On the boat dog. Why the whole country seems to be talking about what happened when a black cocaptain standing on that dog, pre faced an unprovoked attack by a mob of white folks for asking them to move their pontoon boat, please say. As the cocaptain approached the dock and attempted to peacefully move the boat over, just so that they could park, the owners of the boat confront them in a hostile manner. There were words exchanged and then it turned into the combat that you have all seen. So the cocaptain was doing his job. Now we have an interview with the Montgomery Police chief in a bit and we will will more charges becoming, or talk about it ahead. But lets begin with our Breaking News this hour. Cnn projects that voters in ohio have rejected a measure that is seen as a proxy in the battle over Abortion Rights. They voted down in effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The head of November Referendum On Whether to constitutionally guaranteed Abortion Rights in tha
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, everyone. i m tom king in for alisyn camera at that. debt ceiling drama. we re closer to a debt ceiling deal, closer but not there yet. janet yellen gave them four more days, and we ve got a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning, can they get it done in time? plus, can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that s the question, as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not being shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and lasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than what he was running in 2015 and 2016. and i think the direction he s going with the campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. can ron desantis? here s a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you
good evening everyone. i m john king. welcome to cnn tonight. debt ceiling drama. we are closer to a deal but not there yet. the fact that janet yellen essentially gave them four more days means, well, we have a ways to go. even if they make a deal tomorrow morning can they get it done in time? plus can a trump-like candidate beat donald trump? that is the question as ron desantis gets his campaign in high gear. the florida governor not shy at all about taking on the former president, ripping him on the border of all things, calling him a big spender, and blasting his covid policies. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than when he was running in 2015 and 2016. i think the direction that he is going with his campaign is the wrong direction. no other republican in the trump era has been able to walk that tight rope. the question is can ron desantis? and here is a sobering thought this memorial day weekend. whenever you go in the wate
good evening, everyone. thanks for tuning in i m alison camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. let s start with the culture wars. in the past 24 hours the battlefield has been noisy. more battles about books in the classroom, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves. here is florida governor ron desantis this morning surrounded by and taking urgent action to protect gas stoves. they are trying to take away your gas stove. they are coming for any little thing in your life that they can do, and i think what they want to be able to do is they ultimately want to control the amount of energy you consume. well, it turns 92% of floridians use electric stoves, but let s not let that get in the way. what is this really about? well, governor sarah huckabee sanders spelled it out. we are under attack in a left wing culture war we didn t start and never wanted to fight. sure seems like some people do want this fight. but what s the truth about culture war rhetoric? we
balloon, the pentagon refusing to say whether they re considering shooting down what sure looks like a chinese fly balloon, officials telling cnn they haven t ruled it out either, meanwhile the balloon the size, by the way of three school buss is meandering along thousands of feet up in the sky. it was spotted twice on wednesday over montana and twice missouri today including in columbia missouri this very afternoon, where this exclusive footage was shot. now, the flying about 60,000 feet up 18,000 feet higher than a commercial airplane and the pentagon said there s another chinese spy balloon currently somewhere over latin america. we ll talk about what the heck is going on in the skies tonight here to help us figure this out. cnn tom foreman and animal coldnal layton, let me begin with you, tom at the magic wall, where has this balloon been and where is it going. if we trust what the military thinks about it where it s been was china, flying coming in over canada and drif