your podcasts. the news continues with jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. tonight with exactly three weeks until the critical midterm elections here in the united states, candidates across the country in key races are increasingly taking extremism to the extreme. but what exactly is the definition of extremism? obviously that depends on who you ask. in a new ad airing in pennsylvania, republican u.s. senate candidate dr. mehmet oz paints himself as a middle-of the-road type of guy. his opponent fetterman is extreme for supporting criminal justice reform and supporting traditional democratic economic plans. guys like john fetterman take everything to the extreme. extremism on both sides makes things worse. we need balance, less extremism in washington. i m sure fetterman would respond that most of the extremism in contemporary american politics is coming from inside dr. oz s own party, but extremism, extremist, that s an insult we r
this week s episode top artist and composure lori anderson who s incredible. talked about the death of her husband rock legend and also the death of her beloved dog. some of the unexpected ways she fell after their death. the puck has comes out tomorrow morning, you can find on apple podcast, wherever yothe news co. t. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. tonight, with exactly three weeks until the critical midterm elections here in the united states, candidates across the country are increasingly taking extremism to the extreme, but what exactly is the definition of extremism? obviously that depends on who you ask. in a new ad airing in pennsylvania, dr. mehmet oz paints himself is a middle of the road kind of guy. he labels his democratic opponent, lieutenant government john fetterman, as extreme for supporting criminal justice reform and supporting economic democratic plans. guys like john fetterman take everything to extreme. extremism on both sides makes things
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result. reporter: we could indeed. certainly something that is not set in stone and isn t necessarily on the official agenda.
involved have been charged with federal civil rights violations. join me now to discuss this is our nbc news justice corresponded. charles coleman, and reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network. reverend, you know the family. as you know she was an aspiring nurse, she was working as an emt when she was killed. police were looking for a former boyfriend who wasn t even there. as someone who fought for the family to get justice what is your take on this decision? i think it is an important step in the right direction. clearly you look at the indictments, four of the officers have been indicted because they actively tried to cover up what they did. they conspired to violate her rights. the other went around the house and shot through what they called the curtains set where you could not see, shot in and ended up with a bullet going into a neighbors house, clearly a violation of civil rights. i think what is important is she was still pushing as were so many