A Warning Tonight from the department of Homeland Security about the potential for violence at saturdays rightwing rally at the capitol supporting the January 6th insurrectionists. A them owe obtained by cnn also warns that violence could break out tomorrow, the day before the planned rally. And weeks ahead of the Supreme Courts new term in october, Justice Clarence thomas, who rarely speaks if public, giving a Lecture Today at the university of Notre Dame on the subject of some people wanting to make changes to the Supreme Court. Warning people not to try to change it. I think we should be careful destroying our institutions because they dont give us what we want when we want it. I think we should be really, really careful. Senior political Analyst Charlie Dent from pennsylvania. Good evening. Good to see you. John, you know, new Warnings Tonight from the dhs ahead of this Proinsurrection Rally this weekend citing online Chatter Talk of zorstorming the Capitol One commented kidnapping a member of congress. Is this an abundance of Caution Or Something more . Abundance of caution. Its well deserved. They underplayed the it last time around. I would rather that they pay close attention to the chatter and threats around this quote unquote protest. It looks like they are taking it seriously. There is danger from the chatter and comments and that combustible combination of counterprotests or trying to get ahead of it. Its Something To keep our eye on. As the capitol is surrounding by fencing, its Dhs Warning says that Lone Wolf agitators could mobilize to violence with little to no warning particularly in response to the confrontational encounters with perceived opponents are calls for escalation by key influencers. Key influencers. You heard the former president saying insurrections were being persecuted, calling the election rigged. I dont know if thats a dog whistle. Thats not. Thats a bullhorn, charlie. Does that kind of talk inspire violence . Well, certainly former President Trump incited the last insurrection. He sicced that mob on the capitol. His Comments Today were completely unhelpful and incendiary and, you know, it might motivate some of these people to become violent. I certainly hope not. We hope for an uneventful protest. Law enforcement is much better prepared this Time Out and the National Guard stands at the ready. So im confident that Law Enforcement will be better prepared to intervene should things get out of hand. We also have to worry about counterdemonstrators and pro insurrectionists. We have to watch that carefully as well. I walked around the capitol yesterday morning. They were making preparations. Things looked to be in order. So im confident. I am not making any predictions. John, i want to play a clip of trump supporters from our we toke spoke to them about the upcoming rally. Here it is. There is a lot of chat about events happening here in washington on the 18th. Yeah. To support, i think, people who are detained, arrested. They are political prisoners. We are hearing its a setup again. Who wants to get involved with that . We havent made our mind up yet. I have seen this, you think a lot to of folks like yourselves might not show up because, you know, its being said that maybe its a setup or a we are not sure. I know on January 6th it was huge and there were so much chatter on Social Media about it with all the groups we are in. Havent heard much about this. Very little. Everybody is saying its a setup, dont go. I wouldnt be surprised if it wont be much. We havent made up our mind yet, so. Mine, No One knows how many protesters will come but there is a Counter Rally planned that could spark confrontation. Also the possibility of violence in other cities. There is. And, look, its part of the ecosystem. You know, on the one hand you heard those folks say they are concerned its a setup. Could that depress turnout . Yes. And the rhetoric about the folks who attacked the Capitol Hill being held as political prisoners. Its disinformation. It reflects the swill these folks are being sold on Social Media and that itself can row provide an incitement of. Thank you very much. I want to bring in congresswoman lofgren, a California Democrat who is a member of the select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. Representative, thank you so much. I appreciate you joining us this evening. First, i want to get your thoughts about this Dhs Warning of violence this weekend at this Proinsurrection Rally. Even online chatter about kidnapping a member of congress. What is your Concern Level right now . Well, you know, im trusting the security professionals. I have been briefed by the chief of police and the two sergeant at arms, and they have laid out the preparations that they have made that appear to be much better than in january. But its a concern that weve got this element in American Society that is embracing violence to promote a lie. And, unfortunately, we have elected political leaders and former elected political leaders that are promoting the same lies. I mean, please. The January 6th insurrectionists have been charged with crimes. Why . They viciously attacked police officers. They maimed them. People died. This is not about politics. Its about criminal activity. But even with all of that, congresswoman, i want to talk about this, but with everything that you just said, it just i mean, it hasnt just occurred to me, but this this interview all of that, all of the evidence, all the people charged, everything, the video, whatever, you still have many people in this country who have become emotionally attached to a lie. How do you when someone is emotionally attached to a lie, can any amount of Truth Or Evidence change things . It seems like we may be in this period for quite some time. Well, we are in a Serious Challenge To American Democracy right now. I have been doing some reading about fascist propaganda in the past. You can take a lie. And if it is amplified by leaders and feeds into existing prejudice among the population, it can be perceived as truth, even though its completely false. We have seen that happen here in america. I am not sure i ever thought that would occur, but it has. And so weve got to confront that and figure out how to deal with it to save our democracy. Well, i understand what youre saying, but its not just it is the repetition of the lie. Thats part of. But there is an emotional attachment to hanging on to the falsity of the Big Lie, of what happened in 2020, the election in 2020. Representative, i appreciate you joining us. Thank you so much. You bet. Anytime. 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Tonight the lawyer is being indicted on charges of the lying to the Fbi Part of a special Councils Inquiry into the origins of the trump russian investigation. Evan perez and elie honig, good to see both of you. Evan, you are up first. An Indictment Tonight in this long awaited Robert Durham Investigation but its not what people were built up to anticipate, certain people were built up to anticipate. Take us through the charms here, please. There was a lot of hype over this investigation by john durham, appointed as special counsel by Bill Barr. You know, to look into the investigation, the trumprussia investigation. Durham today filed charges against michael sus pen, who is a Cybersecurity Lawyer here in washington who worked for perkins coie, a Law Firm that represented the Clinton Campaign in 2016. He is accused and he is charged with lying to the fbi at a meeting in September 2016 in which he handed over information that purported to show some communications between a server belonging to the Trump Organization and a russian bank called alfa bank. Now, according to durham, this was a key lie, a Material Lie that is worth wringing this charge of making a false statement because he says that sussman didnt disclose he was working at the time for the Clinton Campaign presented himself as working for some tech executive. What we see in these documents today, don, we see in the documents from durham, it seems the fbi knew fully well that sussman was working for the Clinton Campaign. It says that in the notes, internal notes from the fbi, and also the fact that sussman worked for the Clinton Campaign and the democrats was not a secret. This was something dhawas well known in the fbi. We got a statement from sussmans lawyers who says this is politics, not facts, and accuses john durham. Advancing a Conspiracy Theory and as you pointed out this began with so much hype back in 2019 and certainly they were expecting an october surprise. The president was. And that really has not materialized at this point. He is only the second person that has been charged in this investigation. Elie, listen, you know, this Durham Investigation was supposed to uncover earthshattering revelations about the origins or as the former president said the oranges within the fbi probe. To prove that it was a hoax. A Witch Hunt. So what happened here . Don, this has been a Donald Trump political Revenge Fantasy Enkabld by Bill Barr from day one. Almost 2 1 2 years, me of 2019, the Mueller Report came out. Donald trump is thirsty for revenge now and he says i want to investigate the investigators and Bill Barr snapped to focus and appointed john durham. Here we are 2 1 2 years almost later and they have two indictments of fringe players, essentially unknown people on, yes, federal crimes, fairly lowlevel federal crimes. Bill barr personally traveled internationally to try to help this investigation along and Donald Trump himself made calls to other foreign leaders to try to help this along and even with that kind of firepower brought to bear, i have never seen any case wihere the Ag And Presiden are involved, they came up with a dud. Evan, this probe has been, you know, elie just said it, going on more than 2 1 2 years, touted by the former president , his allies and god knows how many rightwing pundits as a, you know, the unmasking of the deep state. But there has been just you know, just one other indictment on a Lowlevel Fbi Agent who pleaded guilty to falsifying an email related to investigating carter page. I mean, is this it . I mean, what is this . Yeah, i mean, look, at this point we believe based on our source, durham is wrapping up his report. His investigation is pretty much completed. If he has some other big shoe to drop, we expect it would happen by now. And just for context, muellers investigation, right, the trumprussia investigation, 34 people were indicted, three companies. Again, this investigation, this investigation of the investigators, has gone on longer than mueller and this is only the second person charged. And if you remember the president , the former president and his allies would attack mueller saying that a lot of the stuff brought by mueller were socalled process crimes. Well, thats what this is. This is exactly what fitting into the criticism that they made so often. And all of the things that they were expecting, right, this falls into a pattern. Not only the unmasking investigation that you were talking about. There was also expectations they would bring charges against people in the clinton foundation. Obviously, they wanted there was lets see. They had the unmasking allegations involving general michael flynn. Investigations Hillary Clintons foundation, youre Irarain Yo Uranium one and her server. Promised John Brennan would go to prison. Well, what happened . It hasnt happened. All right. Evan, thank you very much. Elie, you are going to stick around. There is something else i want to talk to you about. Supreme court Justice Clarence thomas talking about race in the state of the country and as the Supreme Court moves farther to the right, he has a warning. Thats next. And there you have it woah. Wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. Wow big deal . We get unlimited for just 30 bucks. Sweet, but mine has 5g included. Relax people, my wireless is crushing it. Thats because you all have Xfinity Mobile with your internet. Its wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. 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I think the court was thought to be the least dangerous branch and we may have become the most dangerous. That certainly gives us a lot to discuss with elie honig. He is back with me. And areva martin. Elie, welcome back. Areva, good to see you. Elie, i will start with you. We almost never hear from Justice Clarence thomas. Does it surprise you to hear one of the most conservative political justice ops on the co saying politics is the biggest threat . It does surprise me to hear justice Thomas Say anything, but especially that. This is a growing thing. Just in the last few weeks we have heard similar sentiments from amy bony barrett, even justice bryer. My reaction is its lovely to tell us, we on the Supreme Court are not political, how about acting like it . We can all see whats going on here. It goes back to 2000, Bush V. Gore when the five conservatives took this side and the five liberals took that side. We can do the math on that. We saw it again a couple weeks ago abwith the texas abortion case. The five justices, well, we Cant Touch it because of procedural issues, happened to be five conservative justices that most of whom are on record as being, you know, in favor of striking down roe v. Wade. We cant ignore that. So he talked about his experience growing up in segregated georgia in the 50s and 60s. Lets listen. There was, of course, pervasive segregation and racebased laws which were repulsive and at odds with the principles of our country. Despite that, there was a deep and abiding love for our country and a Firm Desire to have the rights and responsibilities of full citizenship regardless how society treated us. There was anonever any doubt th we were equally entitled to claim the promise of america as our birthright. So justice thomas has been criticized by some Black Americans for his decisions related to race. I spoke with Harvard Professor Randall kennedy who said, hey, it is okay. He understands why some Black Americans call Clarence Thomas a sellout. Is that fair . I think its absolutely fair. When you listen to Clarence Thomas, and some ways, don, all you can do is laugh. He made a bold Statement Tonight that justices dont make decisions based on their personal decisions. But what we have seen from him is exactly that, that he does make decisions based on his personal political preferences and beliefs. He says that he is against roe v. Wade, he wants to overhurricane roe v. Wade, he is not in support of abortion and he ruled against that. Five decisions he ruled against abortion and we cant find any decisions where he has ruled in favor of choice. At a time when he wants us to think that its the media that is causing faith in the Supreme Court to be undermined the ignores the actions of mitch mcconnell, the confirmation of Kavanaugh And Amy coney barrett. I dont think we can we have to take it all with a grain of salt. He is not to be trusted and his comments about Race And Choice are all in many ways despicable. People are going to say, my gosh, they are up on cnn and, you know, Don Lemon is allowing the justice to be called a sellout. Those are words from a Harvard Professor it that you are discussing. You are saying that you think it is fair for some folks to be, especially black folks, to be skeptical of Clarence Thomas, especially the way that he has ruled on issues of race . Oh, absolutely. Yes, you are going to be criticized and i will be criticized. Thats okay. It comes with the job. We have to speak truth to power. We would be remiss for not calling out Clarence Thomas for how he handles himself and the rulings he makes on the court. He is the oldest sitting judge. He has been on the court longer than any other justices. And let me say this about this speech. You mean the longest sitting justice, not the oldest. Youre right, the longest sitting justice. Weighs so dismissive of the claims of Anita Hill and said his confirmation process, he called It Craziness and said that it was politicized and was about abortion, would not recognize the legitimate claims that Anita Hill made. So, again, every time he opens his mouth, i think we have to be very skeptical about anything that he says. Elie, the Texas Decision by the court is driving more calls from democrats who feel that the court is enforcing Minority Rule and want to add more justices. Thomas spoke to that tonight, as well. Here it is. We have lost the capacity even i think as leaders to not allow others to manipulate our institutions when we dont get the outcomes that we like when, for example, President Roosevelt threatened to pack the court, there was enough sense of what the court meant and what separation of powers meant to criticize him. Today you see almost no criticism or very little when you have those kinds of conversations. And i have been on the court for 30 years. Its flawed. But, you know, i will defend it. It works. It may work sort of like a car with three wheels, but it still works. You know . Somehow you sort of hobble along. And you recognize its imperfections. And i think we should be careful destroying our institutions because they dont give us what we want when we want it. Elie, hasnt the destruction already begun. Mitch mcconnell played politics with the selection of gorsuch, refusing to even meet with president Obamas Choice of merrick garland. Yeah, its easy to say the kind of things we heard justice Thomas Say when you are part of a 63 majority. You a perfectly happy with thousand things are. The number nine justices is not Stock Exchange set in stone. That be changed by congress. The question is are democrats going to have the political will to do that. The senate, the white house, if they are willing to change the filibuster rules they could do something about it. Thus far the political will is not there from the president and others. Elie, areva, thank you both. See you soon. Trumps Big Lie alive and well with republicans in pennsylvania. State lawmakers trying to launch a review into the 2020 election and they are subpoenaing voters personal information to do it. Thats next. First, all next week on cnn our special champions for Change Series spotlighting everyday people who dont make headlines but still smash barriers and inspire others to do the same. Here is a quick preview. Join your favorite cnn anchors for a special week. Immigrants enrich our country and they are proving it. Sharing stories of change makers. This is one of the most devastating and yet preventible issues of our day. He helps the defenseless learn to defend themselves. Theater teaches courage, confidence, trust. She saw a need and every day she sets out to fulfill that need. He is using Scuba Diving for a better environment. She is a trailblazing black woman. 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Ten months since the election, president biden won, pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes, and multiple courts have shut down challenges to that vote. There was no fraud. So what are republicans hoping to accomplish with this taxpayerfunded scheme . Well, first of all, the Pennsylvania State Senate committee with actual jurisdiction over these matters held a whole series of hearings earlier this year resulting in a really responsible, bipartisan package of reforms to improve elections in pennsylvania. I testified in front of those committees. This is something entirely different. The subpoenas i think that were seeing now have really only one purpose, and that is to try to apiece the former president and his followers in pennsylvania and to try to relieve pressure on republican lawmakers to do something. How much of this Gop Effort in pennsylvania is about spreading disinformation to keep talking, to keep this fraud, you know, thing on the front burner . Well, its really very circular when you look at it. You have lawmakers lying to constituents. You have deceived constituents demanding that lawmakers do something about this issue a problem that doesnt exist. And then the lawmakers say, what else are we going to do . We have to do something. We have to hold hearings, issue subpoenas. Its not just a matter of subpoenas. Its, as you mentioned earlier, the substance of it. What it is that they are seeking and the Privacy Component of it. Cnn has a new poll. It shows that 78 of republicans dont believe biden legitimately won despite having no evidence. This is where republicans stand. How can you have a democracy when the losers wont accept that they lost . And i think were really, you know, this is far outside of my scope as a parochial, you know, Election Administrator in a city in america. But i think we are entering a very dangerous place here. You have a majority of one of the two major parties that does not have confidence in our democratic process right now. At some point when republicans start winning majorities, i am very concerned that the same thing could happen to democrats. And i certainly hope that doesnt happen, but if we lose a majority of americans who no longer have confidence in our democratic process, then thats really a very dangerous thing. I think fundamentally people need to keep in mind they cant separate their rhetoric from consequences, and their rhetoric does have consequences, and It Manifests itself in death threats to election officials, It Man tests itself in what happened on January 6th, and It Manifests itself in an erosion of confidence in our democratic process in america. Part of the information these lawmakers are looking for is personal data like Drivers Licenses and partial Social Security Numbers. How is this going to sit with the nearly 7 Million pennsylvania voters . Well, i would expect that the commonwealth and our attorney general, josh shapiro, and the city of philadelphia, im only one member of the board of elections here, but i would expect that they would resist this effort because not only is the Information Everything that you would need to commit Identity Theft or open a Credit Card or take out a loan in Someones Name with their birthday, with their social security number, with their Drivers License number. But its really very unclear where this information would wind up. What Third Party would be provided with this information to do this socalled investigation . Listen, we know that at least two of these lawmakers went to observe the Arizona Audit which turned out to be really a clown show, a fraudit, as i call it. Are they planning to use that as a model . I dont know. Im a big fan of the to move charlie wilsons war. There is a good quote that says we are going to keep doing this political tradition of saying one thing and doing Something T totally different. Its difficult to figure out what it is this obscure committee has in mind here. They wont commit to not providing this information to unreliable third parties. Wont even commit to not providing it to someone like, you know, sidney powell, who i wouldnt even trust to walk my dog let alone with confidential information about our voters in philadelphia. Well, then that leads me to this question. What about the audit . Who would have access to these voters personal data, because the Audit Firm in arizona widely addressed access, excuse me, and it has been had access to the Voting Booths and it has been a disaster. I mean, i think they have to they are going to have to redo their and get new Voting Booths, right, get new machines . And why anyone would want to repeat we repeat rewhats going on in arizona in the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania or other states around our country is beyond me. Its a joke and it would be a funny one if it didnt have real consequences that are damaging to our system of government. Commissioner, this is a very important subject. I am sure we will have you back to discuss. Thank you for appearing this evening. You be well and be safe. Thank you, sir. You, too. And an atlanta Elementary School in the spotlight as the civil rights accuses a principal of separating classes based on race. Some parents say they support the idea. Hey lily, i need a new Wireless Plan for my business, but all my employees need something different. Oh, we can help with that. Okay, imagine this. Your mover, rob, hes on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. We cut to downtown, your Sales Rep Lisa has to send some files, like asap so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee. 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We have those . Of the six total second grade classes at the atlanta Public School, Kyla Posy says she was told by the principal that black students, including Posys Daughter would only have a choice between two of the classes. In july, she and her husband who works as the School Psychologist filed a federal complaint with the Department Of Education. It may not be your 1950s Segregation where you have signs above um Water Fountains in rooms but its the same thing. Reporter atlanta Public Schools investigated the posys claim saying in a Written Statement that atlanta Public Schools does not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. As such, the district conducted a review concerning allegations of this conduct at Mary Lynn Elementary School. At the conclusion of the review, appropriate actions were taken to address the issue and the matter was closed. A spokesman for aps would not disclose the specifics of the actions it took against the school. Telling cnn, they do not share details of personnel decisions. Brisco, who is black, remains the schools principal. And i asked her why was she doing it . And she said because she was building community and thats what she was doing. And i kept telling her that she was wrong. Reporter not everybody agrees with posy. Some racerelations experts believe that grouping students by race actually could create a healthier environment in classrooms. To be able to have that community inside your classroom can be comforting. Reporter clinical Psychologist Kyra banks says there is psychological Research Suppor supporting the idea of Critical Mass in the classroom for minority groups, especially at a school like Mary Lin, where black students make up an estimated 10 of the 599 students. Now, to frame those classes as the black classes that i think is problematic in the sense of how you frame it and how you articulate the intention and why its happening. But i think that the the desire to make sure that kids dont feel tokenized, that they can go to school and just focus on being in school and being a kid. I would never, ever want my child to be the one black child in a classroom. I wouldnt wish that upon my kid. Reporter shortly after the posies came forward, these mothers were part of a group of concerned black parents at the school who wrote a letter in support of brisco. They asked us to conceal their identities because of ongoing threatening Phone Calls to the school in the wake of the segregation claims. They believe brisco acted in good faith if their Childs Race was allegedly used as a factor in the class placement, they say theyre in full support. I grew up where i was the only black child in the honors classes in my High School for four years. And when i say that i still have, you know, trauma based on it, i still have trauma based on it. It was very isolating. Principal brisco. She is, you know, is a black woman. She went to a black college. She raised two black sons. There is No One on earth who can say that she does not care about black children. Even the complainant, herself, has said that, you know, that her that brisco supposedly admitted to doing it to build community and so that No One black child is isolated in a classroom. Reporter but the posies say the principal violated the civil Rights Act of 1964 in using race to designate classes for black students. Posy also alleges an afterschool program she ran at the school was threatened to be cut in retaliation for her complaint. A senior attorney for the naacp legal Defense Fund believes they have a case even if the principal says she was trying to do the right thing. The concerns about Ones Child being the lonely only are sincerely felt concerns. Um, but be that as it may, the law is what it is and does not permit children to be assigned to classrooms based on race. Reporter in a statement to cnn, Briscos Attorney said she was extremely concerned about the recent allegations of wrongdoing. Given that this is an active investigation, however, ms. Brisco is limited in what information she can share right now but is looking forward to telling her side of the story at the appropriate time and place. In her response, she is saying she wanted to build community. Do you think that this was done in good faith on her part . Um, i dont know because, for me, full stop, its illegal. So i cant really get past if it was in good faith because it really doesnt matter at that point. It its wrong. Reporter we reached out to the Department Of Education but they have not indicated one way or the other, whether or not they are going to pursue the posys complaint. The posies say that they want the leadership at Mary Lin elementary gone. 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