Voters who are participating in this primary process, my pledge to you is this.

If you nominate me, you can set your clock to January 20th, 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 when 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 moment for the Florida governor got off to a rocky and downright embarrassing start.

The live stream event on Twitter crashed a whole bunch of times and the announcement was delayed by more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches.

All right. Sorry about that. We've got so many people here that I think we are, we are kind of melting the servers. Let's see. So, here we are. Yeah, I think so. Just to simplify that.

So let's see. It's okay. Just keep crashing, huh? I think we're Just to simplify that. So let's see.

It's okay. Just keep crashing, huh?

I think we're back online here.

Great.

All right.

Well, it's certainly an incredible honor to have Governor Santos make this stark announcement.

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