that is in studio by the name of john john hamm. all right. that is the message. hi john . all right. i love you guys. i m laura ingraham. and this is ingram angle from washington tonight. the trump desantis duel to come . that s the focus of tonight s angle hour. how tiresome is commentary like this? but it s very important to expose him for who he is , which is not a regular politician. but a violent cult leader. he leads a powerful cult of personality for republican party that has become a cult of personality around donald trump . so we re supposed to believe that trump s voters are only attracted to kind of his, in your face, bare knuckle style, like a fighter who s refreshingly woke. well, that s nonsense. what his core supporters firmly believe is that as of now, trump is the only candidate who has credibility on four vital policy issues. now, trump has a proven record of standing up to china, both biden and the gop establishment want a partnership with chin
trump ignored big any necessary and used tariff. we are not looking to decouple from china. we like to see this relationship get on to a better footing. a growing china that plays by international rules is good for the united states and the world. laura: thank you, janet. now trump is opposed to open borders, both biden and gop establishment support. announced those sweeping measures that i mentioned moments ago from the state and dhhs to extend legal pathways, and judges and more. laura: she reads really well. trump is opposed to never ending wars and wants to reform our national security establishment. both biden and the gop establishment support it and both have a record of spending trillions and trillions on failed wars. we will support ukraine s defense for as long as it takes. supporting ukraine as long as it takes. for long it takes . that s how long we are going to be with you mr. president, for as long as it takes. laura: he was walking off the w
speed bump. on the republican side, new skepticism over next week s default deadline. and a day of raw grief and remembrance in uvalde, texas, where almost one year to the moment a gunman walked into robb elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers, forever changing the community and the nation. we ll hear from one mother who lost her daughter, lexi, and is now demanding change. i m hoping that seeing her face, hearing her story encourages other moms and dads to join us in this fight. and we begin this hour with florida governor ron desantis set to jump into the presidential race in just about seven hours. nbc news was first to report he plans to launch it on twitter, during a talk with billionaire twitter owner elon musk on the social media platform. casey desantis, the governor s wife, released this teaser video. our best days lay ahead of us. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every si
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
opportunities to advance a political agenda, a radical political agenda he said that here in manhattan the scales of justice are being weighed down by politics, and they are but only today an america being rich, being powerful, even being president of the united states does not intitle you to violate the law with impunity. the republican-led house judiciary committee travels to new york city for partisan political theater. we ll is much more about this grievance-filled hearing in just a moment house speaker kevin mccarthy was also in new york talking about a plan to raise the debt ceiling but his proposal was messing several key details. and we have the latest from eastern europe following a rare trip out of russia by president vladimir putin good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 18th i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. following a two-week recess congress was back in session yesterday. but instead of legislating