affects you. some of our guests are fantastic authors, some have written substantive and en ligenlightening books. we begin with america s most successful governor, ron desantis of florida. before he announced his candidacy for president, governor desantis wrote a book. the courage to be free. how he believes his state is a model for the rest of the country. go. courage to be free, florida blueprint, let me ask you. i don t always ask everyone. this is a fantastic book. it is easy to read, it walks through your life. things that you learned that you done know before, why did you write. over the last few years, florida has represented freedom in the united states. we have seen that with the number of people unprecedented number of people that have picked up their lives from a lot of failing states, governed by leftist politics, they have come to florida, they told me, just highway glad they are to be in florida. you have seen other states that have followed florida, and do
fantastic authors, some have written substantive and en enlightening books. we begin with america s most successful governor, ron desantis of florida. before he announced his candidacy for president, governor desantis wrote a book. the courage to be free. how he believes his state is a model for the rest of the country. go. courage to be free, florida blueprint, let me k you. i don t always ask everyone. this is a fantastic book. it is easy to read, it walks through your life. things that you learned that you done know before, why did you write. over the last few years, florida has represented freedom in the united states. we have seen that with the number of people unprecedented number of people that have picked up their lives from a lot of failing states, governed by leftist politics, they have come to florida, they told me, just highway glad they are to be in florida. you have seen other states that have followed florida, and done well, others have that not, people wou
plea deal and will serve no time in prison. despite owing millions in taxes. among other potential crimes according to the irs officials. last night a big celebration to rub it in faces. joe, hunter and attorney general merrick garland all celebrated together! at a state dinner at the white house. according to garland we are not allowed question his conduct. any criticism of the department of justice is attack on democracy. watch this. some have chosen to attack the yesterday department as components and employees by claiming weep don t treat like cases alike. this institutes an attack on an institution essential to american democracy. and essential to the safety of american people. nothing could be further from the truth. you heard me say many times that we make our cases based on facts and the law. those are not just words they are when we live by the way we enabling decisions. would you feel hunter biden s lawyers are very angry accusing the irs whistle blower illegal ac
you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were younger,
an update on one of the biggest names in college basketball after a run-in with the law. and later, mixed messages on the state of the u.s. economy. empty malls but americans still spending. inflation high, but dropping with less credit available. cost of living has really increased a lot, so it s getting a little harder to do things that, you know, i would typically do. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this father s day. tonight we begin with a new diplomatic push aimed at cooling tensions with china. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in beijing sunday for two days of high-stakes talks. it s the first u.s. diplomatic mission there in five years. cbs s margaret brennan is traveling with the secretary in beijing and leads us off tonight. reporter: jericka, after more than 5 1/2 hours of intense and very direct talks between secretary blinken and his chinese counterpart, ther