i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we just heard the kind of conversations that a lot of us are having at our own dinner tables. bill maher talk to jake tapper about politics and race and cancel culture and wokeness. how do you define wokeness? because i hear people use the term all the time. and it means something different to everybody. well, again, i think it s this collection of ideas that are not building on liberalism, but very often undoing it. i mean, five years ago, abraham lincoln was not a controversial figure among liberals. we liked him. [laughter] now they take his name of schools and turned down his statues. really, lincoln is not good enough for you? are we all having conversations also where we accidentally step in it? and what conversations do we now feel uncomfortable having because we re afraid to get it wrong? so, our panel is going to tackle all that in just a moment. also, the supreme court hearing challenges to president biden s student
from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news right now. vice president kamala harris is heading back to washington after taking part in the munich security conference. the vice president using her keynote speech today to condemn moscow while formally announcing the u.s. has determined russia committed war crimes against ukraine. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. there is no doubt, these are crimes against humanity. [applause] u.s. calling off the search for the unidentified object over lake huron. that is two of former objects shot down by the u.s. military which included that chinese spy balloon. the last hour, democratic making member of the house adam smith spoke with me about the questions and concerns that still remain over the spy balloon that moose mystery objects. if the hobbyist and meteorologists can do this, so can the russians and
good afternoon. i am yasmin vossoughian. the world is watching, as vladimir putin drags ukraine into a second year of war. right now, americans around the country are gathering in washington, to show their solidarity for ukraine, using the lincoln memorial as a backdrop to send their message. the aggression must stop. we are live on the ground for that. we are also going to take you to kyiv, where ukrainians are working hour by hour, day by day, to remain standing and to overcome. i want to talk with one ukrainian who not only has the ear of the people, but the ear of president volodymyr zelenskyy. and fearing the worst in ohio, thousands pack an auditorium, asking questions about their safety, after that train derailment. while president biden talks about action. his administration is taking, and answers the question on whether he s going to visit the community. plus, winter weather slamming the land of the endless summer. southern california, you won t believe where snow is
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
who was going to succeed rupert murdoch? lachlan, elizabeth, and james all have their own places in the murdoch empire. lachlan is the one who is closest to the seat of power. but he finds himself in the middle of this shark tank. he chastises roger ailes. rupert completely sides with ailes. elizabeth, as a programmer, has something close to rupert murdoch s own eye for the new and the fresh, but she s never going to get the top job with her father. she decides she has to get out. she sends him a fax. they re supposed to have an heir and a spare. james is the spare. but james proves himself to be as good as his father at putting profit before principle. and it s very successful . james murdoch is now at the top of the company, is almost certain to succeed his father, and he s doing tremendously. he goes from a junior member of the family to a successful executive at newscorp, to the ceo of sky, to now being in charge of news international, their global division.