a very good evening to you. i m abby phillip. tonight the entire planet is paying tribute to the queen of rock n roll, the one and only tina turner gone at the age of 83. a superstar for the ages, and we reflect in a moment on one of the biggest voices and losses in music history. but first, we begin with the developments in the 2024 presidential race, the man viewed as the biggest tlept to donald trump for the republican nomination. he just made it official on trump s old turf, twitter. righting this ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. but, ron desantis s big announcement night went a little south from there. a very rocky start to his formal bid with major glitches plaguing his planned conversation with twitter space s ceo elon musk. an audi
it s time now for a sea 360. good evening. we begin with breaking news. florida governor ron desantis announcing on twitter eventually he is running for president. but the live stream events with elon musk do not go according to plan. it was plagued with technical problems and delayed for nearly 30 minutes. if you tuned in when it was supposed to start you would ve heard silence, and then after about 12 minutes of that, you would have heard this. so, let s see. keeps crashing, ha? i think we ve got a massive number of people online. so services are straining. that was elon musk saying that the servers are straining somewhat. then there was silence again. the former president is already mocking the governor s debut. still a statesman thing i m comparable silences, glitches, a complete failure to launch, and that s just the candidate. jessica dean joins us now from miami. last night of the program we talked about how a live event on twitter with elon musk could either
Ceremonies tonight in uvalde, texas. the city coming together for two prayer vigils to mark one year since the shooting massacre at robb elementary school massacre. earlier community members released monarch butterflies to mark the day. uvalde is on the migratory route. but tonight a small symbol of renewal. and hope as uvalde and we and the country remember the fourth graders and two teachers killed. one year later, their families are still looking for accountability and answers after it took 77 minutes for law enforcement to confront the gunman and to kill him. remember the victims tonight and think of their families. the news continues. cnn prime time with abby philips starts now. see you tomorrow.