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breaking news this hour on the 2024 race. the gop field is about to get more crowded. florida governor ron desantis set to announce his candidacy. we have new details on exactly how he plans to do it and with whom. plus a teenager now charged with threatening to kill or harm a president. the suspect set to make his first appearance in front of a judge. we'll take you live outside the courthouse. and texas lawmakers scheduled to vote today on a bill that would require the ten commandments be posted in every classroom in the state. it's all part of a national

effort to insert religion into public life. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central." well, the race to become the next republican presidential nominee is about to get more crowded, heated, and interesting. after months of speculation, we now know that florida governor ron desantis will announce his 2024 white house campaign on twitter with elon musk tomorrow. the announcement will take place at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on twitter spaces, where the site's users can participate in audio conversations. we have team coverage of this breaking political news. we begin with cnn's jessica dean. jes jessica, i wonder why this choice as his first step in the announcement and what we expect to see tomorrow? >> reporter: i think, jim, today

a lot of people are going, wow, this is an interesting choice, this is different. that is exactly what the desantis operation wants. if you talk to people working in that circle, they really want to do something different. they believe they have an unconventional candidate, that he deserves appear unconventional campaign. they want to step out and do things that they believe really bolster him and set him up for success. certainly they believe that this announcement with elon musk tomorrow is a step in that direction, fits the bill, so to speak. so we do know that they will have that conversation tomorrow evening. it will be moderated by david sacks, who's a tech entrepreneur, a supporter of desantis. we also know that elon musk confirmed that he will be doing this at a "wall street journal" event a little while ago. he said they will sit down and be talking. he has not endorsed anybody yet but that is where we can expect to see him. of course just broadening out for a second, ron desantis, the governor of florida, has been talked about and talked about.

will he get in, won't he get in, if he gets in, what happens. now we have arrived at that point. jim, if it is any indication about where he stands against all of his soon-to-be rivals, including former president donald trump, look at all the y incoming he's already had. they really see him as a threat to their candidacies and the desantis operation wants to take full advantage of that. i'm here in miami where a group of his donors will be gathering the next couple of days. they really want to make a very strong statement out of the gate and that is what they are aiming to do. >> jessica dean in miami, thanks so much. i want to bring in now cnn national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, during the time when his candidacy has been discussed, yet not announced, donald trump has been in the race and building his lead at least according to the polls so far. where does this put the race at

this point and what does desantis, what does he expect to be able to do early to change that dynamic? >> reporter: look, we should set the polls aside at this point because as you well know this is the beginning of the republican primary campaign here. and with the long-awaited arrival of florida governor ron desantis in the race, it essentially means that now the battle is on. he has long said he was going to wait until after the florida legislative session was over, after he signed a raft of conservative bills into law and to take those with him across the country and sell his message. regardless of how he announces, regardless of announcing tomorrow with elon musk on twitter, of course we'll gain some attention and notice but that does not change the fundamentals of his candidacy, that he is going to be locked in an aggressive fight with donald trump and the trump political machine. so the question for governor desantis is how can he regrow some of that strength that he

had earlier in the year. can he be the one republicans have been waiting for. there are so many donors who have high hopes for a trump alternative. he will now have to show he is that candidate. so certainly this surprise endorsement, how it's bowing d being done, this does not change the race at all. he'll have to take this to the people to show voters to sign on and have some interaction with them. the trump team is pointing out this is not the governor going to voters. this is something he's struggled with a little bit, he's doing it online in an audio format. the next day is certainly more important. >> you mentioned the raft of conservative bills, some of them quite far right conservative. the change with just a six-week abortion ban which a few months ago wouldn't have been thought

possible. that will play well in some states and not well in other states as he takes his campaign national. how does he prepare for that? >> when he is trying to win over conservative in many cases evangelical voters, he is very happy to take his record from florida to the voters of iowa, south carolina, new hampshire. but what does that do with a general election audience here? it's always the calculation of winning over the primary voters, but does that take you too far. first things first. the primary is first so he wants to show republican voters of course that he is someone who has the executive authority, someone who can stand in an arena and a match with donald trump. we are just about three months or so away from the first republican debate, so whether or not donald trump decides to participate in that, this is going to be a very crowded republican field. we have seen many early potential front-runners, some from florida like jeb bush comes to find, sort of a flash in the

pan. so governor desantis wants to show that he can take this to the next step and be a serious credible candidate. every time i've been out on the road with him, voters are very, very excited to see him jump in. now that he will be in tomorrow, we'll see if he can bring it. this is going to be an incredibly intense contest with donald trump, jim, and others. >> jeff zeleny, thanks so much. boris. another major headline we're following, the suspect in last night's ramming incident at the white house is set to appear in court tomorrow. authorities say the 19-year-old from missouri intentionally drove a u-haul into a security barrier near the white house. a source tells cnn he then exited the vehicle with a nazi flag and said he wanted to kidnap president biden. a role of duct tape was found inside the truck but no obvious weapons were recovered there. let's take you now live to the scene and cnn's brian todd. brian, we have some new information about the suspect?

>> reporter: right, boris. just a short time ago getting new information on the suspect from people who knew him back in his hometown of chesterfield, missouri. the suspect is identified as sai varshith kandula from chesterfield, missouri. a short time ago cnn spoke with two classmates, provided cnn with a yearbook photo of the suspect. two of the classmates who knew him at marquette high school told us that he was known as a very quiet guy who didn't get into any trouble or didn't get in anyone's way and kept to himself. what we know about him now is at about 10:00 p.m. last night he allegedly rammed a u-haul, a 26-foot-long u-haul truck into a security barrier at the white house multiple times. this is about 200 yards from the white house. he hit it a couple of times, then exited the vehicle according to a law enforcement source with a nazi flag on him. when he was interviewed at the

scene, the source telling cnn he told law enforcement officials that he wanted to kidnap and harm president biden. authorities are now considering what role mental health may have played in this incident. here are the charges that are going to be pending against him. he was arrested for threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on the president or vice president. he was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon, for reckless operation of a motor vehicle, for damaging federal property and for trespassing. we also have learned a short time ago, boris, we believed he might be in court today but that is not the case. he will not be in court today. we believe he will make an initial court appearance at u.s. district court sometime tomorrow. boris. >> we will be watching that arraignment closely. brian todd, thank you for walking us through all of those details. let's get some analysis with juliette kayyem. this teenage suspect, apparently

wanting to kidnap president biden with a plan that seems extremely unsophisticated, hair brained even. what do you make of all of this? >> so, first of all, we should never get used to, no matter how unsophisticated someone's desire to kill the president or vice president, this is a big deal whether it was novice or he clearly wasn't going to get through with it. he had nothing apparently in the u-haul except for this nazi flag. his motive based on the nazi flag can be divined from that and we'll figure out what he was watching, what he was viewing, whether he got radicalized. but this scheme, he did enough to try to execute it. he rented a u-haul, he comes from missouri. he has paraphernalia that suggests what his motive is. and he has duct tape, all of it's crazy, of course, but he

rams a u-haul into a barrier that was put up to protect the white house and does not stop, even though he's surrounded at that stage from the videos by law enforcement so his intent was serious. >> you mentioned that the teen comes out of the vehicle, a flag that has a swastika on it, he is holding it. the suspect's name and image doesn't match what you traditionally associate with a nazi or white supremacist. >> no, not a white, blue-eyed nazi that people stereotypically report. but this is the hate stew that's pulling in people with diverse backgrounds. we've seen recently a hispanic american or someone who did not identify as hispanic who took on right-wing or white supremacist background. part of this is just the distributive nature of social

media. if you want to believe it, you will believe it, regardless of the fact that if i were to tell you as a rational human being that the nazis don't like people like you in this case, but also what appears to be the case, at least based on our reporting, is he's a pretty benign geuy. he has no violence. by 18 or 19 is planning something pretty serious, to kidnap or kill the president of the united states. so what's happening in that time frame is significant in terms of his radicalization process, whether it's tied to politics, ideology, or a combination with mental health issues will determine. >> yeah, officials saying they are looking into what role mental health may have played in this incident. always appreciate the perspective, thanks so much for the time. >> thank you. so this is the scene. this is video from outside of

the capitol. white house negotiators leaving after meeting for a little over two hours today with republican negotiators on the debt ceiling. this is coming, as we've heard all kinds of mixed messaging from gop house members, from optimism to both sides are far apart and nowhere near a deal. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to speak sometime today. melanie zanona is here to tell us what's really going on. what's behind all of this? >> reporter: there certainly has been a little whiplash in these negotiations over the last 24 hours. two things can be true at once. negotiators can feel confident that a deal is indeed possible while still acknowledging the reality that a deal is going to be difficult. in fact kevin mccarthy told a closed door meeting that they are nowhere close to a deal. then he told manu raju that the only policy concession that republicans are willing to make is raising the debt ceiling,

which is further going to complicate these negotiations. let's take a listen to a little bit more of what mccarthy had to say. >> many concessions, what are those concessions? >> we're going to raise the debt ceiling. >> that's it? nothing else? >> i look at it like this. everything we're doing is going to make america stronger, curb inflation and less dependency on the chinese. listen, we passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling. the senate hasn't done anything. so we're sitting and communicating, working together. they're just now coming up with the idea of freeze? they didn't want to negotiate for 100 days? >> reporter: now ups and downs are common in these types of high-stakes negotiations and that type of hard-line rhetoric you heard from kevin mccarthy can be used as a pressure tactic. aside from the fact that the two sides are still meeting and negotiating, there have been no real signs of progress. at least when it comes to

substance. the key point of contention is spending levels. republicans want to cut spending. the white house is offering to freeze spending. as these negotiations have dragged on, we have seen both the left and right flanks starting to pressure biden and mccarthy respectively. you have skconservatives who ar saying the june 1st deadline isn't even real. they're warning mccarthy against cutting a deal that relies on democratic votes. a so you start to get a sense of the real challenges that biden and mccarthy are facing as they try to hammer out this deal that has the support of enough members in both parties. >> mel, thank you for that report. i want to get to phil mattingly who is covering the white house perspective on all of this. phil, we've been talking to economic experts who say, yeah, you may be looking at that june 1st, quote, unquote, deadline, but these next 24 to 48 hours are crucial for how much time

you need to really get something through congress. how are things looking from the white house, and do they really have a sense that they can move something here in the near term? >> reporter: you know, i think there is a recognition inside the white house that things need to start moving and start moving quickly, just simply because they know that congress tends to take its time. as you know better than anybody having covered the institution, just drafting legislation takes a lot of time, let alone getting it through the house and through the senate to the president's desk. it's interesting, when you talk to white house officials, the three white house officials you showed at the top before going to mel, they're known for two things. one being very hard nosed and competent negotiators but also not saying anything at all. i think that's kind of the posture the white house has taken over the course of the last several hours. you've heard a lot from republicans, very clearly frustrated about some of the behind-the-scenes negotiations last night, some of the discussions earlier this morning. what white house officials have

tried to do is keep a level-headed approach where they are not talking much about what's going on in the room but they want to maintain outside the room that their goal is a deal and one that will get bipartisan votes. this is how karine jean-pierre put it. >> how many days do we have left until we are in full crisis mode? >> so look, the treasury department has laid that out. they put out an x date. that's something that i would refer to them as far as what does that look like and the specific and any information. what i can tell you is what we're going to continue to do here every day, our team, our negotiating team, is going to on a daily basis multiple times a day have that meeting and conversation and discussion with the negotiators on the hill to get to a budget deal, a bipartisan deal that is reasonable so that the house and the senate, democrats and republicans in both chambers can vote on it.

>> reporter: brianna, the president's negotiators went back to the white house a little earlier. they are expected to brief the president on this morning's discussions and negotiations. there is likely i'm told the possibility the president and speaker will speak again at some point this afternoon or this evening. possible that negotiators will go back to capitol hill as well. there's obviously urgency at this moment in time. i will tell you that sound you heard from speaker mccarthy, being asked what his concessions would be and his concessions being raising the debt limit, that struck a chord with white house officials. several have reached out to me about that. you will be hearing more about that, given the fact that they don't view the debt limit as a concession or a point of leverage. there should be a policy discussion. the debt limit should be something that's sacrosanct and i think they're picking up on that. i think you'll hear more about that as we wait to hear more about the negotiations. >> listening to him and listening to karine jean-pierre, they're aiming at very different targets so we'll see if they

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campaign. the judge directed trump on how he can and cannot speak about the case. also set a date for the trial, notably march of next year. paula reid joins us now. paula, tell us what happened in this hearing and i think we saw some of the former president's reaction to a march 2024 trial date. >> reporter: that's exactly right, jim. the big question for this hearing is the extent to which the former president can discuss publicly certain details of this case. now, prosecutors had pushed for restrictions on his ability to post certain sensitive evidence in his ongoing case. the judge had granted a protective order. but he wanted to make sure that the former president understands exactly what this order said. his prosecutors have said they're concerned that if he violates this protective order he could try to argue that he didn't understand the terms or didn't know what the restrictions were so the judge went through the terms of this protective order. the former president's attorneys

have argued that, look, he has a first amendment right to defend himself. not only does he have the constitutional right that everyone has, they point to the fact that he's also the leading republican candidate for the presidency and should not be restricted in any way in terms of what he can say publicly. here in this court they went over the terms, what he can and cannot share publicly in terms of evidence in this case. and then we also, again like you said, we got a trial date. now, this is probably tentative and likely won't hold. as of right now they scheduled this trial for march 25th. of course that's right in the middle of the 2024 campaign. as you can see there in that incredible picture, the former president appeared for this hearing virtually with one of his attorneys. you can see right there on the left-hand side. >> the judge instructing him not to schedule anything to conflict with that trial date if it holds or something close to it holds. paula reid in washington, thanks so much. boris. the governor of russia's belgorod region says there have been no new incursions since

yesterday and counterterrorism operations are now over. remember, two groups of anti-putin russian nationals who are aligned with the ukrainian military claim responsibility for the attacks in the region yesterday. belgorod is just across trussia side of the border. the ukrainian military says it has nothing to do with the attacks. let's take you to kyiv and fred pleitgen. fred, where do things stand right now? >> reporter: hi there, boris. you can see the anger and humiliation on the part of the kremlin and russian authorities as well. it's quite interesting because the spokesman for vladimir putin came out earlier today and tried to blame the ukrainians for this. as you mentioned, these were russian nationals going into russia and doing this. but the spokesman for the kremlin there saying that he believed these were ukrainian nationalists and he said it shows that russia is under attack from ukraine so the russians obviously using this to justify their war in ukraine which has been going on of course for over a year already.

as you mentioned, the ukrainians for their part denying they had any part in this. in fact earlier today i was able to speak to the national security advisor of ukraine and here's what he told me. >> translator: there is a part of russians who are on the side of light and who went to deal with the darkness that exists in russia now. what are the questions to us, i don't understand at all. >> reporter: so as we see, the national security advisor saying they had no part in this at all. so the question is what happens next? is there going to be massive retaliations. for instance, another big russian missile attack. i asked him that as well and he said, look, the russians have already attacked us with so many missiles what are they going to do now. the ukrainians also believe that they are prepared for any sort of further missile attacks that could come. on the russian side there are some questions being asked by

the russian authorities and people on the ground asking why the russian army, which allegedly is so strong, was not able to protect the border, boris. >> fred pleitgen from kyiv, ukraine, thank you so much. brianna, this is especially significant because the ukrainian counteroffensive is looming and you have this attack on russian soil. >> that certainly plays into it. we have retired u.s. army brigadier general steve anderson to talk to us a little bit about that. what do you see as the strategy for what we've seen here. >> what this was, was essentially a raid. these are essentially russian sympathizers with the ukrainians that have just raised some hell. they have gotten nine armored vehicles, drove up about five kilometers into russia and what they have done is created a lot of havoc. you've seen all the denials and all the issues. they're putting the pressure on putin and showing the ukrainians are strong and resilient and giving a needed shot in the arm

for the ukrainians who are having a tough time now in bakhmut. >> what does it do to pulling russian resources away as the counteroffensive is under way. >> that's the purpose of the raid, require russians to pull troops from the bakhmut area where they have 200,000 troops now in the occupied areas in the donbass. now they have to pull some troops out. >> can you talk to us about some of the shaping operations and what that means during this counteroffensive? >> what they're trying to do is prep for a counteroffensive. they're doing intelligence prep of the battlefield on this 600-mile front but also using long range artillery to strike the logistics number nubs and h trying to shape the battlefield and prep for -- find out where the russians are weakest so they

can launch some kind of counteroffensive. >> talk to us about these f-16s. obviously we've heard a lot about them. ukraine has been asking for hem and asking for them. european allies say the ukrainian fighter pilots are already training on these. we are expecting these will be supplied by the european allies with the blessing of the u.s. is it a game-changer. >> it's not a game-changer but it's a strong strategic message. it's showing the u.s. and nato is behind the ukrainians. they're not going away. they're trying to help the ukrainians conduct those deep strikes they just talked about. this is a very capable aircraft. much better than the mig-29. >> this is the inside of the mig. >> right. if you compare this to the f-16, the visibility on the f-16 is much better. so it's a better aircraft. it's been around since 1979. guess what, that means maintenance. it's got maintenance requirements and the united states needs to do something about that. maintenance and repair parts.

we need experts on the ground in ukraine. we need to have american contractors from general die natio dynamics and others. if they're going to win this offense, they'll need a lot of logistics power. >> general, thank you so much for taking us through this. we do appreciate it. jim. coming up next, i'm going to speak to the father of one of the four university of idaho students who lost their lives. we're going to get his thoughts on the alleged killer's silence when a judge asked him to enter a plea at monday's hearing. that's coming up on "cnn news central." tourist taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwrwater flourish. ♪ ♪ ♪

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the man accused of stabbing four idaho college students to death sat silently during his arraignment yesterday. his attorneys employing an unconventional legal strategy. >> is mr. kohberger prepared to plead to these charges? >> your honor, we will be standing silent. >> because mr. kohberger is standing silent, i am going to enter not guilty pleas to each charge. >> that is an idaho-specific criminal rule which essentially allows a suspect to avoid

verbally admitting to being guilty or not guilty. he is set to stand trial on october 2nd. the family of one of the victims say they will attend every day of that trial. they have been in the courtroom so many times already and k kaylee's father, steve, joins me now. steve, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, sir. >> as i always begin when we speak, i want to start by asking how you and your family are doing through all of this? >> it gets tough when things get back to normal and going into that courtroom and all the procedures that go along with that, all the discussions. it reminds you that you're not out of the mess yet. so it gets tough. it's been a rough week. >> how was it to see kohberger there not uttering a word, either in his defense or nothing? >> we've heard that he likes to

control every nook and cranny. you've heard from his classroom, his grading, he's a control freak. so i wasn't that surprised. even in front of the judge, he didn't call the judge your honor. he hasn't to this day. you know, he didn't say a word. so he likes to be in control. >> you know, whenever we talk, i always say, listen, i've got a daughter, i can only imagine the pain you've been through. when you're in that courtroom and you've done it before and had to stand or sit within feet of him, how do you manage that? what are you feeling in those moments? >> you go through all kinds of emotions, but rage is definitely probably the primary emotion that you have. and then i remind myself that i need to actually understand what's going on and memorize everything that's being said, take notes. so you want to be strategic as

well because justice doesn't fall out of the sky. sometimes you've got to earn it. you've got to do everything. >> i get it. one thing you've said is that you're working with the state of idaho now to try to make sure murders like this don't happen again. can you tell us what kind of changes, what kind of steps you would like to see? >> you know what, we've wrote letters and we've gotten people involved that can actually make things happen. i can just voice what the public -- you know, what people are sharing with me. we are getting a lot of people reaching out to us. and just extend that information on to people, because right now i do have people who will listen. but my voice really isn't different than anyone else who's a member of the idaho community. but we are trying to work with -- you know, with people to make sure that we can make something better and make the

system better for the next circumstance that can happen so it turns out better. >> i know you've made an effort as well to be together in this as much as you can with the families of the other victims. you noted to me earlier that family members of other victims were also in that courtroom there with you yesterday. do you feel you're all together in this? >> i do. i do believe that we're all -- we're all learning how to go through this step. you know, we're just parents and we've been thrown in this. you know, we just listen and we work together and we send out our emails. do you hear this update, did you hear that update. so we're getting more organized. i think we'll have a full front showing up in that courtroom when the time comes to where we're actually going through the hearing in the case. >> as you know there is a gag order in this case and a hearing set for june 9th. you want this lifted so that the

family attorney can speak on your behalf. of course kohberger's attorneys oppose and say it reduces chances of a fair trial. do you have any concerns if the gag order was lifted that statements made could provide at least the grounds for a potential appeal if he get to that point? is that something you're concerned about? >> well, my part of the gag order is different than the associated press. mine is just basically saying when a family hires a lawyer, he should be able to speak on behalf of the family. i think that's very clear. i think that's been in the supreme court. the only thing we're pushing back is they need to define why they don't think shannon can speak on our behalf. he's not voicing his own opinion, he's voicing the family's opinion. you know, what's the point of having a lawyer if a judge can just say your lawyer can't speak? >> of course the other decision that's coming up as we come closer to trial, 60 days for prosecutors to decide if they will seek the death penalty in

this case. tell us why that decision is so important to you and your desire, your goal here to find justice? >> i think idaho has a chance to make a message. unfortunately, a lot of bad things happen across america. but we moved here and people move here for the safety that we have. we have to make sure that the world knows that you can't come to idaho, you can't hunt our children down and you can't kill them in their beds and just be given, you know, a room to stay. you know, this guy is a smart man. he's going to try to exercise his influence and write papers for other criminals. he'd have a presence. and still be able to act as a bad character. that's not what we want. we're looking for somebody to pay the price of what he did. it's not one person, it's four,

four individuals that we're doing everything that they could possibly do to better their lives. they just went to bed one night and some monster snuck into their home and killed them. >> you know, we've been showing pictures as you've been speaking of kaylee and there was one that caught my eye. well, they all do but of you and her together. you can certainly see in that photo the love between father and daughter. i just want to say we're thinking about you and we do wish you the very best. >> thank you, jim. >> we'll be right back. let me be direct: you're doing tv wrong! you thought that other tv provider was good enough. now what?...you'll talk? you call this “watching sports,” do you? ♪ you deserve better. so much in life is a compromise. but with #1 customer satisfaction, directv never is. now get out of here! guarantee your low price for two years.

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the u.s. surgeon general. he is warning of the, quote, profound risk of harm to children caused by social media. we have cnn's jake tapper covering this next hour on "the lead" and he's with us now to talk about this warning and what the white house may be planning to do about it. i think every parent wants to know about this. obviously my kids are not on social media, they are 4 and -- >> yet. >> yes, 4 and just nearly 7. >> mine are 13 and 15 and they are on social media. but 40% of kids 8 to 12, 40% say they use social media despite companies requiring users to be th 13. so that day when your kids, your beloved babies are on social media might be coming quicker than you think. look, the surgeon general sounding the alarm saying that social media poses a, quote, profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and teens. he says engineers are designing products meant to keep people using them longer, which we all

know, and the question is, look, we've seen how destructive social media is for adults. a 13-year-old brain, a 14-year-old brain, a 15-year-old brain, it can cause real harm. >> and it's scary. it's especially scary, i think, for young girls. the research has borne that out as well. >> yeah. look, the question is how much of those algorithms are there to cause harm versus how much are they there to prevent harm? obviously for some kids going on social media, if they feel lonely, they can find a community and it can be a positive thing. obviously there's nothing in this world that's all 100% negative, generally speaking. but it also can send kids into bad places, bad spirals. it can encourage eating disorders. we've heard of tiktok challenges that have resulted in kids dying because of the idiotic suggestions people make. it's something that parents really need to be on top of. there are no solutions to it as

of now other than don't let your kids use social media. you know what, good luck with that. so we'll be talking about that on "the lead" coming up. >> we are looking forward to that. it is a continuing conversation that you're having that is so important for parents. >> the moment that you give in and let your kid have a computer or a phone, i'm telling you, brianna, you'll know. you'll come to me. >> i will have crossed the rub rubicon. >> we'll have the conversation. >> i will lean on you when that happens. we'll see you on "the lead" at the top of the hour. jim. separation of church and state once the separation of church and state is up for debate again. should the ten commendments be posted in public schools? we'll take you to texas. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supportiting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neneuriva: think bigger. the subway series is taking your favorite to the next level!

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thou shall display the ten commandments, at least if texas lawmakers get their way. a new bill moving through the statehouse would require religious rules be posted in every single public classroom. this is already drawing swift criticism from some civil

liberty groups. let's take you live to texas and cnn's rosa flores, who's been watching all of this unfold. how close is this bill to actually becoming reality? >> reporter: well, it has already passed the texas senate, and it has a critical reading scheduled for today, so we'll see. but, boris, shall we dive into the language of this bill, because that being said, it states that every classroom shall display a copy, a poster of the ten commandments, and that it must be legible from everywhere in the classroom. this is texas. if you have a texas-sized classroom, that texas-sized ten commandments might be what you see in these classrooms because that's required by law. as a matter of fact, it's written in the code of this bill that the smallest size is a 16 by 20 inches and it also says that if your classroom doesn't have one and someone donates the

classroom a copy of the ten commandments, then that classroom, quote, must receive, accept that copy of the ten commandments. it goes on to say that if you still do not have one in your classroom, then the school can use public funds to purchase a copy of the ten commandments. now, if your head is spinning with all the questions that you have running through your head, you're not the only one. questions about the constitutionality of this. questions about religious freedom. so many questions, boris, but of course the biggest question is will this actually pass. we don't know. we'll let you know. boris? >> we'll bawatch the story closely. is a 20-year reign about to come to an end? lebron james dangling the possibility of retirement. what more we're hearing about his future next. ur ist taking phs that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwater flourish.

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we're closing the show with a story that's made some of us extremely emotional, 20 years of basketball dominance, is the reign of king james over? >> well, maybe. lebron says he's considering the unthinkable, ending his incredible career. here he was moments after his l.a. lakers lost last night, ending their playoff run a little early. >> we'll see what happens going

forward. um, i mean, i don't know. i don't know. i have a lot to think about, to be honest. i have a lot to think about, to be honest. for me personally going forward, the game of basketball, i have a lot to think about. >> i think he retires maybe for a year, maybe two, and then comes back to play with his son. >> see, how many times have you heard athletes when they have a big loss say, well, maybe i got to -- that's my skepticism here. >> it's a distraction, a tactic. >> a little bit of -- i don't know. they lost 4-0. >> i want to see him play with his son. i don't care how it happens. maybe stick around. >> a passionate lebron fan. >> i'm just here for a good story. father and son together. >> that would be a great story. >> 100%. thanks for joining us today. "the lead" with jake tapper starts row