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Starts right now hope to get the election results, like on Election Day the conversation on controversial new rule In Georgia that could have the entire country on edge for weeks plus new reporting on concerns that the Trump Campaign, as republicans scramble with the scandal thats rocking king, they are chances in North Carolina and whos that girl . Well, she conquered, they have popped world and defied the odds. Now, Grammy Award winning Artist And Actress eve is opening up about what it took to get there, especially Friday Night Conversation Tonight on Laura Coates live were, now just 46 days away from the election. Well, Election Day, that is but if you think youre going to the actual winner of the election and 46 days. Well, probably dont hold your breath theres a new Election Rule out In Georgia and its now creating serious fears that will have a drawnout Vote Count that could possibly take weeks to resolve weeks to resolve that. It was narrowly passed by allies of Donald Trump, who control the State Election Board and the rule would actually require a Hand Count. You heard me, right . A Hand Count of all ballots cast on Election Day In Georgia. Now close to 5 Million people voted In Georgia in 2020. So you do the math on the timing of that handcount even top republicans across georgia say its a bad idea and likely illegal. But it fits with whats been going on there to Tug Of War over voting has been escalating literally for years now. And a place to trump lost in 20 20 by less than 12,000 votes georgia, you recall once made it a crime to hand out Food And Water to people who were waiting in line to vote. Its also a republicans tried to limit early voting on sundays and of course, you remember it was Ground Zero for 2020 Election Conspiracy theories spread by Donald Trump im finished allies like Rudy Giuliani now the states Election Board appears to be picking up the mantle with this latest controversial move to run you through how it would work. So georgia will have around 2,400 voting precincts this year. Now the rule says three people per precinct will Hand Count the ballots and then compare that number to the number recorded by the voting machines, not if you do the math on this and i have, that means more than 7,000 Poll Workers would be involved. Youve got to make sure theres enough of those workers. You got to train those work because he had told him theyd have to work hours on and with just weeks until Election Day and the officials whove been begging the board to reverse course, say, it is a recipe for disaster if i were to hand this stack of paper to three random people in this room, especially at the end of a long Voting Day and ask them to arrive at the same total number do we think thats feasible . People . Doing a handcount are going to make mistakes, which can then be exploited to spread lies. And so further distrust in our elections and our election officials i challenge you to go into any county in the State Of Georgia and to do the rules that youre passing on today, work as a Poll Worker all day and then count the ballots you cant even make this up. The world is watching what we do here today what could possibly go wrong now, trumps allies in the Election Board say theyre just adding an extra layer of security thats all. But georgias republican Attorney General says the judges may block the rule if it actually has challenging argued that it exceeds the Boards Authority to even do this. And a familiar, defender of georgias elections, republican Secretary Of State Brad Raffensberger. He calls the timing of this rule well, absurd. Sounds a lot like how you describe really the board itself happened in your State Election Board is a direct result in the aftermath of the 2020 election some of the election lies that were youd have to ask each of them all really upset, is that the State Election Board is a mess. Well, it says a interesting. For my next guess is one of the speakers you heard urging the board to reject the change with me now, Milton Kid Elections Director and Douglas County In Georgia, just outside of atlanta, milton. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. I mean, so many people are just trying to contemplate what it would be like to count the maybe millions of votes, knowing that To Err Is Human and controversy has already started. I mean, the earliest these rules changes could actually go into effect is october 14. Thats just one day before early voting begins. Melton. How in the world . Would this work thats the thing that, well, first of all good good evening my name is nelson kate, im the Elections Director for Douglas County. I know you did the intro, but one of the things that myself and my colleagues have been asking the State Election Board when they were considering these rules at this late hour, where how exactly do you plan on us implementing them . Poll worker has training, has already begun. The election has begun well, theyre going to say, im assuming theres asking you to tabulate the actual number, not whats on the actual vote and actual valid, is that somehow comforting to know that its a sheer count, not italian. Each vote i would ask the question of it is not supposed to be tally, but Human Nature is Human Nature. And you have individuals looking at a ballot that are being asked not to see anything that theyre looking at. Other thing county paper. Thats not feasible. I mean, tried to put those blinders on in Election Year is i know difficult even contemplate, but supporters of the change, they are saying melton, that it would improve transparency and the entire process. Do you think it would actually contribute to something the opposite of transparency is that why youre opposed to it . This rule, adds nothing to the litany of rules that we already have. We do reconciliation in the precinct hourly under the current rules. And if this was so important as a rule, why was the State Election Board not before the State Legislature to we asked for additional resources for additional Poll Workers additional resources. The individuals that work in a Polling Location are not paid. The most money they are paid, but they are paid a modest stipend. They come in at six a. M. And work sometimes to ten or 11 on a normal election so to say that were going to add another step to them and its not going to be burdensome. I have emails from Poll Workers as of today that have told me they dont want to be a part of this process anymore. This may want to do a part. They want to do it at all, let alone halftruth accounting. They dont even want to participate. Now youre saying yes the eyes of the nation are on georgia and on our process that has to succeed this election, like all elections are fundamental aspects to what it means to be american. So those individuals there participate in these processes, take their work seriously, but they also understand the toll that their work does on you and the Human Body working 16 and 17 hours and to add an additional two to three hours, you can say that thats just a small step, but thats a large move right days before an election is getting ready to begin. Nothing cared the frustration expressed is that you set all these things. They were aware of it and they voted anyway, well see how this all unfolds. Mountain king. Thank you so much for joining me thank you. I want to go to the panel here, but you may think Election Day is still weeks away but in some states, its already here right now. People are voting for president right now in places like my Home State of minnesota, also south dakota, also virginia, where early voting is already underway. That means that these, these lastminute changes to the election process, there are even more jarring than you think In Georgia is not the only one even considering these changes right now, youve got nebraska, Donald Trumps allies are pushing the change, how the state allocates electoral College Votes why . Well, you know, most states have this Winnertakeall System. Nebraska is not one of those states. In nebraska. They allocate two of their five electoral votes to whomever wins the Popular Vote for their state. But the other three electoral votes are then divvied up based on who wins specific congressional district and look at this map that one Blue Dot thats the area surrounding omaha, biden won there in 2020, and republicans are concerned that Vice President Kamala Harris could win that district this very year. And therefore, e1 electoral College Vote for the state now, they went to a winner take all our allocation should get zero electoral College Votes then im own main actually concerned making the change to a Winnertakeall System as well. But theyre past their deadline now and theyve indicated that they would not switch systems unless nebraska did well here with me now, mike leon, host of the can we please talk Podcast And Director of strategy for the free and equal elections foundation. They are hak, former Obama White House senior Director And Matt gorman, republican strategist and former Senior Adviser to tim Scott President ial campaign. Pain. Just laying it out there. Everyone thinking about the divvying up and how this would change and how it works. Michael libya with you because the idea of changing the rules now in a Winnertakeall System that to me strikes me as a time you would do long before the 40 something days before an election, what does it tell you that its happening now . Well, first off, i come from a state where this has all happened before, right . The 537 Votes Documentary on hbo, max, that people can go watch about all of the florida issues that we had back in 2000 so nobody knows how to mess up a little bit of Vote Counting than florida, right . So but what it says to me is its that the republican party specifically Donald Trump yes. At this Press Conference is The One in bedminster. He got asked about Credit Card Debt and he started talking about, we should make paper ballots one day voting. He was very specific about that. This message is trickling from the top down. The problem is, is that administratively like you just mentioned, and milton just mentioned, its not feasible if you want this all to work in one day. Its not going to happen and its it seriously an analogy for other problems that are happening, like immigration at the border is an administrative issue. If you dont have enough people resources in place, and theres too many people at the system. Youre not going to be able to process everybody. So how are we supposed to do all of this . How are you actually taking this serious and having it in a one Day Format when youre locating matters and to complicate it all, youve heard Brad Raffensberger say, this is probably illegal ive been the Subject Matter Experts are saying its probably illegal to your point about how this is part of a connected worldview. The worldview is undermining trust and systems, right . Administrative process is the enemy. And trust Donald Trump and what he wants done and specifically, what he wants done or older archaic systems, including, you know undermining any trust and massive lawsuit for Fox News as a result of undermining trust and digital voting systems, we have seen consistently though that the Trump Campaign has been setting up processes in multiple states mostly states where there is a significant minority population. Arizona, just last week, the republican party decided to challenge 100,000 Voting Records of people who actually many of im or older republican, reliable voters so the idea of restricting who when, and how you can vote is something that Donald Trump and the republican party specifically makes part of their process. Biggest concern here, i think is length could figuring out when people have voted in your state we figure, figure you still figuring out a week or two weeks after election. Thats a problem. You talk about florida. I think its flurry of a shining example because after 2000 Mile Boston Bush reform the laws down there and 93 of votes In Georgia publicly reported in 2020 by 930 that night, look at pennsylvania, for instance, only 75 by 9 00 a. M. The next morning. So take away georgia for a second. States reporting, taking too long to report their results also cast the little bit of a pall hes in california, takes sometimes two weeks to get their full results and thats unacceptable. You need to be able to do it. First lady, start Counting Votes before Election Day, ones that have already been submitted, just like florida does. And then you need to have them out rapidly. Since the polls close, that also helps restore trust, not taking two weeks there just as votes come in a longer you have people thinking, wait, i wonder who it is, and the more the other State Numbers come in, the more youre going to have this, this trajectory. Well, wheres it going up or going to naturally think that youre trying to put your thumb on the scale, which makes me just wonder. We heard just a few weeks ago for days ago and probably hours ago were trump has said, listen, democrats are putting their thumb on the scale by taking biden out of the race entirely. And theyre trying to switch things up in the middle of the game. Isnt this the middle of the game because you up the rules would not be the same critique. Well, those critiques that other people, right . They only belonged to other people, not to Donald Trump in that universe, like the consistency of criticism that he launches about, well, theyre The Ones doing divisive rhetoric. Theyre The Ones who were undermining democracy. But meanwhile, hes the guy who so called up a Georgia State Official and said, find me a couple of thousand more votes so i can win your state i was going to say and you know, the larger part of this conversation is that theres no Uniformity Right from a federal perspective, like its every state and to matts point, i want to go back to florida for a second. Yes. The laws under Jeb Bush had been reformed. I think florida does it the best terms of the way the Mailin Ballot Process starts like what matt was mentioning before in terms of counting early and then what they do on Election Day. But to What Milton was saying before, you know undermining these systems, these are people that in some states are volunteering their time, right . And so to be able to and i know In Georgia, he just said that they were paid for this, but like its a stipend, right . Like these people are Pudding Democracy ahead of everything in their country. These are our neighbors. These are the seniors in the Community Whove been there for 30, 40 years, and theyre critical yes. I System Cannot work without actually doing it, right . And this is, this is part of what the intention was to have these be local, locally connected systems where people recognize high as Each Other, right . To help build community trust. And this is why you use public facilities and all of that has now had this Paul Put on it that not only will we not know, but you cannot trust these local officials who are practically, are literally your neighbors. But beyond that, it creates this window of opportunity for Phone Calls lawsuits, anything to be said, and its not just trump denying are saying he will not certify the election. There has been a consistent presence on national television of republican elected officials saying, well, well see, you know, it really depends. I dont know about certifying the election. They have been explicitly asked 50 states all say what the vote is would you certify . I mean, i got to see what happens. I mean, i have monitored a number of elections and i think to myself about the individuals who were doing it. And i think back to what happened last time when you had a mother, daughter passing a Ginger Candy and the accusations you can imagine people counting by hand and then being asked about it. But people are going to have a huge influx of voters because of what is on the ballot in invisible ink or not. One thing that the Harris Campaign was doing in Georgia Today was focusing on the why he were turning out. She was focusing on after his pro Publica Report that described two women In Georgia dying after taking abortion pills and suffered from complications now, the state medical experts, they actually that their deaths were preventable and their families blame georgias sixweek Abortion Ban. Harris addressed that in Georgia Today and these hypocrites want to start talking about this, isnt the best interest of women and children who are where you been wary when it comes to taking care of the women and children of America Georgia Show a very tight race and so, you know, when you think about this, matt given that, D Abortion be a deciding factor among all these things . It could be major factor. I mean, look, Brian Kemp one afternoon, students 60 ban pretty handily. So theres a pathway to win there, but you actually have to put together a kind of a message the campaign, one that we havent seen as of yet from the Trump Campaign. Now im not seeing you going to fight on the abortion ground. We need to provide the economic Message Grace your message, and look the Trump Message and right now at least the last ten days, because she for since the debate, its been pretty scattershot. You need to provide essentially message in counterprogramming to this, it can be done as Brian Kemp showed you, but you need to be able to do and you cant just trying to fight in there so much harder to do that Counter Programming when its, the impact of the laws are now taking place, right . And Thats Part of what were seeing is its gotten to the point where there are lawsuits there are Hospital Records showing and with these two women, it was considered medical negligence that to get to medical negligence is a pretty high standard. Forget about all of the anecdotal stories that we are hearing about the reality of what it was like in the 19th. And cities stays, women will have abortions but if they can use medical advancements to have healthier families healthier bodies that is the part of denying women that denying families that opportunity, i think is what has woken up this anger in what potentially will be Swing Voters . Quinta her point, you know, in my state in florida the sixweek Abortion Ban is on the ballot here. 75 of voters when that came out at the end of april and Governor Desantis signed into law. And when in fact they may said that they did not want the State Constitution to have that sixweek Abortion Ban. So this has impacting people in my Community And Stuff like that. This is a major issue. I think democrats are positioning this right, put it back the onus, on the person who says that he caused all of this, right, in terms of the way he hired the supreme court justices, et cetera. So smart of them to do that. But well see we dont have any medical or charges against any officials in the state over these two dads. But certainly this is continuing to be a topic of conversation In Georgia but in all across the country, standby, everyone, please. Tonight, a new excuse enters the conversation forget the dog ate my homework, or i was hacked now its blaming on ai. 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As we speak cnns kfile uncovered a series of derogatory and racial comments that robinson reportedly posted on a Porn Site Robinson denies writing the posts and blamed it on Whale Artificial Intelligence theres been over 1 Million spent on me through ai by Billionaire Son whos bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do with the internet. Now its incredible, but what i can tell you is this, again these are not my words. This is simply Tabloid Trash so it went from it wasnt me. Im shaggy to blame it on has happened is one thing blaming it on ai with no evidence thats another its a relatively new excuse. Were seeing, right. But one that Donald Trump himself has begun using. Remember this photo of trump with e. Jean Carroll Trump said it was ai i never met the woman other than this picture, which could have been ai generated when democrats played a montage of trumps lapses at the robert hur hearing. Trump also claimed it was ai posting, quote, Ai Quote was used by them against me in there the videos of me cant do that. Joe there was even a harmless photo of red marks on trumps hands trump, when asked suggest that it was also ai you dont see the photos coming out of Trump Tower what was wrong with the other one and do want to tell us what happened nothing maybe its ai and then sometimes you can falsely blame your opponents using ai remember this crowd for the Harris Campaign . Large turnout trump, yet again, attributed its ai saying, quote, there was nobody at that plane and she hit it now its a verb but Trump Wont be able to blame ai for his endorsement of robinson how will he handle it tomorrow is the big question everyones asking will be York Times reports that quote people close to him, anticipate that he will deliver a version of a comment he has made about countless supporters are former aides probably knows the guy my panel is back with me now. All right there are receipts and then theyre receipts. I dont i may i cant do the type of presentation because my hair is laid. So i cant do it. Let me ask you this matt on this point. I mean, the receipts youre talking about, they never met Him Routine as well . Hes going to have to address it at some point because this is somebody whose name is going to go right underneath the top of the ticket on the ballot in North Carolina whether he likes it or not, people are looking at straight ticket or maybe split ticket, but its going to be impactful for people to know how he stands on this issue. What should he do . I dont think you mentioned at all actually tomorrow will be a probably sounds beach island. I dont think ive mentioned it at all and look, i think broadly, i dont think this will impact him as much. Trumps electoral standing in the state. Look robinson was severe underdog a week ago. Hes got today that hasnt changed, but look, i think what weve seen, whether its other Swing States, trump cannot oh, outrun kind of flawed or not as great statewide cancer by about ten to 12 points. It hurting him at the top of the ticket. Weve also seen that we talked about the Abortion Referendums, in florida. Hes going to win that state pretty handily along with probably the Abortion Referendum passing as well. He can do that. And even in this state who said, we went back in 2020, calcutta hands selfimmolated and with about a month or two to go in the race, roy cooper, democrat, who was above him in the top, same party, top the ticket, still won his race. Theres precedent in that state as well. And the day on things dont matter much for trump it does point to this idea that the herschel walkers or Roy Moores and now are new candidate and North Carolina, they think they can beat trump and get away with what trump does and behave in the same way. And it is something uniquely to trump that hes been able to pull it off for as long as he has there you mean by behaving like humeyra, you mean the idea of saying that the media is weaponizing this news against him and they lit Oh Yeah conduct well and even some of the bravado and the convert the way they talk about women, the way they talk about the culture wars. I mean, this is somebody who had leaned in hard on transgender issues, being a problem for society. And now we find out thats apparently one of his sexual proclivities, right . Like the layers to this of the pathology is ever present but thats thats a trumpspecific playbook that doesnt happen to work when you get down the ballot, it does the work in this sense, i think i want to take issue with the now jud want in one instance, right. This isnt herschel walker, its not necessarily memorize. And Roy Moore was statewide elected supreme court just spend a little different were there kind of plucked out of Obscurity And Hadnt really run for us for like it or not, this guy had won statewide before. There isnt a Track Record that makes them a little different than the other candidates you who who were able to kind of ride this wave. It does make it a little different now that its a certainly different running for governor, and thats why youre seeing these things come out now and they werent for years ago when i won in 2020, theres a little different, different times. Hard to compare. Herschel walker, him yeah. Well, i mean, i also think that black men running for Office Cant get away with as much as trump does, which is the racial dynamic. And many of these states. But you also then have this layer of trump really having gone in, robertson saying hes like hes a Martin Luther okay. Right. And that we have not seen trump back off of statements of who he feels support of his team and his people. No matter how crazy anybody else thinks it is. So i would be shocked if this wasnt another moment of both of them doubling down on exactly who theyve been let. Me. Turn to florida. Sorry, i kept going going to florida because Congressman Byron donalds spoke about this very issue. Listen to what he had to say. Ill come back to you florida. All right this issue is going to come and go but the reality of whats happening in our country remains and thats why Donald Trumps going to win the state of North Carolina whats. Your reaction well, first off, laura, you know, i would not lose your it was good. Thank you. I appreciate that. Look, he can walk down Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody. He said years ago. And it has not changed for the core maga base. My reaction to Byron Donalds is Byron Donalds one of the best surrogates for the gop, for the maga movement himself. Hes able to twist and turn just in terms of the way he articulates things and comes on and he can spin anything around in that direction. So my reaction to Byron Donalds is hes doing his job for the former president now, back to what matt was saying earlier about will this impact trump on the ticket . We havent seen an impact him and i would i would compare more to Doug Mastriano in pennsylvania. You saw the margin that shapiro won the governorship in 2022. But Donald Trump in pennsylvania, the margin right now is pretty close, and he could potentially win the state in the 19 electoral votes. So it doesnt really affect trump like this. Its, were going to all analyze this is going to be hipness, this trick, and years were going to snap our fingers, were going go back to discourse, and arguing with Each Other about how Policy Msm know its going to happen because trump wants trump loses. Its going to happen. Its historic, its going to happen. And then were going to go back all these books that have been written about trumps so far, its too early because the hold that he has on a party and the institution 2008, i just heard in Abby Show earlier, 2008, John Mccain grabbed that womans mic and said, no, no, no. I just have disagreements with them look look at where we are over the last 14, 15 years in american politics. Its going to happen. Trust me but, nothing affects Donald Trump. We havent seen anything affect them. A poor debate performance, it doesnt matter what it is its questioning Kamala Harris and her biracial, which i am. It doesnt nothing but when it doesnt, it doesnt hurt him with his base. It also doesnt help him win that slice of voters, correct . That you need to actually make it make, making when it come, when, well, how everyone i see are we wake up again . There we go weve always been awake. I mean, its large as webb. Thank you, everyone. I appreciate so much. 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Com today its been a wild week for the 2024 campaign particularly for Donald Trumps on sunday, a gunman perched himself outside of Trumps Golf Course and an apparent Assassination Attempt on wednesday, the Fbi Confirm that iranian hackers stole info from the Trump Campaign pain and try to give it to the biden camp. In the days since there has been a dizzying number of polls out that suggests the race is either very tight in some key states are starting to lean towards harris. Not all begs the question, how exactly is the Trump Campaign doing right now . Well, my next guest its reports the mood within maralago is decidedly grim, unquote. Joining me now is senior political correspondent for puck, tara palmeri, terrorist. So good to see you tonight. All right. Swell. The chief for me, its Friday Night. What is driving this dark mood in Trump World . I mean, laura, they just went through a second Assassination Attempt, right now, a lot of the staffers and can campaign aides, even at the highest level, telling me that theyre really focused on their own personal safety at this point there have been threats of poisoning obviously the hacks theyre afraid of even being outdoors for rallies. Theyre afraid of drones above them you know, theres Phishing Emails that are constantly going out towards them, both into pretending to be journalists that are reaching out. Some of them said they get death threats. Their parents are getting death threats. You know, its been a summer of violence, essentially. And i think the second Assassination Attempt was made it real for them that this isnt going away. This is a persistent threat that, that is going to be part of this election. And at the same time, i mean, theres still in this to win it, right . I mean, we have seven weeks to go and theyre just trying to figure out which polling they can trust. And they trust the public polling the Seattle Times polling, which shows Harris And Trump essentially tied, but harris up maybe four points in pennsylvania or their own internal pollster, tony. Tony fabrizio, who is very much esteemed in the polling the profession, but he has numbers that are much rosier for trump. His numbers show them up nationally and in the Swing States and if you look at his numbers, it would seem to suggest that Donald Trump Shouldnt Debate again, right . Thats, thats the calculation that theyve made. A lot of people are still wondering if they can really trust those numbers when public polling its showing a much tighter Race And Harris starting to rise above trump, above the margin of error in some polling so its pretty vague on right now is one of yeah. If theres a lot of anxiety, definitely the way it was the Assassination Attempts to how you read the polls and the Tea Leaves is that the bane of existence for every strategist . And of course, then theres the polling, then theres the old poll, the actual ballot box, and the voter turnout operation. I mean one Trump Campaign source told you, quote, we are totally effed in the field. Whoever takes over the southwest states has to start from scratch and its nearly thing october. So why is the campaign stuck in this predicament in the first place well, the campaign decided to take a pretty big gamble. They decided when they took over the rnc to basically dismantle its Ground Operation and to outsource all of its Ground Operations like if Get Out The Vote it canvassing its digital data, accrual like a lot of the basic Campaign Operations to major Super Pac like elon musk, superpac okay. And so he brought theyre basically allowing outside groups to do the main work that a campaign would do. So theyre trusting them to do that and they did that because the fec thank change the rule recently that allows them to coordinate a little bit more with Super Pac than they were allowed to in the past. But problem is, is that they have no control over what these Super Pacs do. The case that elon musk, he hired all of the santoss former staffers to run his Super Pac. These were the same people who created Ron Desantis is major, never back back down Super Pac, the largest Super Pac in history, 130 Million spent basically on iowa alone, 6,700 spent per vote. And he still came in 30 points below Donald Trump. And theyre thinking to themselves, why didnt, why do we have these people coming on when they did so miserably . Is it a terrible job for the desantis right now to is that they are firing a lot of the groups that have been on the ground already in replacing them and a lot of people are worried that to fire Canvassing Firms that are in Battleground States like Arizona And Nevada in september and august it takes a long time to hire people. Its like an Hr Nightmare just to give me move back out there on doors doing the Get Out The Vote so it was a big risk, will never know if it worked until after the election we certainly wont either as the best gamble, the worst mistake. Tara palmeri. Thank you so much. Thank you up next, jayz once told her that Women Rappers quote, dont really do that well whos that girl you ask . The one the only eb and she is with me next helping me get my money rights to achieve my ambitions. Like earning more money on my moneys the head chef, ready for service . 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She was one of the few who female rappers topping the charts and her Style And Substance really stood out. Talking about taboo topics like Domestic Violence, while flaunting her lyricism, her success led to her own tv show, eve, movies like the barbershop franchise, then followed in her crossover classic. Let me blow your mind literally it blew the mind off of music executives dont eve revealing in her book her label originally leaving want to make that song with gwen so funny because they thought listeners, when believe it that song went on to win a grammy. And that story is just one that eve shares opening up about being an unapologetic woman and a maledominated industry. Her meteoric rise and struggles at the top and how she found in her piece and her voice on and off the stage as a Business Woman Partner and a mother i have been a fan for so long and, you know, when i read this book, i was so taken aback by your vulnerability, by your honesty, by your personal integrity and journey. A, you lay it all out there for people, it must have been a little Bit Nerve wracking write a book like this completely in the beginning, the process in the beginning, i approached it as i would an interview in a way of like, say the right things ill put this little bit here and sweep that little bit. Maybe. But my my cowriter, kathy, actually called me probably after our second and sitting and she was like, listen, i dont want to take you to the trauma, but if youre going to do this book, you have to allow people to feel what you felt at that time. You have to let them in. And once she said that i was like, okay, ive made the decision to do this im just going to do it you detail the personal work that hes done that so many people try to avoid. And frankly, you talk about your dreams and ambitions as a young woman, you knew at a very early age, you were destined to perform . Yes. But what you didnt necessarily know was the Business Side of what it would take a year or so honest . About having a little bit of naive a tae it came to that oh, my god, i thought it was, you know, what you see on screen. I thought it was celebration all the time like, okay, im famous now, we all we do is have parties and laugh. No i quickly found out that obviously it is a business i also quickly found out that not everybody is going to accept you and not even except you, actually, i guess let you in fully then there are people around you who which i found out and i talk about this in the book is like my first tour, i brought all my friends on tour because thats what you do. You know. And also, i didnt want them to think that i changed that was a bad idea because not everybody is meant to be on your journey. But i learned it was lots of hard lessons that i learned. But im thankful and grateful that i didnt learn those lessons. You also talk about i appreciated this in the space that i am in about how people want to Pit Women against Each Other. Always, how they cannot wait to tear you down as opposed to what you thought was going to happen . Yeah, going to do an assist. I thought it was i thought it was assisted and i was such a nerd. I was running up to everybody on my younger I Love You youve been on my leg and people were looking at me like wow, bring it down and yet and it was not like that. Its a very lonely place. Its a very lonely place i did say that, but i will also say i was i am very lucky that people like Missy And Queen latifah have looked out for me, did look out for me. They were people that i could call while it wasnt this giant system, there were some people there. Thankfully. Thank god you also had we know you from the Rough Ride as well. I say when i would watch you and be like obsessed with your music, always wonder what that dynamic was like here you were the First Lady of Rough Riders yeah. There is always a perception in him pop that women are mistreated. Yep. That everything is geared towards massage one. Yeah you had a real Support System and family made me feel good to know that they were who i thought they were to you hundred percent. I was i always say im the adopted kid of Rough Ride is because all of them are from New York. Im from philly. But i was the most protected respect. Its celebrated a female in the business at that time. I you know, they never tried to make me anything other than who i was. They never tried to put me down this path also, they never actually pitted me against anyone else, any other females. They were so focused on like, what is it . We do . What does it, how can we make you better . You know, i was i was very lucky. Definitely. You right about that. That was not the experience many other people and id be remiss if we didnt point out that theres even a criminal proceeding happening right now against a huge Hip Hop mogul. Diddy. What was your reaction when you heard that news . I mean you know, its one of those things where you never, ever, ever want to see anything like this of someone that youve known and seen throughout my whole career obviously of course its shocking and sad. Youre sad from it because, you know, we dont always know all the parts of people. And yeah, its shocking is that definitely what i have seen in this book and just following your career is you have been unapologetic about using that voice i mean, love is blind. As an example, for a song No One was making Hit Records about Domestic Violence you went there and he took that path. Why again, i will say with Rough Riders they i was actually shocked that they were okay with the songs, to be honest, because like you said at that time, nobody was doing that. But i won did feel like it was an important time for me to get out because for me, when i make my music, im when i was writing especially back then, i always wrote about things that i did experience or want to experience. It had to be real that and that was a real situation that happened to me, a friend of mine went through this horrible time and it was a poem that turned into a song and thankfully, the industry, the exact Rough Ride as they would like. Okay, yeah, lets do it. Yeah. And at that time it was very rare. Rare. But yeah, its important. It was important. I mean, there are so many parts as book you talk about an issue that so many women are facing right now, and so many blackowned in particular. Are experiencing reproductive rights in fertility, ivf treatment, and beyond you also talk about how you experienced a miscarriage and said that it was something else i had point in your career . Yeah. Why was it so important for you now, a mother . Yeah. If a little boy while why was it so important for you to share that . Very personal party of the journey lots of reasons. I think it was me coming to terms with having to do ivf me healing through the Ectopic Pregnancy and dealing with that because i blamed myself. I blame i thought it was something wrong with me. Do you still feel that way . No, i dont know. No. I honestly i did. Ive it took i had to get through that part. I feel like to even get pregnant with my son now, i feel like thats a release that to receive him but thats another reason writing about this is also releasing all of that and also sharing because so many women are going through it leave us with this eve. What do you say to people who are looking to find their voice . Or have been muting themselves. Yeah one i will say just believe just believe and i know sometimes it can be hard, but just believe and stand on business believe in yourself, bet on Yourself Bet on yourself. Thank you so much. That was wonderful. Thank you. Thank you for watching ac360. It is next back frozen thanking the darkest thoughts. And then everything changed dana said, youre still, you and I Love You super man, the christopher reeve story, really pg 13. Okay. So my kitchen was more than just retro i dreamed of a new kitchen, but a full remodel i see and the pain, then i found enhanced and it was super friendly to the old wallet. Will take it from here. Yes. What and just one week enhance completely transformed my kitchen my kitchen. When from drab to fab, we got a whole new style with doar ensure fronts, organizers. And now i have a place for everything. 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