we need to say clearly and forcefully, white supremacy, all forms of hate, fueled by violence have no place in america. let s call it out in its complicity. there when we bring it up, we divide the. country if we bring it, up we silent. it instead of remaining silent. i left this week s white house summit on hate crimes as international action network, thinking about the spike in the driven violence from the far-right over the last six years. i appreciated that president biden was candid about that threat. but i couldn t help but think, this week especially, about how comfortable even mainstream republicans have become with cruelty as a political tactic. in addition to the two prominent gop candidates who thought a decent to leave migrants and asylum seekers stranded to score political points. there was a maga republican, senator lindsey graham, announcing his bill for a national abortion ban. just three months after the reversal of roe, and its effects on millions of wom
officials say hostage negotiations are getting close to the end. plus, president biden marks his 81st birthday as voters express concerns about his physical and mental fitness. the age debate intensifying with a presidential election now just a year and weeks away. welcome to our viewers. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown. you re in the situation room. and we start with a tense day in court with donald trump s legal team trying to persuade judges to throw out a gag order against him. let s get to evan perez. evan, the judge has expressed skepticism today. a lot of skepticism, pamela. these judges were grappling with an unprecedented issue. you have a criminal defendant who likes to speak out on social media and his political rallies. he s also one of the leading candidates for president of the united states. so one of the things the judges were grappling with was how do you protect jury yors and their personal information? how do you stop threats against a judge
On the television screen, jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny peered through a barred window, laughing and cracking jokes about his depleting funds and the judge's salary. A day later, Russia's prison service said he had died after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term. The man who was by far Russia's most famous opposition leader rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning the elite class around President Vladimir Putin.
Cracking jokes about Russia's president is a sensitive business these days in Moscow's comedy clubs, where performers say they walk a fine line in a country at war. "On the whole, you can joke about any topic - the important thing is how, so as not to hurt anyone's feelings or create conflicts in the room," says stand-up comic Ivan Garkushko.
Chicago Tribune via XDorothy Hoffner, 104, was all smiles Sunday after she unofficially became the world’s oldest skydiver, cracking jokes as she discussed her historic feat. “It was wonderful up there,” she said, according to the Chicago Tribune. “The whole thing was delightful.” Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan, made her record-breaking jump in Ottawa, Illinois, to much fanfare. Videos showed she used a walker to get around before and after the jump, but she was sharp when answering questions abo