it certainly isn t, and as the house republicans continue to investigate hunter biden, the justice department s investigation, including bringing the iris whistleblowers, investigating that, it s going to be a continuing thorn in the side of joe biden as he pursues reelection. tell me more about special counsel david weiss and what he might do with these new special counwers? he was appointed byr president donald trump in 2017 and confirmed unanimously by e senate, so he was something that the biden administration decided to keep on because he was already independent, not somebody that biden put into place, now with the special counsel powers it means you have additional resources, a budget to bring in additional staff if you want also remove him from the day-to-d oversight of the justice will be able to continue to u invee this as they have been, and also allowed to look into charging any potential crimes in other jurisdictions, he doesn t have to stick in delaware, wher
oakland the naacp calling out the cities defund the police and movement blaming it for the dramatic rise in crime it. san francisco community activist former mayor ariel candidate richie greenberg will join us with his thoughts and just a moment. but first must go to christina coleman she is live in los angeles with a more on the story, christina. high arthel part oakland naacp chapter is calling city leaders to declare a state of emergency due to these out-of-control crime and a scathing letter to city leaders they say leadership the movement to defend the police and proliferation of anti- police rhetoric have created a heyday for criminals. frustration over all the murders, armed robberies, carjackings and other crimes oiled over in a public safety meeting near oakland on thursday. residents are urged city leaders to do more to stop repeat offenders. he just drive around and pick a victim. it is getting scary and fearful. how do we stop this hamster wheel of crime? th
right now. good saturday morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, july 8th. i m erica hill in for amara walker. nd i m victor black well. good to be with you. thanks for spending part of your morning with us. here s a look at what we re watching. sorry. this is a problem when we re in two different cities and there s a delay. it ain t easy. it ain t easy. we re working it out. we re working it out. it was a very difficult decision on my part. and by the way, i discussed this with our allies. in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden defends his position to send controversial weapons to ukraine as part of a new aid package. what these cluster bombs do and why some senators and congress folks are calling this a terrible mistake. the job market is seeing a cooldown as job numbers come in below expectations. how that s actually a good thing for the economy and encouraging news for women in the work force. federal regulators stepping i
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, juul 8th. i m victor blackwell. look who we have with us this morning. erica hill joining us. good morning, my friend. nice to be with you today. good to have you. so i was wondering if i would acknowledge this or not, so i guess i m going to do it right off the top. i have, i think, glitter all over my face, if you see me shiver. i think the makeup artist hit the wrong powder. it s not your natural glow because i notice any time around you you do sort of radiate a little bit of a glow. you know, element in the room. if you see a little shimmer, the brush hit the wrong makeup pad. we re going to take care of it later. i like the fact that you say it wasn t from being in the club. okay. here s what we re watching for you this morning. it was a very difficult decision on my part. by the way, i discussed this with our allies. in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden defends his position
That really are basically interest payments on their fortune. finally, the supreme court has stepped in and said, hold up, the nest egg is in play, and you thought you were going to be able to make one lump payment, not even a lump payment, but a $6 billion payment over the next two decades and protect your nest egg. not so fast. it is surprising that happened the day our show came out, but i think it is the right thing to do. the opening scene in every episode features a real, real life mom who lost a child or an adult child to oxycontin addiction. why did you decide to take this approach and how did you choose the moms? well, i mean, we were told by legal that we had to put sort of the standard disclaimer in front of every episode. what you are about to see is based upon facts. some of the facts of been changed, that type of thing.