Politicsnation. Tonights lead, stormy days. Tonight more than half a million homes and businesses in and around houston, texas, are still without power after punishing storms slammed into the region yesterday, leaving at least seven people dead and putting intense strain on the infrastructure and power grid. The Lone Star State is weathering political storms as well tonight. Outrage is growing over Governor Greg Abbotts pardon of a white Army Sergeant found guilty of murder found guilty of murdering a black lives matter demonstrator in 2020. Critics are calling the pardon politically motivated. Well be talking about it all with the democrat challenging ted cruz for the senate, congressman cro little allred. Meantime, the white house is hoping to avoid political tempest tomorrow as the president delivers the Commencement Speech at Historically Black Morehouse College. Students and faculty have been divided over bidens support of the war and his presence on their campus. Weve got another
politicsnation. tonight s lead, insecurity. right now, with liz then three weeks remaining in 2023, nation s security commitments hang in the balance. after senate republicans this week blocked a spending package that tucker s israel and ukraine aid with hopes of border security. the clock is running out to get something passed and then an election looms. and last, not republicans in georgia just gutted another congressional district led by a black democrat ahead of 2024. the democrat, georgia congresswoman lucy mcbath joins me shortly with reaction this week to what happened to her district and washington. just days after a mask shooting in las vegas. a kind of gun violence she spent more than a decade protesting against. we ll discuss that. later, i m joined by the eldest loving daughter of the late, great nelson mandela. here in studio. her new biography on her father looking at his human rights outcome from an internet angle. i ll ask her what she ate make of curr
down the we attack that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now calling a tragic error. could this be the final straw and us support for the war in gaza? urgent manhunt underway after multiple inmates escaped from the louisiana jail after sliding towards gap in the jail yard fence i m john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central history in the making today is closing arguments get underway and donald trump s criminal when all try the former president charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payment to stormy daniel s in just over an hour from now, trump s defense let s attorneys will kick things off with their closing argument. there are expected to really focus in on savaging the credit credibility of michael cohen and continuing to power in there. and also ask why other key figures? here s in the telling of these alleged crimes were not called as witnesses prosecutors then go second and hav
where just over five months before our next election and increasingly in the ballot for the biden and trump campaign. polls suggest are anxious if not divided over a second biden term. by that, i don t mean that anything approaching a majority of them will go for trump in no member. it appears trump couldn t track at least enough black voters in key states to divert biden from victory in most states, making his path to re-election even more harder. i talked to a member of the congressional black caucus about the swoop in the race, just a moment. as both candidates continue to court voters of color in their own way, the wild president biden was on the road pitching his administrations economic wins to voters of color, donald trump responded with a soulless rally in the bronx, featuring indicted wrappers. in the former president version of black outreach feels especially start for me tonight as we mark the fourth anniversary of george floyd murder, a case that i was personally
Something to do with this increased exposure thats. The green party won slightly more votes than they did in twenty thirteen theyre now poised to be potential Coalition Partners is this success the result of online campaigning political consultant johan is here yet is skeptical. Thats mostly about services we have so far about the effect of digital campaigning is that its very disappointing for Political Parties to invest a lot of money in it but the impact is dubious minnes and survival after. Supporting that opinion a study from the us reports that only one out of Two Hundred Fifty Facebook Users is influenced by Election Advertisements direct interaction is much more successful one out of every fourteen voters can apparently be convinced so knocking on doors may still be necessary but for this election it was given a modern day twist the time that is as this year parties. Used the old fashioned
method of door to door canvassing much more effectively and inevitably. In the Data Analy