Likely in russia. Do you think putin is testing you . No. They Sense Weakness and trying to see how much they get away with it. Daddy teaches you can be anything in this world that you can be. Doesnt daddy teach you that yeah and it doesnt matter if you are Black Or White. This is how children think right here. Critical Race Theory wants to end that life is a highway i want to ride it all night long lawrence thats a shot of houston, texas, gods country. Im Lawrence Jones in for steve today. We have brian and ainsley. Its thursday, the day before friday. Ainsley thats right. So good to have you here lawrence and brian. Brian nice of lawrence to add us at the last minute. Glad to make the cut. Fantastic. George p. Bush will be on in a little while to build on the texas theme. Is he try be be the big announcement yesterday. Big republican. Ainsley he hinted around when you interviewed him in texas recently. Brian because the Attorney General is under so much execute any because of some of
the president s tone changed on voting rights legislation in just the last 48 hours. i m making it clear, to protect our democracy, i support changing the senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. i hope we can get this done. iechl not sure. but one thing for certain. one thing for certain. like every other major civil rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. we missed this time. we missed this time. president biden knows that without filibuster reform, a new bill for voting rights just isn t going to get done. that s the reality here. and what that means is republican states nationwide are going to keep doing what they ve already been doing, passing laws that make voting harder. for example, drop boxes became an incredibly popular way to vote back in 2020. but then georgia passed a law last year that limited both the number of drop
general merrick garland. so the proverbial ball is in his court. speaking of court, after several losses former president trump got his first minor court victory in his effort to keep documents and other records about january 6th hidden. and then something truly jaw dropping. new audio of trump defending what should be the indefensible, chants to hang or assassinate his then vice president. were you worried about him during that siege? were you worried about his safety is. no. i thought he was well protected and heard he was in good shape. no. i heard he was in very good shape. but no you heard the chants. those were terrible. the people were angry. hang mike pence. it s common sense, john, it s common sense that you re supposed to protect if you know a vote is fraudulent how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress. common sense? we ll talk about that in just a moment. first cnn is covering all the legal developments today. first, what happens next wit
we ll get into the big headlines. after more than a year of masking at the airport we have finally reached this moment. congratulations. [applause] my company announced that if you choose to you may remove your mask. [cheers and applause] that s the reaction i get when the mountain dew is free. anyway, passengers rejoicing after a pilot announced midflight that the cdc s federal mask mandate no longer applies. a federal judge in florida ruled yesterday that the biden administration did not have the authority to continue enforcing that mandate by the white house called the decision disappointing. our own peter doocy reminded press secretary jen psaki that the media have been allowed to go mask list for weeks in her presence. you say you continue to recommend people wear masks. why is it that we can sit here in the white house briefing room with no mask? well, peter, i m not a doctor. the masking guidance there is green guidance and ride. it mines me to find a wom
good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens next? well alison next. we expect that on tuesday, the former president is expected to come here to new york to go into the courthouse behind me and be arraigned on these charges. now that day, we will also expect to have the indictment unsealed. then we will learn the specifics . what are the