North korea firing a pair of ballistic missiles just days after launching a newly developed Longrange Cruise missile. Californias governor appears to have won the biggest fight of his political career. With cnn projecting he has defeated a Recall Vote by a huge margin. The Recall Effort was led by republicans opposed to his handling of the coronavirus, homelessness and the economy. The first question on the ballot, should Governor Newsom be recalled . About 2 3 of voters said no. A landslide victory. Exit polls show about a third of voters said the Covid Pandemic was the most important issue. Newsom pushed tough lockdowns, made masks and vaccines mandated. It was a sharp contrast to his main republican challenger, Larry Elder, who opposed pandemic restrictions. A few hours ago a very relieved Gavin Newsom thanked his supporters. No, its not the only thing that was expressed tonight. I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state. We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We s
Trump from facebook and instagram unheld, extended a further six months. That decision coming from the companys independent Advisory Board which includes a collection of people from around the world as diverse as the former Prime Minister of denmark, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner from yemen. We should note that in making this decision, the board encouraging facebook to set stan standards. It upholds the ban. However, it was not appropriate for facebook to impose the indeterminant and standard list penalty of indefinite suspension. The board basically punted on making a final concrete decision. Theyre giving facebook it seems its going to be the head of facebook to make this decision. There is no question, though, the former president has sp cemented his standing. This comes at the fourmonth mark after the deadly insurrection at the capitol, a riot. Many point to social media, the comments by the president inciting. We begin with Brian Stelter back with us. Youve had a chance to read
Churning story we have been covering for about a week now. Gaetz is a republican congressman from florida. As that headline alludes to. He was a staunch supporter of trump. It was first reported the New York Times that matt gaetz is currently under federal investigation for allegations of alleged Sex Trafficking of an underage girl. Now, this is an investigation that started during the Trump Administration when bill barr was running the Justice Department. Bill barr, as Attorney General, was himself reportedly personally briefed on the matt Gaetz Investigation on multiple occasions. The federal investigation into congressman gaetz is reportedly examining whether federal Campaign Funds may have been used to facilitate the child Sex Trafficking ring, whether drug use may have been involved. Congressman gaetz repeatedly denied the allegations. He said theyre all made up. This Breaking News in the times tonight puts those denials in A Different Light. Heres the lede. Quote, representative
From florida that has been one of the most stanch and flamboyant defenders of former president donald trump. First reported that matt gaetz is currently under federal Criminal Investigation for allegations of alleged Sex Trafficking of an under aged girl. This started during the Trump Administration with bill barr being personally briefed on the matt Gaetz Investigation on multiple occasions. It is examining whether federal Campaign Funds might have been used Congressman Gaetz said they are all made up and he did nothing wrong. The Breaking News in the times tonight puts the denials in a different light. Here is the lead from the New York Times. Michael schmidt is the lead on the story along with maggie representative matt gaetz republican of florida was one of President Trumps most vocal allies in his term. In the final weeks Congressman Gaetz sought something in return. Privately asking the white house for Blanket Preemptive pardons for himself and unidentified congressional allies f
Congressman gaetz repeatedly denied the allegations. He said theyre all made up. he did nothing wrong. This Breaking News in the times tonight puts those denials in sort of A Different Light. Ear here is the lead from the New York Times. Michael schmidt is the lead on this article. Along with Maggie Haberman and nicholas fandos. Quote. The times reports its unclear whether Congressman Gaetz or the white house knew at the time he was under federal Criminal Investigation for child Sex Trafficking when he asked for this pardon, but the times does note that if he was aware at the time he did not tell the white house when he made the request. Congressman gaetz didnt get any such pardon from trump, at least one that we know of. The times is reporting tonight that the white house thought that kind of Preemptive Blanket Pardon in the absence of any charges is something that might set a precedent, not thats not the thing they cared about in other scandals. The times reports in recent days some