announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. is he going to represent us? is he going to take our issues seriously? people felt he wasn t black enough. mccain s crowds turned uglier. the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. this is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. okay, you re rolling. you obviously put a lot of thought into the decision to do this. have you given thought to when you re successful, what would you want people to say about how america was different than the day you walked in the door? i don t think that we re going to solve all our problems in eight years or ten years. one of the things about life, both for each of us and for the country as a whole, is that there are always going to be new challenges. there are always going to be new difficulties. but i hope that at the end of an obam
Number two. My name is rosa parks. And number three. My name is rosa parks. Once again, panel, these three ladies all claim to be civil rights champion rosa parks, and lets start the questioning with kitty carlisle. Number two, what led up to this glorious moment on that bus . How did you feel at the moment of arrest . [ bell dings ] that bell tells us the time is up. And now, of course, its time to vote whoever, in your opinion, is the real rosa parks. I voted for number two, and its just based on a feeling. She just has that gentleness, i think, that would allow to be defiant. Okay. Any one of these three ladies could have had the courage, and im ashamed to say, i dont really know which one it really is, but i voted for number two. All right. And nipsey, who got your vote . Well, ill have to disqualify myself. I know mrs. Parks, and i was one of the entertainers on that show between selma and montgomery, but ms. Rosa parks is 10 foot tall, and shes a legend and a hero in the democrac
taylor greene who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she s coming to town. while you are in town be on your best behavior. okay, then, new york city mayor eric adams control yourself. just going right there with that warning ahead of a historic day in manhattan. donald trump, former president, will become the first former president to face criminal charges. we will get a live report from outside the courthouse in just a moment meanwhile, there is new reporting this morning on how the manhattan grand jury is impacting the fulton county da s investigation into election interference in georgia. also ahead, we will break down what is at stake today in wisconsin as voters head to the polls for an election that many are calling the most consequential in decades. that is a huge state supreme court race that has national implications regarding gerrymandering, regarding just the laws of that state, which has become the most consequential swin
And welcome to politicsnation from atlanta, georgia. Tonights lead, a split down the center. The midterm elections are just 16 days away, 17 states have already started voting in advance of november 8th. 12 states will join that list this week. And a brand new National Poll from nbc news suggests that americans have their minds made up about several things ahead of next month. President bidens Approval Rating is holding at 45 . The highest number he has enjoyed in over a year, yet still lower than democrats would like with their senate and House Majorities hanging in the balance. Voters remaining evenly split on congressional preference. 47 preferring democrats in control of congress, 46 preferring republicans. The Passion Driving Voters this Election Cycle is unprecedented. With seven in ten americans expressing high interest in this midterm election, a likely indicator that we can expect record turnout next month, but with that, our country remains deeply polarized. Eight of ten amer
with classified markings were found at biden s home thursday evening. surely this news was damming to those democrats who have spent the past seven years squawking about the rule of law and norms, right? wrong. what is the proper thing for a former president to do if he finds that there are government documents or classified documents that are in his possession? my understanding is they did the right thing. maybe there is a different procedure for dealing with them that we re unaware of. that s a meaningful thing that we could look at. but obviously, we don t want to turn this into just a political football. i know exactly what president biden said when he was informed that these documents were found in his office, in his office in washington. that was a, oh, followed by a four-letter expletive. it s an embarrassment no doubt. is there more to it? i doubt it. the congressman is right. it was such an embarrassment to bide than he rushed to defend himself earlier today u