political landscape. a landscape in which the former president has developed a cold like following that was willing to storm the u.s. capitol in order to demonstrate its loyalty. one in which a major political party, the gop, is still reluctant to condemn that following it despite the clear risk it poses to our democracy. there have been few times that a president or presidential candidate has been bold enough to outright condemn a segment of the electorate. obama in 2008 call that some republican working class voters for voting against their own self interests and it s the clinging to quote guns and religion, and of course that was a private event. still, those comments, as you may recall, prompted immediate backlash. hillary clinton in 2016 said half of trump s followers belonged in a quote basket of the portals. her comments were really against her for the rest of her presidential campaign. and now, joe biden 2022 says trump and his supporters of maga republicans threaten
results of a free election. they re working right now, as i speak, in state after state to give power to the elections in americas. they are empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. the president did somewhat soft in that message on friday. take a listen. [inaudible] he did repeat that election deniers and those who fought for the denial are a threat to democracy. it is going every day. join me now is the host of a daily digital show, hashtag rolling martin. this is the cofounder of the black voters matter fund. very excited to have this panel breakdown president biden s speech. i want to kick it off with you, what do you think, the joe biden capture the soul of america on thursday night? i think he did three things. one of, not it was one of his strongest speeches. i think he was able to capture the idea of hope. the last two years have been very difficult for people. having a sense of hope, that and itself he s a really good job. the second thing i t
right now on this labor day weekend, it appears president biden and democrats may be riding a guy surprisingly high ahead of midterms. while the opposition is sinking to new lows, both to blunt the joe-mentum and to defend the former president at the center of what some call an espionage investigation. and as this busy summer turns to election autumn, democrats have seized on possibly the largest political opening presented by republicans. the ripple effects of mar-a-lago investigation, and steal january 6th on the midterms. the president has both commander, in chief ahead of november calling the maga stranglehold on the gop nothing less than an existential crisis for our nation. that is why civil rights leaders, including myself as the head of the national action network, traveled to washington yesterday to warn the president about the dangers white supremacy poses to the united states. so yes, i was happy that we had the meeting the day after the president made such a passi
attention to this part of her journey, but there is an anticipation there of seeing her, as well as the new king, max. yeah. so we re slightly behind schedule here. it was due that the coffin would arrive at the castle, the palace rather at 4:00, but as richard says, absolutely impeccable otherwise. everything is exactly as planned. and signed off by the queen. this will be very heartening to her. the people of edinburgh have come out in huge numbers. i ve been hearing ing isa descrg the crowds there. as princess anne in the procession there, there will be a member of the royal family there, and you ll see the procession going up to the palace, and we ll see a somber moment with the royal salute as the coffin is taken in to the palace. there will be some pomp and ceremony once they get there. but the ramain event will be tomorrow when the coffin goes to st. charles cathedral. the dean of chapel royal in scotland will be up there, and they re going to oversee this process. w
does the ukrainian military seem to think they can keep the momentum going? reporter: look. what we are seeing is a far more come complicated picture on the ground. a blackout of electricity and in donestk. two cruise missiles hit. we went with police to the wider region that have been liberated traveling to see the areas where even now investigators are beginning to look into possible war crimes. they ve been under russian occupation for six months now and taken within the first few days of the war and today watched investigators dig up some of the first vkts and possible first evidence of war crimes now retaken as a part of the offensive. this is what a man had to say about what he saw of russian troops leaving the last few days. translator: i never expected that it would be so fast. i went to the store and when i returned everyone was running away. they even drove through the cemetery. can you imagine? my wife saw how they rushed through the garden. she was worried the