lynching is a tool to control and oppress black people. racialized violence is as old as the constitution. klans are not running around with white sheets over their head, but it s still happening. today, people are horrified of the police. it s the modern day lynching. what are we going to do about it? we move forward with people deciding i m bold enough, and i m going to make it change. beulah mae donald took on one of the most violent criminal organizations in the united states. this is an incredible story of courage. the body of a black man has been found hanging from a tree in mobile, alabama. living in mobile was a quiet town. it s nothing but old trees. but after march 1981, it was kind of, like, creepy to me to just look at the trees. the hurt is still there. the hurt my mom went through, i just visualize her face and i go, like, i can t talk about it today. my mama, beulah mae donald, was a quiet woman. she was a good-hearted person. all the neighbor
appointed judge who will make that call. plus, trump s legal liability. simultaneous investigations are underway from january 6th to georgia. what poses the most peril for the former president? also, rudy giuliani s role in january 6th should come as no surprise to those of you who remember the new york police riots. we ll talk about rudy event than in rudy now. i ve ever jury guesses comedy paves the way for others to follow. this is american voices. erican voices. we begin this hour and texas. a judge will hand down a ruling that could affect the future of abortion access across the country. it could affect laws that protect reproductive freedom. it comes down to one man, a judge with a long history of antiabortion beliefs. judge matthew because merrick has, quote, the opportunity to impose the most far-reaching limit on abortion access since the supreme court overturned roe. he will soon rule on a lawsuit seeking to revoke u.s. government approval of mifepristone, a ke
blinken. now the secretary of state. that line was election interference. yet there wasn t a single question about the story today at the white house briefing. we by contrast will have all the latest on it just a moment. but first, good evening and welcome to the tucker carlson tonight. for centuries politicians in this country assumed that in order to win an election had to convince voters to vote for you. had to make their case. that was called democracy. the defining strategic inside of the modern democratic party is you don t need to convince anyone of anything. what matters is demographics. you need to import enough people from elsewhere, people that are financially dependent on you in order to live. that s the story in the state of california. that s white california changed. that s why texas is changing. it s also happening at the local level all over the country. democrats have realized that they win the vote in virtually every major city. the suburbs remain contested
good friday morning to you. so solemn day of news today, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today the nation will see exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols during a violent encounter with police in memphis, tennessee. the injuries he sustained during that traffic stop ultimately leading to his death, and some of those videos, including those from police body cameras, have been described as appalling, horrific and inhumane. right now five memphis police officers have been fired, charged with several felonies, including second-degree murder. this morning a remarkable one on cnn, cnn s don lemon spoke exclusively with memphis police chief c.j. davis revealing extensive new details about what you are going to see in the videos that will be released later today. the two meticulously walking through what led up to the traffic stop and remaining questions about that, the beating and the arrest of tyre nichols. also the ongoing investigations into the officers respo
good wednesday morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim scuitto. perhaps some relief. the first flights taking off moments ago from reagan national airport here in d.c., this after the faa lifted the earl why are ground stop. now restarting all u.s. takeoffs, but the logistical nightmare continues as airports across the country try to get their flights back on schedule. they re still mounting. it all started early morning after a key faa system went down, halting all u.s. flight departures. and that spreads around the world. in london, passengers said they were stuck on the tarmac for hours waiting to be taken off. president biden has been briefed, and they re work ing - and we ll respond at that time. pete muntean is at reagan airport, and athena jones, and emeril walker there in atlanta. this is a vote good sign now that flights are taking off. a very good sign. things were at a standstill. that s when the faa alleviated this ground stop they had in place for a coup