which is always been the case for people of color, journalists around the world, they are the only people who can talk about their humanity. so why that mainstream media complex is saying, we do not believe you. you are not telling the truth. nothing that they, say nothing that so when i see these people, when they raise their dead children before cameras, i have so much, it s got fronting. i ve been to palestine myself. i honestly look at them, and i start, i pray for them. and i look at them and say, no matter how hard you try, there is a larger media network that is going to look at your baby, those dead children, the way they look at the children and the people who i was helping in ukraine. until we do with the racial dynamic of what s at play here, be honest, it s not going to change. thank you, my friend. and reporter: independent journalist terrell jermaine starr s is independent journalist and founder of block diplomatic and has an official youtube channel for s
with missile strikes in major ukrainian cities. calling it retaliation for an attack on a vital russian bridge. plus, one of donald trump s attorneys is questioned by federal investigators about her signed statements on classified documents found at mar-a-lago. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 11th. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in ukraine. we re learning new details about yesterday s massive attack in kyiv and other major ukrainian cities. according to ukraine s deputy minister of defense, russia launched 83 missiles, half of which were neutralized by air defense systems. across ukraine, more than 95 people were injured and in kyiv alone, at least 14 people were killed. the missile strikes damaged critical infrastructure, knocking out power lines and cutting off water supplies to several cities. at least 35 residential buildings were also hit along with museums, parks, and a popular pedestrian bridge in the center of kyiv.
for biden over donald trump. but in his first four years as president, biden has been unable to fulfill some of the campaign promises that he made to the black community. voting rights reform legislation failed to gain enough legislation in congress s his first year in congress in office. and the same time, many states have lashed on to trump s lies on election fraud, and have enacted laws that actually made it more difficult for people to vote. and as the economy has recovered and it continues to improve, the poverty rate america remains a stain on the reputation. 37.9 million people are talked about in states, released by the u.s. census bureau. and that includes more than 8 million black americans, or 17% of the country s entire black population. pandemic era policies help to temporarily lift millions of people out of poverty in this country. in 2021, the expanded child tax credit called the child poverty rate to sink to a record low of
welcome back to way too early. 5:30 a.m. on the east coast. 2:30 out west. thank you for joining us this morning. democratic congressman tim ryan is raising millions for a senate campaign but he s not getting much financial help from the national party. in an interview with a dozen party leaders and operatives, democrats are increasingly fearful that they might be squandering a chance to flip the ohio senate seat. according to the advertising tracking group add impact, republicans spent $37.9 million on the general election. only $3.7 million of that has come directly from j.d. vance s campaign. meanwhile, ryan s campaign had accounted for 24 of the more than $29 million spent in the race. meaning, outside democratic groups have committed only $4.5 million to the race, about 14% of what the gop groups are spending for vance. ryan tells nbc news it can feel
game has 20,000 viewers. cnn s biggest audience in history. the previous record was set back in 1993. that s when al gore and ross perot debated nafta with 16.8 million viewers. now this debate even bigger. why do the ratings matter? all those candidates on stage had a huge opportunity to swag te sway tens of millions of voters. 23 million viewers is the average of the viewer ship for those 180 minutes. it turns out the prime time debate reached 37.9 million people. those are amazing numbers in television. fox s debate averaged 24 million. this is the biggest show of the fall. what is causing all this?