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
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And he s been an unbelievable lieutenant governor, mark robinson. But you know, i heard him coming in on the plane, i was listening and i said to the people on the plane, watch this. This is martin luther king on steroids. So much love there for north carolina candidate for governor mark robinson. Now robinson s bombshell porn website scandal, which he denies, could sink trump s chances of winning that critical state. Also tonight, election day is november 5th, but for maga it is all about january 6th and getting trump s foot soldiers in place to challenge a kamala harris victory. Plus, president biden was celebrating the amazing success of bidenomics today. Inflation is down, and against all odds a recession has been averted, which republicans are for some reason unhappy about. We begin tonight in north carolina where cnn is reporting shocking new details about the current lieutenant governor, mark robinson, who is the republican nominee for governor. Cnn unearthed deeply disturbing a
Were hundreds of deaths from what was then called septic abortion, propublica is very interested in hearing from Family Members of Loved Ones we have died while pregnant, may be unable to access care. They may have had chronic conditions like Candi Miller who had lupus were very interested in looking at these cases doing what we can to uncover the real causes. We think there needs to be more transparency among state maternal mortality boards which operates two years behind. So who knows how many cases are out there we would like to know no matter the decision, the political decisions made at those at the state level, the transparency of what is happening within the state is important for everyone when theyre making decisions on this thank you so much, eva, and your teams great reporting. It is deserving for everyone to read both of these articles. And im sure therell be more to come to get a feel of this. Thank you very much. A new hour of Cnn News central starts now just called the be
Many decades. It hasnt been done for a long time, but we are going to win new york. We are 47 days away from election day, and instead of rallying in a Battleground States, Donald Trump was on Long Island Last Night vowing to win new york, a state, of course, he lost by wide margins in both 2016 and 2020. Well have more from that event in just a molt. Meanwhile, on capitol hill, a small group of house Republicans Yesterday killed speaker Mike Johnsons Plan to fund the government. Well look at what could come next in that spending fight. And also ahead well bring you the latest out of lebanon following a second day of targeted and deadly Device Explosions. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 19th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and we will begin with the road to the White House. Yesterday was supposed to be the day that Donald Trump faced sentencing for his 34 Felony Convictions in the