criminals and russian intelligence continue to target american companies and organizations. president biden convened a meeting in the situation room to discuss his administration s response to the attacks. today s meeting comes after revelations of that massive ransomware attack. and a newly revealed attempted attack on the republican national committee. when pressed this was biden s response. what s your message on cyber? any message on cyber? what point does the united states respond? biden seemed to down play the severity of the kaseya attack yesterday. on the latest ransomware attack can you tell us if that rises to the level of u.s. retaliation? i can tell you a couple things. i received an up date from the national security team this morning. it appears to have caused minimal damage to u.s. businesses but still gathering information. i will have more to say about this in the next several days. we are getting more detailed information. today sit room meeting
ad focused on black men and the economy. young black voters are less certain they ll vote in november than this time four years ago, so why? two insiders tell us what works to turn that around. plus, why a candidate in louisiana who won by a single vote to be caddo parish s first sheriff will have to run again after a judge voided his victory. that candidate is with us. and civil rights leader joins us to explain why he supports the delay in banning menthol cigarettes, despite the health concerns. his warning about political backlash from black voters. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. we begin this morning with the new appeal from the biden-harris campaign aimed at young black men. a cnn poll shows biden s approval rating is 62% among democrats, but only 47% of black americans approve of his job performance. black voters in several polls say biden s key economic policies have not helped them. this new ad airing in battleground states looks to flip that narrativ
right now. tonight on the reidout, . i lost my name, my sense of security, all because of a group of people starting with number 45, and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me. donald trump s repulsive attacks have already devastated the lives of people like georgia election worker ruby freeman. an appeals court heard arguments on the gag order designed to protect others from the wrath of trump and his maga rival. mike lee revised an old and discredited conspiracy theory about january 6th, the very same mike lee who says america is not a democracy. we begin tonight with the expedited destruction of the voting rights act. earlier today in a 2-1 decision, a panel of judges on the 8th circuit court of appeals said that only, only the federal government, not private citizens, and civil rights groups can sue under a key part of the voting rights act. effectively gutting the legislation in seven states. the decision upheld a lower court ruling. the case sought