hi, everyone we start with the fireworks in washington, d.c., today. emanating from the committee set up by the housegop. it took republicans 15 votes now in the days and months that fod followed, the house gop has done nothing except projecting the rest of their colleagues and us to the grievance of lies and conspiracies that animate life over on earth 2 where they live. today a hearing by the so-called weaponization commit presumably focused on censorship on social media and a lawsuit brought by the then-republican attorney general of missouri, he has to be an attorney from missouri, pushing back against efforts by social media to fight disinformation schmidt was one of two witnesses brought forward by republicans, but republican majority on this committee who testified and was dismissed, sent away before democrats could ask one single question so much for a functioning committee in which the free exchange of ideas and sharing of witnesses prevails democrats were justifiabl
This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News from hollywood. The Writers Guild of america says it has reached a tentative agreement with Major Television and film studios. That means that after nearly five months, the Writers Strike that brought the television and Film Industries to a standstill, could be coming to an end. Writers could return by thursday, before the terms are trat ratified. The use of Artificial Intelligence was reportedly one of the final sticking points. This could pave the way for hollywood to restart many productions that have been halted since may 2nd. Cnn media critic brian lowery joins me more from passenger. What more do we know about this . Did everyone get what they wanted . Well, we dont know the details. But they did put out a statement calling the deal exceptional and saying, basically, that there was something for everyone in the guild. Thats not a small thing. The guild represents a diverse collection of writers. Everything from veteran show r
tonight. so what do those voters want to hear? consistently those who want to like donald trump say they want him to be more controlled, more on message. while those who want to like joe biden say they want him to prove his age is not an issue. are either one of them going to deliver? and what exactly does delivering look like? what exactly is the metric for a good performance on age or on personal control? let s try to figure that out. joining us from atlanta, vaughn hilliard and staff writer for the atlantic and msnbc political contributor vonn leibovich. vaughn, donald trump is coming up with expectation. he s not controlled. he s not polite and he interrupts and over talks, but this is a situation that will cut him off. his mike will be cut. you can probably still hear him if he keeps talking and his microphone will not be on and are we going to see a different donald trump tonight? this is going to be his 17th debate, katy. as you said, this is not new for him, and o
political commentators. as you know, trump is ahead in his latest poll in iowa by 23 points. that is the lower than what he s ahead in the national polls. what is i say to you? i love that we are contextualizing what a 23 percentage point lead is. that is somehow, yes. it is lower than the national polls. that is tell me where the campaign is engaged the most. there is potential opportunity but we should not for service.. he has stress as much support as ron desantis in iowa right now, so these other candidates, yes, there is a clear opportunity, especially if the non-trump site of the party coalesces around one person but the question now hovering around all of these folks is, how are you going to prevent a trump coronation from taking
in whether or not that happens. former secretary of state, hillary clinton. i appreciate you being here tonight. i apologize it being in the middle of this news wreck. i never would have guessed it. more often, there is going to be an indictment. just tell me when i should shop the next time and we will see what these charges will be done. thank you. the new essay in the atlantic on called the representation of loneliness. strongman leadership and authoritarianism and whether or not we will remain susceptible to this sort of thing even though we think of ourselves as the kind of country with this can t happen. talk about one extraordinary voice to hear from on a night like tonight. contextualizing all of it for us in terms of the emotional gravity of the moment, political division, social upheaval and my friends