Afternoon on early pickup. All right, harry, thanks. So much and thanks to all of us Special Election coverage starts now this is a big night in michigan as voters in that critical swingstate cast back now lets in the 2024 president ial race, most Polling Places are closing right now. In democratic and republican primaries that are Testing Support for the likely nominees both parties, im Anderson Cooper is a Special Edition of ac360 and im jake tapper. We are standing by for the very first results from michigan. Now that voting has ended it most of the state, were going to get our first chance to project winners once the last Polling Places close less than an hour from now in the democratic primary President Biden i might be facing his most serious challenge yet this election youre not from his longshot opponents. Congressman dean phillips know from progressives who are opposed to them president s response to the israel hamas war. This group of progressives, they are pushing for a perm
Just waiting for the cronkite awards to begin. The award is presented in excellence in tv political journalism. Jonathan karl, ben collins, and Margaret Brennan are along the recipients. It will begin shortly on cspan. Professor martin kaplan. [applause] thank you. I know that hand is the voice of god, and god appreciates it. Good afternoon. Thank you. Thrilled to have you here. An amazing day. A lot of people worked really hard to make it happen. And you are those people. If you are watching us now on cspan, or on facebook live, if you are here in the room, please enjoy your salads. Above all, welcome to the 12th biannual Walter Cronkite awards for excellence in Television Political journalism. On behalf of the unc Annenberg School for communication and our Sister School at the university of pennsylvania, the Annenberg School s annenberg Public Policy center, we are thrilled to have you. You dont need me to tell you that these are Tumultuous Times for television, journalism, and polit
Heavily benefit the rich. Chuck schumer wants the vote delayed until doug jones is sworn in january. President trump wants to play for the border wall by trimming surveillance costs and freezing the pay of federal office at the department of homeland security. He wants to where offset some s by having the dhs decrease its funding for technology by 175 million. The details are still uncertain because the information is coming from a whistleblower. Lets talk about the latest on the russia probe. The Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein grilled on 90 pages of Text Messages between two fbi officials assigned to the probe criticizing President Trump who was campaigning at the time. Some lawmakers say the messages are evidence that the investigation is biased against the president. This morning Montgomery County police admit they could have done a better job in the case of a missing teenager who went to walt whitman high school. The case ended in the death of 17yearold navid sepehri. He wa
For the house. Republicans forced to revote on the tax overhaul. The excited House Speaker paul ryan making the rounds on morning tv. Speaker ryan we are convinced it will grow the economy. It is just a question of degree. Vice president pence the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Kenneth it is the largest chain shoe tax policy more than three decades. Protests in the Senate Chamber democrats outraged. Chuck Schumer Chuck schumer what a disgrace. That is what this bill is. Kenneth President Trump ting the president and gop leaders promising jobs. Mitch mcconnell if we cannot sell this to the american kenneth the Corporate Tax rate . Americans will see their standard deduction and child tax credit. A new study Shows Americans making 75,000 or less will face a tax hike in a decade. Wealthy americans will continue to see a tax cut. To celebrate his first legislative victory, President Trump is invited republicans to the white house. Is expected to deliver remarks. No word on when he will s
Humidity, it is not going to be hard for any storms that do develop to become strong. Once again, yesterday we saw the flash flooding. That was the biggest threat. Today, that threat still a threat but not quite as high. It is the high winds that we are going to be dealing with. Yes there is a low threat of a tornado today best chance of that northern portions of maryland around the masondixon line. Continue to track it for you throughout the afternoon. Amelia segal and i are in all day. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolina governor nikki haley is about to end the controversy that has divided her state for more than half a century. Haley is signing a bill that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds. These are live pictures from columbia, South Carolina. This move will come hours after the state house passed this legislation. The Governors Office says the flag will come down in a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 00. We are closely following this breaking news.