thank you. great pleasure to be here. an honor to be speaking about tina this morning. i know john feels the same way. thanks, gentlemen. cnn this morning continues right now. sorry about that. we have got so many people here that i think we are we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign. is it? i don t want to jinx this. we played it on air all three hours this morning we still have an hour to go. look, that is about how ron desantis launched his campaign. good morning. presidential candidate ron desantis pushing the reset button on his presidential campaign. he just announced a new campaign kickoff in iowa after his much hyped launch on twitter with elon musk was derailed by technical difficulties. lawmakers going on recess as time is running out to reach a deal on the debt limit and prevent an economic disaster. a new warning about what can happen in the days to come. leader and members of oath keepers are about to learn their fates.
whistleblower lawsuit he settled in february obligating texas taxpayers, not paxton, to pay the $3.3 million settlement as part of the settlement the texas a.g. issued an apology, but that doesn t constitute admission of liability. definitely looks like ken paxton trying to deflect his own problems on to the speaker of the house. reporter: after the hearing the mudslinging continued. paxton calling the house speaker the l word, saying feelin is a liberal. disenfranchising voters. phelan saying the attorney general has abused his powers for personal gain and exhibited blatant disregard for eta aquaridscal and legal propriety expected of the state s leading law enforcement officer.