new information about how trump will respond today. a typhoon packing wind gusts over 100 miles per hour and it is battering the island, a look at the devastation and the danger as the worst of it hits at this hour. a brain decoder or mind reader? a scientific breakthrough that is remarkable. scientists in texas on the brink of training artificial intelligence to read your mind. this is cnn news central. ron desantis is running for president. not a news flash, exactly. everything he s been doing the last weeks and months have helped position for that. his announcement with elon musk on twitter tonight will be a culmination of that. what is new is information about what the florida governor will say and how he intends to run against donald trump. also new, how his opponents are positioning themselves. this is a video commercial. out just moments ago from former south carolina governor nikki haley. in it, she paints desantis as an echo of trump. whatever i want he
at all. what i am doing is very serious. it s very important work. nope, not a game. that was fulton county d.a. fani willis last summer talking about her probe of trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and there are new indications tonight of precisely when any indictments will be coming this summer. also tonight, ron desantis gets set to formally launch his presidential campaign with the baggage of a four-plus year record of attacking the personal freedoms of the people and businesses in his own state. including his economically destructive fight with disney. plus, my conversation with chasten buttigieg who has a message for young people amid the growing threats to lgbtq youth. but we begin tonight with seven battle ground states that president biden won in 20202020. arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. not only will these all be states to watch in next year s presidential election, but all part of the failed plot by donald trump and his
legal huddle. meeting with his lawyers to talk about fighting a potential criminal indictment. all the while his potential 2024 challengers takes s new slogan to a key state. then the largest bank failures since 2008. s v b, silicon valley bank imploding in just 30 hours. how did it happen and what are the consequences? and our friday night cap is here talking all about the biggest stories of the weekend some you may have missed. the 11th hour getting underway right now. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is finally friday and you know what that? means we are closing out the week with a friday night cap and you do not want to miss a minute. so get comfortable and settle in because that is coming right up. but first, the twice impeached ex president, he s getting ready to spend his weekend huddling with lawyers in florida to figure out a strategy for dealing with an escalating legal threat. we told you last night donald trump has been invited to appear before a m
challenger takes s new slogan to a key state. then the largest bank failures since 2008. s v b, silicon valley bank imploding in just 30 hours. how did it happen and what are the consequences? and our friday night cap is here talking all about the biggest stories of the week and some you may have missed. the 11th hour getting underway right now. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is finally friday and you know what that means! means we are closing out the week with a friday night cap and you do not want to miss a minute. so get comfortable and settle in because that is coming right up. but first, the twice impeached ex president, he s getting ready to spend his weekend huddling with lawyers in florida to figure out a strategy for dealing with an escalating legal threat. we told you last night donald trump has been invited to appear before a manhattan grand jury investigating the 2016 hush money payment to former porn star stormy daniels. trump s lawyers tell nbc
western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very moment we are in. history is vital, as is knowledge. it s why education is so often ground zero in the u.s. culture wars. and why florida governor ron desantis apparent white house ambition strikes at the heart of the american classroom. desantis has staked his political future on a bid to block an advanced placement course in african-american studies, saying it lacks educational value. it s that f