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Candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, who is a Lieutenant Governor right now, one of the partys most controversial figures engulfed in Scandal And Battleground State Race despite calls from some fellow republicans to step down, a Bombshell Cnn Report on Earth Thing dozens of rather lewd comments or robinson made on a pornography forum. The posts include robinson calling Himself A Quote Black Nazi defending slavery even using racist language to insult the late Civil Rights icon, dr. Martin Luther King junior will speak to Kings Son about those shocking comments in just a few but first, your Cnn Kfile senior editor, andrew kaczynski. Good morning. Andrew wolf, my colleague, eleni, found a series of highly disturbing posts, more than a decade ago on the Message Board of a pornographic website. And we traced them directly to Mark Robinson. Now we did interview robinson yesterday. Any categorically denies making these posts. Ill get to that in just one moment. But first, i want to walk people through just some of them. Take a look at this post, right here in one post, robinson called Himself A Quote, Black Nazi. And when discussing and then President Barak Obama in 2012 Writing Quote i take hitler over any of the, thats in washington right now. It even goes beyond that. Another disturbing post, robinson defended slavery, Writing Quote, slavery is not that bad, and i wish they would bring back slavery. I would certainly buy a few. He also disparate as you mentioned, Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King junior, using a slur to refer to them and calling him a quote, commie faster, all those comments and others, you can read on cnn. Com were made on the Message Board of a Porn Website called nude Africa And Wolf in addition to those posts, he also express views on Nude Africa. Thats sharply contradict his current policies as a socially conservative candidate for governor, for example, he has been vocally antitransgender, but look at What Robinson wrote on the porn Message Board a decade ago that he liked, quote, watching transgender porn, adding quote that effing hot and called Himself A Quote heard in another thread that was discussing the story of a woman who said she had been raped by her Taxi Driver while she was drunk, robinson wrote quote, and the moral of this story dont f, a drunk white so we wrote all this years ago, as you know, andrew when he was an ordinary citizen before he even got into politics how do we know its him . Well wolf, we found that robinson consistently used the same username, many soldier that he used on Nude Africa in all of his Social Media. You can see it on pinterest black planet, youtube he even previously used it as his twitter handle. Now his full name was even also listed on Nude Africa and the email that we found that he used there. He also used on several other websites, the biographical data from multiple websites using many soldier including Nude Africa matches robinsons, theres an exact date of birth theres his hometown, theres a fact his mother worked at an hbcu, even that his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone is number 22 so errol, what does robinson say about all of This Robinson is calling the story trash. He says, its not him. Now we did ask the campaign for comment. We gave them 48 hours to respond. That deadline was yesterday and thats when Lieutenant Governor robinson agreed to do a Brief Interview with us. Here is just a little bit of that Lieutenant Governor robinson. Thank you so much for being willing to talk to us. I think well just jump right into it. Do you deny that this account is you will force all let me say. Thank you so much for allowing me to come here and clearly here, we absolutely i do. I do. This is not us, these are not our words and this is not anything that is curious for the rest of me nor has it ever, has it ever been the people here of North Carolina . No, i have been completely transparent about my history. All the wards and we put them all out. We let folks know about it but the folks here also know my character. They know who i am, they know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice is not claims that we would ever say or even think. So. Absolutely. We do. How do you explain all of the matching details on this profile . The profile on Nude Africa lists your full name as Mark Robinson the email listed on the account is an email that you used have used elsewhere on the internet . Including with your photo, you have used that name many soldier on multiple Social Media accounts, including twitter, pinterest, black planet, and youtube. How can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you . Look, im not going to get into the Minutia House on my manufactured this all these salacious tabloid lives. But i can tell you this. Theres been over 1 Million spent on me through ai about Billionaire Son whos bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do with the internet. Now this incredible, but what i can tell you is this, again so, not. My words. This is simply Tabloid Trash being used as a distraction from the substantive issues that the people of this state are facing we have addressed it. We have said its not true and we wish we could move on and get busy with the business of the people of the state okay. Well, these posts, they do take place over a fiveyear period from 2008 to 2013 you mentioned ai. Are you saying that somebody was somehow manufacturing biographical details to exactly match you using your username i have no idea how this was done. I have absolutely no idea how it was done. And i have five weeks left in this campaign to focus on the substantive issues that north carolinians price i did not have time for Tabloid Trash. There have been rumors that some of your Campaign Staff have have quit. Can you tell us if thats true or not absolutely not. And we are not getting out of this race. There are people who are counting on most of win this race. Because again, we dont want a governor whos going to be a person that cant be counted on to tell The Truth. And i can assure you my opponent has been taken to court for not telling The Truth in campaigns, and hes been completely dishonest in his ads against me because camp is so desperate to destroyers, its just like Clarence Thomas im hamas said years ago, this is a Hightech Lynching and, you know, bag along years ago. But used to use wrote nauta using table and Lieutenant Governor robinson released a video shortly after our interview reiterating that he plans to stay in the race. Wolf andrew, i also tell me a little bit more about those comments that robinson made about dr. Martin Luther King junior yeah. I mentioned those a little bit earlier, wolf, he used a slur as i mentioned for mlk Martin Luther King junior, he called him Martin Lucifer and then used a slur that I Cant say on air. He also called him a quote, commie. And that was back when they were putting his memorial in washington, dc on the national mall andrew. Thanks for your excellent reporting. Thank your team as well. I want to bring in right now the Civil Rights advocate, Martin Luther King, the third, the son of the Civil Rights icon. Hes joining us from atlanta, martin. Thank you so much for joining us. First of all, whats your reaction to Mark Robinsons clearly racist comments about your father . Well, it is certainly very tragic that instead of elevating what Civil Rights leaders did, and people in North Carolina who on the front lines of the modern Civil Rights movement, particularly in greensboro where the Sit In Movement occurred. And by the way, weigh on this day, wolf, 66 years ago, my father was stabbed in harlem. Wow signing his book by a black woman from a black woman by the name of ai zoila curry. My point for making that is after dad was stabbed the next day, he was able to share with the media and he talked about the dangerous rhetoric that is being propagated in our in the nation 66 years ago, 66 years, excuse me later, that rhetoric is being propagated, or at least its been alleged that its being propagated by a person whos running for the governor of the state of North Carolina. And its a very, very sad scenario, as i said, i feel that people should be lifting up the contributions that have been made by north carolinians to move things forward in our nation around civil and Human Rights so that all people are treated with Dignity And Respect yeah, thats so important former President Trump, as you probably know, thats at some high praise for robinson in the past. Let me play this one clip. Listen to this this is Martin Luther King on steroids. I think youre better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times 21 of the great stars of the party. What are the great stars in politics . Lieutenant governor Mark Robinson so whats your response to that well, first of all again, i dont even know exactly what that means, but it does not mean anything positive. The fact that these things have been attributed to what this person stood for. And it certainly has nothing to do with what my father and his team and others have stood for about decency, about justice, about creating the kind of nation that where all people are treated a tree are treated fairly and its unfortunate. Again. But maybe not surprising. Weve seen this kind kind of behavior from the former president many times. And the fact that people still embrace that theres a frac, their fraction, i think far more people want to see us as a nation that works together. We can disagree doing my Fathers Era and my mothers leadership. They taught us they were not the only ones, but they taught us how to disagree without being disagreeable. Variable. Thats the spirit we must bring civility back to the political landscape and i think we have to work on that every day we are far better as the nation than the behavior that we see when we make these kind of this kind of divisive rhetoric and language, which is causing all kinds of things in the political spaces in our nations just in general. Yeah, so important i wish, i wish there would have been writing in a forum discussing black republicans back in 2010, Martin Robinson stated, and it was unprovoked, quote, im a Black Nazi reading those comments, what went through your mind ever like to say that somebody is crazy. Were demented. But that was the first thing at this person is way off the rocker that you would admire someone who is such an evil force and figure. And did so much harm in relationship to killing jewish people and other things. So that you empathize with this person. Theres got to be something wrong with you. And it also says that there should be concerns about north carolinians who have allowed this person to emerge as one whos providing leadership. He is a Lieutenant Governor. At The End of the day, we still have a lot of work to do to stamp out Hatred Hostility to stamp out this kind of behavior Martin Luther King the third, thanks as usual for joining us thank you. And still ahead this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris is on her way to atlanta right now. And former President Trump will be in georgia for the first time in seven weeks. Were going to discuss the pivotal race of the state pivotal role of the state, i should say less than 50 days from the election the Birth Mono one or facility was overwhelming. The idea that this fictional character played a role in politics is Bananas Tv only moments that shaped our culture premieres sunday at nine on cnn its time to grow your business create a website. How go daddy, coding, but all that writing. 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What do you think we can expect the Vice President to say during her visit to Georgia Today going to be tying some of these tragic stories of women who needed Abortion Care and either were scared to go to the hospital or went to a hospital in didnt get the immediate procedures that they needed shes going to talk i bet that two former President Donald Trump, her opponent in november so for her, its not just georgias Abortion Ban or even governor brian kemps Abortion Ban. Its a Donald Trump, a boris as you know, t, this will be the Vice President s second trip to georgia in the past three weeks alone, according to recent Cnn Polling in the state, there is no clear leader there, at least not yet harris with just a onepoint lead. Well, within the socalled margin of error could womens reproductive rights be the deciding issue for a lot of voters in georgia yeah, the ajc has some recent polling that shows about, for about 10 of georgia voters. Its their top issue, but we know that even if its not the top issue for voters, it is an issue on a lot of their minds, especially women. We know suburban female voters in the atlanta metro area, which is exactly where harris is going today there a Swing Constituency in georgia and reproductive rights is important to them. Certainly as its been nearly seven weeks since former President Donald Trump last visited the state we have georgia one State Gop Official told you and your colleagues, and im quoting you now, if my visit was as much of a disaster as his last one, id say id stay away for a while too. But have you some new reporting on how thats about to change. What can you tell us . Yeah, in our political newsletter this morning, we reported that we do expect Donald Trump to return to georgia soon, possibly as soon as next week, hes going to be ramping things back in the state, but he did have as you mentioned rally in atlanta seven weeks ago that did not go well for him both in some of the things he said talking about crowd size, but also his attacks on Governor Kemp democrats are poised to have more commercial airtime in georgia through Election Day. As you know, 36 Million compared to 26 Million for the republicans. What are you hearing from democrats . Are they bullish . Im keeping Georgia Blue this year think democrats are following Vice President harris, his lead, and theyre saying, you know, they have work to do. They want to win. Georgia. Georgia is important to them, but they are acting as if they are the underdog, but they are doing a lot of organizing in georgia. They just opened a new Camp Pain Office in athens, georgia, so theyre really trying to get out in all the pockets of georgia to have a presence, to have volunteers. So theyre working hard, but theyre sending the message that they do not think georges in the bag. Again, our polling shows it pretty much a dead heat within the margin of error the Atlanta Journalconstitutio N. Thank you very much for joining us thank you. Our congressional delegation meanwhile, plans to visit the haitian community in springfield, ohio next week, following weeks of turmoil linked to baseless claims made by former President Donald Trump The City has been hit with dozens of violent threats since trump and his running Mate Senator j. D. Vance of ohio began pushing lies that haitian immigrants are eating pets officials confirmed to cnn that advanced staffer called the springfield City Manager a day before the president ial debate to ask about the rumors that staffer was told theres no evidence. Repeat no evidence to back up those claims. But despite that call, trumps still spread the false allegations at the debate in front of millions of americans arrogance, Springfields Mayor says, he was shocked by what he heard. Listen it was startling. I mean, you know, i choco just in like were all tired. But it was it was difficult to see. It was difficult to hear at that level we knew it would bring a lot of criticism into the community at, what level we didnt, no, but weve all seen in the last two weeks what its done trump says hell be visiting springfield, ohio in the next two weeks. Lets see if that actually happens coming up an argument that turned deadly, a kentucky sheriff is facing Murder Charges after a judge was shot multiple times in his chambers, stay with us youre in the Cnn Newsroom got news for you are pretty yeah. What are the kinds we could run on the news before then . 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Listen wherever you get your podcasts morning, were now hearing the Emergency Call that came into authorities after a deadly shooting inside a kentucky courthouse what is your kind of coordinate that shots fired the shooting . District Court Judge Kevin mullins, the suspect, Letcher County Sheriff shawn stines 30 say the sheriff shot the judge in his chambers after an Argument Cnn senior national correspondent Ryan Young is following all the latebreaking developments for us. Ryan, what more can you tell us . Yeah, wolf, were short on details on this story. So trying to figure out everything that happened here, but we do know schools were put on lockdown that courthouse was put on lockdown after the shooting, and there is some sort of Surveillance Video that led up to this shooting. But this happened back in the jail i just chambers and from what were told that sheriff showed up, there was some sort of argument, then shots were fired. This is really put the community into a tailspin because if you think about it, the sheriff cannot be housed at the jail that he used to basically run. Hes being held in a different county and the judge who would have heard the next Court Appearance for this shooting would have been the judge who was killed. Judge mullins. Lot of questions about this, but the judge is brotherinlaw, step forward with a heartbreaking message on facebook. Take a listen cases against Each Other before he was the judge and never had a disagreement outside of that courtroom. We have always got along. I always thought he was hilarious. I always thought he was very witty he was found to be around outside of court and i as a brotherinlaw, i will never forget how kind he was to my children yeah. Well, if this is tragic and messi, of course, has happened around 3 00 yesterday, they put that courthouse on lockdown. They put schools on lockdown the sheriff was still there and surrendered to police. 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Com today right now, President Biden is holding his first Cabinet Meeting in nearly a year, and it may be his last given were just several months out from The End of his presidency, joining us now from the White House lawn, cnn senior white House Reporter kevin liptak, kevin, what do we know about this meeting . Take it therell be cameras in there. We eventually we get the tape from the top of the meeting. Is that right . Yeah. Thats exactly right. So the meeting set to get underway right now and well see the president speaking to his top cabinet officials when that tape turns around. And what a white House Official says heres that the president will be telling his team that they need to be engaged in a sprint to the finish. Essentially recognizing that yes, his term is about to end, but that the race is not over yet and it is interesting, the president s circumstances are so different from when he last convened his cabinet about a year ago. He is no longer running for president. And of course he really does want to emphasize to his team the importance of trying to ensure all of the programs and policies that he enacted as president are being implemented. And that will be the key message when he can beams his team around the Cabinet Room Table in a few minutes from now, trying to tell them that its important to relay to the american people what exactly he has accomplished in office, but also the importance of ensuring that those programs are implemented, ensuring that the money is going out the door ensuring that any programs that can be implemented as part of his policies are put into place. And of course, the president has a view, one to his legacy, to ensuring that all of these programs are fulfilling their potential. But also for the Potential Of A Second Trump presidency. Certainly he wants to ensure that everything that can be made permanent as high as he possibly can is done. So in a way that trump if he is reelected, isnt able to reverse it when he comes into office. So the president a number of different objectives in this meeting, interestingly, will also see the first lady Jill Biden participating in this Cabinet Meeting that you will be talking about, a biden Administration Initiative on Womens Health Research its her first time participating in a Cabinet Meeting. Of course, first ladies have done this previously, but its also a sign that she too is looking to burnish her own legacy as the biden administration christian winds down interesting, the biden position at this meeting is, you know, kevin is drastically different from when he last spoke with his top cabinet officials its a significant moment though that right now yeah, i think it is and i think it shows that the president is trying to bring this team together in a way that reinforces his view of the next four months. Were now today, exactly four months from when the next president will be inaugurated. But President Biden, making clear, at least for now that he is the one in the Oval Office and that he does have a number of things that he still wants to achieve. Of course, the president is looking to his legacy, two things like the Inflation Reduction Act to the infrastructure bill, and ensuring that those pieces of legislation our finalized in some ways in some ways, the money has been relatively slow going out the door. Thats to be expected. Of course, its a lot of money and they wanted to ensure that it wasnt used in the fraudulent way. But now in the president s mind is the time for this money to really start being spent to for some of these proposals and projects to start getting underway. So that when he leaves office, that there is this robust package of items that he can point to to say that he accomplished while he is in office, there are other areas of course, where the president is still working to enforce his legacy. And im thinking of the Middle East in particular, trying to bring that conflict to an end the top prospects now seem dim of a ceasefire agreement, at least while the president theres an office that has been something that he has been very intently focused on now that he is no longer running for president. So you see all of these areas where the president is trying to focus himself and his team in the runup to the Election Kevin Liptack on the North Lawn of the White House for us, kevin, thank you very much. Yeah, well get back to the White House. So once that Cabinet Meeting videotape begin, begins to feed in, and well show it to our viewers as we get it. We are now with some 46 days away from Election Day here in the united states, absentee ballots, by the way, are scheduled to go out in the battleground. State of North Carolina later today. And now theres a major new scandal involving the Tar Heel states republican nominee for governor, the current Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson, a new Cnn Kfile investigation, has uncovered dozens of inflammatory posts he wrote out a Porn Site Message Board more than a decade ago calling himself. And im quoting him now, a Black Nazi calling for slavery. Slavery to be reinstated. And ridiculing Martin Luther King junior. Robinson has denied making those comments. Cnn political commentator and democratic strategist, Maria Cardona is here with us, former Trump Campaign Communications Director and republican strategist, Aaron Purine is with us as well. Erin could Mark Robinson be a drag on Trumps Campaign efforts to win the critically important Battleground State of North Carolina havent seen were down ballot has pulled down the upper part of the Ticket Kind of reverse coattails. Youve seen where the upper part of the ticket can drag down ballot, but thats not historically what weve seen. I will caveat all of that with this is the most unprecedented Election Weve ever seen. Seen in modern history. So you never say never on these things. But what it could do for republicans is depressed turnout if republicans are looking and saying maybe they werent interested in trump, but they were going to vote for the rest of the ticket, or they were interested in trump and wanted to vote, but now theyre not so sure this could be an issue for republicans and keeping them motivated in North Carolina. Let me get maria into this conversation and maria, as you know, polls showed Robinson Trailing in the Tar Heel state before this latest at kfile report, the Harris Campaign wasted no time flooding Social Media with pictures of Trump And Robinson together. What are your thoughts about . Ihink that its yet another Demonstration Indication of how completely out of step and how extremist, not just Donald Trump and not just j. D. Vance are at the top of the ticket because they are those things but the rest of the republican candidates, who they have put up for voters to choose and the comments that Mark Robinson has made in the past. And what kfile has uncovered ive just disgusting. Theyre in decent, theyre gross and it demonstrates how out of the mainstream and how out of touch Mark Robinson is along with the rest of the maga republican party, starting with Donald Trump weve been down are with what Mainstream America wants and deserves. And i think it also goes to the really smart and compelling message that the Harris Campaign is putting out there in terms of its its time to just turn the page on this silliness on this divisiveness and, you know, it is silly and it is if i said, but its also dangerous because those kinds of comments puts target look, its on the backs of vulnerable communities erin, as you know, trump is scheduled to travel to North Carolina tomorrow. Can he really distance himself from robinson now, after years and years of actually praising him i wouldnt be surprised to see Donald Trump Try And Distance himself at this point. I mean, tomorrow well see if if the Lieutenant Governor is at the event that the president is at, and what the president s comments are. I wont be surprised if its something along the lines of i dont know whats going on with that, but i would expect to see republicans all across North Carolina try and put some distance between themselves, whether or not theyre calling for robinson to step down, which at this point it is too late in the cycle to do so. Or whether theyre going to actively say it or not, they will likely put space between themselves even if they if they believed what the Lieutenant Governor has said that these are not true, or if they believe the K File Reporting because at this point, he was already down in the ballot and its not going to help you to be seen with someone where all of this is in the news on them . Yeah, its a huge, huge news indeed. Maria, as you know, oprah hosted Vice President harris for virtual townhall Last Night, they touched on a range of issues its very interesting, including this rather emotional moment with the family of a woman whose death was linked to lack of Abortion Care. Watch this and whats out know, amber was not a statistic. Im just so sorry. That you all have shown is extraordinary. She on Deaths Door before you actually decide to give her help moment like that move the needle with Swing Voters, maria theres no question that it does wolf, but weve already seen this issue. Move the needle with Swing Voters do we remember the Red Wave in 2022, ups . No, we dont because it happened after the Supreme Court got rid of roe v. Wade. And what we have seen, and it is very active right now, very energetic, huge mobilization on this issue is that women and men Swing Voters can go into the booth with more than one thought on and their, minds, the economy is important. But what ive heard so many republican women tell Me Wolf is, you know, mariah, the economy is coming back. Im feeling better about where i am economic im ugly. But if my rights are gone, they are not going to come back. And i refuse to raise my daughter in a country that has where she has less rights than i did its incredibly compelling. The story that was on tv for so many millions to see Last Night, there was not a dry eye from people who watched that is going to have that Gun Punch of this is not the country that we want to raise daughters in, that we want to raise our families in. Women are the ones who should be in charge of what happens with their bodies, with their doctors and their families, period, full stop erin, there was another moment Last Night involving Gun Ownership lets listen to this. Listen gun owner tim good guy. No shot yes. I hear that. I hear that problem. We shouldnt my staff will deal with that later what do you think arun, hows that going to play with Swing Voters . I dont know that it will play with Swing Voters. There are certainly a block of low Propensity Gun owners that maybe if they were going to sit on the sidelines could consider now Kamala Harris but i dont believe that those in the firearm owning community in the united states are necessarily buying this pro, second Amendment Language that Kamala Harris using now, given that previously she was in favor of mandatory buybacks. And when i heard her speak previously about what she would do to try and lessen Firearm Casualties in the united states. She doesnt seem to have really a full grasp on how the Background Check System works in the united states, let alone how the gun show quote unquote, Gun Show Loophole works when it comes to being able to address this so my first question to Kamala Harris is, what firearms do you own . What kind of shooter are you are you enjoying it for sport or is it for personal protection . Because being able to understand what kind of firearm she owns, i think could be actually a more persuasive part of this argument for maybe swaying moderate, low for pence me, firearm owners. But you know what is compelling wolf and what Kamala Harris is saying is what the democratic Partys Position is, which the majority of common Sense Gun owners agree with. There should be Common Sense the safety laws, and its the republicans that have been extremist on that issue, or Maria Aaron to both of you. Thank you very much. Still to come. Theres more turmoil and its rocky the Middle East right now Lebanons Capital of beirut as sifting through debris. 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And this is cnn were following some Breaking News out of the Middle East right now specifically in Lebanons Capital of beirut, where there is extensive destruction after israel says it carried out. And im quoting now, a target he did strike this morning, at least nine people were killed and dozens were injured. Todays strike follows days of escalating tensions between Israel And Hezbollah Hezbollah Yesterday fired more than 100 rockets into northern israel in response to this Weeks Pager and walkietalkie explosions carried out by israel across lebanon. Sean Moore Morehouse is joining us right now. Hes an explosive consultant, former British Army officer, shawn. Thanks so much for joining us first of all, whats your reaction to israels attacks including these wireless devices that were used well, i i im amazed. It its an audacious Attack Anybody who thought up this attack in the first place to conceive of such an idea is is one thing, but then to have the technical capacity to actually carry it out its a completely different order of skill so this is a big hit on hezbollah indirectly, of course affects iran and its quite impressive. I have to say well, let me ask you, are these walkietalkies, these pagers are really Old School devices, use decades ago. Could similar type of an attack to be involved with some smartphones, hightech devices short answer is yes, but to qualify that as everything moves into miniaturisation, there is less and less space within our digital devices to put any sort of explosive charge. So its not straightforward to achieve at all. It takes a lot of technical sophistication to do it. Lebanons Health Ministry now says that 3,000 people were treated for injuries after the Pager And Walkietalkie attacks. What does that tell you . Well bearing in mind how small this spaces are in these devices, especially the pagers you couldnt get more than a couple of grams. I dont think of high explosive in there, which is about the size of a pencil eraser. So these attacks were not designed to kill people. I think there were designed to maim people. And of course, send a very powerful message to Hezbollah Sean Moore hall. Thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate it very much thank you very much indeed and finally, this hour i want to take a moment to share some exciting news for our viewers about the show you are watching right now. My good Friend And Colleague Pamela Brown is now back from Maternity Leave and as planned, will start anchoring this 11 00 a. M. Eastern hour of newsroom starting on monday. Many of you, of course know pamela for truly excellent investigative reporting, including her emmy nominated investigation into sexual Assault And Misconduct within the u. S. 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