see the crime scene for themselves. we ll have a live report from the courthouse in south carolina coming up. at least a dozen people hospitalized, but no deaths reported after tornadoes tear apart businesses and homes in central oklahoma. we ll have the latest on the storms that made million z miserable over the last 24 hours and the problems they left behind. first, the challenges to donald trump. ideologically, financially and organizationally, all ramping up. case in point, ron desantis is gathering for more than 150 donors, a huge event over the weekend held less than a ten-minute drive from former president trump s back yard. the event was described as, quote, part of desantis increasingly open encroachments into the former president s long-term support base and ideological turf. that s just the tip of the iceberg with the florida governor set to extend his campaign with a national book tour that launches tomorrow. we should be clear. right nou desantis is still a
campaign with a national book tour that launches tomorrow. we should be clear. right nou desantis is still a distant second to trump, at least in the latest fox news poll. he s also far ahead of the next batch of official and unofficial republican candidates. let me bring in nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times, and tim miller is with me onset, writer-at-large for the bulwark. tim, for somebody who will barely mention donald trump s name, desantis is really on the move, raising money from folks who were giving money to donald trump in both of his campaigns, frankly. he s got his book tour and the stops include the reagan library. then he s going to blue states like new york and illinois. the first thing i thought was, is he takingorr president s skin? i think so.