people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with
the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
hello to you. i am ben thompson. welcome to the programme. even by the standards of american school shootings, it was grim 19 students and two teachers killed by a gunman. but what was also shocking about events at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, was the police s failure to take prompt action. in the last couple of hours, we have had the department ofjustice report into that failure. it says officers failed to accurately assess the situation. they say it took more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman despite the presence of dozens of law enforcement officials. the us attorney general merrick garland has been in uvalde, where he saw some of the murals that have been created in memory of those who died. he also met survivors and some of the families of those who lost their lives. afterwards, at a news conference, he had this message for the entire country. the law enforcement response at robb elementary school on may 2a, 2022, and in the hours and days af
johnson. so that s coming up. it is rishi sunak speaking at the launch of tech week, technically, but we will be on watch forjohnson mentions. that s all coming up. let s hearfrom you, mentions. that s all coming up. let s hear from you, 85058 on the text, 08085 909693 on the phones. this is the nation s phone ins. and we have got the news for you with bethan. a committee of mps who ve been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about lockdown parties at downing street are to finish their inquiry today and decide when it ll be published. mrjohnson resigned as an mp on friday describing the committee as a kangaroo court after he saw an advanced copy. scotland s first minister humza yousaf is facing pressure to suspend his predecessor nicola sturgeon from the snp after she was arrested. ms sturgeon was questioned as part of a police investigation into the party s finances. she was later released without charge and insists she s innocent of any wrongdo
hello in and welcome. it is time to get together with some smart people to break down the week s big stories. today we re asking does donald trump have a case for presidential immunity as the appeals court preparing to hear arguments that could change the entire election. then president biden s new campaign strategy appears to be less bidenomics, more hypno references. is the president running away from his record? for shizzle, yay or nay on the newest olympic reporter, snoop dogg. the gang is all here so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first as we mark the third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol, the central issue now is whether donald trump s criminal cases can go forward. this week a three-judge panel will take up the question and potentially decide his political future. a major legal fight playing out tuesday, focused on two words. presidential immunity. donald trump claims he can t be prosecuted for what happened on january 6t