here he comes straight out of florida a record without a scandal oh, yeah oh, oh when ron launches his campaign if you are feeling blue ron desantis is right on cue [cheers and applause]. greg: [laughing]. that was terrible! i said make it bad. mission accomplished. during an audio stream with elon musk on twitter. there were federal glitches. biden asked any way to hook us up with the glitches in musk dealt with those responsible. you did it. great. greg: it looks like musk. the conversation got going and lasted about an hour. we pause now to listen to all of it. i am running for president. united states. greg: that s enough. not the first time i promised an hour and finished in seconds. [laughing]. greg: i don t know what that means. later ron stopped by to chat with our pal trey goudy despite their differences on what constitutes a good haircut. i think trey doesn t go to a barber. just sticks his head in
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
pence. the white house council said pence did not have any authority to throw out the results. trump s pressure on pence, and i quote, directly contributed to the violent insurrection. let s take a look at this photo. it s obtained by abc news, showing pence and his family inside hiding, as the building was being ransacked by rioters. pence s daughter on the left side of the photo, his wife on the right, pulling the curtains closed for extra safety. and pence had good reasons to be hiding. some of the rioters brought gallows to the capitol while calling for pence to be hanged. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. pence s former chief of staff will not testify in person. but clips from his video deposition are expected to be played. tonight, in a short, telling wolf blitzer, who he believes is ultimately responsible for the january 6th violence. well, to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advice? or do
her majesty to travel from windsor castle outside london to the center of london st. paul s cathedral and get inside the cathedral. she would have to, even though there was discussions of could she go in through the side entrance, not do the what all the dignitaries are doing, she could have gone in through a side entrance, even that it was decided it was too much for the 96-year-old monarch. it was great for the country to see her yesterday. the world appreciated seeing her on the balcony. she has been frail. she has mobility issues and the decision then was made last night she wouldn t be attending the service of remembrance. not attending either, the duke of york, prince andrew, disgraced really in the royal family because of the accusations he denies of sexual abuse, he will not be there either, and that s because he tested positive yesterday for covid. so he s absent. the queen is absent. the service will be led then from the royal family side by prince charles. there wi
idea, nato expected to invite finland to negotiate. and sweden also 1kexpected to announce its intention to join the alliance a. russia has warned both countries saying that there would be consequences. let s go live to helsinki and bring in nic robertson. put these developments into context for us. reporter: huge developments. rapid change in public and political opinion here about nato membership as you have when russia invaded ukraine. fins no longer felt safe. they felt threatened by russia. saying that the country should join. good for finland. good for nato the next steps and they are fairly low hurdles, if you like. the prime minister discussing over the weekend. the foreign affairs committee to put their paper forward and the parliament to vote in the session. i spoke yesterday with one of the prime minister s and they said look, already over 180 of the 200 are ready to vote yes to join nato. this is all but a foregone conclusion. the nato secretary-general saying f