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jake tapper starts now. i interviewed elizabeth alexander a few months ago. she s lovely. interesting you got her to open up. gave the first poetry reading she read a poem aft barack obama s first inaugural. yeah, she s wonderful. i m sure this is an obvious one, but have you i assume you ve reached out to the white house, because president biden losing his son, losing his wife and young daughter back in the 70s, that would be very moving. i once had a very long off the record conversation with him about it, and he s that s one of his that s one of the subjects that he is most human and authentic. yeah, he s obviously experienced incredible loss and speaks on it well. yeah, that would be a good conversation. thanks, jake. all right, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are just two weeks away from the critically important midterm elections and i have been talking to strategists and pollsters from both parties today to tr
Isabella County Commission Chairman Tobin Hope hopes to dive into juvenile justice and told fellow commissioners Tuesday night that he's happy to lead them through 2024 as the group deals with a critical millage and other issues on the horizon.
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