headlines. heat. florida governor ron desantis is now set to officially announce that he is running for president. cnn learned that the florida governor is going to make the announcement tonight during an interview with elon musk on twitter. his wife, casey desantis released this video of him getting ready to walk on a stage as a dramatic voiceover speaks in the background. do i have the courage? it is worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it. every single time. desantis has widely been seen as former donald trump s leading challenger for the republican nomination. there are questions on what this launch will look like. the poll numbers have been slipping after shaky performances leading up to this launch. trump has been relentlessly attacking him for months now. and we re now learning that trump and his allies have been preparing for this moment with a coordinated plan to try to up end desantis campaign launch. there is a social media blitz and appearing in
crossing the line. a pandemic-era border policy expires. our border is not open. but with washington deadlocked on how to fix it, what s the long term solution? i ll speak with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and house gop homeland security chairman mark green next and deal or no deal as the u.s. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, president biden says the two sides are making progress. can they strike a deal in time? deputy treasury secretary wally ariyemo joins me ahead. plus primary problems, the president frames his re-election pitch around donald trump. sinister forces may believe they ll determine america s future. while ron desantis makes his case for change. if we focus the election on the past the democrats are going to beat us again. will voters agree? hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out there a very happy mother s day. president biden is making his general elect
central. as thousands of migrants are heading to the united states, the biden administration faces a major legal setback in the border strategy just hours after the end of title 42. remember, that policy was used nearly 3 million times to immediately expel people in the covid pandemic, and now a new court ruling has blocked the border authorities from releasing the migrants without a scheduled court date, and the white house is accusing the republicans to sabotage efforts to manage the border. alejandro mayorkas said that the policy was key to ease the overcrowding at the detention facilities. listen to this. the department of justice is considering options and the practice that the court has prevented us from using is a practice that prior administrations have used to relieve overcrowding. in the meantime, we are learning from the border city of el paso that fewer migrants are coming in compared to last week. we will get the update with rosa flores. rosa, set the scen
let s go to kelly o grady on why this is so different. kelly? well, great to see you, neil. yeah, when i woke up this morning and i heard that j.p. morgan chase had taken over first republic, it reminded of 2008 when you saw them take over bear stearns, when you saw them take over washington mutual. one of the key take-aways, the big bank banks keep getting bigger. j.p. morgan won out on a competitive bidding process. they re taking over all deposits. the bank will also make a 10.6 million payment to the fdic as part of this takeover. they were operating as usual today. the one that i m at, folks were coming in and out, checking their accounts. the president said he feels like the banking system is going to be okay. listen to this. regulators have taken action to facilitate the sale of first republic bank and ensure that all depositors are protected and the taxpayers are not on the hook. these actions are going to make sure that the banking system is safe and sounds. ma
jacqui: president biden touts the massive spending plan in oregon this weekend. we learned that president obama will be giving democrats much-needed star power at high profile events in atlanta, detroit, milwaukee in the coming weeks. we ve got coverage with dan springer in portland, but we ll start with the heated georgia senate battle. heated indeed. reverend warnock faced hershel walker running for senate as a republican. the two met in a debate in savannah last night and there were fireworks sparring on a range of issues, including abortion, take a listen. that a patient s room is too narrow and small and cramped a space for woman, her doctor, and the united states government. i just a neat talker, but did he not mention that there s a baby in that room as well? on the topic of election integrity, hershel walker acknowledged that president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged the question on whether he d support the president if he seek