florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking some of its products celebrating pride month off store shelves. why? they cite confrontational behavior and threats toward store workers over its pride collection. we are following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get much more competitive. just a few hours from now florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his 2024 white house run in an unconventional way. he s announcing i
it is 8:00. i m amara walker. i m victor black well. if our theme is learning about one another, what s the thing we need to know about you that we don t know. i can t stand milk. we were just having this conversation. i don t know that many adults that hate milk as much as i do. i won t put it in my coffee. if someone puts cow milk in my coffee, i will taste it and smell it and spit it out. do not bring amara milk. it tastes like animal by-products. do you like milk? i like yogurt. but i m saying milk in its regular form. what we re watching today. volodymyr zelenskyy arrives at the g7 summit to boost support as russia escalates the war. he s expected to meet with president biden, who faces challenges of his own. dead lock on a debt limit deal. can an agreement be made before time and the money run out? signs of possible survival. colombian officials race to find four children they say may have survived a plane crash in the amazon, but could they still be i a
morning. president biden is headed back to washington after wrapping up a consequential g7 summit. the president says he has a call scheduled with house speaker kevin mccarthy once his meetings conclude in japan. debt ceiling talks appear to stall with negotiators on both sides saying they were unsure when they would meet again. republicans have called for a deep spending cuts in exchange for support to raise the nation bore heing limit. the president said that many of republicans demands are unacceptable. president biden held his first face-to-face with ukrainian president zelenskyy since they met in kyiv in february. during the sitdown, president biden announced a new $370 million $75 million security assistance package to ukraine. team coverage from around the globe. sam kiley is live in kirstjen nielsen. we begin with phil mattingly in hiroshima. we heard president biden speak, a big chunk of about the latest on the debt ceiling and doesn t seem like there is much
against russia this weekend. they are expected to hear in person from president zelenskyy after his appearance today at the arab league summit. we do have truth on our side. we are pushing the occupiers out of our land. the president is monitoring debt ceiling negotiations back home. the white house tries to ward off defections from progressive lawmakers angry about potential cuts in entitlement programs. this hour, disney striking back against ron desantis just days before his expected presidential campaign announcement. they scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to florida for a billion dollar new development. desantis is expected to announce next week. he told major donors, trump cannot beat biden as he makes a push to post a large campaign war chest the day he announces. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. republican debt ceiling negotiators say they are pressing pause on the talks at a critical stage in the process. in the last hour, a lead neg
race? what his staffers are saying about his political future. so we have a lot going on and a lot more music to introduce. lucas tomlinson introduces live from washington without any music for you. just give us the facts, lucas. you got it, brian. good morning, after months of anticipation trips to iowa, new hampshire and abroad, it s now official. governor ron desantis will enter the presidential race tonight. florida s first lady teasing the announcement in this 30 second video. d do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. elon musk offered a preview of the highly expected announcement take place tonight at 6:00 p.m. we ll be interviewing ron desantis and he has quite an announcement to make. and we ll be it will be the first time something like this is happening on social media. and with real time questions and answers. not scripted. president trump s super pac responding to the announcement this is one of th