loves lewis lane, she writes. period. hollywood is trying to make superman gay and he s not. i cannot stress the level of ignorance in this tweet, first of all, because she spells lois lane, lewis, to begin with. a. and, b, she says that superman loves louis lane. lois lane is his mom. how depraved is this wendy rogers from arizona? right. look, i think i don t know whether it is just being a strain, i read that as louie lane. whoever louie lane is, i hope he s happy. we re going to get some backlash for this, but the key for me isn t the people that are upset, it is for the people welcomed in by this that say today, you know, this is more powerful than a locomotive. that this is literally the most powerful superhero in comics. and one of the best known all around the world is now bisexual. and i think that s a really big and really strong statement. tom taylor, i appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you very much. thanks for having me. new day continue
and racist comments. more on that story just ahead. also, it is a critical week on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi really trying to rally her caucus around president biden s agenda. ahead of a key vote in the house today. in a new letter pelosi telling democrats that difficult decisions will be required soon. what does that mean? we ll take a closer look. and the texas governor taking a dramatic step in the battle over vaccines. governor greg abbott issuing an executive order which bans any entity including private businesses from enforcing a vaccine mandate on workers. that marks a significant reversal from abbott s previous policy, giving private businesses the choice to mandate vaccines. so is it legal? joining us now, cnn anchor of early start laura jarrett, an attorney. this new order, when we look at it, this covers any employer in the state of texas. there are large companies as we know based in texas. american, southwest airlines, headquartered in the state
no, but it is incredibly look, it is incredibly effective. it is getting a lot of attention. well, if you re if you support swearing, right? i think it is incredibly effective. the swearing caucus is now fully engaged do we take a position on that? engaged. cnn s blanking coverage continues right now. good morning. top of the hour here. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. there is a lot of news this tuesday morning. we do begin with major news out of the nfl. breaking overnight, the coach of the las vegas raiders jon gruden is stepping down after disturbing revelations involving highly offensive emails he sent through the years. the former super bowl champion s unceremonious departure comes after a new york times report revealed the emails containing deeply homophobic, misogynistic