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"cnn tonight" with the big star, d lemon. >> i haven't seen my mom in over a year. and after being home in quarantine, i would not suggest that she try to pick me up. >> i could tell, when i was watching that grandma's face, that she had to sink with the knees, a little bit more, when he ran into her. she was like, whoo. but you know what? for whatever reason, whether it's right or wrong, grandparents love to know is that your kids are gaining weight. >> oh, my gosh. too skinny. you're too skinny. >> i know, right? i hear that all the time with mario. we all want to be the chevalas. we all want that moment. >> and we can be. >> i am going away next week. bella just turned 18. she's the big shot. she just got into another college. >> oh, wow. >> got a scholarship to the first one. i said, we're done. we're done. you're getting money. you go to that school. it's fine. we need choices? so, we are going to go away for the break because, you know, the kids have been denied so many memories. >> yeah. >> and we see families a lot. i mean, don and i, we see each other's family, all the time. you have to understand. >> i saw your wife and your son today. why is he wearing leg weights? >> he -- how crazy? i hope he is watching right now. he's wearing ankle weights around, because he thinks it's going to make him jacked. >> he's like a bean pole. not going to happen. and listen. let me tell you about this. when i was his age, i would take weight-gain powder, right? remember, that was in? you take weight-gain powder. and my mom said to me, one day, you are going to regret that. and now, i need weight-loss powder because, you know, it'll come, in time, mario, relax. >> he's built like tarzan, that guy. he's going to be great. he's got his mother's genes. let me ask you something. >> yep. >> i had natasha alfred on, right? smart. she says, i know what they want. they want me to come on here, and be all, you know, hot and angry about this. and outraged about what ron johnson said. but, no, because i know the game they're playing. >> yeah. >> that bothers me. everybody should be outraged by this. unless he's really ignorant. and i have to tell you, the combination of saying i don't need a vaccine, and white rioters don't bother me but black ones do. maybe, he's just ignorant. maybe, he is. he's a u.s. senator. i mean, he is certainly wrong but maybe, he doesn't get it. >> i was going to say, you took the words -- we have been tooth way too long. you tooks words right out of my mouth. many people don't know they are being racist. he doesn't know. and in his mind, it is okay to say. that was his reality. that maybe, he wasn't afraid. he probably was not afraid of the -- >> i mean, look, he was the one pitching the big lie. he -- he should've felt comfortable. he -- he should've, you know, welcomed them, with open arms. those are the guys he was telling, this is robbed, this was stolen. this is that. and then, he's the one who said it. what did he say about january 6th? i didn't know who it was. >> as james baldwin said, he said that -- he said two black people that they were going to have to help their -- their white brothers and sisters because they were trapped in a history that they didn't understand. and ron johnson is trapped in a history that he does not understand. he has come out of american soil, that has taught him, that what he is saying and what he believes. those thoughts that he has, that it's okay. that it's right. and it is -- and he completely believes, in his head. i believe that he does believe it. so, that makes him ignorant. i believe that he thinks it's okay. and that, that was his reality. that those white rioters weren't going to harm him. >> right. >> because they were of like mind and complexion. but, the -- if they were black rioters or black protestors, that he might be harmed not just because they're of a different complexion, because he believes that they're of different beliefs. >> but he also knows -- >> but hang on. hang on. but what is that? that's racism. >> oh, absolutely. >> that's the essence of racism. sorry, go on. >> absolutely. absolutely. maybe, though, he's just making us -- he's making the right play for him because the combination of these guys are better than the black version of them, works in that base. and the oh, they're coming after me, they are going to cancel me now, race card, race. that works, too. that works, too. so, he's got the sword and the shield. and i have to tell you, there is this nonsense that i haven't figured out how to get through, yet. where people will say, about january 6th, you weren't that upset about that stuff, last summer. i said, what act of terrorism against the u.s. capitol happened last summer? oh, no, but all-summer long, they were running around, you know, doing all those violence and you didn't think it was bad, then. now, i will tell you the truth. >> what was the act of provocation in the summer? sorry, what was the act of provocation on the 6th? who were -- who were driving -- who were driving cars and -- and instigating and trying to goad the protestors? none of that happened on january 6th. now, i'm not saying there wasn't violence this-past summer. but to compare the two is really just bogus. >> first of all, one was an act of terror and insurrection of the u.s. capitol that tried to stop the certification of an election. okay? that's a standalone. now, i don't really care what the provocation was, on one level. i, absolutely, believe that there is systemic inequality, and we have problems with policing in communities, that disproportionately affect minorities. period. i don't care why you choose to destroy a building, or hurt a cop. you're a criminal. and you have become what you oppose, at a minimum. but what i'm saying is there is too much of a quickness, in our country right now, to say, they did it, too. we are not united, in the way we need to be in this country, don. and it is very frightening, to me, because if it's not about race, then why did you pitch that blm stuff as some arm of the democratic party that was coming to get you, who's not blm? why is it that all the election fraud happened in black communities? why is it that january 6th wound up being something that is now being maulfied? why is it that your response to the election is the biggest wave of suppression, since jim crow. if it has nothing to do with race, why is it all about race, on every level? >> i'm always asking those questions. and so, i think we will leave it at that. i'll let you ask those questions. >> really got a punch to it. you say it, it's kind of like, you know? >> no, no, no. i don't think you should make fun of that. no, no, i am being completely serious. i think those are pertinent questions to answer. >> they're rhetorical questions. >> yes. >> we know the answers. >> yep. >> they are living in abject denial of the answers. ron johnson knows that he is making the right play for himself. >> yeah, but ron johnson is ignorant. and ron johnson is, also, racist. >> how about all the senators who let him say that? if i ever said anything like that, anything close to it, you wouldn't let me finish the sentence. >> no, and i would come over to the next studio because you're in the next studio. and i'd beat your you know what. >> nobody said anything. the silence, i'll be silent now. but for a different reason. i love you, d lemon. >> i love you, too. let's keep talking like this. i know it's uncomfortable for some people. but not for us. >> not for us. makes us better. makes us understand things. you are a great benefit to me. you are a gift in my life and i love you. >> this is "cnn tonight." thank you, sir. this is "cnn tonight." i am don lemon. so, guess what? y'all, there is some optimism. 100 million shots, in arms. amen. that's great. 100 million checks, in pockets. you keep asking, where the good news is? there it is. 100 million shots in arms. 100 million checks in pockets. who doesn't want a check in the mail? i know i do. all, in the next ten days. that's the promise, from the president joe biden. >> over the next ten days, we will reach two goals. two giant goals. the first is 100 million shots in people's arms will have been completed within the next ten days. and 100 million checks, in people's pockets. >> that's from the new president in office. just -- just a little bit more than 50 days and the new vice president. kamala harris. in las vegas, today, with americans getting some of those 100 million shots in arms. and while the president and the vice president are working to sell their desperately-needed, massive covid-relief plan to the american people. the republican party, the party of no, no, no, no. the party of, cancel culture, mr. potato head, dr. seuss, doubling down on the racism, again, today. we just talked about ron johnson. remember this? ron johnson. senator ron johnson, defending the rioters who dattacked the u.s. capitol. >> i knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to -- to break a law. and so, i wasn't concerned. now, had the tables been turned, joe, this could get me in trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election, and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protestors, i might've been a little concerned. >> this will get me in trouble. had it been black lives matter protestors, might get him in trouble. it's black lives matter. you're afraid of them. come on, brother. we ain't stupid. we heard you. you heard him. said he wasn't concerned about the trump supporters who actually rioted at the capitol and hurt police officers. one of whom died. but he would have been terrified, he would have been afraid, if they had been black lives matter or antifa. afraid, if they had been black lives matter or antifa. by the way, black lives matter and antifa did not riot at the capitol. you heard him. you heard him say that he knows that that will get him in trouble. he knows it'll get him in trouble. but, he says it, anyway. because he -- he wants people to hear it. he is not afraid. he wants to say the racist part, out loud. totally, unrepentant, today. >> there was nothing racial about my comments. nothing, whatsoever. this isn't about race. this is about riots. i wasn't surprised, but it's still pretty shocking, that it would take, what i consider, completely innocuous comment, and turn it into, you know, use the race card on me. and, you know, say there's some kind of racist comment involved in that. there was none. >> he -- you don't even -- he doesn't even believe that. yet, when somebody's talking like this, you know, with a smile? i mean, come on. they just taking it -- i'm just making this up off my head. it's just the race card. i mean, come on. i'm not. when somebody's smiling at you about like this. you know what that means, don't you? that's not what i meant at all. i mean, as i'm perspiring and smiling through my teeth while i'm talking. we didn't just fall off the turnip truck. i'm from baton rouge, louisiana. i have seen that face, and i have heard that voice for 50-some-odd years. i know it, when i see it. and i know it when i hear it. using the race card on him? seriously, ron johnson? let's remember, it was rioters at the capitol, who openly paraded the confederate-battle flag. it's all about a deliberate attempt to normalize what happened on january 6th. and there was nothing normal about it. to say he wasn't concerned about the rioters who chanted, hang mike pence. really? >> hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence! >> he wasn't concerned about them, because they were law abiding, and they really stuck up and respected law enforcement. they would never do anything to break the law, like enter the capitol, illegally. how do you normalize people like the army reservist -- these are our cases in point. okay? the army reservist charged with storming the capitol. a well-known white supremacist and nazi sympathizer at the navy base where he worked, who was even rebuked for his hitler-style mustache. how do you normalize that? how do you normalize the two men arrested and charged with assaulting capitol police officer brian sicknick? who died after they allegedly sprayed him with a toxic chemical. how do you normalize that? hmm? how do you -- how do you -- how do you normalize that? how? i just -- you know? and let's not forget, the blatant appeal to racism. of congressman glenn grothman. claiming that black lives matter doesn't like what he calls the old-fashioned family. >> the strength that black lives matter had in this last election. i know it's a group that doesn't like the old-fashioned family. disturbed that we have another program here, in which we are increasing the marriage penalty. >> i think we're all pretty clear on what he thinks that old-fashioned family looks like. the old-fashioned family, that he claims, black lives matter doesn't like. here's another one just digging himself deeper and deeper and deeper into a hole. >> well, the tax credits were one more anti-marriage provision in the tax code. and when we have had such influence of "black lives matter." an organization that when founded made clear on their website that they are opposed to what they refer to as the western-prescribed nuclear family. nuclear families are, of course, worldwide. but i think, it's important to, always, point out that there are people who are anti-marriage, who keep making anti-marriage provisions in federal law. >> that was a long explanation, that said nothing. see, it's all about the tax code. and if you believe that, well, anyway. if it's all about the tax code, then you got to wonder why congressman, the congressman, keeps bringing up black lives matter. because, as far as i can see, black lives matter had precisely-zero influence on the tax code. but, there's something that bothers him about blm, and i wonder what that could be. because, he just keeps trying to defend his flat-out racist claim that black lives matter doesn't like the old-fashion family. okay. so, you know, we like facts, first, on this show. the fact checkers looked at what blm says about families, and they want people to support one another, beyond -- let me just get this clear. they want people to support one another, beyond the nuclear family. and they call for family-friendly spaces and equal rights for mothers. so, if parents are working, maybe, grandparents step in. or aunts and uncles or sisters and brothers. millions of families, not just black families, raise their children that way. right? but the congressman. well, what the congressman wants to do is cast dispersions on them. wants to otherize them. he wants you to think that they are a threat to the american way of life. so, while all that is going on, the assault on voting rights is happening, right under our noses. >> it is the re-dux of jim crow in a suit and tie. we know the only thing that precipitated these changes. in fact, secretary of state and the governor went to great pains to assure america that georgia's elections were secure. and so, the only connection that we can find is that more people of color voted. and it changed the outcome of elections in a direction, that republicans do not like. >> so, the gop, what used to be the party of lincoln, is fighting to take away your voting rights. more than 250 bills, nationwide, to roll back voter access. to try to get -- to make it harder for people to vote. to get fewer people to vote, rather than as many as possible. trying to disenfranchise voters. mainly, people of color, who voted for joe biden. now, think about this. and chris said this to me today, as we were talking, and he had a very good point. now, all of these people in all of these places had voted for donald trump or republicans. you think they'd be trying to change the laws? hmm? nope. and there it is, again. it's racism. right at the heart of this. as it is, in so much of american life. it's been there, from the very beginning. and we can't keep sweeping it under the rug. we've got to do the work. you've got to do the work. you have to do the work. you can't just say, i want to try to do something. what can i do? what can i do? and then, when people tell you what to do. you, ah, it's too hard. can't do it. i need something that's more practical and easier. you got to do the work. and you got to talk about this, one on one. it's all about relationships. that's why i wrote my book "this is the fire. what i say to my friends about racism" that's what it's all about. it starts with conversations. conversations with people, who don't look like you. who just need to talk openly. and listen. not that hard. we can't keep sweeping it under the rug. so like i said, racism is at the heart of all of this. just look at the effort nationwide to disenfranchise voters. most of them, voters of color. you know who i want to talk to? 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[puck scores] oooow yeah!! i wasn't ready! you want cheese to go with that whine?? so, president biden is hitting the road tomorrow, traveling to pennsylvania as part of his administration's tour to promote the nearly-$2 trillion he signed last week. in the next ten days, lots to discuss now. former vice president al gore, founder of the climate reality project and he joins me now. mr. vice president, thanks so much. it is an honor to have you on. >> and congratulations on your new book coming out tomorrow, "this is the fire." good luck with it. i know it's -- it's going to be great. >> thank you very much, mr. vice president. that means a lot. let's talk about this. i want to talk some policy with you. and then, i also, i know you have some strong feelings about this pipeline that is going through predominantly black communities but let's start with what the president is doing right now. the president and his top aides are spending the next few weeks traveling country. trying to sell this $1.9 trillion rescue package. the bill was passed. so, why is it -- the sales job that he is doing so important? >> well, first of all, i am so proud of president joe biden. really and truly, this is not a partisan comment, don. our country needs this kind of leadership. i, honestly, think that he is off to a stronger start, in the first 50-some-odd days that -- of -- of any president, since franklin delano roosevelt. i really -- i -- i see it. and he's -- he's -- he's

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