Now, the Core Subject of this hearing is not Bitcoin Or Dogecoin or any other cryptocurrency. Instead its the explosion of cryptocurrencies over the last decade that has created the context for understanding the potential value and risks of digital currency. There are substantial difficulties with our current Payment System. Nearly 33 million americans have been locked out of the traditional Banking System. Theyre forced to use check cashers and payday lenders for basic banking services, and those with traditional checking and savings accounts found that many of the largest banks have proven to be untrustworthy, gouging customers for overdraft or other fees or in the case of wells fargo, just outright cheating their customers with fake accounts and fake services for which the customerS Pay dearly. So what are the alternatives . Digital currencies have been hyped as a solution to these problems. Early advocates claim that cryptocurrencies would open up the Financial System and deliver f
Especially when youre playing with deception. And one of the big players Behind The Scenes has been caught celebrating the suppression. My team has independently obtained the video first reported by Mother Jones this weekend. I need you to watch it. As the head of a major dark Money Group, remember, the problem in politics isnt illegal money, its the legal money. This head of this dark Money Group brags about ghost writing many of the bills clearing Gop State houses across the nation. Iowa was the first state we got to work in. We did it quickly and quietly. Honestly, nobody noticed. Then we turned to georgia. I was able to sit down with Governor Kemp three days before he signed the Election Package in georgia. I had one message for him. Do not wait to sign that bill. If you wait even an hour, you will look weak. The same message were giving Governor Ducy in arizona, the governor of texas, Governor Desantis in florida as well. Were working with these State Legislators to make sure they
you mentioned. and anita, it s great to be with you, that s what everyone is keeping an eye on here and that s monday, victory day, the day in history when the soviet union declared victory and it s a particularly special day because on the 73rd day of this war, president volodymyr zelenskyy put out a message on his telegram account to all ukrainians across the country please do not ignore the air ride sirens. it comes as russian missile strikes are pounding the seaport of odesa and in war torn mariupol, they re storming that steel plant at the same time the mayor there says there are some evacuations of women and children that continue. when we sat down on the 70th day of war with president zelenskyy, it was an amazing moment. here was a guy you would expect to be exhausted, getting little sleep and everyone thought he would flee and ukraine was thought to capitulate quickly instead he stayed and fought and rallied the nation and now rallied the world. and former press geo
essentially further restrict abortion rights. now it has so many talk being how the fallout could reach all the way from this summer to november 2024. emergency evacuations, people jumping into the ocean to stay alive. hurricane-charged winds fueling a raging wildfire that is burning out of control. i m john berman with kate bolduan. cnn news central starts now. new this morning, a memo that could be central to the january 6th case against donald trump. what prosecutors call a plot to create a, quote, fake controversy that would derail the proper certification of biden as president-elect. now, the phrase fake electors has been tossed around for some time, but now the new york times has obtained this key piece of evidence describing the alleged conspiracy. it was written by pro-trump lawyer kenneth chesebro, this december memo explains in great detail how fake electors might swing the election or at a minimum and this is important muck up or slow down the process
ripping off his gloves saying i can t help you anymore. a year later, abortion access is even worse. republicans remain focused on restricting laws that americans overwhelming reject. the body inside a mom s body is not her body. not her body. not her choice. the supreme court may have empowered the states to reshape abortion law. but reproductive rights remain a national issue that the biden/harris administration and congress must respond to. tonight, from dallas, this a state considered ground zero in the national fight over abortion rights, this is one year post-roe a reidout special. thank you for joining me on this special edition of the reidout. my guest is vice president harris. we wanted to bring around this table people whose lives and works were affected by the elimination of the right to an abortion. joining me are genesis sanchez, amanda zarosky, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the state of texas. shannon brewer, and dr. todd ivy, an ob-gyn in the