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desantis is finally in the race for president but not without a hitch right out of the starting gate. the governors unusual choice to announce in an audio interview with elon musk on twitter, it was plagued by glitches and started 25 minutes late. desantis on fox later making light of the technical difficulties and laying out his vision for leading the country in a different direction. >> im running to lead a great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it...

welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. im paula newton. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> im ron desantis, and im running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> ron desantis makes it official, but his unconventional announcement filled with delays and glitches has many asking, did he win over any voters? . plus -- ♪ >> one year as ham and gone sense the deadly massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde. 19 fourth graders and two teac...

and a warm welcome to our viewers all around the world. >> and just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> im ron desantis and im running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> it came off almost like he was a talk radio host not a future leader of the free world. ♪ keep on turning, keep on burning, rolling, rolling on a river ♪ >> she was a gift. there will be nobody like tina. >> this is going to continue to be a significant storm. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom...

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We begin our second hour with several major developments in the Georgia Election interference case. Donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. Trumps lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. Rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. In total, 12 defendants have done this so far. The ex president and some of those cha...

National campaign, desantis is now laser focused on early nominating states such as iowa which is set to hold the gop primaries first caucuses january 15th. >> great to be back in the state of iowa. >> reporter: recent poll shows donald trump with a commanding lead in the state garnering 46% of the vote from likely caucus goers. desantis has 16%. >> stakes are high. we didn dont have the opportunity to fritter it away and we have to get the job done. >> reporter: desantis five stop bus tour spon...

Wednesday with the federal election commission. on tuesday desantis wife tweeted a hype video. >> america has been worth it. >> reporter: desantis jumped in the primary following months of speculation about the florida governors political future fueled by a national book tour and visits to key early nominating states. >> i have only begun to fight. >> reporter: as the republican fight intensifies, a new cnn poll shows former president trump leading the gop field with roughly double the support o...

Months of speculation about the florida governors political future, fueled by a national book tour and visits to key early nominating states. >> i have only begun to fight. >> reporter: as the republican primary fight intensifies, a new cnn poll shows former president donald trump leading the gop field with roughly double the support of desantis and no other candidate in double figures. but the survey also finds the republican field to be far from settled. more than 8 in 10 of those polled say t...

Months since announcing his presidential bid, trump advisers are taking steps to position him for a protracted campaign, building out a policy platform including an education plan heavy on culture war proposals. >> our public schools have been taken over by the radical left maniacs. >> reporter: the former president is also set to dial up his travel in the coming weeks with an event planned in iowa next week, just days after florida governor ron desantis plans to visit the key early nominating s...

Ing by jonathan martin is overwhelming. interviews 75 republican officials, advisers, donors, consultants, all of whom in this very plugged-in world understand what mike pence is doing, and what the people around mike pence is doing, and what theyre doing is, they realize president trump is one of the most unpredictable figures in modern politics. theres no crystal ball clarity about what his future looks like. it would be political malpractice for leaders of the republican party just to sort of...