You host national debates over the most difficult, legal questions. I was listening to you asking about a conflict of interest, with a president and his son with problems. I saw you just corner some guests who couldnt answer, because these are hard questions. Maybe thats a whole national debate. I think that is a good one. I think that theres a conversation about addiction, which is a disease, and we had someone on talking about someone in his immediate family. Yeah. I think it would be a good conversation for the country if were still capable. I hope we are as a country. You know, i believe, and we as The Beat believe you can do serious with light and fun. Youre going to need that Skill Set if you cover the Gentleman Running for governor in north carolina. Thats a big one today. Im thinking about our other colleagues all the way out to Jimmy Fallon has his main shows, and then has three other wild shows. We could have you do it. Well do it on youtube. Lets do it. Ill see you soon, nic
Living with parkinsons disease. Richard lewis was 76 years old and thank you for watching news night. Laura coates live starts right now with a democracy. Well, the jury i mean the Supreme Court is still out on that one tonight on laura coates why well, its morning in london and they will woke up with the king, will guess what america you could be going to bed with one thats if the Supreme Court hands donald trump a get out of jail free card. After all, what is akin, someone who answers to no one can do what he wants it . Well, whos going to check them . Boo in a democracy . The answer is supposed to be the other two branches of government, right . You coequal branches, the whole checks and balances thing is all coming back to us now, right . I mean, its easy to forget these days when the Supreme Court Just Announced its going to take up the question of whether a president has absolute immunity no theyre not treating that as some kind of rhetorical question. Theyre actually going to he
carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed. he won re-election to a fourth term in the senate 54 to 46%. that strategy worked, it worked well, making gant the face of affirmative action, a racial quota system that kept whites at a disadvantage ipfavor of less qualified minorities, it was potent stuff. the race baiting and the zero-sum politics, it moved people because it angered them a
loads of similar schemes, key differences but with the same aim. it is happening a lot of already, as you probably know. the idea is, breathe. some people say lights versus livelihoods, soaring cost of living, soaring number of health problems from pollution. some people say it is set versus livelihoods. a dichotomy is shaping politics. some of the arguments are on the working classes, take london, sw19, leafy london, less of a problem than in e14, less leafy tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? tower hamlets. the question, is ulez foryou? sw19, tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? sw19, leafy wimbledon. here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. the high court is to hear arguments for and against the expansion of london s ultra low emission zone. five conservative led councils are challenging the move by mayor sadiq khan, who says it s needed to tackle air pollution. financial regulators will demand to know why banks aren t passing on highe
breaking news stories tonight, with a major shake-up in the race for the 2024 republican nomination. former new jersey governor chris christie just suspending his presidential campaign, just five days before the iowa caucuses. our new reporting tonight on who he might endorse and if it will change the republican battle. plus, those major winter storms slammed the northeast with flooding in new hampshire, connecticut, and new jersey, and authorities in florida are now assessing those tornado damages. but first, there is more breaking news tonight, with a major avalanche closing down a popular lake tahoe ski resort in california. search teams and emergency crews just finished scouring the slopes in search of any missing skiers or snowboarders. we know that at least one person has died and at least three people are hurt. we are tracking storms, too, from coast to coast, with another round of severe weather ahead, so tonight we have team coverage, and cbs s andrew haubner will st