investigations. a move certain to frustrate newly-empowered republicans. plus, alec baldwin s lawyers say they were blind-sided when the actor was set to be charged with manslaughter this week. that has many wondering, do prosecutors actually have a case? are they overreaching? we ll discuss. and the desantis administration blocks an a.p. african american studies course from being taught in high schools. we re joined by one professor for a look at what s actually in that course and why she feels it s critical for students. your weekend is finally here. we are glad to have you. it s saturday, january 21st. good morning. good morning. good to see you. we are going to begin with the war in ukraine this morning. a stalemate over tanks. ukraine s president says the country desperately needs them and there s no alternative. but germany failed to reach an agreement on sending its leopard tanks to ukraine because german officials say they will not send those tanks unless th
targeted at democratic politicians during december and january. just over the last few weeks. we first learned of the shootings at five homes and offices belonging to county commissioners and two state senators and new mexico s newly elected democratic attorney general. then we learned that there is also been an additional shooting at the house of the incoming speaker of the new mexico state legislature. we have since learned some additional details about the shootings targeting individual democratic politicians. it is alarming, it is not an individual pot shot here in there. for example, on december 4th, it was a shots that were fired into a home of one democratic count county commissioner in new mexico. that was december 4th. then on december 11th, it was 12 bullets that were fired into the home of a county commissioner, again, this is all in new mexico, all democrats. december 4th at one politicians home, he s a county commissioner, a shots fired into his home. a week l
your local xfinity store today. . here are some of the other top stories we re following. new mexico s attorney general s office tells cnn it s now leading a probe into the campaign finances of former republican political candidate salomon pena. he is accused of conspiring with four men to shoot at the homes of democratic officials. they re looking into whether
like george santos, or lauren boebert, or salomon pena in new mexico, on as actual republican nominees for congress. it s an extraordinary thing. so, if you have a policy of no enemies on the rights, you are going to get people entering into public office, and entering into political campaigns who behave in such ways. when you say no enemies on the right, do you mean that s the internal dynamic then republican circles as it pertains to extremism? that was donald trump s attitude, essentially if you are willing to support trump, and then make any difference if you were a holocaust revisionist, if you are marching in charlottesville, if you are a liar, and she, a swindler, what have you. and when kevin mccarthy decided to embrace trumpism, he d by definition embrace that credo, as well. and the chickens are coming home to roost, with people like george santos, and lauren boebert, and this guy in new