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worshippers at the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue in october 2018. federal prosecutors are seeking death penalty. elizabeth holmes former ch chief of theranos must report to texas in prison today. she's been sentenced to 11 years. and ron desantis kicking off his campaign tour in iowa. and he will visit new hampshire thursday and south carolina on friday. richard nixon presidential library celebrating 50th anniversary of the homecoming of vietnam p.o.w.s. two tell cnn about their experience and how much it bonded them together for life. nick watt has more. >> reporter: major mark smith and sergeant ken wallingford then and now. >> i haven't seen this guy outside of one funeral we went to one of our buddies in 50 years. are a >> reporter: that is how long it has been since they were released from a jungle prison
in our 2024 lead, florida governor ron desantis is kicking off his first campaign tour as a presidential candidate with an event in iowa in just over an hour. it is a first stop on a four-day 12-city swing where he'll also make appearances in the key early primary states of new hampshire and south carolina later this week. cnn's jessica dean is in clive, iowa ahead of the desantis event. jessica, the desantis campaign says they're making a major play for iowa. what does that look like on the ground? >> well, it looks like kpaek what's exactly behind me, jake, that he is here in a very key moment where he is going to launch this campaign and do his first big speech since entering this race, and that is no accident. it's no surprise we're standing here in iowa that he is going to spend the next 24 hours going across this state. it is key they believe to his strategy to win it. here is governor desantis himself. take a listen. >> we're competing everywhere. iowa is very important.
The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese politician in less than a year said Sunday that they were surprised by the lack of security for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Fisherman Tsutomu Konishi was watching Kishida at a campaign event at this fishing port when an object flew overhead and landed near the prime minister, Konishi said. A security officer covered the object with a bulletproof briefcase, said Konishi, 41. The fishermen swarmed the attacker.
>> carley: president biden hitting the southwest with stops in new mexico and california today as part of a final campaign tour for democrats. he is skipping the border completely. we spoke to texas gop candidate wife last hour. >> well, it is probably just keeping it safe, he probably doesn't want tomatoes thrown at him. people are sick and tired of the pannedoring. we did a poll and the number one issue and concern was the economy, but a close second is border security. >> carley: migrant encounters up 58.7% from fiscal year 2021 to 2022. >> todd: border crisis top of mind in florida, number of migrants skyrocketed 129% in the past two years. florida ag ashley moody joins me now. thank you for being here, how
not a joke, these are patriots. >> the president is starting his day on the west coast before a busy several days of travel. after delivering a speech at a san diego technology company high heighting the chip and science act he signed, the president will head to the windy city for a political reception. he'll start saturday in chicago and hold an official event there. before then, traveling to philadelphia for a big schapiro-fetterman campaign rally with former president barack obama. nothing on the president's schedule for sunt. the democrats try to flip the republican controlled legislature there as well. we should note, donald trump kicked off his stretch run campaign tour as well. joining us now is staff writer for the new republic covering congress and politics. grace, grate great to see you as always.
kill paul pelosi. the lies being spread by elon musk, donald trump junior, even some republican-elected officials about that attack. ♪♪ good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as the biggest names in american politics hit the battleground states, right now president biden is on his way to florida to help charlie crist in his battle against ron desantis. in georgia, mike pence and governor kemp, two republicans, who have angered former president trump, at their peril for not backing his lie, are working together to help re-elect kemp against a challenge from stacey abrams. former president obama continuing his campaign tour of battleground states. today in nevada where he will be trying to help the endangered democratic senator and governor, both tight races there. our reporters are in place ahead
campaign tour, as we, said he was in college port, georgia, that's just outside of atlanta, only a few hours ago -- he began tonight by addressing the news story today, that was a violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul at the couple's home, the speaker was in d. c. at the time, paul is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery for a skull fracture. a 42 year old suspect has been arrested at a press conference a while ago, the police said the attack was quote, intentional, the motive though still being investigated. here is what the former president said about all of that tonight. >> the pandemic highlighted, and in some cases made worse problems that we have been struggling with for years. sometimes, it leads them to violence and despair. an
certainly a lot of the mobilization taking place, those recruits being trained up to go to ukraine in that area, and now this massive incident, of course, something that is certainly causing a big stir in russia, kim. >> yeah. absolutely. thanks so much, fred pleitgen in kyiv. u.s. president joe biden has wrapped up a rare four-day campaign tour across the west coast. there is much more at stake for the president as his democratic party tries to hold on to control in congress. and win key local and state elections, biden's job approval is low across national polls, fueling concerns among democrats that his unpopularity could weigh down the party at the ballot box. so, instead of stumping alongside some of this year's most vulnerable candidates, the president is using events in democratic strongholds like oregon and california to highlight his achievements, make the case for his party, and
states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." president biden is at home in delaware after a campaign swing to three western states. ahead, why he says this year's mid-term elections are the most important in decades. plus, chinese leader xi says they will take taiwan by force. a live report from beijing plus reaction from taipei. elon musk changes his mind when it comes to offering peace for ukraine. we'll look at the decision and huge implications in the war against russia. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with ken brunhuber. > . >> president biden has just wrapped up a rare four-day campaign tour across the west