Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper in so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of that campaign includes who end up as the President Ial spouse traditionally known as the Office Of The First Lady if former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the East Rain For The Second Time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White House reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter, it can be easy to overlook the First Lady, but that role, and those who have occupied id have long had a deep influence on the West Wing and the country. It can be part
there was every opportunity to be here. melania not said a word. ivanka said, i love you, dad. this is a moment for a man who was on trial for six weeks inside a lower manhattan courthouse to not be seen with his family. eric trump the only one. this would be a moment if they were to appear with him you would think they would be here. inside the courthouse as the verdict was read, eric shook hit head. when donald trump got up he was mostly stone-faced throughout this, looking straight ahead. i felt he looked deflated. he had the signature grimace you see when he is trying to look tough and serious. there was an emptiness behind it, almost an effort to continue to present that face as he has presented it. he shook hands with eric and then he walked out. i do think it s really interesting that knowing a verdict was coming down, that don junior was out of the country. it s interesting that ivanka never showed up to court. i know she s been trying to separate herself from her
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Democrats favor, but does suggest theres a larger issue that would be playing nout the fall midterm elections on the democrats be. In this case, youve got democrat plus seven. Likely he may be able to put balderson over the top. But youre right, i think you have to look at the numbers on the final result as well, but not just the wl outcome. Kevin, when youre looking at the numbers and you heard what people are saying, youve got to watch the numbers. Not just the w and the l. What are you watching in this because both sides are saying were going to extract something from this. One district to the National Conversation and of course the midterms i agree with everything that was said. Two additional points is specifically looking at the Democratic Party, even the fact this is just just the come so close to begin with in such a typically conservative leaning district really does speak to something that i hear from re
healthy. and let s just remember that donald trump and melania we like to act as if melania wasn t part of it or look at her with rose-colored glasses, but they perpetuated this birther myth and lie and this racist attack and now donald trump jr. is perpetuating this racist attack as well. and i m not calling them racist. i m just saying they do racist things. and so what you have to do now is understand that you have to fight back against these attacks, but then even more so, you just have to make sure that you put forth platforms and plans to show what you re going to do for the black community. i mean, that s the pivot point. i think that all 20 candidates coming to say that this was wrong and calling it out is simply the baseline. that s why i m not someone who is clapping and cheering for that. i think doing more than that and actually showing what you re going to do for actual black people in this country is more important. she s going to beat back that racism, put forth plans
what s the big rush? if he s innocent, like he says he is, that both sides should be heard tell of the process take its course. martha: i think the argument is that what she has to offer is what he has to offer, which is their recollections and their story. that s what s at stake here. at 36 years old i agree. martha: unsubstantiated in terms of times in place so what they each have to bring to the table is their own story. and he s ready to do that. and she should also do that. it s very hard for someone to come forward and tell their story. on both sides. due process is very important here. martha: that s why there s the privacy option. i don t understand what is the big deal martha: i don t know what s going to change three days from now. gary, go ahead. george w. bush got it. that s the opposite of what happens. that investigation was before him. wasn t there were reports done by the fbi? it was done before this was leaked by the senate judiciary committee