Idea, freedom. That would be nice. President ial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is speaking out against tyranny of minority and new oppression that seeks to punish people for having a different opinion. Vivek made his case with an exchange with an lgbtq activist at Iowa State Fair and its gone viral. I am personally pansexual, i was wondering your view on samesex couples is . I dont have a negative view in name of protecting tyranny of majority, we have in the name of majority created new tyranny of the mind and i think that is wrong. I dont think somebody religious should be forced to officiate a wedding they disagree with. I dont think a woman should be forced to compete against a biological man, i dont think anyone who is a woman should be forced to change clothes in a locker room with a man, that is not freedom, that is oppression. Free adults should be able to dress how they want, that is fine. You dont become oppressive by hoisting that on others. It comes from the new culture of oppr
Threats and calls for violence. Fears today that jurors and judges tied to trump cases are at risk as the former president s legal battles grow. What were learning about those threats and whos behind them. And we have new details about when donald trump is planning to turn himself in to face those charges in georgia as we learn he is now plotting Counter Programming for the first gop primary debate. Plus, new focus on a Power Company facing lawsuits over mauis wild fires and anger growing over response to the tragedy as officials warn that 1,000 people or more could still be missing. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. The Fulton County, Georgia Sheriffs Office now says it is working with other agencies to track down where the threats to Georgia Grand Jury members are coming from. A Law Enforcement source tells cnn, quote, people are being threatened to be killed for doing their civic duty. This comes days after th
Buying it with a whopping 80 of voters in the latest fox news paul describing Economic Conditions as fair or worse, poor. It is no wonder, new data showing homeowners spending 40 of their gross income on their mortgage with rates hitting their highest level in 20 years and as moodys estimates americans are spending 709 or more on goods and services than they did two years ago. Lets bring in our panel, Damn Heninger and bill mcgurn, first, the Treasury Department on wednesday came out with a three page memo on the Inflation Reduction Act, virtually nothing in it was about reducing inflation. All about spending more on more regulations, both of which, spending or more regulations are inflationary. What do you make of that . Reporter President Biden has a habit of saying or whispering that he thinks it is true but nobody else knows that it is untrue, bidenomics with the Inflation Reduction Act is working, roll it back to when they were passing this act. They did call it the Inflation Redu
His investigation into President Joe Biden. Then, bidens soft response to china sparks another smack in the face from the Chinese Communist party, as amazingly janet yellen is served Hallucinogenic Mushrooms by her beijing hosts. The person who arranged our dinner did the order and it was a delicious mushroom dish i was not aware that these mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties. I learned that later. Maria what will it take for Communist China to show any respect to the Biden Administration. Former u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer on taking on china through tariffs and fees. Then the 2024 president ial race officially begins this upcoming week with the first gop debate as Vivek Ramaswamy told me here last week, the republicans are looking at young people and independents. Were bringing them along in droves with us. The difference between a 50. 1 electoral margin this cycle and a landslide is young people and i think this cant be just a 50. 1 democrat versus republican tug
County georgia. A grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the states electoral votes. Witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and Text Messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a Voting System breach. And hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, were hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, Warning Sirens that didnt go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. The raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. Welcome to the lead. Im jack tapper. We start with our Law And Justice lead. Right now a grand jury is deciding whether to indict donald trump. It was expected to take at least two days for Fulton County District Attorney fani willis to produce her evidence. A number of key witnesses who had been told to show up tomorrow and testify have now been called in to testify. Thos