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And those in oofr africa and suggesting somehow that our moral debt is less because they were born into slavery as opposed to snatched from their homes. >> yes that is definitely how i felt they were portraying this information. >> and also less than 4% of slavery in the western hemisphere was in colonial america. was that to minimize the number of slaves here which still numbered in the millions >> i believe so. >> this weekend i talked to wisconsin to talk to a local elections official about t...

Watching steve kornacki watch the results come in, it became clearer and clearer to everyone that not only would there be no midterm red wave, but with the help of a small group of independent and republican voters, there would be a wholesale rejection of election-denying candidates who were seeking control over the next election. "the new york times" today has taken a look at the group of republicans and independents who were concerned enough about the state of our democracy, this, quote, preca...

Helped deliver the gop the house majority republican leaders that backed him including kevin mccarthy and elise stefanik have not yet commented on the controversy but the post also notes this, senior house republicans were apparently aware of the inaccuracies and embellishments in the representative elects resumé and that topic became a running joke multiple insiders close to the house gop leadership told the paper over the weekend nbc news has attempted to reach santos for comment overnight bu...

Of the century, first responders from nearby states and military police heading to upstate new york to help. state troopers now using tactical gear to clear cars from congested roads. the region tonight bracing for a warmup and the big melt. with widespread rain heading east in the next few days. flooding already along the west coast. higher elevations expecting more than two feet of snow. mona kosar abdi in buffalo. meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out. and that news just coming in fr...

Not welcome at any of their events moving forward. >> yeah, i guess it does depend on how you define fraud. if youre talking about actual criminal activity, that so far has not been proven. a portion of "the new york times" that initially started this talked about a criminal charge that would been brought in brazil for check fraud. but where these interviews really began if you look closely is making that point, that nothing he did rises to the level of criminal activity, but thats sending a ver...

Where governor-elect katie hobbs and the states most populous county filed sanctions against kari lake. a judge ruled against the bid overturn the election results. lawyers for hobbs and mare copa county asking for $25,000 from lake for attorney fees the paper work filed by the attorneys paints a clearer picture. reading before a single vote was counted in the 2022 general election kari lake publicly stated that she would accept the results only if she were the winning candidate. the filing read...

New york republican congressman-elect george santos says he will address the public this week over allegations he fabricated part of his resumé. he has come under scrutiny in a "new york times" article that claimed parts of his biography were fake. cnn went on to confirm those details and added inconsistencies about his claim his grandparents were holocaust survivors. cnn correspondent athena jones is in new york following the latest on this. what is santos saying ahead this have official respo...

Emerging from the emergency evacuation of a jetblue flight at joins jfk airport at christmas eve. authorities say it was a phone charger that caused smoke in the cabin on a trip in barbados. 167 people were removed on an emergency slide. five suffering minor injuries. and tonight, long island congressman-elect george santos is answering his critics and admitting he lied about his past. the republican says he never worked droektly at goldman sachs or citigroup, claiming he made a poor choice of...

Even here the nativity show mug -- must go on, but the suffering lingers. just outside the sanctity of the church is disrupted by an air raid siren, russias gift to ukraine this christmas eve. ian lee, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. today in arizona kari lake, the outspoken ally of former president trump, suffered a legal defeat. a judge ruled against her challenge of the democratic governor elect, katie hobbs. that followed a trial where lake alleged misconduct. this ends the highest profile legal ...

Russian attacks around bakhmut in the don mass. the handful still living there describe a living hell as russia tries to bomb them back to the stone age. >> translator: we have no information. we have in electricity. we dont know what is going on. no electricity, no water, no gas. what could we know? we just heard the explosions and thats all. >> reporter: power problems plagued the posh capitol kyiv. elect electric supplies running at 50%. that translates to 12 hours a day without power for mos...