I do have a lot of surrogates speaking very beautifully. They come over from all Over Washington and theyre highly respected. Republican candidate for president of the United States is going through mental anguish in a courtroom thats very depressing, very depressing. Donald trump brings in his most loyal maga sycophants. Cos playing as trump to break the judges gag order for trump as his criminal trial heads towards a conclusion. Also tonight, two president ial debates come together very quickly today as President Biden challenged trump to two debates and trump accepted. But the debates will be a significant departure from what were used to. Good evening, everyone. Im jason johnson, in for joy reed. We begin tonight with Michael Cohen, the man who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. Will be back on the Witness Stand tomorrow in day two of crossexamination by trumps defense team in his hush money election interference trial. The defenses goal, to try to poke enough holes
Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from
Who refused to clear an encampment are now facing suspension. We are live with the campus crackdown. Return to gaza, World Central Kitchen resuming operations nearly one months after a Deadly Strike killed seven aid workers. Their new mission after tragedy. Plus, seeking justice. The civil lawsuit just filed on Behalf Of A Black Missouri Teen shot in the head for ringing the wrong doorbell. He was just indicted as a fake elector for donald trump, why is an arizona lawmaker being tapped for a top job at the rnc. Our reporters are following the latest developments. We want to get right to Antonia Hylton at Columbia University. Students were told they would be suspended if they did not leave by this minute. It seems theres an awful lot of tents there. Whats happening . Reporter youre exactly right, chris. The tents are all still here. The students are marching around the entire central section of campus here chanting, we will divest. Theyre chanting free palestine. They are not letting up
Andfather was an academic president of a college in pennsylvania. School up at a quaker which was obviously an integrated quaker school. Graduated, the family moved to atlanta which he tells me was for him a terrifying experience because of all that he had heard that happens to africanamericans. He started at Morehouse College and in 1960 was a cofounder of the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which is one of the majors for those of you are not old enough to older history, one of the major activist organizations of to know your history, one of the major activist organizations of the day. The legislature was read on ran grown redrawn and he and won. The assembly of the state of onrgia declined to seat him the grounds that he had endorsed the position against the war in vietnam and indicated that people who tried to evade the draft, while he was not going to encourage them, or people who should be commended for courage. For those reasons he was not seated in the state legislatu