the reidout with joy reid starts now tonight on the reidout we made a lot of progress because of all of you. but there s more to do so let s finish the job. american split screen, president biden launches his re-election campaign as donald trump faces day one as the defendant in the e. jean carroll civil lawsuit accusing him of rape also tonight, the fallout from monday s media red wedding maga world is raging at fox for firing tucker. and what s the real story behind don lemon s departure from cnn we begin tonight with the long awaited but unsurprising news that joseph biden jr. will seek a second term as the 46th president of the united states this is not a time to be complacent that s why i m running for re-election. because i know america i know we re good and decent people i know we re still a country that believes in honesty and respect and treating each other with dignity that we re a nation where we give no safe harbor, we believe everyone is equal, ev
persecution, is he over alleged hush money payments. former president is expected to be arraigned next tuesday, rehave his mug shot and fingerprints taken, he will not be handcuffed. when you stretch the law against someone you like or political opponent in this case, it s very hard to ever get that law to come back to its original shape. today s proof you can actually pick a target and then try and find a crime, even a crime that s not a crime because there is no crime here. i m telling you there is know crime. i know the facts, i know the law and i really want to see where this is going to go. alvin bragg is facing major backlash for bringing this case in the first place, untested legal theory to bring state charges in a federal case involving alleged campaign finance violations. and say they are ready to hold the ag accountable. they are trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box. they are trying to drain him dry. i think the democrats k
powerful message for young people in his new book he says stand up for what you believe in. part of the goal in telling the story is to take pride in your blackness, take pride in your culture. my hope is young people and readers walk away and they cease their power. laura: nothing wrong with that us all, everyone should take pride in their background and who they are, after all, kaepernick himself lived a charmed life, adopted at five weeks old my parents who by his own account to loved and supported him. your dad and i have had so many proud moments since you came into our lives. you have always been very persistent and tenacious in pursuit of anything you desire, but i admire that treat anyone as well, because it is what took you to fulfillment of your dreams. laura: and upward middle-class upbringing in california, nice house, nice community, a top athlete in school, both baseball and football, probably could have played in the major leagues. his parents sacrifice
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. the fulton county district attorney is georgia, fani willis who is investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia is planning to announce her decision on whether to bring criminal charges against the former president this summer. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is following this for us. tell us more, evan? what are you learning? reporter: for months we ve heard fani willis say that sher decision on whether to bring charges in this important case was imminent. now we know what she means. in this letter that she wrote to the fulton county sheriff, and to local law enforcement there in atlanta, she s warning essentially that her timeline is looking somewhere between july 11th and september 1st. that is when this grand jury will be seated and will be hearing perhaps evidence to again, with a decision on whether to bring charges against the f
president of the united states. failure to act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. this is not health reform, this is control. how is that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for ya? the american people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. it s been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you are a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular. and many democrats think they can win the presidency. senator biden now joining a growing list of democratic candidates who are announcing their intentions for 08. on the democratic side, you had a lot of candidates, senators like chris dodd and joe biden, john edwards, bill richardson. we looked at all of these people who are running, and in the end, you thought, well, thi