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good morning, everyone! here we are. >> weve made it. everybody got up. we woke up. >> were all awake. is this rehearsal or real? >> its real. its the real thing. >> are you guys ready? i think were ready. >> im don lemon alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is november 1st and welcome to our very first show we hope you enjoy. youll learn a lot about us and get a lot of news. >> a lot of news. since i moved here, a halloween parade outside my apartment last night that went un...

you beat meryl streep. for a grammy. so -- theres that. >> if meryl streep comes for it, like if she confronts me and juans the grammy because she should have got the grammy i will just give it to her. she is merle "freaking" streep. right? what will i do? no, no. it is for me? >> i have met and chatted with meryl streep only once and based on that i know she wont do that. the other thing, rachel, is that tomorrow night the georgia senators are going to be making their appearances here...

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Moment. there are voter restriction bills that disproportionately impact black and brown voters being considered in statehouses across the counted while conservative take culture wars to the classroom, trying to blunt away elements of americas racist past being taught in schools. were back with eddie, claire, nick and donny. its important, nick, to point out that this is the other side of the coin of what theyre doing. theyre actually legislating in statehouses most aggressively about voter repr...

Is there going to be an asterisks next to the winners name forever? >> im not completely sure. what happens in georgia, there there be an asterisks there, the case stacey abrams and her people are making, more relying on voter repression. >> neil: that some couldnt vote. and that was deliberate on his part to squelch the voting for her? >> thats the accusation there were hundreds of thousands of people removed from the voter rolls over brian kemps tenure there. in terms of the asterisks, as long...

Weve come far in some areas, and we are still at the same place in others. even more dangerous to people that believe in civil rights, were seeing a lot of what doctor king gave his life for, which we will comem on wednesday, is now jeopardize by the domestic agenda. voting rights act is one of the pillars of dr. kings achievements. this administration has said, no, its voter repression and voter fraud, not voter suppression and the violating of the voting rights act. this administration has sai...

Aclu and the executive director of the advancement projects national office. dale, the statement from the nation association of secretaries of state. they said, we are not aware of any evidence that supports the voter fraud claims made by president trump in the leadup to the november 2016 election. secretaries of state expressed their confidence in the systemic integrity of the election process and they stand behind that statement today. if republican secretaries of state like john usted who eng...

People dont always understand the policies, they dont like obama care because his name is in it. the republicans cheat, they fool people, voter repression, theyre cheaters. >> which candidate do you want to see become the next president? >> i was a competeian, i would like to see, i dont know, sarah palin or rand paul. the race i think would be interesting is hillary and rand paul, rand paul, if he wasnt half crazy, i really like part of him thats not crass. he could still millennial votes. she ...

This is a common sense best practice. if you think about the things that we need to show voter i.d.s for, we see this is a common day occurrence in american life. this is all a political strategy to use fear of voter repression to gin up, you know, the turnout of latino and african-american votes in some key battle ground states. >> clayton: ken blackwell-- >> lets call it what it is. >> clayton: ken blackwell, the former mayor of cincinnati, thank you for joining us with insights probably not h...