ad focused on black men and the economy. young black voters are less certain they ll vote in november than this time four years ago, so why? two insiders tell us what works to turn that around. plus, why a candidate in louisiana who won by a single vote to be caddo parish s first sheriff will have to run again after a judge voided his victory. that candidate is with us. and civil rights leader joins us to explain why he supports the delay in banning menthol cigarettes, despite the health concerns. his warning about political backlash from black voters. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. we begin this morning with the new appeal from the biden-harris campaign aimed at young black men. a cnn poll shows biden s approval rating is 62% among democrats, but only 47% of black americans approve of his job performance. black voters in several polls say biden s key economic policies have not helped them. this new ad airing in battleground states looks to flip that narrativ
i m ayman in new york. start right now. have a good night. a good night. (wind chime dinging) (wat splashing) - when i would go see her, i used to stand by her door, and if she was looking the other way, i would stand there and say, terri, it s mommy. she would turn right around and look at me, okay? right at me, and nobody believed me. well, that s their problem. (gentle choral music) she was there. she could hear me. she knew i loved her. she wanted to be there. (gentle choral music) hi sweetheart. hi. it doesn t matter what was wrong if she just laid there for the rest of her life. all i wanted to do was love her and take care of her. hi babe. but then everything changed. terri. - [interviewer] you got a letter in the mail. do you remember what the letter said? - just that they wanna kill my daughter. (dramatic music) - [news reporter] the battle over terri schiavo has come to involve state judges, federal judges, the supreme court, the congress, and even the president o
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. global leaders pay tribute to the veteran us diplomat, henry kissinger, who s died at the age of 100. the united states has long been a welcoming country we have life pictures tonight of the rafer crossing, where people are being released rafah. you can see the ambulances. we just lost those pictures, but standing by. i can t give you the names until we ensure they are back in israeli hands. six women, two of them from the same family, sisters, whose father and older brother are still held in hamas. this is them crossing the border a few minutes ago into egyptian territory. then they are transferred to israel, and you can see they re in the hands of the international committee of the red cross. the important thing is one or two of these women in fact, three of them, still have relatives inside gaza still. they will be released. bittersweet for many of them tonight. will not be told who is alive we
pass a new funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnston, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two-step approach, putting some parts of the government until january, there is still february. this new plan does not include spending cuts nor additional military aid to israel. this untested strategy also serves as a major first test for speaker johnson, who has limited experience and battles. already getting pushback from his own caucus, congressman saying today, quote, it has a 100% clean and i 100% opposed. nbc news confirms roy is now one of three republicans to already say no deal. in the meantime, the white house is calling the spawn a, quote, recipe for more republican chaos, and more shutdowns. in a new statement, press secretary added house republicans are wasting precious time with an un-serious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties. nbc news capitol hill correspondent has more. hi, alicia, six days ahe