cnn, which once defined cable news, is now under fire after this week s trump debacle. underilities new ownership, it s now just one more outlet for the libertarian billionaire point of view. also tonight, the unserious caucus, jim jordan continues to carry trump s water, pursuing a pointless investigation of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. as james comer more or less admits he s got nothing on the bidens, but he s going to keep pretending he does anyway. and we begin with the continued clean-up on aisle five at cnn in the wake of widespread criticism over its decision to air a town hall with the twice impeached civilly liable for sexual abuse former president donald trump on wednesday night that played out more like a pep rally or a maga version of the jerry springer show. on thursday, cnn ceo chris lict mounted a defense of the town hall during the network s morning editorial call. insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even fro
it. only once before have i seen so many books in one place. like fahrenheit 451, life is imitating art, in florida, with desantis might as well be burning books because he sees them as more dangerous than guns which he wants people to be able to carry around without license or even training. also tonight, the investigation of donald trump s hush money payments to an adult film actress moves into a significant new phase. and on the eve of tyre nichols funeral, we re going to expose the serious flaws in police training in america, which led to nichols brutal killing by officers sworn to protect the public. we begin tonight in the not so free state of florida, where in the year 2023, it s probably easier to get a gun than it is to get a history book. right now, florida republicans led by governor ron desantis, are trying to push through a bill that would eliminate concealed weapons permits, calling the right to bear arms, quote, central to our freedom. those same lawm
Negotiating table also coming up no end in sight more than ten thousand killed as the conflict in Eastern Ukraine simmers all three years after russia addicks fight mia is there any hope for a political solution. Russias military chooses to celebrate a World War Two baffled but not the communist revolution one hundred years ago today a moscow correspondent tells us why the kremlin wants tight control over lennons legacy. Plus the politics of Climate Change Scientists Say the effects of Global Warming are clear as this glacier in alaska melts away experts and activists at the u. N. Climate summit hope to save it there so who dont want them to succeed. And in bogus lead a song for the debate over a controversial video assistance seized of just wont go away the project leader has been. Mr moss are far from home. Alone terry barton thanks for joining us u. S. President donald trump has called for worldwide action in response to north korea visiting south korea on his asia tour trump said t
to you are listening to a former president mock a woman a jury found that he sexually abused while the audience laughs and applauds, or pretending 74 million americans who voted for trump don t exist. but that has become a familiar tune, mainly from billionaire libertarians like elon musk and media moguls like rupert murdoch that free speech doesn t just mean what the first amendment says it means, that the government cannot restrict or require certain speech, but rather that unless you are willing to subject yourself personally to the farthest right, most racist, misogynistic and offensive viewpoints, fill your psyche with it online, at the university lecture hall, or on cnn, you re against free spich. ditto john malone, who owns large chunks of warner brother, he made his fortune buying up media companies. al gore called him dark vader
thinking and academy freedom and curriculum taught in the public schools, you could put them in private schools and pay for that. but what the republicans are saying now is, they want total control. they do want to ironically indoctrinate, and out of a fashionest playbook, it s almost a cliche. they re literally starting with the classroom and working their way all up to the university lecture hall as well. it is a total effort. they are conscientiously making these decisions. in fact, last week, ron desantis appointed an administrator in a private parochial school to be on the miami-dade public school board. so this is a very intentional act that the republicans are doing here, which they want to then export because they fundamentally distrust public education and they re trying to take over the system and florida is ground zero for that effort, joy. right, and brandon, it does