This program is part of the Commonwealth Club virtual series. We like to thank our members and sponsors and supporters for making this and all of the other programs possible. We are grateful for your support and hope that others will follow examples to support the club during these uncertain times. Today im excited to be talking with Tiffani Cross longtime analyst and author of a brand new book, say it louder tiffani has spent years in politics and the media where she has witnessed the ways in which black voters are minimized and suppressed through both policy and media coverage. Say it louder builds on the work and explains the ways in which black voters have been crucial in the same political system that were often dismissed from and although Voter Suppression is not new, Tiffani Cross asserts that the changes coming by way of political activism in this country and a demographic shift. If you are watching along with this and have a question you would like to ask tiffani later in the
and this week was a most embarrassing charade yet. plus, stopping another santos congressman ricky torres joins me to discuss this legislation that would block politicians like george santos from lying to voters, and the hit swell they just keep on coming. fox has been slept with another defamation lawsuit, we ve got the details of their latest legal debacle. i m ayman mohyeldin let s get started. this week after four months of endless investigations, weeks upon weeks upon conspiracy arnold fox cameos, and countless promises of seismic revelations of a soprano asked biden family criminal enterprise, james comer and his republican allies from the house oversight committee held a crop press conference to announce, wait for it, nothing. nada. zilch. no evidence connecting president biden to any wrongdoing whatsoever. all of that work and in unity produces five-page memo showing no specific allegations of a crime committed by biden, or any of his relatives. in other words, it was
good evening, everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump to testify about his former boss. a special counsel seeking information from pence about his interactions with donald trump leading up to the election and what happened on january 6th. [ chanting ] nothing like that or like this has ever happened before. plus, the latest installment of the george santos soap on that raffle we have new info involving puppies, amish dog breeders and $15,000 worth of bad checks. and what liberals can learn from ron desantis. there s a piece in the new york time that warns liberals not to underestimate desantis. he may resemble trump but not in his intellect or resolve. right to the news. with me in studio, we have natasha, former assistant special watergate prosecutor nick ackerman and john berman. seamless, people. seamless. you walked all the way over here. across a bridge, everyone. gre
top of the hour on cnn newsroom. it is always good to be with you. i m victor blackwell. today the country honors the civil rights champion dr. martin luther king jr. at an event in the nation s capitol, president biden highlighted what his administration has done to try to bring americans together and ensure racial equality, but his call for unity comes as he faces growing questions about the classified documents that were found at his home and his washington office. this weekend, the white house announced five additional pages of classified material that were found at president biden s house in delaware. that brings the number of classified documents in total found at his home and private office to about 20. let s bring in cnn s legal affairs correspondent paula reid. let s talk more about these five pages, what the president s attorneys are saying. well, victor, these five pages were among previously disclosed material located at the president s wilmington residence. i
But it will bring us some wet weather as we go through the day. As we get a close look at the radar now, not a whole lot going on. Well start to see some of the showers coming down in San Francisco and then working its way into the south bay by late morning and early afternoon. Mike, you have a traffic alert. Were looking over here because two lanes are blocked by debris from an earlier crash just shy of spencer. Folks are heading down to the Robin Williams tunnel causing the big slowdown there. As we widen out our shot you see the fog registers on the peninsula and the trivalley. Its crept over here to the fremont area and definitely a problem for the peninsula. Fog is blanketing the bay area this morning. This is video we shot within the last hour in san jose it looks like San Francisco. Its hard to make those out. Well bring you a live report with a check on our bay area bridges. Theres an advisory coming up in the next half hour. 5 02 now. A 4yearold little girl is dead after a hor