teleprompter either! but that laced i m in the greatest company of all within newly minted golden globe winner jennifer coolidge who will be taking us off the air tonight! and on that note, i wish you a very good and very safe night! from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow! it was june of 2022, and the venue for the conservative political action conference, cpac. the venue was packed. hundreds of far-right politicians and activists gathered to claim election fraud to launch attacks against the press, donald trump was one of the main speakers, and he was slated to give a talk on chinese election interference. jason miller was there, trump s senior campaign advisor, and now the ceo of the conservative twitter clone getter. also in attendance, republican mark, green a far-right congressman who voted against the certification of joe biden as president. in a lot of ways, this was just
that is all in. a magical land of with pod you re like a wizard. that s what i am. thanks for joining us. it was june of 2022 and the venue for the conservative political action conference, cpac, venue was packed. hundreds of far right politicians and activists gathered to claim election fraud, the launch attacks against the president. donald trump was slated to give a talk on chinese election interference. jason miller was there, now ceo of the conservative twitter clone getter. also this attendance was republican mark green who voted against the certification of joe biden as president. and in a lot of ways this was just another cpac conference. the main difference was that this one was happening in brazil. months before that country s presidential election. and all the false claims about election fraud, they were dubbed in portuguese. this is the extent to which the maga movement embedded itself in brazilian politics, a relationship now worth revisiting after they had
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and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an
washington. republicans are not opposed to any substance. i think it s a political move, and i think it s disgusting. it really is an ongoing crisis here at a scale that is almost unimaginable. you can see some of the garbage that is still over here. and you can actually see how high the water has come. this is what we do not want to see a flood watch. with more rain coming, we expect the water to rise even higher. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour with the passing of two legends who were both game-changers in their respective fields. basketball great bill russell led the boston celtics to 11 nba championships. his final two titles as the first black head coach in a major american sports league. and he was also a tireless champion for racial justice and civil rights, working alongside dr. martin luther king jr. and muhammed ali. in 2011, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. and we re also remembering nichelle nichols, who playe