duffie. we begin with the latest republican entering the 2024 race, ron desantis. he finally announced his ambition during an event last night. desantis joined our own trace gallagher on fox news last night. i am running to load a great american comeback. we know the country is on the wrong track. we see it with our own eyes and and we feel it in our bones. we have a president who s a listless vessel and not dealing with the challenges. it does not have to be this way. it is a choice. we can choose a better pathway. desantis outlined what he would do on his first day in the oval office. what s the first thing president desantis would do? the border, there is a lot you can do, ripping out biden s anti-american policy, you can do some of that executive and legislative as well and reconstitute aligning the administrative states, we have a proxy that s out of control. you need to be willing to use article two power to bring the administrative states to heal. i will do tha
let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w
is making waves even before he s expected to jump in the presidential race. desantis today signed a bill to defund diversity bill at florida colleges, a clear response to critical race theory being taught in classrooms. he s also changing florida law to allow himself to campaign while serving as governor and to reduce transparency over state spending and travel. desantis is stepping off his turf, sending migrants to states run by democrats. and praising the marine veteran now charged in the subway chokehold death. he also barnstormed betrayal in iowa this weekend when the 45th president cancelled a rally there over weather concerns. donald trump is taking notice and taking aim at desantis. and desantis is indirectly firing back. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. if we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then i think the democrats are going to beat us again. trump was asked for his response in a new interv
action. this week district attorney alvin bragg decide to charge daniel penny with reckless homicide. the press continues to play the video of jordan neely dancing like a michael jackson impersonator. but they know that s not why he died. where were all the activists when he punched a 62-year-old woman in the face as she left the subway. and he was attempting to kidnap a 7-year-old girl he was dragging down the street. the meaning of victim and criminal, they just flip places. can they acknowledge how new yorkers feel? the guy may have been mentally unstable. but that s not our fault. i get it. it s a little excessive but up sure he didn t mean to kill the guy. first of all, it was none of his business to put the man in chokehold. he knew when the guy stopped breathing, and he knew how long he had to hold him. there are crazy things happening in the city and it s scary to be out. if somebody attacks you. whatever you have to do, just do it. he did kill someone. ma
expires. so we ll take you down to the southern border this morning. also, it looks like turkey s presidential election is head for a runoff. we have christiane amanpour here to hear why this race has global implications. and aaa is predicting one of the busiest travel day weekends in decades. an expert with tips on how to beat the rush. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. but here s where we begin this morning. new overnight, a bus of migrants dropped off at the official home of the vice president, kamala harris, in d.c. texas governor greg abbott sent the bus to the naval observatory after title 42, that covid-era immigration policy expired last thursday. many were expecting a surge of migrants over the weekend, but according to the biden administration, that s not what happened. here s president biden sunday after a bike ride. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than much better than y all expected. of course, the con