headlines. heat. florida governor ron desantis is now set to officially announce that he is running for president. cnn learned that the florida governor is going to make the announcement tonight during an interview with elon musk on twitter. his wife, casey desantis released this video of him getting ready to walk on a stage as a dramatic voiceover speaks in the background. do i have the courage? it is worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it. every single time. desantis has widely been seen as former donald trump s leading challenger for the republican nomination. there are questions on what this launch will look like. the poll numbers have been slipping after shaky performances leading up to this launch. trump has been relentlessly attacking him for months now. and we re now learning that trump and his allies have been preparing for this moment with a coordinated plan to try to up end desantis campaign launch. there is a social media blitz and appearing in
challengers if not his biggest challenger former president donald trump is playing to undercut the campaign launch. speaking of trump, the special counsel investigating the former president is about to get some crucial documents from the national archives today. they could end up potentially being key evidence in his probe. and the man accused of ramming the barricades near the white house and threatening to kill the president will appear in court. new details about what the suspect said after the crash. also guam getting slammed by one of the most devastating storms we have seen there in decades. today marks one year since that mass shooting in uvalde that left 19 elementary school children and two teachers dead. president biden is planning to address the anniversary calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic happening in america. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. today florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his presidential race. we
lot of americans don t though they have and is available for everyone. congressman seth moulton, thank you for caring about this issue. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. is it worth the fight? co do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. top of the hour. big day in politics. if you are wondering what that was, months in the making. there are big questions about whether or not it will help his numbers. we are talking about ron desantis. what you saw was a clip of a hype video ahead of his big announcement tonight. it s one of the big stories we will be watching today. the florida gore is set announce he is running for president. here is how he is doing it, on twitter with elon musk. we have new cnn reporting about how one of his biggest