grips france. here at home, republicans seeking to defeat the president in next year s election are refining their tactics on the campaign trail. with presumed front runner, over the gop, donald trump. donald trump betting on expanding his electoral base by campaigning this weekend and nevada. a state that he lost twice. trump and other republicans continuing to double down on cultural issues to rally gop voters. oklahoma s education chief is still under fire for his insensitive comments about the destruction of a black community by a white barber a century ago. the timing could not be worse. as the last three known survivors of the tulsa race massacre where denied justice and restitution by the city of tulsa. thanks to a district court ruling two days ago. got a busy week ahead for the country, lots to cover, let s get started. joining me now is the oklahoma state representative richina good when, a democrat. representing tulsa oklahoma, thank you for your time tonight. we b
special counsel jack smith is looking for in the classified documents probe. as with the $5 million defamation and sexual abuse judgment against donald trump, his own words are once again being used against him in a court of law. this time we re of course talking about that stunning february 2021 audio recording. donald trump bragging about a secret document with plans to attack iran at bedminster. to a writer working on a book, the discovery of that recording according to report from the wall street journal we discussed on this program last week, we know was a watershed moment that helped spur doj into pursuing a criminal case against the ex-president. days after his indictment on 37 felony counts, the ex-president claimed this. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things, and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declas
we had a great conversation. i ve known him since 1999. he was a seminary student here in new york. came to a demonstration i had. he ended up getting arrested for peaceful demonstration with me. we ve known each other since then. we had a great conversation, coming right up after the fabulous simone. we will be watching, rev, you have just mentored us all. take away. thank you very much. thank you verlet me say, welcoo politicsnation. right now, republicans in both chambers of congress are doing what they can to sabotage the people s business. in protest of the 37 federal counts, donald trump is facing over his handling of classified materials. and five days after his arraignment, that sabotage is ranging from a media campaign, to publicly exonerating trump before he even stand trial. to pledge from substantial republicans to intentionally obstruct the biden administration, by blocking vital appointments, even if it puts our nation in jeopardy. georgia senator, i rap
said this: the democratic party, they have a majority. they can stop this crime today. some people say, well, they are soft on crime. no, they are not soft on crime. they are pro crime! they want crime! and they want crime because they want to take over what you got! they want to control what you have! they want reparations because they think that people who do the crimes are owed that! bullshit! they are not owed that. you ll note that he stopped short of identifying juiced who these criminals are, just who it is the democrats want preparative justice for. but then for his audience, identification is unnecessary. because whether it s a campaign ad or a trump rally, gop candidates in swing states have weaponized crime as the cudgel against democrats. with that, they ve embraced a time honored tradition on the right. when all else fails, blame black people. even in states they barely live in. across, the irony of insurrection apologies, making statements while criticizin
morning. we re probably still another three to four days left in search and rescue and recovery, so that s a rough time frame that could go in either direction. these are not numbers. this is family members, people didn t just lose their homes. we can rebuild a home. we can get another boat, but when you lose a loved one, there s just no words that can describe how we feel for that family. so we hope and pray those numbers stay as low as possible. more than 430,000 people remain without power across florida, and some in places like fort myers beach and sanibel island could be without power for more than a month. crews are already trying to reconnect the hurricane ravaged barrier islands to the mainland, a temporary gravel bridge to pine island could be done by the end of the week. cnn s boris sanchez is there in lee county. boris, we know that it will take months, if not years to put these communities back together. what s the latest on that path that you know now? re