it's been effective for ron desantis. it leads you to wonder what would happen if these two men go head-to-head. >> it would be fun to cover. i'll tell you that much. look, if you look at their favorable ratings nationwide what we see is donald trump's favorable rating is far higher among republicans than ron desantis' is. but if you look at those who have an opinion of both of them, what do we see? ron desantis' favorable rating is higher than donald trump's. it's about 7, 8 points higher if you look at the polls. a clear indication to me that what ron desantis is doing is working and as more voters get to know him, he can jump ahead and one way they can get to know him is by basically going in and exploiting these cultural issues. if you look at fox news right now and you look at the mentions over the last six months, who has the most mentions of the non-trump potential nominees? it's ron desantis more than basically doubling his nearest opponent in ted cruz. well ahead of mike pence, well ahead of nikki haley. it is wo

that's what ron desantis is saying now for a corporation. basically, conservatives are so freaked out about wokeness, it's turning them into liberals. yeah, it is. in fact, in fact-- ( applause ) if you think about it, if liberals-- if liberals are smart, they should start harnessing this and start hyping up oil companies. a.o.c. should said, "exxonmobile is such a good ally. they use people's preferred pronouns." and republicans would be like, "destroy exon. cover them with solar panels. we have to end this wokeness!" ( applause ) now, i will say this, i will say this, ron desantis aside, aside, i do think it's a little weird that disney gets all these special perks where it's basically its own country. do you understand how crazy that is? like, i never knew that they were allowed to run their own government basically. the only thing i did know is that they have their own jail. yeah, no, i did know. this is true, in disney world, if you get in trouble of that a little jail they hold you in until they sort out the issue. it's their own juris

jim clark and ron desantis have the same goal in mind. it is to stop people who they don't they should vote from voting. people whose votes they consider in a legitimate. it is frustrating and calling that he puts this into effect to stop a problem. as you just pointed out, for all practical purposes, does not exist. meantime, florida has a famously troubled child wear fair system. florida has mass shootings from four years ago a parkland. miami beach is disappearing under the atlantic ocean. but let's stop a problem that does not exist as opposed to confronting a problem that is at the front door. >> this is not a novelty for him. critical race theory, is social learning, a book banning, we are on to talk about this. you wrote an op-ed yesterday titled a bad monday for freedom. sadly, i do not know if it's just mondays, leonard. in it you wrote, if it is true that uninformed electorate is the bedrock of democracy than the dangers of even a pretended journalist behaving as hannity did should be obvious. we talked about the report of hanni

ron desantis coming in hot to nevada, and with ron desantis coming here they expected that big crowd, as you played part of what he said. he was trying to connect with peoples' emotions. it's incredible what you have seen him do for a candidate like that that is looking to flip a u.s. senate seat, and if you would have asked anybody last year what kind of opportunity adam laxalt had to gain this kind of popularity, they would not have said you would see these crowds. they talked about being friends before they were in politics, so this was a positive event for adam laxalt trying to catch up. >> did you get the sense most of the folks that came to that event were there for laxalt, or was it curiosity seekers on desantis? >> we know this is the largest event adam laxalt had, and that tells us many went because ron desantis was there. and republicans are trying to help republicans in nevada flip the senate seat, and you have desantis coming in trying to help, and he's probably thinking of what could happen in 2024. when we were outside, they were selling hats that said ron desantis, 2024

fast forward now, ron desantis coming. when ron desantis has gained national attention. we went to the event. hunt they said about 1,000 people attended. hundreds of people were waiting outside, excited. this has supercharged republican efforts in nevada. a lot of the people very excited to go see ron desantis along with adam who spoke to the voters, talking about the same issues he brought up in florida. all of the issues that resonate with people in florida seem to resonate with the people in nevada. we will play a small port of an interview with a representative for catherine cortez. >> i think we will win the senate back. if we do the job we need to, we will. >> the senate doesn't need political leaders to speak on her behalf. people know she gets results done for them. >> reporter: what i can say is that having desantis in nevada really did help adam. this has been his biggest event so far. people were very excited. he comes across the country and gets all this attention. it's interesting, we saw a lot of people talking about ron desantis as possibly someone running

who is the ron desantis you know? >> the ron desantis that i know is a bold leader who fights for florida's families, whether it's keeping the state opened during covid, making sure our children get to school. making sure that they can get back in the classroom. and here's another example. you mentioned it before about how, you know, there have been governors who kowtowed to corporate actions. this happened to us last year in the florida legislature. we came out with a bill to protect women's spores. the ncaa came out and said if the florida legislature passes that bill we are going to boycott the state. not only did we pass that bill with the leadership of this legislature and this bold governor and ron desantis. buff we put another provision in law that said that if they boycott us, we boycott them. that the state universities will not be able to use taxpayer dollars to be members of the ncaa. and do you know what happened, brian? do you know how many events they canceled and boycott in the state of florida? zero. t

. >>> also, ron desantis losing to mickey mouse. we have a fact check. >>> and the white house correspondents dinner is back with some of the best moments. >>> but we start with developments in the january 6th probe. fox news host sean hannity and mark meadows exchanged more than 80 text messages between the 2020 election and inauguration day. hannity telling meadows, you also need to spend at least half your time doing business with us. meadows replying, we can make a powerful team. you are a true patriot and i am so very proud of you. your friendship means a great deal to me. hannity responds, feeling is mutual. the january 6th committee has had these texts for months. committee member congressman jamie raskin saying even with all the leaks, it's a very small fraction of the information we have that has become public. most of the evidence has not been divulged. there's still witnesses the committee wants to hear from, including trump ally steve bannon, who is currently indicted for contempt of congress. the feds pushing back on ba

ron desantis is the governor. governors have a real ability, sometimes, to be able to push forward and say that unlike some others they can actually get things done, they have legislation that they can sign. is ron desantis, does he have a path to the presidency? >> absolutely. florida is a key state. it is been turning republican over the last decades. florida has every aspect. urban, suburban. -- and rural. it has republican pockets, democratic pockets. immigrants. it is one of those representative states. frankly if i was advising the democratic national committee i would tell them there is no other state to start the electoral process in 2024 than florida. that said, it's has set a tone for the rest of the country and the divisiveness that is coming out is an indication of what is happening all across america. >> i want to switch gears frank. i have been talking about ukraine a lot. you had a focus group, this is what you do. you specialize in. it you a ten or 11 students from ten different countries. let me j

republican governor ron desantis's attack on disney turns out to be an attack on florida taxpayers. their taxes are going to go up 25%. no governor has ever done anything like this. that is next. a republican governor who wants to be president now has an accomplishment on like any other governor in history. florida governor ron desantis has now signed into law a bill that will create the single biggest property tax increase in history, 25%. that is how high property taxes will go, how much higher they will go, in orlando area after rhonda santas signed the law that repeals disney's special status and that area. property taxes around disney world are going to increase by 25% thanks to republican governor ron desantis. disney world plays taxes to the counties that's around it. disney played $40 million last year to orange county and will continue to pay that. but disney will no longer have to pay the special taxes in the geographic area that it controls because republicans in the florida legislature and the republican governor, rushed a bill through the legislature that repeals the di

that is going to cost ron desantis something politically, is it not? >> it will cost the governor a lot. a perfect example of shoot first, ask questions later. you saw from the debate a little bit of debate that was happening on the house and senate floor in florida where they were trying to ask questions to say what does this really mean? ultimately it is just about bullying. this is no more than a tack take we would see from the dictator saying mind your own business and if you question me we'll retaliate. that is simply what this is. if it was about the merits and hey this special taxing district is a problem for florida that's one thing. but now we're hearing from the local community i saw a report from the orange county tax collector that is saying they have no idea where they will get this money and even if they raised property taxes on households in orange county, they still wouldn't have a enough money to cover the bill. it will be a complete folly for desantis and republicans. >> gillian: the role reversal with democrats and republicans in big

well, in florida, ron desantis noticed this. he is the elected governor and he decided to find out how does the system work? he decided to test democracy. so during a special session of the photo legislature this week, desantis led an effort to strip disney of what turned out to be a remarkable set of special perks that company had enjoyed for more than 50 years. you are not treated like disney was treated in florida. you have never been treated that well. so after the special session, no more. will disney world operate as its own independent company within the state of florida. that is how they were governed, by themselves. and now going forward, disney is going to have to pay its taxes, oh, wow, just like everybody else. now if you have lived in this country for more than say five years, ask yourself, what is the political party that has always told you big companies should pay their taxes? corporate tax breaks are bad. of course, that has always been the democratic party. so you would imagine the democrats in florida would ap

ron desantis, greg abbott seeming to be in a battle to see who could be the most extreme this week, from a strict new abortion law and over-the-top redistricting efforts from the florida governor to immigration stunts gone wrong from his texas counterpart. it looks like the 2024 republican presidential race is already up and running. plus later on this hour an ohio district pulls the plug on a reading by an acclaimed children's author. the problem -- praf unicorns and rainbows. i want to begin with new comments from the first western leader to meet with putin since this invasion. on "meet the press" this morning austrian chancellor karl nehammer discussed his sit-down with the russian president who seems blind to his slew of losses over the past few weeks. >> i think he believes he is winning the war. >> did he give a rationale? did he explain what makes it seem as if things are looking better than he this look to the rest of us? >> no. i couldn't say that. he blames ukrainians to -- for genocide in the donbas region. he is now in his world but i think he knows now what is going on in uk

>>> this is ig >>> tonight, the controversy over florida governor ron desantis' plan to redau some congressional districts. >> this is an attack on black representation. >> desantis saying he's undoing racial jerry manlderring of the past that benefited democrats. >> we are not going to have a 200 mile jerry mander that divies up people based on the color of their skin. >> how this could affect the makeup of congress. >>> and one of america's most prized rivers, the colorado, most endangered. the country's - >> we have to learn to live with less water. >> drought and climate change threatening a way of life for tens of millions. colorado's governor taking action. >> we need to plan now for what our state will look like in ten years, 50 years, and 100 years. >> and "black-ish" -- >> sometimes i feel like a fwit of an oddity. >> if you look to the left, you'll see the mystical black family. >> a look back at the show that didn't shy away from controversy. >> we talked about things you ck.en't spo rig meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what you see abe?

florida governor ron desantis signing a bill, stripping disney of its special self-governing status. we have a live report from orlando on that. >>> and then, next hour, illogical and cruel. that is how one opinion columnist describes wimbledon's decision to ban russian players. he's going to join me live to explain why. >>> we want to begin, though, with that breaking news out of ukraine. secretary of state tony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin visiting ukraine tomorrow, so we are told, according to president volodymyr zelenskyy. however, nbc news has not yet confirmed zelenskyy's claims. is, however, though, looking into it. this is coming, of course, weeks after zelenskyy hosted uk prime minister boris johnson in kyiv. we had the images of that happening here on this show. and urging the president to visit as well. nbc's cal perry standing by in the ukrainian capital of kyiv to talk more about this. cal, as i mentioned, good to see you, by the way, my friend. as i mentioned, i know nbc is currently working to confirm the details if this visit is actually happening tomorr

. >> ainsley: didn't take ron desantis long to respond, listen. >> new york is telling people come to new york from florida, they are wasting taxpayer money doing that, i don't know why

republican governor ron desantis, gender identity, i should say. governor ron desantis is now in a feud with disney over the "don't say gay" law. desantis is threatening disney, the state's largest employer and major driver of tourism over its op opposition. kerry sandal -- sanders is outside disney world with more. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis is not backing down. this morning the so-called happiest place on earth plunging into the middle of a culture war. florida's republican governor, ron desantis, targeting disney, the state's largest single site employer. >> the mayor treated on a pedestal this one corporation is treated differently than everybody else. now, in the legislature, you see a movement to re-evaluate those special privileges. >> reporter: the governor, angry at disney's opposition to the state's controversial new parental rights and education legislation, also known as the "don't say gay" law. it bans classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade. in a statement, d

that had to be an interesting experience even before ron desantis. a young queer kid growing up, in florida, whose name is randy rainbow, who shy, musical theater, springing out of your shell. talk about growing up in florida, and what that was like for you? >> for a number of reasons, i felt out of my element. we moved from long island, when i was nine, and we moved around a lot. i was not really set up for success as an awkward, overweight, a feminist boy. i was not at the top of the food chain, back then, and no one tree school. we joke about musical theater, but really, it saved my life. musical comedy, really is, how i escaped into my imagination. that's what got me through. my mother is, still, in florida. it is challenging, because she wants me to visit all the time and i'm saying, no, just come here. >> i'm with you on that. i haven't been back much since we left. let me play a song that you did, directly related to florida. as we all know, florida passed, and ron desantis sign, and championed, this don't say gay bill. really, it's just meann

wow have ron desantis, a personal friend of adam. they both said they knew each other even before they were in politics. they were roommates and you have a friend who right now is very high profile and is becoming the face of the republican party, ron desantis coming to nevada coming to support his friend who is looking to win the republican primary and face katherine cortez-masto and what republicans want to do is they want to fliep the u.s. senate seat in nevada. you can't help to notice that he comes to the state where he can find some supporters for what could possibly happen in 2024. in fact, we'll show you a short clip of some of the merchandise we saw outside of the event. >> we have desantis 2024. we really hope he runs because we have, like, 2,000 of these hats already made. >> you've already printed desantis 2024 hats. >> that's how much we believe. >> i should also add that ted cruz was also in nevada working with adam laxalt, and where republicans are hoping to flip the senate seat it will be a tough battle because democr

i want to get your reaction to florida governor ron desantis trucking -- talking about a law, a measure signed into law called parental rights in education bill. here he is expanding it. [video clip] >> today we will sign the parents rights in education bill. this takes three main steps. first, the bill prohibits classroom instruction about sexuality or things like transgender in k-3 classrooms and at the third rate, those curriculum need to be age-appropriate. at the beginning of every school year, parents will be notified about health care services offered at the school with the right to decline any service offered. [applause] finally, this bill ensures whenever health training is given to our young students, parents receive it first and give permission for the school to give it to their child. there has been a lot of discussion about this particular piece of legislation. you have seen a lot of sloganeering by leftist politicians and activists and corporate media. you still see it even today after this stuff has been debunked. it's true that many of the people helped whip this up of n

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. >> carley: ron desantis getting in the middle of elon musk's battle to buy twitter, what he's doing to hold the social media site accountable. >> todd: did you hear this? >> i will get emotional about this issue, it is horrible, but it is like kids who are bullied and like all these leaders are taking steps to hurt them and hurt their lives and their families. >> todd: that was white house press secretary jen psaki talking about the florida rights bill. joe concha's response to the emotional interview next. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever

looks like ron desantis is none a one-man crusade to create a one-man ruled state. you wrote what happened to check and balance government designed to stop any one branch from ceding too much control. what happened to our separation of powers. are we on the cusp of a one-man state rule? >> we're pretty much there. the legislature last week abdicated its constitutional responsibility to draw the congressional maps. >> they did, nancy, presented one and got vetoed, right? >> yes but they did not come back with an alternative or compromise. during the special session they just handed it over. that's not how it was supposed to go down. >> mark caputo said last night it's the first time it happened in florida where the governor has taken over this legislative role to be able to create that map but let's talk about practical chilling effects because the last day to qualify in florida for a congressional seat is june 17th with an august 23rd primary, so what chilling effect practically are we going to see with this map if ron desantis' map is approved? >> we'll see democra

desantis, gobernador de la florida, por la ley (nombre en inglés), tenemos los detalles con lourdes hurtado (gritos) >> entre gritos y protestas, la cámara de representantes de florida cumplió la idea de ron desantis, gobernador de la florida, aprobaron la propuesta de ley para eliminar el distrito de disney world . >> increíble encuentro la medida. >> disney se opuso a la ley de derechos parentales en floridas que restringe la educación diversa , con la ley "no digas gay" en florida. >> (hablan en inglés) (información en pantalla) desde 1967 la compañía gobierna las 44 millas del distrito de mejoramiento (nombre en inglés), donde está su parque de diversiones, administran la sonificación, construcciones, el proyecto contempla la disolución para julio del 2023, lo que eliminaría los privilegios de la empresa, y tendría que tener trámites burocráticos. >> disney es un parque familiar y lo convieten para (nombre en inglés), usted sabe, no debe ser así . >> demócratas advirtieron que la medida puede incrementar impuestos para contribuyentes de condados porque tiene m

ron desantis says there is prospect the platform will be a place free speech can thrive. as republicans celebrate twitter new ownership, calling it a win for free speech, democrats renew calls for big tech crackdown by congress. senator elizabeth warren says the deal is dangerous for our democracy, while calling for a wealth tax and stronghold to hold billionaires like elon musk and big tech accountable. the white house is calling for accountability while refusing to comment on former president trump's return to twitter. >> press sect. psaki: the president has long been concerned about the power of large social media platforms, with the power they have over our everyday lives and long argues tech platforms musting held accountable for harm they cause. >> president biden is strong supporter of the communications decency acts, a rule that shields social media companies from being held liable from content on their platforms and biden encouraged bipartisan interest for reform. >> todd: thank you. bring in kara frederick, who is director of tech policy at heritage foundation.

ron desantis is one of them, i told you that before. i think mike pence feels like he needs to clear the record, he needs to clear his name from everything that happened in the trump presidency, so i think he would be willing to run as well. after that i don't know, nikki haley has -- former president ron. others have said the same thing. so, i don't think donald trump is gonna have the feel himself, i don't think he's gonna have that incumbent status if he runs, but there will be very few willing to challenge and to see it'll be interesting to see if they can get an attraction amount and real talent or if they fizzle out early. >> all right, thank you daniel and -- coming up medical evaluations, clinics, doctors working under fire, the reality of health care during wartime in ukraine. that's next. re during wartime in ukraine that's next. that's next. when you join ihop's new rewards program, the international bank of pancakes, and start stacking pancoins toward free food, you get a smile on your plate. download the app and join the re

what is the political fallout of ron desantis and his other gop supporters? >> the problem is that these are not just democrats who work for disney. these are republicans also. i have just been looking at some of the comments whether it's son social media, you ask around people are upset with what the governor is doing. you're messing with individuals' livelihoods. here's what i will say. i will say that if governor desantis wants to go down this route along with my republican colleagues and start banning corporations, this free florida, you're going to have corporations not go to florida, they'll look for another places to go. these type of actions can only backfire on republicans, while you're trying to make yourself this national figurehead, you're making yourself a national figurehead for all the wrong reasons and that will not affect you as president. this will not work across the country. >> senator, quickly, i only have a minute left. desantis signed a new congressional map into law, it's his own map, there were obvious protests from democratic house r

they have called ron desantis, governor ron desantis, a bully that is trying to out-trump trump and really pointing to all of this as a distraction to create culture wars. listen. >> we have the 15-week abortion ban. we had the so-called stop woke act. we had the "don't say gay" bill so you're suppressing the stories of women, of minorities, and of people who belong to the lgbtq plus community and their families. >> so, again, we are waiting to see next what the governor says when this will head to his office, when he will sign, and if this will all end up in court soon enough. >> leyla santiago with us. leyla, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in now carlos guillermo smith, democratic florida state representative. representative smith, thank you for being with me. let me start here. i just want to set the table, and i want everyone to hear from representative randy fine. he is the sponsor of this bill in the house. he is quite vocal about why this is happening. just to frame our conversation, here he is. >> if you want special privileges, you'd better be on your best behavior, and when

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. ♪ >>> growing outrage in florida to a new move by governor ron desantis. he has signed into law a bill stripping disney of its status as an independent special distribute. that move will undercut disney's autonomy and it could come at a very steep cost to taxpayers. let's go to nbc's stephanie stanton in orlando for us. stephanie, put this out there in terms of what does this all mean for residents? >> reporter: well, good afternoon to you, alex. it appears that taxpayers here in orange county and nearby county could be the real losers in all of this. now, as you said, yesterday, governor ron desantis signed into law that essentially dissolves the reedy creek special improvement district. what that means is that for the last 55 years, disney has kind of been in charge, self-governing, if you will, over all of its 25,000 acres here, making its own decisions about things like water, power, and infrastructure. now, disney will have to seek some kind of county, perhaps state regulatory approval, and governor ron desantis has not been shy about the fact that hi

but ron desantis does not want to do, that because he's told us on 2024. getting that republican nomination for president. he is forgetting the rest of florida. good-natured, decent people with good hearts. i wear this yellower span, i don't know if you can see it's, every day. practice the golden rule every day. do unto others as he would have done on to you. if iran desantis was ever talked about the golden, roll he is apparently now forgotten. and that is just not. right it is not what florida is. it is a sunshine state, after all. and i cannot believe the kinds of things that he is doing. even the tacking -- it is unimaginable. >> you are a republican until 2010. you served as the ag in florida, and as a republican governor. you then became a democrat in 2012. in a day and age with such divisive politics, with such clear lines being drawn on the battlefield, do you think your party affiliation is going to create any liability for you in this race? >> no. frankly, i think it is an asset. i really do. moderate republicans know who i am. they know that i

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2024, and this election should desantis decide to run, it's ron desantis and everybody else. i think it would be a coordination like you saw in the primary one where it was george b. bush running it through, and leading early, and the only thing that can stop desantis on the path to the white house is donald trump. >> next, ukraine's president wants president biden could visit kyiv. is that a realistic request? plus, new details about the january 6th investigation and why the justice department is eyeing the rally that led to last year's attack, presenting a new challenge to prosecutors. first, richard lui with the other big stories we are tracking this hour on msnbc. >> very good evening to you. breaking news in pittsburgh where the search is on for suspects that opened fire at a party, and some 200 were in attendance after midnight at an airbnb. some were injured from jumping out windows to get away. the south carolina judge set a $25,000 bond for a suspect in connection to saturday's shooting at a mall in columbia. no fatalities, but at least 14 people were hurt. clashes e

amy: then to florida, where republican governor and potential presidential hopeful ron desantis has signed into law a gerrymandered congressional voting map that virtually guarantees republicans four more seats in congress while cutting the number of black democrats elected. >> i'm not going to call what you're doing a culture war anymore, i'm going to call it what it is, a racist tactic that you are doing. and you know what you're doing. amy: we will speak with democratic florida state senator shevrin jones, a member of the state's legislative black caucus, and florida's first openly gay state senator about the attack on voting rights and how florida's so-called don't say gay law is part of a nationwide push by republicans to score political points by attacking gay and transgender students. we will go from florida to michigan to missouri. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. emmanuel macron has been reelected president of france, defeating his far-right challenger marine le pen. macron won about 58% of the vo

florida governor ron desantis signing the state's new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing number of states restricting abortion, including kentucky, oklahoma, and idaho. >>> and elon musk launching a possible takeover of twitter, with an offer to buy the social media giant for $43 billion. how the company is responding tonight. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm linsey davis, in for david tonight. we have a lot to get to. a major setback for russia's military in ukraine. the sinking of its flag ship vessel in the black sea. and severe weather also moving into the northeast as we come on the air. but we do begin with the subway shooting here in new york. new details from the investigation tonight. did the shooter rush the attack? the suspect, frank james, was in court today, ordered held without bail. prosecutors argue that he should remain in federal prison in brooklyn because the attack was p premeditated, carefully planned and caused terror among the victims and the entire city. and they claim he could carry out more attacks because he had ammuniti

. >>> tonight, the political move in florida, at the urging of governor ron desantis. the state senate there voting to terminate disney's self-governing privileges after disney took a stand and the controversial new law that opponents have labeled the "don't say gay" law. >>> also the major news on netflix tonight. the very tough day on wall street. >>> some workers at apple looking to unionize now. >>> and the extraordinary image from ukraine. the story of the hero dog. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. tonight, the cdc asking the justice department to appeal that federal judge's ruling in florida that essentially overturned the federal travel mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation. tonight, we have learned here that notice of appeal has now been filed. the doj will appeal this. that judge's ruling some 48 hours ago struck down the mask mandate, leading to joy and relief for millions traveling, tired of the masks. but also sparking concern for millions of others who are still alarmed about the health

florida governor ron desantis said his state is being overwhelmed, and he is doing something about it. >> todd: brooke singman has the details as governor fight joe biden's policy, brooke. >> hey, good morning guys governor ron desantis with his push to bus illegal migrants out of out of florida allocating $12 million for the state's budget. his office telling fox news digital commit is not the responsibility of floridians to subsidize aliens to reside in the state. we did not consent to biden open border agenda. texas governor greg abbott promising to bus illegal migrants directly from texas to washington, d.c., though he has ordered the department of public safety to increase inspections on commercial vehicles with force of entry. despite cdc calling this unnecessary, he disagrees. >> this is an example right here at this bridge, the bridge where you have it shut down because governor abbott stepped in with action. that is why in trumpers they were not pleased with that result and do not want to wait in line for inspections that not only benefit taxes but the entire country and the

>> if there are a lot more ron desantis' out there, yes that will start taking place. florida will be a place where things will not be business as usual. he's been very, very smart on this. he's been very, very strong on this. and other companies, if they are thinking about doing such things in florida, they've got another think coming. >> i know you are interested in talking about higher education and the erosion of it but this is definitely an example of that. harvard hosted a chinese government party official last week who previously said the communist party was a great party and had my of the chinese leader. and this is part of his speech and there are lots of lies fabricated by some people with own political agenda. there is no and not single evidence that there is something there. what do you make of this speaker spreading falsehood at harvard? >> i'm just glad he didn't say something truly, truly controversial like only women can bear children or two plus two equals four and ancestors were two centuries ago. that will actually get you kicked off campus. but no,

and i think that's what ron desantis is going for. it's essentially to muzzle corporate consciousness going forward. >> well, jason, i hope that's not the lesson that is taken from what is straight-up bullying, because companies have employees, and employees have kids who are gay and straight and trans, and they have parents who are gay. i mean, the whole idea that companies -- and i know this is not your prediction, so i asked where desantis is going next, but the really fateful moment, and i hope these conversations are taking place inside companies, is that round one went to desantis. he won. and i think the question for companies is, you know, do we have a moral compass and are we going to articulate it, or can we be bullied? >> well, and nicole, it goes even further. yeah, i very much push back on the idea that this is from the left. i don't care if this is left or right. this is actual people working in disney. and let's be clear. disney only said something because of complaints from their employees. let's be clear. everything f

it's a series of controversial measures ahead of ron desantis' run for re-election this year. joining me senior reporter mark caputo. lots to talk about election fraud. it does not exist in a substantial way that overturns an election. why is ron desantis doing this? >> well, it's actually bart partly because he has to, politically. earlier on, former president trump was talking about hey, there has been election fraud, they have audits if all of these states, florida is not one of those states you feed an audit. he won by three points, if florida it's a landslide, it's a bigger margin than obama won in 28? what does detan tis do? our 2021 election was hiccup free and fraud free. with need to double check and the like. desantis came up with this idea, fine, we don't have to engage in these meaningless election audits. if you saw if arizona, the election review bipartisan tack force failed to turn up sifkt fraud. it moves a piece of the base little. the reality is, look, i live in miami, in 1977, we had an effective mayoral race here. should we use a few more cops on the block,

first they were angry, they were very angry at ron desantis. remember any time have the opportunity to criticize him, man they went after nick called him every name in the books that he is killing people down here in florida for basically giving people their constitutional rights and for allowing people to make their own choices, keeping kids in school, not forcing vaccine or mask mandates on people, businesses floors as you just heard them discuss their. but then they were in denial about what we know that florida, despite the very high elderly population in the state of florida, it did far better than any of the blue states pretty look at it compared to state like new york, man it is not even comparable it's like living into completely different worlds when you were in florida versus new york during covid with all of the draconian restrictions in new york they were in denial of that for a while. and liz, i guess now they come to the expected portion of their program. i guess they are accepting and they can't deny it. the truth speaks for itse

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. >> laura, governor ron desantis signed a 70 may million dollar bill to support fatherhood. this includes mentorship and educational programs in additional to a big media campaign to overcome what governor desantis and coach tony dunn jay who was also there, they view this as a major crisis and it is. >> you look over the last many decades, one of the worst social trends has been the decline of fatherhood. >> he wanted me to go with him. i remember driving home from that trip and asking reverend brown, how do those young boys get here? and he told me it's not socially economic, not racial, not education, it is none of that. 95% of these boys did not grow up with a dad. >> lawyer, this is the nexus of what l's our society when president obama unveiled his fatherhood initiative back in 2005. the initiative sputtered out after a few speeches, but he was a present father to his girls. fatherlessness has real consequences. according to the justice department, it accounts for 63% of youth suicide. 90% of runaway and homeless youth. 70% of young people in state institutions all due

it's not surprising that ron desantis would use this as his political playbook. >> all right. but, timing wise, peter, it comes a week after florida's education department rejected a number of math folks. specifically because they incorporate prohibitive topics, including critical race theory. desantis also signing a bill about that, by the way. i mean, math books? these culture wars, are they working? and if so, for whom? >> look, if one is talking about the education of children, creating a better society, this is terrible. schools should be a safe place for kids to actually talk about the issues in their lives. in the wake of the surprise victory in virginia, in which glenn youngkin was able to just panic about the idea that white kids will be taught to hate themselves or that kids would be turned into trans lgbt kids because of their teachers and whether teachers were doing. all of this nonsense. there's some evidence that this is been working for republicans. so, it's not surprising at all to me that ron desantis would get on this bandwagon. >> wow, when you put it that w

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in florida, republican governor ron desantis, recently rejected the republican legislator map. he proposed his own even more extreme gerrymander, which would give republicans an enormous 22 a advantage in how seats. this is a state that donald trump won with barely more than half the vote back in 2020. desantis is making sure to shore up his own base of florida voters before going to the polls. he's not just content to destroy voting rights for minorities. just yesterday, he signed an extremely restrictive 15-week abortion ban which is guaranteed to face legal challenges. joining me now is mark caputo, and national political reporter for nbc news, and in my opinion, an expert on all florida politics. mark should be hashtag because voter politics, can we steal the? mark, the current split of florida's republican seats 16 and 11 democratic congressional seats. we picked up a new extra seat for a total of 28. desantis proposal for his map is going to be 20 republican seats to eight democrats seats how that fly? >> it will probably fly and passed the legislator next week. -- that w

. >>> also tonight, florida governor ron desantis signing a law stripping disney of its special status after the company spoke out against what opponents call the don't say gay law. >>> the whiplash on masks. one major city dropping its mandate just as another reinstates one >>> the newly-revealed recordings house gop leader kevin mccarthy on tape saying donald trump acknowledged some responsibility for january 6th and saying the then-president should resign. and new word the two spoke last night what was said. >>> wildfires burning out of control in the southwest. dozens of homes destroyed. new evacuations tonight. >>> and on this earth day, a clean energy breakthrough roads that charge your electric vehicle while you drive. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone for both sides in ukraine tonight there's a lot riding on the battle for mariupol russia in desperate need of a big victory after a series of embarrassing setbacks in the war for ukraine a defeat would change the david and goliath narrative of its outmanned forces standing toe to

that's republican governor ron desantis vs. disney and today in tallahassee during the state special session, man won. >> it seems as mickey and mini have joined us. [inaudible] yesterday. >> no surprises today in the republican controlled and dominated florida house. passing the same bill the state senate did yesterday which is exactly what governor antioxidants wanted. eliminate the special self-controlled tax district that was created for disney way back in 1967. as part of a deal with the state to lure disney to florida to build disney world and bring millions of tourists from around the world, create tens of thousands of jobs and generate massive sales tax revenue. it's called the ready creek improvement district which improves all zoning, roads and fire services. 40 square miles this all began with what critics say don't say gay law which prohibits teaching topics concerning sexual orientation or gender identity to kids k through 3rd grade. disney has vowed to fight that law in the courts. >> their behavior has been atroc