tuesday. i m bill hemmer. welcome to the program. big two hours. it could be a tweet bird. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the big interview aired last night. before he bought twitter the company gave unfettered action cess to u.s. and foreign intelligence agencies and a way to encrypt messages to insure user privacy. bill: how he managed to slash staffing at twitter in effort to turn a profit which hasn t been easy. what he told tucker on that. how do you run the company with 20% of the staff? turns out you don t need all that many people to run twitter. 80% is a lot. yes. i mean if you are trying to run some sort of glorified activist organization, then you don t care about censorship you can let go a lot of people. the fact that the federal government and other governments had access to twitter user s private messages, their dms came as a shock to those who use the platform but also to elon musk himself. the degree to which various g
politicsnation tonight s lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential s with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides. and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl
component to the incident. joining me now is noted civi rights attorney lee merrick, representing the family of ralph yarl with him, cleo nag be, ralph s mother miss nag b, attorney mary, first i want to express my condolences for what happene to your son and my gratitude that he survived and i recovering you said that he is in goo spirits, that he can communicate when he wants to but the emotional trauma naturally up night is painfull obvious. so, my first question to you cleo is simple how are you, his mother, holding up through all of this and i wonder if ralph ha communicated any feelings to you about the incident that yo can share? well, i am holding up because i have to hold up fo ralph. but, in the sense of him
and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y all s family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl s mother joins me wit civil rights attorney le merrick. but, we start with politics. joining me now, senator pete welch, democrat of vermont senator, thank you for joining us the supreme court. let me go right to it, tha supreme court ruled yesterda that a key abortion medication will remain probably accessibl for now. ahead of a federal appeals court hearing next month the high court s decision come
with our police and law enforcement and prosecutors, leaders in the black community and clergy and how do we say how to get on the same page. dana: before we go i want to have ralph yarl s aunt said this on his gofundme page. ralph s teacher and say she is a kind soul. always willing to help, super smart and musical genius and grateful you came on the show today and wish everyone the best in kansas city. thank you. thank you so much, god bless you. bill: six minutes before the hour. not over yet, right? the feud between the governor of florida and disney going to another level. the latest on this. some call it a slugfest. that s coming up next. f-r-e-e.