not normal. no, it wasn t. then, it s 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 carolina temps, got violent network on friday to throw his hat into the ring. he is joining a gop primary field that well crowded has yet to see a candidate pose a real challenge in the polls to donald trump. axios reports, is joining me now, with more on this. sophia, thanks for joining us on this. we appreciate it. just hours before tim scott made it official, you, in fact, where that is launching a nearly 6 million dollar ad buy in iowa and new hampshire as well. where does he stand in this rac
good morning, everyone. we re going to take a minute to announce some good news. yesterday, clant collins is the new host of the 9:00 p.m. hour, opposite side of the day. i am. just when i got into this whole, you know, waking up at 3:30, everything. i had it down pat. i almost brought you a trash can and larmalarm clock. will you ll never have to set an alarm clock. it will be very exciting. f fun to i don t views and i will miss you. of course i m going to miss you. you ve been everything to me. i m not far away. what is also great is the reporting you do every day on everything washington can really be highlighted and featured at 9:00. i m excited for that. and i ll see you a lot. so we have a week left with kaitlan, thank goodness. let s get started with five things it know. the suspect behind that big leak of military secrets was repeatedly warned about his mishandling of classified documents but still was never removed from his post. this is according to new
clearly established procedures involving classified documents d. he know the right and wrong way of handling those items when he took them from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn has learned the national archives is ready to hand over records to special counsel jack smith showing that the former president and his top adviser certainly did know. just walk us through your reporting, jamie. anderson, cnn has obtained this letter that was sent by the national archives, as you said, informer former president trump that it is set to hand over the 16 presidential records. they re from his administration which show that trump and his top advisers were aware of the proper declassification process when he was president. our understanding is that the special counsel wants these records for the grand jury because they may provide critical evidence that, despite trump s claims that he automatically declassified all documents that he took, he was, in fact, aware that there was a correc
liable for sexual abuse. desantis is driving home his record of turning culture war issues into laws. then there s nikki haley and senator tim scott, calling for a return to true conservatism, without directly attacking donald trump. former vice president mike pence worked in the trump presidency but also became a target of it, said he too wants to return back to the party s original roots. and there are those presidential hopefuls and potential candidates who said trump should never step foot in the oval office again. that is where asa hutchinson, former new jersey governor chris christie, and new jersey governor chris sununu land. more candidates, with less name recognition, are also jumping in with various platforms. for his part, desantis travels to another early nominating state tomorrow when he visits new hampshire. here now, with his take on the road to 2024, michael smerconish, host of smir connish here on cnn and of the michael smerconish program. desantis is say
desantis in the white house? new evidence that the governor s willing to test that theory as he gears up to announce his presidential run. if you re not worried about the potential for a catastrophic debt default two weeks from now, the white house has a message for you. right now vice president kamala harris is trying to make their case to the public with the goal of pressuring republicans into making a deal. the latest on that, plus a live report from japan and the latest remarks from top administration officials on where the talks go from here. plus, why a house vote to punish admitted liar and federal fraud suspect george santos may ultimately help the new york republican s chances of staying in office. we ll explain that coming up. but we start in florida as nbc news learns that governor ron desantis will officially announce that he s running for president next week as we watch him try to super charge his campaign by harnessing the powers of the culture wars incl