i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we just heard the kind of conversations that a lot of us are having at our own dinner tables. bill maher talk to jake tapper about politics and race and cancel culture and wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time. and it means something different to everybody. well, again, i think it s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. [laughter] now they take his name of schools and turned down his statues. really, lincoln is not good enough for you? are we all having conversations also where we accidentally step in it? and what conversations do we now feel uncomfortable having because we re afraid to get it wrong? so, our panel is going to tackle all that in just a moment. also, the supreme court hearing challenges to president biden s student
democrats colluded with the fbi, cia, and big tech to censor us and hijack elections. the two journalists who broke the story testified in front of congress today. twitter, facebook, google and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government from the fbi, the dhs, even the cia is making lists of people whose opinions, beliefs, associations or sympathies are deemed misinformation, disinformation, or mall information. as someone who grew up a traditional aclu liberal, this mechanism for punishment and deprivation without due process is horrifying. the censorship industrial complex combines established methods of psychological manipulation some developed by the u.s. military during the global war on terror with highly sophisticated stools science artificial intelligence. federal government officials, agencies and contractors have gone from fighting isis recruiters and russian bots to censoring and deplatforming ordi
i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining us, welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we thank you for that. trying to return to normal after the unimaginable. michigan state university students about to resume classes after a weekend spent mourning three of their friends and classmates gunned down in yet another mass shooting. it was just overwhelming. i had the victim s names and faces going through my head, all the trauma, hearing the screams and all of it. we are moving forward, we are not living in fear. we are not just bound the actions of some people, we are one with all the community. in a couple minutes, i want to speak to michigan congressman debbie dingell about the tragedy in her home state and what she tells those students demanding action. i m also going to ask her about that ohio train derailment. a new one in michigan revealing the danger on the rails. we are also looking into those bombshell revelations showing the biggest stars
i m alisyn cam . welcome to cnn tonight. honoring the people of ukraine fighting for their country for a year and the song includes an unexpected guest. however you talk, whatever you think, from the song that you sing to drink that you drink i m fighting for our children, our parents to defend our houses and families. to love each other like crazy i m guessing you recognize that voice but if not, brad paisley will tell us who that is in a moment. plus, a dramatic day in the alex murdaugh trial. how will the jury respond to the defendant that admits he s been lying to everyone for years? you lied to maggie, didn t you? i did lie to maggie. you lied to paul? sometimes. i would have lied to randy at some point, i m sure. did you lie to him about the last time you saw your wife and son alive? i did. all right. we re going to bring you up to speed on that trial. also, part two of our voter panel. i sit down with parents around the country to talk abo