the son of caribbean parents worked so hard to pull himself out of poverty and become educated. i am the first of my family to educated. reporter: and he would become an impact on music. and sidney portier and walter mat matthau. reporter: he was dubbed the king of calypso and at the same time he won an oscar for his role in the first movie with an all black cast. he went on the make 40 albums including more than 40 movie compilations and went on the make 10 movies. he was one of the first black performers to win a tony award for the broadway hit john murray anderson s the almanac. then later he dealt with the larger societal issues of class and race like the white man s burden. i kind of grew up and it got away from me. although he was busy, he made time of father and father of four children from two marriages. his daughter sher vi b sherry bell fo bellfonte followed hi footsteps and became an actress in her rights. then he stood up for civil rights with bob
we ve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so let s get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful over price jerry six insurrection in d.c.. we re going in-depth on all those trump troubles ahead. later, desantis drama, florida governor ron desantis arrives at the white house, while the house memos hits him with the federal lawsuit. we go inside the drama and how it will impact his presidential aspirations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today s show with the standoff over the debt ceiling. speaker kevin mccarthy is taking a premature victory lap after house republicans narrowly lashed
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case, he said. why should someone die? if they didn t do it, like you know what that should be reserved for people who you know other crimes? i should say and thank you very much. you know, this morning continues right now. president biden s announcement to run for a second term. now, maybe days away, there s clearly a desire in the american public to see a generational change, but voters are willing to put that aside if they feel like the alternative is a much bigger problem plan on running out, but we re not prepared to announce it yet didn t know when the wind appears to be next week. criminal charges will be dropped . 2021 fatal shooting the cinematographer on the western film, rust can t convince jurors beyond reasonable doubt that alec baldwin is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, prosecute people you change and affect their lives. someone is responsible for what happened, but i know it s not me the idea that the person holding the gun is not responsible is absurd. a n
fears that nowhere is safe, not in your car, not even in your own front yard in north carolina, a 6-year-old was hit in the face by bullet fragments. her father shot in the back by a neighbor, a i ppparently becaush girl s basketball rolled into his yard. why did she shoot my daddy and me shoot a kid s dad. the suspect in that case, robert louis singletary is still on the loose being hunted by police in maine, a man freshly released from prison allegedly shot and killed his parents and two of their friends, then began firing ran domly at passing car on i-295 a father and his two adult children were hit. his daughter is in critical condition. the suspect in court this morning. in downtown columbus, a man was shot in the face while just walking alone, and in philadelphia, a teenager was shot in the back by a masked gunman while he sat on a bench outside a rec center taken together, all of these incidents plus the recent shootings of ralph yarl, kaylin gi gillis, and pay