Candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, who is a Lieutenant Governor right now, one of the partys most controversial figures engulfed in Scandal And Battleground State Race despite calls from some fellow republicans to step down, a Bombshell Cnn Report on Earth Thing dozens of rather lewd comments or robinson made on a pornography forum. The posts include robinson calling Himself A Quote Black Nazi defending slavery even using racist language to insult the late Civil Rights icon, dr. Martin Luther King junior will speak to Kings Son about those shocking comments in just a few but first, your Cnn Kfile senior editor, andrew kaczynski. Good morning. Andrew wolf, my colleague, eleni, found a series of highly disturbing posts, more than a decade ago on the Message Board of a pornographic website. And we traced them directly to Mark Robinson. Now we did interview robinson yesterday. Any categorically denies making these posts. Ill get to that in just one moment. But first, i want to walk peo
Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. And good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with a scandal in battleground, North Carolina, that could have national implications. Mark robinson is facing pressure to leave the race after allegations he made racist and lewd comments on a pornography site, including declaring in one post that he was a black nazi. Robinson who is North Carolinas lieutenant governor, is denying the allegations and vowing to stay in the race. This is not us. These are not our words. This is not anything that is characteristic of me, nor has it ever been. Folks here also know my character. They know who i am. They know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice. This is not things we would ever say or even think. Cnn published the string of incendiary comments it says it found on the Message Board dating back to 2008, well before robinson began his political career. Nbc
For your time tonight. That is our show this evening. Now it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. Good evening. I could not hear what you are talking about. What were you talking about? about lindsey graham? lindsey graham took a trip to nebraska to basically try to convince the state to be a winner take all state, so when the electoral votes are apportioned, donald trump gets all of them rather than kamala harris getting one of them and that one vote, gosh i hope it is not true, but could be the difference maker in the election. Maybe this is all, you know, trivia that we will enjoy looking back upon or maybe something we will wish we paid greater attention to in the course of this election season. Thankfully you paid attention to it in your show. We will talk a little bit about it in the show, so with that, alex wagner, go enjoy your thursday night. Have a great show, jonathan. Thanks, alex. It is 47 days to election day and tonight, while donald
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, irans interference game, what the fbi is revealing about hackers who tried but failed to interest Joe Bidens Team in documents stolen from the Trump Campaign. Plus, what will the former president is saying about it. And its the Blue Dot in an ocean of red, but now a fight is brewing over a Nebraska District with a single electoral vote, so critical it could decide the president ial election. We have new reporting. Plus, a possible Mass Tragedy averted, how police track down a Missouri Teenager who allegedly had a fully loaded handgun with an extended magazine right outside a school. And are we witnessing a new phase of the war . Israel and hezbollah Trade Fire after a series of Pager And Walkietalkie explosions that left the entire region on the brink. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Ryan Nobles covering these new revelations about iranian i
Dogs, all because of due to these unfounded threats and hoaxes that have marred our existence really for going on a week now and later, the fight for ivf escalates. Gop senators, again blocking a bill to guarantee access to the treatment nationwide coming up, be joined by a republican congressman who says ivf is critically gordon good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington the 2024 race for the White House today, Vice President Kamala Harris is appealing to both latino and younger voters with two events today, later for residents Donald Trump is heading to New York to rally his base. Meanwhile, a staunch Trump Ally is sharpening her attacks against Kamala Harris. This time, it is very personal. Here is arkansas governor and former white House Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, just last night my kids keep me humble unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesnt have anything keeping her humble. You would think after four years of straight failure, she would k