me going and i think you all. i hope you have a relaxing few days. we will see you. velshi starts now. it is sunday june 9th. with less than five months ago since the 2024 presidential election, anxiety is running high about the prospect of donald trump s return to the white house. his bow to exact retribution against enemies, especially in the wake of his historic criminal conviction, has raised fears he could abuse the powers of the presidency and that he could further erode democracy with another four years in office. americans are not the only ones experiencing this anxiety. many of our allies abroad are feeling similarly apprehensive about trump s possible return to power, and they are sharing those concerns about how he could destabilize democracy in the united dates and abroad. trump took an isolationist stance during his first four years of office and signals during his current campaign that he would take a similar approach during a second term. his admiration f
Regardless of how much money a multibillionaire candidate is willing to spend on his election, we will not create the energy and excitement we need to defeat donald trump if that candidate pursued advocated for and enacted racist policies like stop and frisk. All right. The fighting among the democratic president ial hopefuls is getting more heated and personal by the day. That was senator Bernie Sanders at an event in las vegas last night with some of his strongest rhetorical attacks yet. Calli calling Michael Bloomberg and days ahead of wednesdays debate which is hosted by msnbc and bloomberg is expected to qualify for that debate which will mark his first time on stage and during remarks last night the senator from vermont gave a major preview of what we can expect. We will not defeat donald trump with a candidate who in 2015 stated and i quote, i, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage. We will not defeat donald trump with a candidate who
The issue of gun control saying this, quote, bernie has been weak on gun safety his entire career. Hes voted against background checks. He voted to give gun makers immunity. Hes received help from the nra. This is not the record of someone who will save our country from gun violence. But cnn has learned thats not the only attack Team Bloomberg is rolling out tonight at the democratic debate in South Carolina. So for that lets go to charleston to our cnn business and politics correspondent cristina alesci. Tell us what to expect. Reporter well, the Bloomberg Team has been rolling out attack after attack as you mentioned, on Bernie Sanders, and i just came from a press conference where the campaign essentially lined up five black lawmakers and thought leaders, current mayors, former mayors, a congressperson all basically saying no one on that stage has a perfect track record when it comes to the issues that africanamericans care about in this country, but they made the case that Michael
Kavanaugh. But will it go far enough . And well hear from Attorney Michael Avenatti who wants his client, Julie Swetnick, to be included in the probe. Weeks ago, there was hope from republicans that Brett Kavanaugh would be sitting on the Supreme Court as its newest justice when the new term begins tomorrow. But today they face a very different reality as the fbi opens a Background Investigation amid multiple allegations of Sexual Misconduct against him. The fbi started right away on friday. But as of now, attorneys for dr. Christine blasey ford say they havent been contacted by investigators. Another accuser, deborah ramirez, has agreed to cooperate with the investigation. And nbc news reported the white house has limited the scope of that investigation, including a specific witness list that were told does not include Julie Swetnick who has alleged that kavanaugh was at a party where she was sexually assaulted in 1982. Or former classmates of kavanaughs who contradict some of his tes
2016 was a president ial election year. It looked like it might go better for democrats, right . Lee zeldin in 2016 was definitely on the bubble as to whether or not he was going to be just a oneterm congressman. But at the apex of that crucial race for him in 2016, congressman lee zeldins campaign did something that was a little hinky, especially in retrospect it seems really hinky. But even at the time people could tell there was something wrong. At the height of that campaign in 2016, lee zeldins campaign sent out a mailer that apparently targeted specific voters in his district, and that mailer told voters that they had to mail in their absentee ballots a day after the deadline when those ballots were due. If voters in zeldins district had actually followed the instructions on that mailer from their own congressman, their vote wouldnt have counted. He is telling them to send in their votes a day late. Thats terrible, right . Terrible. Now, was that a mistake . The Zeldin Campaign s