neil gorsuch took the stage at a banquet hosted by the federalist society. at this point i would show you a sound bite of justice gorsuch s comments or remarks. but sadly, i can t do that. why? because the media was barred from listening in. doesn t sound shady at all, right, senator? in case you forgot, the federalist society is a highly influential organization for conservatives and libertarian lawyers. it has served as a vetting pipeline for many republican judicial choices, including gorsuch himself. if you re doubting just how political this event was, other speakers including former vice president mike pence, ron desantis, kayleigh mcenany. it s not a who s who of bipartisan politicians from both sides of the political divide, is it? does that speaker s list sound like a non-partisan organization to you. senator kennedy, while you seem to be spending time and energy on the impartiality of a future justice, wouldn t your time be better spent worried about one already on
> good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, july 22nd, the second best day of the week. i m amber walker. i love saturday. saturdays feel like everybody has gotten through the week. sure. here we are. yes. finally exhale. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. thank you for being with us. amber is back after a whirlwind tour. it was you and beyoncé all over europe. did you just compare me to beyoncé? can we save this tape? the one time this will happen. yes, happy to be back. it was a trip to the alps and italy and then to greece where it was really hot, and got back to hot-lanta as well. so didn t get a reprieve from the heat. good to be back. thank you. here is what we re watching for you this morning. former president trump is set to stand trial in the classified documents case in the middle of the 2024 presidential race. the reason the judge bucked trump s lawyers request to start the trial after the election. it
welcome to msnbc s special coverage in tonight s iowa caucus. i am ari melber here with jen psaki for the next hour. great to be here. as we count on to the caucus results coming later tonight with candidates making their final push is. here s what they had to say. today is the day we make history because we do do you guys know anybody who has gonna vote for haley or desantis? yes, i do. and i m gonna try to persuade you can t sit home, even if you vote and then passed away, it s worth it. you can be the most worthless republican in america, but if you kiss the ring, he will say you are wonderful. it s just because he has an excellent record of service. what do you think about when people say, well, iowa is still trump country? i think that is wrong. some iowans, you just heard, pushing back on efforts for tonight s story before voters weigh in. it should happen in the next few hours. while trump does have a lead in the final poll, with haley rising, a
hello and welcome to the programme. america grammy award winning singer tina turner, widely hailed as the queen of rock and roll, has died. she was 83 years old. her publicist said she had been suffering from a long illness. born anna mae bullock in the state of tennessee, she became famous in the late 1960s performing as a duo in a turbulent musical partnership with her abusive husband ike turner. as a solo artist with global hits like what s love got to do with it, the best and private dancer, she sold more than 180 million albums worldwide. her high kicking, inexhaustable energy on stage made her a defining icon of pop music in the 1980s. david sillito looks back at her life and career. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. 1966, river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate, pop perfection. # and do i love you, my oh my # river deep, mountain high.# however, in america, the song was a flop.
Either you beat donald trump or you re the first loser. there are no moral victories against an amoral candidate. everyone who is running right now isn t even in the race to beat donald trump. that s not going to happen. they re in a race to keep their donors happy. if you get blown out by 20, 30, some ridiculous amount of points, you re going to have your big spenders say hey, ron, why are we doing this? hey, vivek, why don t you start that podcast, nikki, maybe it s not going to happen. the people who spent $30 million, more than a million on this race, i gotta see how they re going to be able to keep their funders behind them after they lose to donald trump. when you look at what i mentioned earlier, the overemphasize of polling and predictions, stacked against what you re talking about, which there is a republican elite financial support for something other than trump, and there s anywhere from as i mentioned 35 to 50 plus percent looking at alternatives depending on the sighal, ho