being old. do that on television, ok? i said to see you do it on television. i don t want to dislike you. i can t help it. sandra: begin with the media writing off ron desantis s bid for the governor even before he joins the primary field. i m sandra smith in new york. a lot of puns off the top alert there, but we do have a hot show coming up. john: yes, no question about that. all right. let s get cooking here. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. after months of speculation, and several visits to early primary states, ron desantis will make it official not with the usual campaign kick-off rally but in a live audio only interview with the ceo of twitter, elon musk. sandra: we are just hours away from that. marc thiessen standing by whether desantis s entry will shake up the race and peter doocy with the naacp growing war with desantis. how will desantis s rollout play out tonight? what are we and anticipating? from hot and humid miami, a bit of a
on the asteroid. i was telling alex before when we were talking about this, when i kept hearing this incredible story yesterday about smashing into the asteroid, come on, what was i thinking. i was thinking aerosmith i don t want to miss a thing, hear the news story i don t want to close my eyes it was incredible. willie, stop him. a sappy summer movie. they tried to do this last night. you got bruce. you throw affleck in there, mika, if you don t know what we re talking about, this was a huge movie 25 years ago, with the plausible plot they trained oil drillers in a matter of days to become nasa astronauts and effectively do what we saw yesterday in real life, they knocked a rocket with a ship the size of a refrigerator, they knocked an asteroid off its course yesterday, nasa did this in real life. no liv tyler, now they know if something is barrelling toward earth, they have a decent chance of knocking it away. scientifically, the movie, i don t think it w
Harris we are keeping a very close eye on capitol hill, the house floor has just opened and members of the house could vote on their next House Speaker any time, were told. Republicans are hope louisiana congressman mike johnson will be the man for the job and can get the votes needed. He was named the partys fourth nominee last night. It was eight, then to four, then to two and now to him and it is ticking there. We will be following the action as it unfolds and bring you updates as they happen. We are also waiting for President Bidens first News Conference since october 7. He is set to take News Conference alongside afghanistan Prime Minister. That should happen next hour around the 1 00 hour now. He is facing Mounting Pressure to draw a red line with iran as Tension Mount in the middle east and our men and women have become targets of militias more than ever before. Youre watching outnumbered, im Harris Faulkner here with Kayleigh Mcenany and emily compagno, also ceo of Law Fair Pro
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. We begin with Donald Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonished trumps lawyers for insinuating that actress Stormy Daniels has changed their story. The judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. Daniels wrapping up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have. It got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers. All of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldnt be as offended by some of the line of questioning as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised on her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today as she grilled Stormy Daniels during cross examination. It bordered on shaming a sex worker. Stormy daniels getting the most attention. You see dona
We are covering the israelhamas war. Were Tracking Developments late today as republicans are scrambling to agree on any replacement for ousted House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. We have a report on that and all its implications later in the newscast. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken was in israel for meetings with prime Minster Netanyahu as troop amass at the border. Amidst blinkens trip, the Israeli Government today released new graphic Photo Evidence of the mass atrocities. Israel says the photos show how hamas murdered and burned babies, which blinken acknowledged while pledging u. S. Support. He a reiterated bidens views that the destruction is on par with isis. Soldiers beheaded, young people burned alive in their cars or in their rooms. In a litany of brutality and inhumanity that, yes, brings to mind the worst of isis. The first accounts of those acts came initially from israeli soldiers. They recounted what they had just seen after reclaiming areas under attack. Its no