welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. ron desantis makes it official, but his unconventional announcement filled with delays and glitches has many asking, did he win over any voters? . plus one year as ham and gone sense the deadly massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde. 19 fourth graders and two teachers mercilessly slaughtered by a gunman. we ll look at america s public health crisis with gun violence. what s love got to do with it remembering an entertainment and music legend, tina turner, dead at the age of 83. so we begin with the race for the white house and rough start for the latest republican to announce his candidacy, ron desantis. the florida governor started wednesday evening s launch posting a campaign video on twitter saying he s running for president to lead the great americ
progressive democrats will get their chance to sound off at a news conference later this hour. the chair woman threatening repercussions far from washington if president biden gives in to gop demands for spending cuts. i think it would be a huge backlash from our entire house democratic, you know, caucus, progressives, but also in the streets. sandra: and the dow did take a hit over a lack of progress on those debt talks. here you have it, down for the entire session at the moment off 200 points as we head into the last couple hours of trading, we ll be watching it. welcome back. john: the dow goes down, the dow goes up. let s hope. sandra: i knew that was coming. john: america reports rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. a lot of heads, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. john: larry kudlow with his take in a few minutes, but begin with the fox news alert. my name is yolanda. [gunfire] stay down and get down. john: brand-new video