To author clay risen, here is his book. It was 60 years ago, june 11, 1963 when jfk gave his noted civil rights address. What was happening in the country then . Guest a couple of things had happened in the weeks before hand. That summer, that spring, you had the birmingham protests led by Martin Luther king trying to integrate retail and lunch counters in birmingham, alabama. Most people have probably seen the videos of Police Officers and firemen turning hoses and dogs on children. This is in everyones mind. They are copycat protests around the country. Just that morning in alabama and test colusa tuscaloosa, the governor had made his famous stand in a schoolhouse door where he tried to prevent black applicants were black students from entering the law school at the unersity of alabama. The Deputy Attorney general went down there with federal soldier to confront George Wallace and force him to stand aside. Civil rights was not just an issue people caredbout, it was an issue on the fr
indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
Happy holidays. We begin the Special Edition of the readout with a look back at what has been a monumental year for the democrats historic performance in the midterm elections, to the january six hearings, to the Supreme Court overturning roe v. Wade. The fbi rating the home of a former president , and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for and politics. I hear thats left us rights as human beings, and whether you have more of those rights if, say, youre a former president. Or if you are if you have a uterus and live in a red state. Well, 2023 maybe the air we finally got some answers. To start, well learn who exactly will be running for president in 2024, and, who if any in the Republican Party, will stand up to donald trump. Though, maybe dont hold your breath on that one. Speaking of which, we could find out if the twice impeached disgraced former president will actually be held accountable and any of the laundry list of investigations that he is under. Th
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in new york. it s here 6:00 here in the big apple, 3:00 p.m. in california. what s likely to be a long, sleepless night and soggy weekend lying ahead for much of monterey county. the county is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding in that state. these are new images of the levee that failed around midnight local time. mandatory evacuations are now under way in parts of the that county. a string of deadly storms has unleashed massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. at least two people have died in this most recent storm. this week s atmospheric river is the tenth to hit the state this winter. it s dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas and several feet of snow in others. let s begin in monterey county, the site of that levee breach. cnn s mike valerio is there. mike, the state of that breach, could this continue to dump more flooding into that area? what can you tell us? reporter: tha
you understand what it s actually worth. then they auction it to their network of professional buyers. get more for your jewelry with worthy .com bill. we re in antarctica and this is cnn. it is the top of the hour and you are live in the cnn newsroom onboard. sanchez and bianna golodryga new developments in last night s deadly military helicopter crash near fort campbell, kentucky, were nine service members were killed, officials say two black hawk choppers crashed over wooded field during a routine training mission. the service members were aboard an hh 60 helicopter and belong to the 101st airborne division. the officials say they are still notifying next of kin and that an army investigation team is en route to the scene. pentagon press secretary karine jean pierre said there are no immediate plans to ground military aircraft, but added this about the dangers of military exercises. when it comes to military training. we re always going to try to take into account mitigati