thank you for watching. don lemon tonight with the big star, d lemon, right now. how you doing? you all right? i m i m confused, man. about what? um, i m confused about what s happening with this missing 22-year-old. beautiful kid. going around the country. i m confused by this south carolina situation with this murdaugh family. i ve never heard of by the way, it s not murdoch like media murdochs. it s a totally different family. i have never heard anything like it. and i am confused at how your senators how the senators believe that they can get righteous about milley for deciding to do something about an obvious risk that they ignored. and now, they don t want to give the benefit of the facts that he followed protocol and worked with the secretary of defense and had a roomful of people when he made these calls. and they still want to say he went rogue. so, you want to misrepresent what he did when he did the right thing and you did nothing and you think you
in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, september 15th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman here in washington on this special edition of new day. governor gavin newsom will keep his job, breaking overnight, a blowout victory for the democratic governor of california who crushed a republican-led recall that could have ousted him from office. newsome s restrictive coronavirus policies actually validated by democratic voters in this race. they said, no, to the recall by a nearly two to one margin. the governor thanking his supporters and sounding a warning about republican schemes to undermine democracy. i think about just in the last few days and the former president put out saying this election was rigged. democracy is not a football. you don t throw it around. it s more like, i don t know, antique vase. you can drop it and smash it in a million different pieces. and that s what we re capable of doing if we don t stand up to meet the moment and pu
that s it. that s it. just wanted to tell you that we appreciate you. i know that your viewers do because when i was sitting in that chair for a few weeks, they wanted me to make sure you knew that. and i wanted to tell you on my behalf that i share that view. you are very, very kind. i have to go now. thank you. we ll see you tomorrow, my friend. thanks, ali. how does this all end? the republican party is on a precipice. further indulge the worst among them or pull back and find a way to be a functioning political party once again? how does it end? some might say we already know the answer. but as the gop continually degrades itself further, it s clear we haven t actually seen how low they are willing to go. take a look at where we re at. the delta variant ravaging the united states because republican leaders are refusing to enact preventive measures that would save people s lives. they re blocking other people, schools, and municipaliies from taking preventative m
tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word, where the great ali velshi s influence tonight. good evening rachel, i just want to say to you, you ve been back for a few days. so i just want to tell you that you are our north star. you are revered and respected, and i am not alone in saying that i speak for my colleagues when i say, i appreciate you. a simple as that. you re going to make me cry without explaining why? that s it. that s. it just wanted to tell you that we appreciate you. i know that your viewers do because when you are absent from that chair for a few weeks, they wanted me to make sure you knew that. and i wanted to tell you on my behalf that i share that view. you are very, very kind. i have to go now. thank. you will see tomorrow my friend. thank. sally how does this all? and the republican party is on the precipice. folder indulge walk off a cliff into oblivion, or pull back and find a way to be a functioning political party once again. how
schools open and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have. i have four young children. and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. on the political front at home we are getting another account of the lengths to which the former president was willing to go in order to hold on to power. katie benner of the new york times was first on the board with reporting about the testimony of a former u.s. attorney in atlantic. he testified before the senate judiciary committee. the times reports b.j. told lawmakers his abrupt resignation in january had been prompted by the justice department officials warning that president trump intended to fire him for refusing to say that widespread voter fraud had been found in georgia. and the washington post now reporting that extrump attorney rudolph giuliani who took trump s elections fraud claims to court and failed told federal agents in 2018 it was okay to throw a