clock to january 20, 2025, at high noon because on the west side of the u.s. capitol i will be taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. no excuses, i will get the job done. well, that was one of the few moments where in you could actually hear ron desantis as he attempted to announce his presidential campaign last night on twitter spaces. we ll have much more from the glitch filled launch. also ahead there s still no deal on the debt ceiling, but a republican leader in the house told lawmakers they can go ahead and leave for memorial day even as the clock ticks. plus, he proudly put his feet up on a desk in nancy pelosi s office on january 6th, and now he s going to spend years in prison for his actions that day. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race, but what should have been a historic mo
yeah, and those warning signs starting to appear. and later in the show we re going to have an in-depth look what it would actually mean globally and for americans individually if the nation were to default. congressional vaunt for the new york times luke broadwater, thank you for starting us off this morning. got a sad headline now. the queen of rock and roll, tina turner has passed away. the legendary singer died yesterday at her home in switzerland after a long illness. she was 83 years old. turner was an eight time grammy winner known for several hit songs including river deep high and what s love got to do with it. her career first took off when she was just 17 years old, and tina went solo and became an international star in the 80s with her album private dancer. president biden released a statement yesterday on turner s passing writing in part this, in addition to being ea once in a
facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonald s. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, what s up with that? it s 2:00 in the morning here and we re wide awake. they re having a hack a thon, an opportunity for facebook employees to basically do what they do best build, design, create. they do this periodically, an interesting public relations move as we re about to begin the trading of the stock. what they want to do is send a message to the world that they built this company on building stuff. so that s what they re doing. they posted pictures to the website showing what s going on inside some of these rooms. in terms of the fundamental challenge facing facebook in the future, it s exactly tha