Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from michigan. Were here at the Detroit Institute of arts. Famed mexican artist diego rivera painted this mural all around me. Its called detroit industry. And its a tribute to the citys manufacturing roots. But detroit didnt just build cars, it manufactured hope. It was where the American Dream came to life. With a large bloc of blue collar workers, michigan eventually became part of the reliable blue wall for democrats, until 2016, when donald trump won the state by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 of the vote. Michigan hadnt gone red since electing george h. W. Bush in 1988. But in 2020, pundits of every stripe acknowledge black women voters will be the kingmakers, or queenmakers. They turned out more than any other group in 2016 and 2012. Africanamerican women have long been political players. Our special correspondent joie chen retraced the steps of some of americas greatest Political Forces to understand their influence her
Afternoon on early pickup. All right, harry, thanks. So much and thanks to all of us Special Election coverage starts now this is a big night in michigan as voters in that critical swingstate cast back now lets in the 2024 president ial race, most Polling Places are closing right now. In democratic and republican primaries that are Testing Support for the likely nominees both parties, im Anderson Cooper is a Special Edition of ac360 and im jake tapper. We are standing by for the very first results from michigan. Now that voting has ended it most of the state, were going to get our first chance to project winners once the last Polling Places close less than an hour from now in the democratic primary President Biden i might be facing his most serious challenge yet this election youre not from his longshot opponents. Congressman dean phillips know from progressives who are opposed to them president s response to the israel hamas war. This group of progressives, they are pushing for a perm
politicsnation. tonight s lead, last-ditch effort. senate negotiators have been meeting this afternoon trying to hammer out a deal on immigration. president biden s homeland security chief met with lawmakers on the hill earlier in the day. majority leader chuck schumer delayed the holiday recess, hoping for a breakthrough on a bill that would also include military aid for israel and ukraine. if a bill cannot be made in the next several days, both chambers will have to take it up next year alongside a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. and in the house, there will be the matter of and impeachment inquiry into president biden. launched this week at the origin of that republican leadership. all this as the first presidential nomination contest is now less than a month away and iowa. and black voters across that south are literally so when the states that live in, over voting district maps that they contained designed to suppress the vote in 2024. an
President s words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action, end quote. For his part, the president s response to a thwarted plot against a governor was to say that she didnt think him. Rather than say thank you, she calls me a white supremacist. Just 24 days before what has been called the most consequential lesks o consequential election of our lifetimes. Last night the debate was canceled after trump refused to participate virtually haes e le less than a week he was released from the hospital from an Infectious Disease that has killed 215,000 americans. His remembering ls personal conduct after his diagnosis and the effect its having on our country is uncons national naesh unco ununconscionable. Hes likely still shedding the virus, according to experts who will still speak later trump will now speak later from the white house balcony after being told that he couldnt return to the campaign trail until monday. But is he planning a rally in Central Florida on monday. W
The department of homeland securitys Cyber Security and infrastructure security agency, known as cisa, not a household name, but throughout 2020 it was at the center of preventing foreign interference in the election. Both by preventing Cyber Attacks but also by pushing book on deliberate internet disinformation about the election. Last week reuters reported that the assistant director of Cyber Security at cisa was forced to resign. And the widely respected head of the agency chris krebs was telling associates that he also expected to be fired. Why . Because mr. Krebs, quote, drew the ire of the Trump White House over a website dubbed rumor control, which debunks misinformation about the election. White house officials have asked content to be edited or removed, which pushed back against numerous false claims about the election, including that democrats are behind a mass Election Fraud scheme. In fact that very day, the day krebs started telling people his days were likely numbered, he