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it s happening tonight. florida governor ron desantis will make it official. he s set to launch his presidential bid. ahead, new details on how he plans to beat former president trump. so we just got word that house speaker kevin mccarthy will hold a press conference any minute. so what news will he bring from the debt ceiling negotiations? do they have a deal? have talks collapsed? stand by for news. are you still using your sister s ex-boyfriend s parents netflix password? it s about to cost you. ahead, what the company says about the coming crackdown. this is cnn news central. seven hours from now, we are going to hear a presidential announcement that has been months in the making, but there is no stage, no huge rally being prepared as florida governor ron desantis is going to officially announce he s running for president tonight. desantis, instead, is opting for an intimate twitter conversation with billionaire owner elon musk. the event will be audi
prosecutors have invited trump to testify next week before a grand jury. it s a move that typically indicates an investigation is nearing its end and that an indictment could be mimminent. the former president is at the center of many criminal investigations but this grand jury is looking into the hush money payments to adult film star stormy damages during the 2016 presidential campaign. while president mr. trump was asked about the payment and he denied making it and directed questions to his then personal lawyer, michael cohen. less than a year later, cohen testified to congress. watch. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? no, no. why did michael cohen well, you ll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you ll have to ask michael cohen. i am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that president trump personally signed from his personal bank account on august 1st of 2017, when he was president of the united states. the president of
prepared as florida governor ron desantis is going to officially announce he s running for president tonight. desantis, instead, is opting for an intimate twitter conversation with billionaire owner elon musk. the event will be audio only, and promises a live, unscripted q and a session. right now polling shows the republican governor donald trump wants endorsed poses the greatest primary threat to the current gop front-runner. desantis decision to take this virtual stage tonight, one of the latest attacks being hurled, of course, from trump s team. cnn reporter steve contorno is leading off the hour. what do we know about desantis and how he s crafting this announcement because it is unusual, to say the least. it is, it is, sarah and so far they re being very coy about the details for tonight s event, but here s what we know so far, sources have told us that
let the games begin. the one competitor that donald trump appears to be most focused on is about to jump in the race. florida governor ron desantis is set to launch his presidential campaign today, and he is going to do it in a somewhat surprising way, not holding a big rally like we saw from tim scott just this week. not putting out a big video like we saw from president joe biden in announcing his reelection bid. instead opting for a twitter chat with twitter owner elon musk. the event is being billed as a live unscripted q&a, but make no mistake, team desantis has been fine-tuning his 2024 script for months. and despite a dip in recent polling, desantis is still seen as posing the greatest primary threat to the current republican front runner, donald trump, and that has become evident as in