Cornerstone of American Democracy, and, yet, republican governors and State Legislatures across the country have spent the last year curbing it, from limiting how you can register to vote and where and when you can vote, to instituting changes that could result in your vote either not being counted or the will of the people being overruled. Compounding the precarious state of our democracy is that fewer Americans Trust the electoral system, and a sizeable majority believes the nations democracy is in danger of collapse. With Voting Rights on the line, President Biden laid out in stark words the choice facing the senate in a fiery speech in atlanta. What we choose, democracy over autocracy, light over shadows, justice over injustice. I know where i stand. I will not yield, i will not flinch, i will defend the right to vote our democracy against all enemies, foreign and, yes, domestic. [ applause ] do you want to be on the side of dr. King or George Wallace . Do you want to be on the sid
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. New numbers today confirming, no, its not just you, everything is more expensive than it was a year ago. Across the board prices rose by 7 in 2021, the fastest increase weve seen since reagan was in office. It costs more to eat. Bread, meat, fish and eggs are all up a whopping 12. 5 . A pound of bacon just over 5 last year. 6. 50 today. It costs more to sleep. Rent and mortgage is up 4 . That means if you were paying 2,000 in rent every month, you might be looking at an 80 increase going forward. Almost 1,000 more for the entire year. It costs more to get around as well. Used cars are up 37 , a 20,000 car is now more than 27,000. And it costs a lot more to drive it as well. Gas prices are up 50 , despite a dip in those costs at the end of last year. All of this, as you well know, adds up, especially when salaries are not keeping up. Take all of this inflation into account, and the average earnings by the hour, hourly earnings, actually fell. Youve been
Both donald trump and joe biden travelled to new york today but for very different reasons. About an hour ago, biden shuffled into Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan for a glitzy, starstudded, high dollar fundraiser. The event featured. And queen latifah. And a Panel Moderated by Stephen Colbert between barack obama, bill clinton and joe biden himself. A picture with the three president s could be arranged for a mere 100,000. Some tickets were priced as high as 500,000. All told, the event raised a record 25 million for the biden campaign. Meanwhile, a couple of miles away, former President Trump was not a funeral home. He accepted an invitation to attend a wake for nypd officer Jonathan Diller who was shot and killed by a violent, career criminal roaming the streets of new york city. Take a look. I want to thank bruce and all of the people that have worked so hard to make this area beautiful and safe. This is what happened, its such a sad event. A horrible thing. Its happening
This morning we are an indictment watch, possibly gianna times for fourth indictment. Fulton county d. A. Fani willis who is investigating the former president s efforts to overturn georgias 2020 Election Results is expected to present her case to the grand jury this week. They were running from the Atlanta Journalconstitution spreads streets like on the timeline. Former georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan and independent journalist George Cheeky conform to the newspaper that they will testify before the grand jury on tuesday. Put that news with the knowledge of this coming friday as the last day most of the air williss staff is expected to work remotely. Plus the heightened Security Measures around the Fulton County courthouse, and it could mean that we are in the final stages of a twoyear investigation that could result in criminal charges against trump and his allies, very soon. Nevertheless, we are still learning new details on the sheer scope of the a williss investigation. Fo
facing real accountability for his alleged efforts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. monday is a day fulton county d.a. fani willis told her staff to stay home and begin a three-week period of remote work. heightens security is already visible. orange barricades outside the fulton county courthouse. because of this, speculation has been less during this time period, willis will announce criminal charges against trump and his allies for their attempts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results. but here in washington, the grand river the january 6th federal investigation is set to be tuesday. sources tell nbc news that trump s lawyers were informed to expect a forthcoming indictments. the former president has denied this revelation on social media, and of course has argued that he, quote did nothing wrong. and, again last night at a rally in pennsylvania. but trump s lies have not stopped special counsel jack smith. late this week hits trump with a superseding