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blitzer in the situation room. >> happening now, a judge in manhattan just scheduled donald trumps criminal trial for next year right in the middle of the republican primary season. well share all the latest details from the former presidents court appearance earlier this afternoon. also tonight, governor ron desantis is about to official. the florida republican is poised to launch his white house campaign tomorrow during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. we have new details on...

and remembering an icon. ♪♪ >> tina turner the queen of rock & roll. ♪♪ and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. theres just one week until the treasury secretarys estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the countrys aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a so...

now that his presidential twitter launch did not launch so much, what does ron desantis do now? one of the best sourced florida reporters on earth tells us what a desantis campaign win means for them. a florida boy is recovering at home after he was shot by a police officer, but he is the one who called 911 for help. the family is now calling for the officer to be fired and charged. and could the pill form of diabetes and weight loss drugs like ozempic work just as well as the shot...

2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trumps ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recomm...

not normal. >> no, it wasnt. then, its not now, as we approach the one year anniversary of the uvalde shooting, i mean us speak to states, enron gutierrez, who i spoke to on the ground in uvalde when you are. go and has been fighting for change ever since. you do not want to miss that incredibly important conversation, stick with me for that. we want to begin with the 2024 presidential race, or the lead up to it. ramping up with less than eight months until the iowa caucus, south carol...

in japan. we are live on capitol hill with a look at where the talks stand right now. plus, let it go. for governor ron desantis cost his state a billion dollar project and thousands of jobs all because he is fighting a losing war with disney. how that disney drama and defending diversity will impact his presidential bid with desantis just days away from making it official. and later, tourist trap. americas gun crisis stretching far beyond its borders, a 700 advisories -- seven countri...

attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigat...

things legal from the many investigations involving former president trump, to the fight for reproductive freedom and all 50 states. the controversy surrounding the supreme court, were gonna have some fun too. getting your questions answered, a lot of questions, lets begin with with donald trump and the efforts to hold the former president accountable. for his efforts to support the will of murders in 2020. specifically, fulton county, georgia, district attorney fani willis getting the...

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speaker kevin mccarthy left the meeting sounding optimistic about how things were developing. biden told reporters that he was confident about reaching a deal, and that all parties were in agreement that default was not an option. mccarthy had even said that it, was, quote possible to get a deal for the end of the, week but signs of renewed discord svelte back out on friday. republican aides pause the discussion, and saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans ...