Holiday with a deeply personal remembrance, and a park of democracy. The memorial day 2021 comes at such an uneasy time in our nation s history. Biden began the day at the arlington cemetery. After laying a wreath at the tome of the unknown, biden spoke of his late son, beau, and the fallen veterans he said made the ult malt sacrifice to protect our democracy. Each and every day, democracy it sft is in peril, here and around the world. What we do now what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen will determine whether or not democracy enduring, democracy thrive, when people have a right to voe, and a free and independent press pursues the truth, founded on facts, not propaganda. To why it s such an uneasy time in the democracy, it comes as several states in the midst of passing laws that will restrict voting in the country. A falsehood that the 2020 election was rife with fraud, stolen. Late last night, democrats in the texas state legislature staged a walk out to sweep an over
official joel greenberg could significantly strengthen the justice department s hand as it investigates mr. gaetz and others that met him through florida republican poll techs and scrutinized on sex trafficking violations. the defense attorney for greenberg all but confirming serious consequences for gaetz with the cryptic remarks made outside a florida courthouse. did your client introduce matt gaetz to any underaged girls for sexual relations? right. so i m just going to let you sit there and look over your head and ignore that question. i m sure matt gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today. not very comfortable. the close ties between gaetz and greenberg detailed at length in the politico piece titled the congressman and his wingman and reports this, quote, the relationship wasn t one of equals according to mutual friends saying the tax collector looks upped to the congressman. greenberg introduced him to young women. who he met on seeking arrangement, a dating w
channel. a record number of migrants are dead after their boat capsized. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for joining us. nearly two years after ahmaud arbery s death, his family says justice has finally been served. a jury in southern georgia has found three white men guilty of murder and other charges in the killing of the 25-year-old unarmed black man. arbery was out for a jog when he was chased down, shot, and killed. travis mcmichael, his father, gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor, william bryan, showed little emotion as the jury s decision was read. but outside of the courthouse [ cheers and applause ] relief and celebrations. ahmaud arbery s mother says her son can now rest in peace. it took the jury more than 11 hours to reach their verdict. cnn s ryan young has more reaction from the courthouse. count one, malice murder. we, the jury, find the defendant, travis mcmichael, guilty. reporter: today, a jury convicted
pretty happy about that. that is all in on this thursday night good evening, alex chris, i m all in favor of robust transparency in terms of health and everything as it regards our public officials and especially our president it s painful t oh, it s the worst. and in public. it s such a vulnerable moment for anyone that trips. and then the recovery and then it s on stage anyway, it s just it s funny. he gots back air force one ande said i was sandbagged. literally, it was a big sandbag. thank you, my friend, as always. in july of 2021 joe biden had been president for half a year, but the last days of the trump administration were still very much being reported on. the ways in which trump had tried to overturn the 2020 election in an series of escalating maneuvers which ultimately resulted, of course, in thed, attack on the u.s. capitol. so it was during that summer, july of 2021, when the new yorker published this exclusive story. you re going to have a
are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington, d.c. is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how little that line of analysis captures what has happened in china over the last decade. china has gone through profound economic and social changes. its per capita gdp has gone up almost 30 fold since the start of economic liberalization in 1978. mass education and urbanization have changed the face of