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>> what's on the idiot box? >> it's only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. >> this period in time will be looked at as the platinum age. >> our obligation is to entertain. if we've left something to think about, so much the better. >> kunta kinte. >> television should not be just entertainment. >> charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. >> congress has no right to interfere in the media. >> well, excuse me! >> we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the years of the '60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputa...

>> our obligation is to entertain. if we've left something to think about, so much the better. >> gunta kinte! >> television should not be just entertainment. >> charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. >> congress has no right to interfere in the media. >> excuse me! >> we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the years of the '60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we sim...

top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm bianna golodryga. president biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the supreme court has just rejected senator lindsey graham's request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a district attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. >> the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection they could be one step closer to getting former president trump to testif...

pelosi's attacker to appear in court as tensions escalate over the brutal beating ranging from questionable to downright dangerous. >> he is just some semblance of humanity. like to see every republican candidate and elected official say that you condemn this attack. that's really basic. say you condemn the attack. >> plus, with just a week to go until the midterms, a new poll shows skyrocketing pessimism from voters. the impact and the challenge for the big named surrogates blanketing the campaign trail. and devastated family members who wanted to face the gunman got theirs chance...

cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. >> back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we're so grateful you're waking up with us. good morning, amara. >> good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. mor...