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Southern senators in the sixties who defended states rights. This vote, im ashamed to say, is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. In an unusual move, Vice President harris presided over the senate during tonights vote afterward chief vowed democrats will continue pushing for federal Voting Rights legislation. When were talking about the right to vote, it is not a republican concern or a democratic concern it isnt an american c...

World. asian shares pretty much mixed. europe has opened higher. big bounce back in paris and london. look, on wall street stock index futures leaning higher as well. you know, yesterday another 1,000 point swing for the dow. the barely changed closing number belies another wild and dramatic day. the dow climbed up from the worst losses after strong outlooks from american express, johnson & johnson and ibm. the s&p closed down just over a percent. its fallen now 9.2% from the recent high. that m...

Prosecutors so what they have done in changing their policies, we are seeing it in manhattan right now with the district attorney clarifying, in his words, hes going to be prosecuting or how his office will prosecute crime. the new york city, crimes are up 38% this year these are san francisco statistics, we are comparing 2021 compared to 2020, homicide up 60.7%. assault up 9.2%. larceny up 22.7%. why do you think, in a number of ideas thrown out here, why is it that cities like san francisco an...

100% month over month. it is absolutely astounding. people are vowing never to use gofundme again because of the idealogical stancing theyre taking. we take a neutral position. we allow people to fund raise, period. rachel: yeah, i know i would never use go fund my after that. when they tried to do, what they did do was outrageous. there is an economist, the name of arthur brooks, who did a study on conservatives, on philanthropy shows conservatives are more generous, individual conservatives ar...

A friend, and i would go to the movie. they can talk up to five minutes each, and are then given a score by a team ofjudges. the winner goes on to perform at the moth grand slam — so no pressure then. this is quite nerve racking, and the prospect of me having to be up on that stage sometime soon is kind of freaking me out. 9.2, very nice, we applaud. strictly between you and me, im secretly keeping my fingers crossed that i wont be chosen, so you can imagine my horror when this happened. give ...

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On to other news... elon musk has become twitter s biggest shareholder. the stock rose 27% on the news. 0ur north america business correspondent — michelle fleury has the latest. what do you do if you are a prolific user of social media and one of the richest people on the planet? if you are elon musk, you buy a 9.2% stake in twitter to become the platforms biggest shareholder. shares in the microblogging site let on the news. at one time if you have a person like elon musk having a vested imp...

>> ee lofk. >> elon musk named to twitters board of directors, he purchased 9.2% of company stock, becoming its biggest shareholder. hey, kelly. >> hi, mike. yes, twitter critic elon musk has some skin in the game. it could be a win for free speech since musks financial stake booster the influence at twitter. musk has agreed not to acquire more than 14.9% of the company shares while he remains on the board and 90 days thereafter. it prevents him from executing a hostile takeover. a comment this ...

Twitter serves as that affect all public town square, failing to adhere to free-speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. what should be done? is a new platform needed? is elon musk going to start his own? maybe he is driving the price down to buy more for less. he wanted in on twitter which could have a huge impact. >> ainsley: he brought 9.2% of twitter. thats where $3.5 billion now, because the stock surged 30%. he is an innovator. based on that march to eat, he recognizes that fr...

This is a company thats saying its still not enough. heres howard schulz coming in. by the way, his first move was to say no more share buybacks, which politically in washington has become a lighten rod itself. >> right. >> i think he can say to the employees, were going to invest in you and in these stores, and thats what this is about. at least it takes that issue after the table temporarily. >> lets talk about twitter and elon musk. >> biggest story of the morning. >> why would elon musk put ...