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Which means it travels around a lot. and being in his own voice, this is going to be a hard one to explain. >> just turning to 2024, the 2024 race which is now well underway, a former vice president by -- and chris christie, they will both launched their campaigns next week. but you, have you ruled out running for president? >> no, i havent. it certainly is that the field is getting filled up. but i have a different view of how this is going to play out over the next several months. i think that...

Elections, jobs and the economy, abortion, dobbs and crime and guns. trumps indictments rarely come up. if they did, itd make little difference. as one woman told me recently when i mentioned trumps conviction in the carroll case, quote, im not saying that what he did was right. im a victim of the same thing. but, she said, we have to stay focused on who can run the country. sarah, this is not just a concept of that one woman you were speaking to and your mindset of trumps, but republicans, as w...

Can he get to donald trumps lead may be tough. >> dana: do you think the faith aspect helps him in particular in iowa? >> no doubt about it. especially when you look at the issue of life, which is embedded in the faith issue. he has indicated a willingness to sign federal legislation. different from president trump who said i may not do that and been mum about it. ron desantis with the heartbeat legislation as well. these are issues that you can make inroads in the faith community. >> dana: it i...

He talked about sending american troops in to fight the cartels. theyll take note of that in mexico, a sovereign nation to the south. this is not a -- its actually probably a more conservative message than youll hear from donald trump whos not about ideology. >> thats what hes going to have to convince voters of. not necessarily make this a personality contest, although his personality will drive a lot of it but what he would do as president and his agenda and his policy. the challenge for him i...

Decision citing challenging business conditions for cancelling the plans for that campus near lake nona which is near orlando. a spokesperson for desantis called the move unsurprising and said disney would cancel the project given the companys financial straits and declining stock price. disneys decision comes as governor desantis expected to officially enter the race next week. he has been long speculating to be running for the gop nomination. now it is official next week. the florida governo...

Developments are happening during our show. >> exactly. theres a lot happening at the g-7. well get to that and a lot more. lets get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russias war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it wont stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. thats according to sources familiar...

This morning. what does it tell you? i thought our reporting a few weeks ago was not this time hes probably not going to run. >> thats still what they say. look, he has no plans of jumping into this race. but what i see when i see that ad, it its an insurance policy. everyone or a lot of governors and he probably leads the list. look, if things dont go so well in this republican primary for a governor desantis and others, are they there to jump in at the end? hes been wanting to focus on virgini...

Next week that is something he must do in order to solicit the campaign donations. his plan to defeat former donald trump, running to the right of the former president when it comes to abortion, guns, and transgender rights. joining us with his reporting on all this is cnns chief national affairs correspondent. i notice that in the reporting from this call when desantis was speaking with donors, he didnt talk about these disney, the culture wars, of course, that hes been talking about when on th...

>> officer down! >> just an absolutely chaotic scene. ultimately 79-year-old shirley boyta was driving in the area when shot and fell out of her vehicle. two other women, a mother and daughter, drove up and attempting to render aid when they were also shot and killed. you can see the photos here. police say the shooter purchased the legally one month after his 18th birthday. the motive is under investigation. >> meantime, disney escalating its battle with florida governor ron desantis, scrapping...

Negotiations. were live with where the deal stands less than two weeks before the june 1st deadline. in georgia, new reporting about when former president donald trump could possibly be charged in the investigation into whether he interfered with the 2020 election in that state. and a major development in the disney versus desantis feud. the company pulls the plug on a billion dollar project in florida. we begin this very busy hour in new york city where right now 30-year-old street perfor...