maricopa county, arizona all right, good morning, welcome to the cross connection, i am tiffany cross. as you heard right now, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband was attacked yesterday. a 42-year-old man broke into those tight offices go home, hit paul pelosi in the head with the hammer multiple times, that s according to law enforcement, and the man says he is going to tie him up and quote, until nancy got home. that poured is quoted to a pelosi family member. thankfully she said paul pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, this is after he has to undergo surgery to repair is gold fracture. we don t know the precise motive at the law enforcement, they say he is still investigating, with officials saying that the suspects social media posts shows a quote, mixed ideology of both anti establishment, and more recently, far-right extremist ideas. the attacker does come amid but capital police say the huge spike in threats against members of congress. this is where we are.
aide move boxes of documents at trump s request this happened for the fbi search, he the t is hot, i want to focus on january 6th. something that became abundantly clear during the committees file a public hearing is that the la-z-boy was to capital get sacked on tv, probably in an actual la-z-boy, he completely advocated his duties as president. listen, we saw we had a commander-in-chief and that. they heard a name was nancy pelosi. i have something to say, mister secretary i am going to call the mayor of washington d.c. right now and see what other departments have said. and also, that we can deliver the good news that you are now going to, instead of blocking the national guard it is still not safe enough for us to go back and they are still trying to penetrate the building. it is not a safe thing because we are trying to figure out how we can get this job done. i worry about you being at the capitol. i am not capital building, i am literally standing in the capitol
Bundle in poor accent ashlyn davis and thurgood marshall. so, as we look at what that looks like this year, we are introducing new categories, definitely leaning into a younger audience. but also celebrating our trail blazers. people like spike lee, our icon of the year. wanda cooper jones and palmer for all the work they ve gone to champions for change. and so many others who have continued to push the culture forward. so tonight is kind of an extension of the work we do every day at ebony at honoring black excellence, but we get all these great folks in one room, celebrate them, say, we see you and you re so proud of you. i m very much looking forward to tonight. my colleague, simone sanders, i believe, is also among the honorees. my good friend geo peppers is among the honorees. i m looking forward to it. my friend jake ivey, friends of the show, will also be there! so, i m looking forward to seeing you this evening and celebrating the culture and just thank you, mario, for taki
Guest. from death poetry, chick collaboration s with kanye, jay-z and beyoncé, and being essential and adding a spoken word poetry category to the grammys. j ivey is a prolific voice. his new album is out now. i listen to it every morning, you. guys joining me now is j ivey that grammy nominated poet. i, brother thanks for being. here as well to running your song with jake ivey, with john legend and slippery. one of my favorite songs. it is so motivational. i love listening to it. congratulations on your album. i want to kick us off with the grammys because the grammys was trending this week. it has been on the news. allowed nikki minaj s song got moved to pop in a wrap. you are instrumental in creating a spoken word category. why do we need a separate spoken word versus hip-hop?