michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
legislators. michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in this short does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior o
the federal government is now stepping in to calm financial panic over the failure of two u.s. banks. the biden administration announcing it will extend a federal backstop to all the banks deposits. treasury officials push back on the idea this was a bailout saying the burden is not borne by the taxpayers. we ll hear from president biden moments from now. water everywhere, causing chaos across central california. warnings of intense sustained flooding in the days ahead. it s unimaginable. folks, we are not done yet. former vice president mike pence telling a crowd in washington that history will judge donald trump for his actions on january 6. probably not a message that will be terribly popular with republican-based voters. three women who live in texas are believed to be missing in mexico. we really haven t had any other incidents that i can recall. and the oscar goes to everything, where every, all at once. this year at the academy awards, the
$787.5 million. that s how much the fox corporation will pay. it s half of what dominion says they were seeking, but a historic amount on the less the fox corporation. clearly deciding was better to pay the money than have their star anchors try to explain under oath, the election denialism and disinformation. they either spread themselves or help spread by giving others who are lying a platform night after night after night in a statement after the settlement was announced, fox said, and i quote we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. the settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. i just want to repeat that the first part of it said. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. that might sound sort of maybe like an apology, but it s not. they acknowledge the court ruling doesn t really mean anything and their description that certain claims about
sore muscles. absolutely free text g a r d n +2231231. cnn news central tomorrow at nine eastern closed. captioning is brought to you by page publishing. want to publish a book? review your manuscript for free. if you ve written a book, paige publishing can help you through the process. we cut through the confusion of the publishing world to make it easy for you call 805 630741. good evening. fox blinked on the day that fox attorneys in the attorneys for dominion voting systems, the company that was suing them for defamation, were to make opening statement in there. $1.6 billion lawsuit, fox decided to settle $787.5 million . that s how much the fox corporation will pay. it s half of what dominion says they were seeking, but a historic amount on the less the fox corporation . clearly deciding was better to pay the money than have their star anchors try to explain under oath, the election denialism and disinformation. they either spread themselves or help spread by giving othe