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im christine romans. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday. kaitlan is back. that makes me very happy. were back. and so much going on today. >> and whats going to come. >> lets hope a deal. >> yeah. >> lets get started. i do sense a skeptic? >> i believe it. lets get to the five things we need to know for this wednesday, may 24th. ron desantis set to announce his 2024 white house run today. there is nothing conventional about this. hes going to...

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...

friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson, and viv ecoramaswami. he will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a so-called unity ticket, the idea from the bipartisan group no labels, include democratic senator joe manchin, independent senator kyrsten sinema, and republican larry rolling hogan, the former maryland governor. trumps biggest obstacle still seems to be his own legal ...

presidential candidate ron desantis plans to campaign next week. big announcement. and policer he called 911 for help. his family says they want justice. ahead, details on the boys condition and a planned protest in mississippi. new research suggests the pill form of drugs like ozempic would work as well and obviously without the shot. what that could mean for this whole new world of weight loss drugs. this is cnn "news central". this morning, if a tree falls in the woods on twit...

deadline is june 1st. who has time for a break? well, apparently conversations are not productive, at least thats how the gop is framing it. here was the republicans lead negotiator, congressman garrett graves who walked out of the room early today. >> the house passed the strong bill. it has great savings, and its responsible and puts us on a path. until people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then were not go...

florida governor ron desantis will soon make his presidential bid official and a you this cnn poll is giving us the latest snapshot of the republican race. one key takeaway, desantis is going to be facing some challenges. and a critical moment in the mar-a-lago documents case. the special counsel closing in on a decision on whether to charge former president trump. his lawyers are requesting a meeting with the attorney general. ahead, what this could signal. and target is taking so...

expected to give the former president his toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. floridas governor ron desantis getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. trump used it to pummel the republican field, including marco rubio and jeb bush who he turned into a campaign punching bag. in a moment, randi kaye looks into whether desantis will do better. first, the political waters he is about to jump into. in ...

>> good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former presidents toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. floridas governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponents former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor -- jeb bush, who y...

that florida governor ron desantis will challenge donald trump for the republican presidential nomination. it comes on a day the company he has targeted, disney, decided to hit him with a billion dollar blow. ill have more on what disney just announced shortly. but on desantis run, sources are telling cnn hell be filing the paperwork next week. he had a call late today with donors and supporters, and a "new york times" reporter listened in. im going to read a quote from that "new york ...

have for governor in kentucky, and trump endorsed one and ron desantis backed another, and biden just endorsed -- running for pennsylvania. danny, do we know who? won >> a bunch of races here. >> really cover all of them. >> i think the most recent was when we just guardian was that special election in pennsylvania? heather boyd, democrat, mps projecting that she has won that seat and that was consequently mentioned last night because that means the democrats will retain the new state ...