no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former president. a columnist for the washington post writes, quote, year by year, cpac has become less and less of a wonky conservative movement networking event and more and more of a circus. the guest list features fewer and fewer policy experts debating the correct path for conservatives and more and more telegenic faces who usually populate the fox news green room. one after another, at cpac, serving up red meat. the tone is now indistinguishable from one of trump s campaign rallies. in a set of talk for a economic solutions to help american lives, cpac mainly focus on a politics
presidency, also new details in how fast the trump administration did intel on the current president. as you expect, democrats are fuming. plus, immigration and child labor, the latest in the msnbc exclusive investigation into how and why migrant kids were forced to work and slaughterhouses across this country. and later, tending to the whole flock. we ll speak to a bishop working to make sure that lgbtq community has a home in his church. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the story of donald trump and how he transformed the republican party into his own image. no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former pr
we have andrew weissman here. should be interesting. also late they are hour, new clues on where covid really came from and what it means for safety and geopolitics. we do the facts here with an open mind, and we ll try to bring that perspective to a very important story. even if we re talking about some aspects of safety policy, we re going to get into where this virus came from. that s later tonight. the top story now is a once in a year moment. comics raising the curtain on this cpac conference in today s real news. stays coachella were team who post on facebook in all caps. clowns periodically in ash centers. there will be a quan session sorry, q&a. qanon/q&a, you get it. this conference has become in more ways bizarre than conservative. while many political gathers have all kinds of characters i have been to conferences across the spectrum. you see all kinds of stuff. we ll show you what the proramming is and you can see for yourself. they have sessions on
children killed in a deadly mass shootings. one of the parents spoke to reporters after her son was murdered and spoke about the need for lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will not, though, mark the end of alex jones legal troubles. two more lawsuits ahead brought by more parents of those killed at sandy hook and the fate of records of his private conversations now sought by the january 6th committee. let s begin tonight with drew
i m jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. that s how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of america s deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. now we should point out that the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will