and we start this friday night with a fox news alert. the u.s.with a supreme courtupre will decide whether donald trump can be kep c t off the 2024 ballot in colorado. with arguments starting on february the eighth, again, the supreme court, they have no.w to consider what is a very important appeal and constitutional issue, and that is whether or not president trump s name will remain on the ballot until. they render a decision. now, also tonight, a big update from the biden familonight apdas s hunter may soon be held in contempt of congresoos. tha we have an update on that. also, the one and only dr. cornel west will join us with m more of his defense, whichor i think is indefensible. the former harvard president igt ahead, did he shoot out tonight? but tonight, we begin in valley. forge in pennsylvania. nearly 250 years ago, during a bitterly cold and wet winter . george washington stationed the continental army on this rural plateau just outside of philadelphiuralu just o
After the funerals. Missing all of the music which we know is part of the culture. Tourism up 12 first half of this year. Monday American Airlines flies in and delta andnging total flights to 100 flights to 100. Fidels death unlikely to cool the freezing relationship but could come fro donald trump follows through on his warning. We will cancel obamas onesided cuban deal made by executive order if we do not get the deal we want and the deal that People Living in cuba and here deserve. This havana family watching special programming and cuban tv say they are unalert because of trumps hardline status. Abc news havana. Donald trump will proceed with diplomatic ties we learn he is in regular contact with president obama. Trump and the president have been speaking regularly on a number of issues. Declined to give further information on the content of the calls but last spoke saturday for about 45 minutes. One subject which may not have come up was the unexpected renaming of trump tower. Som
More on that coming up and also, more details on sierra snow that could stack up in feet and thats just in about 15 minutes. Great to see the rain. Be careful on the roads. Thats part two tonight or for tomorrow morning. During the dry spell, grease and settlement is collecting on the pave the and the rain we got last week wasnt enough to wipe them clean. There is a way to tell whether the street or highway ahead of you is slick. I determine that by seeing if there is white bubbles on the road. Thats a good indication the road will be extra slippery because the oils and the sediments have started to rise up from the asphalt. Be careful and watch your speed. Pg and e crews are prepping. They say routine tree trimming minimizes the risk of limbs taking out the power lines. As we prepare for the most significant rain we seen in months, Officials Say it wont be enough to put a dent in the crisis. State and federal leaders gathered to find solutions for those hit hardest by the dry conditio
But this to me is culture in the very narrow sense. Ill talk about the broad sense in a minute. Most of our conversations i think about culture are culture in that narrow sense. When it comes to culture in the narrow sense, we have some lingering questions. And i think it was in part reflected in i guess it was a twitter that you received. If we want to talk about music, what is islams stance on music. How do we recognize the whole business of musical compression with the parameters of islam that we understand to be something that we are responsible for in terms of how we go forth and charge the efrds realities of life. So thats another challenge that we have. And i think, quite frankly, what we need are much more open discussions about these things. But i think the worst place that muslims can find themselves is in this nevernever land where theyre perilized. You know, i listen to music, but im not sure i should. I play music but no. This kind of paralysis can breed that double consci
Another, but its about creating culture production that offers something thats both excellent in its quality, but also demanding and transformative. I want to give a short example and im going to close with this. So there is an american muslim woman, shes a Grammy Nominated artist, and shes from baltimore, maryland. And she did a cover of a song that came out, i dont know, a year or two ago, by a young White British woman named lorde. And the song that lorde released was called royals. Its like were not royals. And the song many people read of a critique of hip hop culture, in particular in black culture right . And the idea of that all its about is money and bling and theres no substance or meaning to it, right . So she covers the song and is a dope mc and shes an amazing singer. So the song is excellent, right . But she also makes a point, and so i wanted to sort of share the point, one of the points that she makes, right . So she says, we dont know that old true blue blood slave mon