sat down with my friend rashid johnson, we went through his process. we re talking about how he is helping artists who are underrepresented in the fine arts world, people who are overlooked, how we help them gain a voice. but he s also one of the most successful artists of our time. and he s living in his success, unlike people, artists who have to wait until they die. you know what i m saying, to be appreciated. i can t wait to see it. sarah, i ll see you. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. there is lots happening. all the investigations swirling around the former president. a special master basically telling team trump, put up or shut up. he is not buying, maybe he did, it maybe he didn t over de classification. the judge, his name is raymond dearie, calling trump s bluff. saying that his lawyers have not given any proof that the documents were declassified. and seeing if they do not make that case, he s going to determine that they are classified. this may
handed over to sara sidner. a special master basically telling team trump, put up or shut up. he is not buying maybe he did it, maybe he didn t dance over declassification, and raymond dearie calling trump s bluff pointing out that his lawyers haven t given any proof that documents were declassified. and saying that if they don t make that case, but he is going to determine that there are classified. this may not be going the way that they hoped when they ask for him to be the special master. the doj is suggesting, and it may go all the way to the supreme court, to carve out about 100 documents marked classified from the special master s review. and there is the return of the january six committee. their next hearing set for september 28th at 1 pm, with new video of what happened on the day the seat of our democracy was attacked. and witness testimony that has not been used another hearings. and chairman bennie thompson is hinting that it may not be the last time that we hear
ukraine. he warned the west that he is not bluffing. if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened with a without doubt use whatever means to protect russian our people. this is not a bluff. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds could also blow in their direction. speak up body reacted moments ago. let us put speak plainly, a prominent member the united nations security council invaded its neighbor. attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map. russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the united nations charter. no more important, then the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force. again, just today, president putin has made overt nuclear threats against era and reckless disregard for the responsibilities of a nonproliferation regime. that was the opening of his address, and it began very strongly by saying that the united nations security council
messages that could shed important light on the plot to overturn the election. john wood who is a senior investigator for the january 6th committee joins me. plus, it s not just disney, ron desantis is stepping up his fight against so-called woke companies which stands to benefit the companies that help him out politically. we begin tonight with a republican party gone off the rails. what was once a self-described grand ole party advocating small government and national security now seems to be actively rallying against the very issues that just 5, 10, 20 years ago were their top priorities. first, you have the majority of republicans voting yesterday against the bipartisan chips bill that would create high-tech jobs and make the u.s. more competitive against china who republicans keep telling us is the big threat to america s future. republicans also in the main are declining to support the respect for marriage act. okay, family values party, or the inflation reduction act o
gun reform bills. containing most of what president biden called for in his primetime address. among them a resurrected assault weapon ban. one of the many measures presumed to be for republicans in the senate. where are much narrower package is being negotiated, cast by some as less ambitious but possibly best chance to advance any kind of gun reform. even amid more than more than 20 mass shootings in the last month. still, you must win elections to pass legislation. after the recent shootings in buffalo, eovaldi and elsewhere. this is one of the political realities that democrats must reckon with before the midterm election. along with abortion rights right. the rise in inflation. and the likelihood of even more seismic developments. coming out of the house select committee from january 6th to white house aides of donald trump now having been indicted for defying subpoenas related to the investigation. by the end of the week, we will have seen the first witnesses in the