You may have noticed lately that the gop is working overtime to make the lives of trans people more difficult than their lives already are. The gop wants to kick trans people out of bathrooms, sports. 31 states introduced legislation. The military. Doctors offices. Antitransgender health care. And trans women especially are under threat at all times. Was shot and killed on an east dallas street saturday morning. Then those of you who know all thats awful call trans people brave for putting up with it. Trans people dont want to have to be brave. They just want to be. This week we are talking to black trans women in dallas, texas, about trying to just be. Im back in dallas, yall. Yay while we often think about the black Trans Community being in big cities like l. A. And new york, we need to see that black trans folks are everywhere. Even in a state like texas, where 70 of the population identifies as christian, and not just Easter Christmas christian, megachurch christian. That is exactl
and a criminal investigation is still ongoing of the slow response by law enforcement. our north america correspondent will grant first reported from the scenes of the massacre last year, and has gone back to revisit the parents of ten year old alithia ramirez. just a warning, some viewers may find this report distressing. we wanted to make this room alithia s room. alithia ramirez s parents are recreating her old bedroom in their new home. such was the pain of living in uvalde, the city where she was murdered in her classroom a year ago with 18 classmates and two teachers, they decided to move away. this is our reality, and we re going to be carrying this for the rest of our lives. the memories of their vivacious daughter are everywhere, and anything can transport them to that awful, heartbreaking day. just hearing an ambulance, anything with sirens is just. school buses kind ofjust triggers us sometimes where it brings us back to that day where we re trying to figure out wh
simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re
they got their mind-set what they want, they think they know what women want. norah: a cbs news% exclusive. the irs agent, who we learned was investigating hunter biden s possible tax crimes, speaks out in his first interview. [bell rings] today s marks one year since the tragic school shooting at robb elementary in you all the text. a gunman walked onto campus and killed two teachers and 19 children. norah: severe thunderstorms in texas bring dangerous winds, hail, and flash floods. the pacific island of guam is facing its strongest storm in 20 years. typhoon is lashing the u.s. territory with dangerous winds, torrential rains, and storm surge. norah: and medical breakthrough, how a new science helped a paralyzed man walk again. good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. we began with the death of music icon tina turner, one of the most dynamic and energetic performers ever to take the stage. turner was not on
musk. desantis making light of last night s rocky rollout. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption this link works. the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most people don t use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it s basically a conference call. brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. ainsley: basi