nation is facing the most serious internal attacks on the frontal and institutional structures that define a democracy. since the pulitzer s were introduced a century ago. precisely to counteract problematic, authoritarian tendencies throughout the society. that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting which went to the washington post in new york times for quote, relentlessly reporting coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election. and it s connections to the trump campaign, the president elect s transition team, and his eventual administration. that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer boards to open two separate independent investigations into the awarding of those prizes. this week, the pulitzer board announced the results of those investigations,
for the most outstanding journalism of the year, and they delivered this warning. on the political fronts, i think, it is clear that the nation is facing the most serious internal attacks on the fundamental values and institutional structures that define a democracy. since the pulitzer s were introduced a century ago. then precisely, to counteract problematic authoritarian tendencies, throughout the society. now that warning was followed by the announcement of that year s pulitzer prize for national reporting, which went to the new york times and the washington post for quote, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest on russian interference in the 2016 election and its connection to the trump campaign, the presidents elects transition team, and his eventual administration. that choice naturally drew the ire of then president donald trump, who did not stop complaining about the decision, even after he left the white house. it actually lead the pulitzer board t
it s the top of the hour. i m boris sanchez with jessica dean in washington, d.c. we have new video just into cnn, and we should warn you it is graphic and disturbing. so if you need to, it may be best to turn away now. it shows dozens of casualties near a hospital in gaza. we re seeing at least a dozen bloodied bodies strewn across the ground near an ambulance. the escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza, a main focus as america s top diplomat returns to the middle east. the secretary of state antony blinken today pressing israel for a pause in the fighting with hamas as the war now enters its fifth week and international condemnation grows. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. we have been clear that as israel conducts this campaign to defeat hamas, how it does so matters. it matters because it s the right and lawful thing to do. it matters because failure to do so plays into the hands of hamas, and other terror groups. now while blinken was speaking, the
margin of error of democratic nominee josh shapiro. and this gop donors. democrats are running the same playbook in maryland, with one democratic group spending more than 1 million dollars on advertising the elevated republican candidate for governor dan cox, promoting his ties to trump, as well as his pro-life and second amendment stands. a lot of maryland republicans were actually into that description. yesterday, dan cox won the republican primary for governor of maryland, defeating the protegee by a 16-point margin. here s a little background on mr. cox for you. he was an election denier. not only did he attend a white house ellipse rally on january 6th, he helped send buses of protesters to attend the rally. he also called mike pence, the vice president of the united states a traitor, and argued that president biden was, quote, installed in the white house.
up back in may. as it turned out, doug mastriano won that primary. it seems like the money that the democrats spent on the attack ad actually helped mastriano win that race, perhaps because some republican voters actually wanted a win for what donald trump stands for. and now, mastriano, a far-right candidate has a real shot at the governor s office. he is now pulling within the margin marginal error of democratic nominee josh shapiro. and this gop donors. democrats are running the same playbook in maryland, with one democratic group spending more than 1 million dollars on advertising the elevated republican candidate dan cox, promoting his ties to trump, as well as his pro-life and second amendment stands. a lot of maryland republicans were actually into that description. yesterday, dan cox won the republican primary for maryland,