Good evening. Im Alicia Menendez here with symone Sanders Townsend and michael steele. As of this minute, we are 34 days from Election Day 2024. A short time ago, democratic governor Tim Walz of minnesota and republican senator j. D. Vance of ohio faced over the first and only Vice President ial debate this cycle. Folks, lets be clear. The debate might have seemed normal but must nothing was normal on what happened on that stage. J. D. Vance tried to rewrite swaths of Terms Policy positions. Flat out lied about issues like abortion, Health Care, and immigration. Arguably the biggest moment of the night was the final moment. J. D. Vance was on the Debate Stage tonight. Mike pence, Donald Trumps former Vice President had the audacity to certify the 2020 election results. Here is what j. D. Vance said when he was pressed tonight and trumps long running election lies. Would you seek to challenge this Years Election results even if every governor certifies the results . First of all, were f
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, april 8th camera, walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for being with us. i almost wore my easter pick today. early tomorrow. try for tomorrow. i had had a lavender for one of the days, but you know, we ll figure it out and the color s up for tomorrow. i promise. here s what we re watching two major, very different rulings on access to a medical abortion pill across the country. one judge halts availability of the drug another preserves access to it in some states will sort out the rulings and the coming legal challenges escalating tensions in the middle east. at least three people are dead in separate attacks. we are live in jerusalem with the very latest it s sad and pathetic to think. that our democracy. can be taken away from a voter. vice president kamala harris travels to tennessee after two democratic members are expelled for leading a gun protest on the house floor. their constituents now left wit
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on vacation, this time ate in a very sunny tropical, lush destination. a full report straight ahead. but first, let s begin with joe biden s unyielding commitment co free speech. he loves the to free speech. he loves the first amendment. here is press secretaryre s p karine jean-pierre with more. takree a look at this.rine-j eahour. h support for free speechupport and free press is well documented. just twitter, as you know, is a private company and they will make their own decision. so content moderation. but our support again for free press and free speech has been well documented. and so i ll leave it there.il okay, that that s laughable.s obviously, in reality, the documents tell a dramatically different story and a new batch of internalerna twitter files published by david zweig show that the biden white house frequently attempted to strongen arm social media platform into censoring speech, especially surrounding covid-19. here s a quote, the biden teamte was very
you see that every day. how ow many members of congress who voted to expand the police powers od tof the irs don t payn their own taxes? more than a few. w how many politicians sup who fervently support gun control have armed bodyguardst o that you pay for? well, let s see.r? every single one we could go on and on and on. whatever they re demanding thato you do this week, you can be dead certain they are notbe doing it themselves. everyone notices us . it enrages people, but it s often misinterpreted people say. this is hypocrisy, but it sit sp not. it s privilegrivileged.e. when nancy pelosi walks into her hair a point without a mask at the height of the covid, no lockdown s, it s not because she forgot to bring a mask. noe fo, she knows exactly whate she s doing. nancy pelosi is affirming her position iorder.n social order. nancy pelosi is in charge. you are not. nancy pelosi can do whatever she cares to do.ca you can res to dt. that s the messages is she s sending an