We hear you. And we stand with you. We are steeped in the good evening, america. Im katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the great people of alabama. But tonight, ill be auditioning for the part of scary mom. And ill be performing an original monologue called, this country is hell. You see, im not just a senator. Im a wife, a mother, and the craziest [ bleep ] in the target parking lot. First and foremost, im a mom. And like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about Sex Trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. And tonight, i am not just responding to the State Of The Union, i am also selling these bejewelled cross necklaces. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations, like the one well have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country. To the American People who are struggling right now, know this, we hear you. We
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
game-changer. russian officials meanwhile warned western countries that they would ruin, rather run colossal risks if they supply ukraine with f-16s. but white house officials are saying they got assurances that ukraine will avoid potential escalations of the war. we have had multiple conversations with ukrainians about the risk of escalation here. nobody wants to see world war iii. and we have made it clear that we re not gonna encourage or ukraine to strike inside russian territory. so we ve had that discussion with ukrainians, we have had it with respect to fighter aircraft. we are confident they will live up to their commitments. more on the presidents trip in a moment, back in washington, the white house is blasting congressional lawmakers over the debt ceiling deadlock. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage. talks between both parties started, paused, restarted and ended with no indication of whether they will resume. , president biden was briefed this
Casey desantis doing a flying solo run, trying to push and promote the moms for desantis and parents rights, but is this move actually going to be able to help run desantis, whose numbers are really bad, even with women voters? katie, i don t think so. you asked me earlier where i was. i m actually ron desantis s hometown of jacksonville. truth be told, katie, you wouldn t know it looking and driving around, this is trump country. i don t see any signs of the desantis presidential campaign in what you think would be his most ardent area of support. everywhere, however, you see trump 2024 science, trump 2024 flags. i think it s a microcosm of what the polls have not made certain. katie, you go back figure it out, donald trump had a 34 point trump had a 34 point lead over desantis. one year later, you talk about, it all of the indictments losing a sexual assault suit, trump is still at a 32 point lead.
Two on the candidates he endorsed for last including one in his hometown of jacksonville. then the latest matchup against trump, he s down 11 points, this from a month ago, this was not a great week for him. do you think he d be better served holding off on a big announcement like this? i think he d be better served abandoning this fantasy that he s gonna be the republican nominee altogether. when, kurt, let me tell you something, hang on. i have that echoed all over the place. the guy is so young. what, e 44, 45 years old? look at what lies ahead if he goes up against donald trump. i mean, donald trump will eviscerate him, right? with everybody giving trump such an advantage, why do you think he s going into at this time? why not wait till 2028? i think that desantis and those around him, i think they re counting on the fact that, at some point along the, way there could be some serious jeopardy if donald trump finds