joining us tonight. you can follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter and tiktok. i m jake tapper. our coverage continues with the strong laura coates and the mighty alisyn camerota, as i head off on this thirsty thursday to do what i do best, sit at the kitchen table and drink. i know you saw. well laura, i think we re gonna have to really step it up with the superlatives. one time i carried you and now you re strong. i don t need a superlative. i don t need hype girls, i m good. he s just young. have fun with your bourbon, we will see you later. good to see you ladies. and we re keeping the conversation going tonight, good evening everybody i m laura coates in washington, d. c.. and i m alisyn camerota in new york. this is cnn tonight. we re here with our panelists across the political spectrum. one team here with me and the other team, the right one, in washington, d. c. here with me. and after we get started to look at two key states that people have been
future is at stake. thank you all so much for joining us tonight. greatly appreciate your time and insights. coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democracy fights back, how people around the world are holding those in power accountable. plus, oh my pillow, the dangerous conspiracy theorist mike lindell, faces a growing list of legal problems. and the latest on the path of tropical storm ian as he let s get started. so on the show, we ve been frank second hour one okay about the often bleak state of american democracy, from rioters in the halls of our nation s capital, to elections deniers, using their elected positions of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racke
picket line, shaq brewster, where are we at this hour? what are you hearing from folks there? we just actually heard from the uaw representative on the uaw that says they confirm conversations with ford have been going on, and conversations with gm have been going on. what we ve been looking over the past day. they re at least talking. we know conversations are happening at this point, after we have entered day three of the strike. we do also know in terms of conversations and communication between uaw and stellantis, they ve been talking a lot through the media. a lot of statements back and forth about the terms and offers that have been out there. let s just reset things a little bit right now. we know there uaw is asking for significant wage increase. we re talking about 40% increase over the course of four years. they want cost of living adjustments, better work life balance, also asking for pensions. those are among the demands that they are making. we know some of the
capitol hill, while a shutdown looms. i want to speak to congress men becca about that. and, just candy brown jackson i should say, has a warning for americans. confront our racial pass, or pair a public stand that she has taken. all of that, and a death that started a movement one year ago. was killed in iran, in an act of brutality that sparked a revolution for women s rights in this country. later this hour, i m going to look at where the movement is right now in iran. we begin though with that breaking news out of texas. states army general ken paxton has been acquitted on all charges of, articles i should say, of impeachment he was facing. and, he is now reinstated from a suspension that had lasted since may. paxson had been facing charges that included bribery, conspiracy, and unfitness for office. i want to bring in who is standing by for us in austin. priscilla, good to talk to you, walk us through how this all unfolded, and what compaction is now saying. ye
Official, who appeared to say that the morality police have been abolished. and that times with the lived experience of iranians, women are walking around and gets her call right now without the job and we re couple of months ago they would have been instantly pounced on by the morality police, they say they are largely being left alone. also worth noting, the prosecutor general said the legislation that makes the job mandatory and iran is being reviewed by both the judiciary and the parliament. he said this is going to be a 15-day review, and we don t know what is going to come out of. it but ali as you were saying, the morality police have been the focus of so much public anger in iran over the last couple of weeks. it was, like morality police that stopped mass amini before her death. and it is possible that this slightly roundabout way of that the iranian regime appears to have made this announcement is there a way of making a