good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former president s toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponent s former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor jeb bush, who you turn first into a verbal punching bag, then a campaign punchline, and finally, a political footnote. in a moment randi kaye looks ahead to whether governor desantis will do any better against those kind of tactics. first, the kind of political waters he is about to jump into. in one way, they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval, now stands at 40%. a new cnn polling out late today. and with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that same p
revelations. israel now saying hostages were waving a white cloth when they were mistakenly killed by soldiers. i m in tel aviv s hostage square. israelis are demanding action to bring the rest of the hostages home. unfinished business. house lawmakers head home for the holiday the while the senate is still battling for ukraine aid and border security. gas prices fall and inflation cools. the economy is strong. so why do things still feel expensive? in paris, a new rooster rises over notre dame. what it means for the landmark s restoration. and later, toy story. what s old is new again. why what s purchased here can t be plugged in or powere up. we prefer games that will cause kids to engage with others instead of sitting in the corner playing with their thumbs. this is the cbs weekend news from washington. with adriana diaz. good evening. on the ninth day before christmas, major storm systems threaten both coasts and could make a mess of holiday plans. to
politicsnation tonight s lead, danger all ove again. it we even and his third run fo the white house, forme president donald trump still can push politics to the edge. last night, trump happil mingled with maga supporters a a wrestling match and oklahoma just hours after dropping bombshell announcement, th former president claiming on his truth social platform, h would be arrested on tuesday although he offered no proof that charges were eminent just like on january 6th trum called for protest without specifying whether the the should be violent or non violent. manhattan da alvin bragg sending out an internal memo t the staff and his office assuring them they will be safe trump s response, another angr post calling him a racist an once again the most prominence and influential republicans ar rallying behind trump no matte what havoc he wreaks, speake of the house kevin mccarth calling the case against the former president and outrageou abuse of power by a radical da if this i
cloned three cavs that, once grown, will be capable of producing 50% more milk than the average american cow. so they re putting our cows out to pasture like voters did to hillary. that is a reach but i approve. by the way, i believe we have a picture of the new super cows. [cheers and applause] greg: yes. off to a good start! okay. enough of that. let s talk about giant balloons, all right? yeah! greg: no. not those. i mow ten chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of south carolina. china should have said there was a boy inside. that s what i would have done. then i would have shot it down because i m a bad man. anyway there was lots of speculation over the balloon s sudden appearance rumor has it joe insisted that it was just a full moon. maybe it came from hunter s birthday party from last saturday. you know he loves his balloons. normally if they re full of cocaine and shoved up a drug mule s ass but still. hunter and the balloon have a lot in comm
nuclear fuel and radioactive waste at the department of britgy. britain identifies as non binary and gender fluid. , does how does he talk aboute woul holding the bar really high? you know, he d still be there if they didn t have thatr this security footage, by the way. well, for this administration,ea it s failure as far as the eye can see. yet zero accountability.io none still no senior officials ,no cabinet official fired,. not alejandro. mat them all in my caucus at dhs, notyo leave it to boot. a judge at the department ofof transportation, not the queen of transitory inflation, janetey yellen, at treasury.. so the only logical conclusions at this point can be that america s decline is theirco was agenda. now, biden s balloon fiasc ao ws a national embarrassment fors the united states at every turn. and it remindsthe us that weoking really don t have military leaders who are looking out foor us . even wheustin generals austin and molly blew the afghanistano withdrawa