Cofounder of the black voter matters organization, and shes here with us today to talk about the black voter and the 2020 elections. Louisiana dash shah latasha, good morning. Guest thank you for having me. Vo host first, tell us what the black Voters Matter Fund is. Guest the organization started in 2016 because we wanted to shift the dynamics around how we were hearing the National Media talk about black voters. More importantly, we wanted to build more power in our communities so we could have more influence on policies impacting us. So we started the back Voters Matter Fund because what we felt is that in order to really have a robust democracy, you have to have an edge gauged electorate. And engaged electorate. And we would do work to engage voters on the ground level, on the local level so that they should shape policies and representation for their communities. Host so wt did your organizing approach look like this year . What didin you do out on t ground to get mor black voters
today and threw in his support for donald trump. here s donald trump talking about desantis s endorsement. i d like to take the time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. ay as you know he left the campaign trail at 3:00 p.m. today. in doing so he was very gracious and endorsed me, so i appreciate it. gracious. weia don t hear that word a lot from donald trump, but he s trying to get everybody to support him. now the race is narrow, head-to-head between trump and haley. trump leads with independents. haley is 19 points behind trump overall. what b comes next? and how close are we in another head-to-head race between donald trumphe and joe biden. joining me now are my guesti gu hanging with me. our resident floridian, former republican congressman david jolly anwho s going to welcome n desantis home with a big banner, we hear, he s back with us as well. let me start with you. you ve done a fair amount of reporting on the republican primary.
i ll tell yo u that now. also tonight, take a look at a screen. in a minute, w youe will hear fy our very own sarah carter righth here on set, who was accosted ae by far left protesters on the streets of new york . here s a quick preview of what went down and out of here. get out of here. get out of here with this fireball. we are here in peace and love from your general liberal pea democratic psycho. anyway, we havove the full videt . thank god she s okay.ad, sh straight ahead, she lle telllll us a story, but we begin only a few blocks away where former president trump was arraigned on thirty four felony charges. now, yesterday, for allegedly mislabeling a couple of documents, basically. now, of course, these charges were cooked up and stacked by a manhattan d.a. by the name of alvin bragg. if any fansf al hervie to ful a political fantasy campaign promise, which i have a big problem with , and like many liberals, dreams of seeing donald trump in orange jumpsuit onne b
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from cleveland, ohio. Pelley this is the state where the past and future of the american presidency meet, birth place of seven president s, graveyard of more than a few president ial dreams. No republican has won without ohio since lincoln, and the polls show tonight republican Donald Trumphe democrat Hillary Clinton. Both have visited ohio more than any other battleground, and theyve poured 32 million into advertising here. Thats four bucks for every registered buckeye. Heres mark strassmann. Well make America Great again. Reporter in the courtship of ohio. Helping children has been a cause of her life. Reporter . Many voters want a restraining order. Clinton runs on local television every three minutes. Overwhelmingly with ads, overwhelming with calls, overwhelming with nonstop political stuff. Reporter Linda Merriam is a registered independent. Betty drake is a conservative democrat. If you get up at 7 00 a. M. , by w
Into the investigation into princes death. A new report this morning that the star was seeking treatment for addiction just before he was found dead. As authorities release new details from 911 calls revealing concerns about tprince. And good morning, america. We are coming off a decisive night in the race for president. There you see donald trump and his supporters celebrating last night after his huge win in indiana forcing ted cruz out of the race. Take a look at this. The New York Post trumps hometown paper, as you see the numbers from last night sharing this cover, can you believe it . And calling him the nominee. An earlier headline read hoosier daddy. And on the democratic side Bernie Sanders takes indiana, close win over Hillary Clinton. He says the race is not over, but her delegate lead insurmountable now. Abcs tom llamas is in indianapolis starting us off with the republicans and the latest on this big turning point in the race for president. Good morning, tom. Reporter good