now and we see new york democrats and generals. that is not what we worked for in 2016. steve bannon is the leader of a coalition and it remains to be seen. let me bring in jennifer reuben. the author of the post, so your paper is quoting friends of steve bannon s assayi saying lo he can help the president s agenda from the outside, that things were not working on the inside. gabe sherman reports somet