tonight, activists and scholars discuss the obama legacy on civil rights. 2016a dubois looked at the election and racial conflicts in the u.s.. here s more. i think we have been handed a next ray. we can see all of the an .-ray we can see all the cancers in the body right now. that is a shocking, destabilizing part. levele not achieved the of hope and change, the shift in public discourse, the sense of unity as a country that president obama articulated so beautifully in 2008. but i think that we may be missing something really important about that. i obviously personally believe that others have done an amazing job in pointing this out the primary obstacles to hope and change, as we now see, our white fragility and white supremacy. that is on the table and it is out for everyone to see. we can see the trump supporters. we can see the tea party movement in 2010. race, see the issues with violence, and policing. we can t do surgery without that x-ray. took thet probably
this is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth that now he s choking on because his foot s in his mouth along with his spoon. hello, everyone, i m john berman. we do have breaking news. a brand-new update on the path and strength of tropical storm hermine. 22 million people under watch or warning all along the east coast, georgia, south carolina, getting pounded right now. in just a moment, we re going to check in with cnn s brian todd in charleston, south carolina, where the winds and waves are picking up, moving our camera all over the place right now. but first we have brand-new information on the forecast from the national hurricane center. chad myers here with that. the biggest thing i see is the forward speed has picked up. that s good news to spread the rain out quicker. because if you stall the storm, it just rains for days. so we re still seeing winds at 50 miles per hour. last time it was 60. so we re down 10. good news. it does go off shore just as expec
it is a beautiful day, not just the weather, because it is debate day in america once again. it s very real because this race is close. very close. pretty much tied, i guess we could say. which means it can t get any closer. which also means the stakes could not get any higher. tonight, less than ten hours from now, hillary clinton, donald trump face off for the first presidential debate. 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 90 minutes, no breaks, no commercials, no mercy. it all happens right here at hofstra university in hempstead, new york, long island. strong island. both candidates want the strong, decisive showing. we are joined by cnn s phil mattingly and sunlen serfaty outside the debate hall. sunlen, what are these candidates doing? we just got word from a clinton adviser hillary clinton is actually doing practice this morning. reporter: yeah. so fascinating to see these candidates in the last hours how they re preparing leading into the biggest night of their campaign. hilla
i m john berman. i m kate bolduan. less than six weeks to the election, not a moment to lose. candidates are lighting up the campaign trail. they are in battleground states, shockingly. donald trump barnstorming the midwest. he heads to iowa and wisconsin later today but first, he is speaking in the great state of illinois before the polish american alliance. we will take you there live. you are looking at the podium at the moment. for hillary clinton and her team it s like a swing state sing-along with all sorts of guests. michelle obama is in philadelphia in just a few minutes campaigning for hillary clinton. chelsea clinton in north carolina. as for hillary clinton herself, she will be in new hampshire with bernie sanders. bernie sanders might be her new best friend as she tries to reach out to millenial voters. this as there is a new report of anxiety inside trump world about his debate performance. the new york times says advisers want to make sure he s more prepar
today at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. 1:00 p.m. central time. the governor, the attorney general and i will meet in the office of the secretary of state and the executive office and we will sign the document certifying him as the senator for the state of alabama. he will be sworn in by vice president pence on the 3rd of january when the senate returns. yet moore who is the former chief justice of alabama supreme court is using a legal maneuver now to try to delay that certification of the election results. he became the first republican to lose a senate race in alabama in a quarter century losing to jones more than 20,000 votes. cnn s boris sanchez is covering the story for us. what is moore alleging in the court filing? hey there. roy moore is making the case he lost the special election because of voter fraud. this is really a last-ditch hail mary effort of roy moore to delay the certification of the special election results. he is calling for a new special election or a tho