hello, i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. florida governor ron desantis becoming the latest republican to launch his bid for the party s 2024 presidential nomination, and the chance to challenge sitting democratjoe biden. on wednesday, debuting this campaign video in a bid to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race for the white house. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the wayhe made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what mr desantis said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going in the wrong direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, d
campaign video to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis s announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government s making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation s challenges, and he takes his cues
prosecutors have invited trump to testify next week before a grand jury. it s a move that typically indicates an investigation is nearing its end and that an indictment could be mimminent. the former president is at the center of many criminal investigations but this grand jury is looking into the hush money payments to adult film star stormy damages during the 2016 presidential campaign. while president mr. trump was asked about the payment and he denied making it and directed questions to his then personal lawyer, michael cohen. less than a year later, cohen testified to congress. watch. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? no, no. why did michael cohen well, you ll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you ll have to ask michael cohen. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states. the president of
tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury, investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january six riot and an attempts to overturn the 2020 election election. i am john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate, illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened in the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind bending is historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside, and add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the today we are rioters were seen yelling, hang mike pence at the capitol, as well as personal interactions with trump and the events leading up to that day. he previous
china. erin? will ripley thank you very much for that amazing report. thank you for joining us. anderson is now. one for the history books tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury investigating the former president s actions surrounding the january 6th riot and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. i m john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind-bending historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside. to add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the day where rioters were seen yelling hang mi