Plus, breaking news, america under attack. Russian hackers target email used by the state department, a brazen almost cheeky assault. And this morning u. S. Apparently with a Treasure Trove of unexamined evidence over origins of the mystery over the coronavirus. A very good morning to viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is friday, may 28th, and the Senate Burning the midnight oil and then some overnight, setting up a showdown this morning on the bill that would form a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. So heres what is delaying the senate. They went until almost 3 00 this morning to debate a bill that counters chinas influence after republicans derailed it. Senators looking to skedaddle this holiday weekend, they can take it up with wisconsin Senator Johnson whos staaling the bill. Debate will pick up where it left off, meaning a vote on the Insurrection Commission not expected until later today, and even when it happens, republicans almost c
content at the grio. also scott jennings, former special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, of course, starting with you, what did you see in that exchange between senator cruz and tucker carlson, and what does that say about your party? well, what i saw was someone who should understand thats you don t have to say yes to all television appearances. this was the worst seven minutes of an idea that i have seen. and i understand, like you think you have gotten on the wrong side of your base so you go on tv to try to fix it. but in this particular case if you watch the whole thing, tucker carlson wasn t letting him get away with it. the people that he angered are not going to be any happier with him today and the people who think what he was trying to clean up that the whole thing was ridiculous are going to think he s even more ridiculous. so what did you actually achieve? final issue, this is someone who has run for president and clearly wants to run for president again. di
racial dog whistles, crack cocaine is, like, oh, that s black people. opioids, oh, that s jesse pinkman from breaking bad, we have to feel sorry for him so there s this racialized element to who we should feel bad about when it comes to drug abuse. when you re combatting misinformation, we ve got credible sources like roland martin, michael harrod, who writes for the grio where i write. you have plenty of individuals who have tweeted out, combatting this kind of misinformation. the problem is, even for the audiences they re reaching, which are african americans and those who may be african american outlets, they re still beat out by marsha blackburn. they re still beat out by the fact that the shade room for the breakfast club has way more followers than all of them combined and they were spreading misinformation. how do we find the sort of balance where credible voices in the african american community can speak out against disinformation, especially because at the end of the day, i
jesus, take the wheel. kimberly atkins story there, senior opinion writer and columnist at the boston globe and the cohost of the podcast sisters. maia wiley. i won t say what your other title is. and sophia nelson, former editor for the grio and author of redefined. i m not sure if i am allowed to say it, but you re the incoming president of leadership council. you can say whatever you want. all right. you know what? this panel, this power house black lady panel is all about you and judge ketanji brown jackson, and i m going to start with kimberly. just your thoughts. whatever they are.
revoking disney s 55-year-old self-governing status after disney issued a statement saying, quote, our goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts. just the latest sign that florida has become ground zero in the culture wars. joining me now is national affairs contributor for the grio dr. nee quarterlay. good to be here. you wrote about targeting the lgbt and african american country. why is it important to focus on what is happening in florida right now? it s so important that the country really has a laser focus on florida because florida is really the canary in the coal mine. if governor desantis and republicans in florida are successful in advancing their anti-woke agenda, their anti-lgbtq agenda, dare i say