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voting on the other, but we are seeing threats of violence woven into our politics from bottom to top at a level that has never been routine in american life. i mean school boards, local public health officials, municipal officials, election officials all facing threats. and look, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that all of this was enormously turbocharged by donald trump throughout his presidency since he has left office with a wink and a nod and sometimes more towards the use of violence as a political tactic going all the way back to that very first campaign and some of the rallies where he talked about pay the legal bills of people who punch protestersp so people who study democracy say we're on a trajectory that other democracies for deteriorated and we need both parties to more clearly send a message. obviously the opposite is happening.

with republicans sen suring. rather than those who attacked the capitol. >> when you say things about our democracy being in peril it seems, you know, that's a bit nebulous. but when you're talking about people's pocketbooks, right, inflation climbing at the fastest pace in 40 years, it's showing in the cnn polling. only 37% approve of biden's handling of the economy. how can the president turn this around, bakari? >> deliver. i mean, i think there's a fundamental disconnect between the messaging of the white house and the american people. i've echoed this for a period of time. you've seen in it in the polls. i dare not dig too deep with him on the same panel. but i think the white house should be able to see what we all can see. the fact is their messaging simply isn't working. it's not connecting with average every day americans because the pain people are feeling at the

grocery store, at the pump and then your inability to pass your signature pieces of legislation, now, as soon as i say that people are going to say they got shots in arms, true. they passed the recovery act, true. the covid relief package, transportation, i understand that. but people still have pain. i have a good friend of mine who's best friends with charlamagne tha god and we always talk, and his best friend is wax. and wax was talking about the crimes in the communities. and wax said now you don't have to be rich to be robbed. you just have to have more than i have. so you see the violence going on in these communities all because that pain people are feeling in their pocket, and the white house is somewhat ambivalent to that pain and not messaging, acting as if they're empathetic which is joe biden's number one trait. >> ron, i want you to weigh in because, look, food prices for up 7% from a year ago.

use cars, 41%. gas up 40%. the president was asked about these brutal numbers. take a listen. >> when can americans expect some relief from this soaring inflation? >> according to a number of cormerate leaders it ought to be able to start to taper off as we go through this year. in the meantime i'm going to do everything in my power to deal with the big points that are impacting most people and their homes. >> so two months ago, ron, president biden said that we were at the peak of the inflation crisis, and things have gotten worse. is that making it hard for americans to trust him? >> yeah, look, you know, back in the jurassic age i started my career covering politics in the early 1980s. the last time we had a serious round of inflation, the largest number, you know, 1982 since the one that was just recorded. and don, it's an invasive plant species. i mean, it blots out everything else.

people feel inflation with irregularity and immediacy almost unmatched by any other issue. it's in your life, the grocery store, anytime you make a purchase, the gas station. so it's really hard for a president, i think, to kind of rise above that undertow. biden certainly has to be seen as doing more as bakari said, but until the problem itself is better under control, it's hard to imagine it's going to get completely better. it's a little bit of a double whammy at the moment. one thing we know is that swing voters who are not really deeply tied to either party are incredibly sensitive to current events. their view of the president and the parties is really based on how they feel the country is doing at this moment around them. and for those voters there's a lot to be unhappy about right now. and for base voters delivering on your agenda is really important. and because primarily because of manchin and sinema, biden can't point to a lot of progress on a lot of the key elements there either.

so he's getting squeezed on both sides at this moment and needs something to give between now and november or democrats are going to have a long night. >> you probably weren't born then, but i understand what ron is saying because i was driving my parents 1976 and the prices were so expensive. >> did you have tvs? >> i ended up telling them i didn't want the car, so i know exactly what he's talking about. it's not just the president's handling of the economy, bakari. his overall approval numbers dropped in the last month, and 56% of americans say there's nothing biden has done that they approve of. what does that mean for the mid-terms? >> well, it -- lucky -- well, we're lucky the mid-terms aren't today is what it means. there's no way to look at those numbers and not say that it's bleak.

but, again, that goes to the messaging. that goes to getting joe biden and kamala harris outside of the beltway. with the accomplishments they've had imagine donald trump passing a transportation bill. that man would be everywhere all the time talking about it nonstop. i mean, you have to make sure that people not only understand but can feel the legislation that you've passed. and joe biden needs a win. and so that's one of it reasons that people are somewhat ecstatic about this supreme court nominee because this is delivering on one of his promises. this will be momentum for the base, and this will be a win, and he needs that. but then he needs to capitalize on this. and with all due respect to my friends in the white house, i don't care what nobel peace prize laureates say about inflation. we know that joe biden didn't cause inflation, but we expect him to be able to feel our pain and be empathetic. like stop force-feeding him talking points about nobel

laureates. actually allow him to be joe biden and get in the room with a bipartisan group of senators and fix the damn problem. >> all right, there we go. and yes, we did have televisions. >> three net works. we had cable then, we just started getting cable. remember showcase and remember cable vision. >> i had a satellite dish. does that count? >> that was later on. you're a baby. thank you. i want to turn to the new "the washington post" reporting some of the records trump took to mar-a-lago after leaving office were clearly marked classified including some at the top secret level. so joining me now someone who knows all about how official documents should be handled, and that's jason barren, the former director of litigation at the national archives and records administration. he also worked as senior counsel at the department of justice. jason, good to have you on. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i want to get your reaction to trump taking top secret

records fum the white house. what kind of documents would have this type of classification? and how are they supposed to be handled? >> well, documents at the top secret level are marked that way because they might cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security, and so you would expect that a top secret document could be something related to a very sensitive matter of foreign policy or a document from the intelligence community or other categories. and so it's very serious to have anyone whether it's a president or someone at the white house direct that boxes filled with classified documents go somewhere that they're not supposed to go because under the presidential records act at noon

on inauguration day on january 20th all of the president's records should be turned over to the national archives. and the archives knows where to put them in a warehouse. and the fact there are boxes at mar-a-lago shows something very wrong has happened. >> with -- with top secret documents, would there be copies or a chain of custody records so investigators would know who had their hands on them? >> there could be. government documents generally there's not a unique one except if they're hand written notes. and we can get into the ripping up of those, but generally there are multiple copies. and there's a trail that can be followed. >> why are they -- i mean, these documents, i guess, should they be hanging out in the west wing or should i say in the residence? how do these documents get to mar-a-lago?

you know, that's the million dollar question. >> right. i don't know the answer to that, but you're absolutely right that there are numerous government procedures that all personnel are trained on or supposed to be on handling classified documents including putting them in skiffs, in secured compartmental information facilities. and so the fact they might be handled in a different manner through the residence and through the white house than what are normal procedures is quite disturbing. >> we're also learning that he routinely ripped up documents that had to be taped back together, and a white house staffer tells "the washington post" they even searched for records in classified burn bags. there's also maggie haberman's reporting in her new book trump flushed documents down the toilet. is this something you've ever dealt with at the national archives? >> no, and i'm sure people at

the archives are shocked which they hadn't known about during the years of the former president. it is amazing that there could be this level of cavalierness taken to what should be a serious duty, which is to preserve records for the american people. and i want to say, don, with respect to your back and forth with john dean earlier in the show. you asked him about the 18 1/2 minute gap, and let me just say that as bad as that was and as all of the problems of watergate, the records laws at that time was that president nixon owned his documents. and it was because of his criminal acts that they were brought up and made by congress records. but after that the presidential records act of 1978 was passed

to ensure that the american people own the records of the white house, not the president himself but the american people. and these kind of actions of ripping up documents on a large scale basis or the other action you mentioned just fly in the face of what the presidential records act is all about. >> jason, it's a pleasure. thank you so much. >> thank you. could a trucker protest in this country disrupt the super bowl? and what do officials need to do now to be ready? we're going to talk about that next. liz, you nerd, cough if you're in here! shh! i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. what about rob's dry cough? works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs.

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with truckers in our own borders as soon as sunday. here with me now, a former national intelligence director of communications. appreciate you joining us. let's get into this. the protest by the truckers and others inspired by them are blocking several border points causing mayhem. ottawa police say protesters are flooding 911 lines. around 70 vehicles attempted to disrupt traffic at ottawa international airport this morning. explain how this has escalated to an actual security threat. >> yeah. thanks for having me on, don. first, i think it's important to point out there's a lot of discussion about the impact on goods coming into the united states at these border crossings, but we simply cannot underestimate the fact that any time we have a disruption at any of our border crossings especially when we're talking about the largest and most significantly used border crossing in the united states, there are going to be significant security risks. now, there are a couple of things we need oo look at here. one, we know anytime we have a blockade like this and have it in multiple locations the longer this goes on, the more tensions

going to rise. there are going to be more people in michigan, and i can tell you it's already having an impact here. tensions are going to rise, and we can't forget we're talking about a blockade over an issue that has been extremely divisive here in the united states. there's been violence around the issue of vaccines in the united states and around the world. we have to understand people are going to get worked up about this. more importantly, don, is that the law enforcement officials who have to deal with this issue both on the canada side and in the united states, this is going to consume a lot of their time and effort. and as they're focused on what's happening on this bridge, that takes their eye off the ball with regard to other things going on at our border crossings. so there are significant concerns here, and as we talk about what's happening at the super bowl, i'm extremely concerned about this this report that suggests there may be additional disruptions there.

>> on this side of the border dhs put out a warning saying truckers could soon begin protesting disruptions. as you mentioned starting sunday at the super bowl in los angeles. what do security official need to do now to make sure things stay safe? >> yeah, you know, don, we can't underestimate the importance of this bulletin. the super bowl is one of the largest operations in the country every year. it involves thousands of local, state and federal law enforcement officials. it involves military support from the air to secure the super bowl, and even as all of that's happening, the prospect we might have as protests not only can disrupt what's happening at the super beal, and here's what i'm concerned about, that disruption also creates a window of opportunity for bad actors who see that law enforcement are focused on what's happening with the protests and counterprotests.

it creates an opportunity for bad actors to further disrupt the event. so what needs to happen right now? well, that security that is one of the largest security operations in the country, it needs to get even bigger. we saw the department of homeland security mayorkas went out to california. i think that's a good thing. i think for the military of providing air support for the federal agents there, there needs to be a concerted effort to look at the potentiality with regard to the protests but to also have people who are in law enforcement, who are not focused on this potential protest who remain focused on the broader security operation at the super bowl. we have to make sure we don't take our eye off the ball here with regard to creating opportunity for other bad actors. >> huge economic implications here as you mentioned. you said you are an hour and a half from where this is happening. let's talk about the impact on the supply chain, your state gm canceled two ships this week.

chrysler and dodge shortened shifts. toyota says that their plants are -- the kentucky plant is affected as well. huge economic implications. >> yeah, absolutely. and if you look at what comes across the ambassador bridge here, we're in michigan and the ottawa build industry is one of the if not the biggest industry here. with a quarter of traffic coming across that bridge for the automobile industry, we're already seeing a slow down in the supply chain. we're already seeing issues with businesses being able to get the supplies they need. so, you know, don, this just -- this just escalates a situation that's already bad, and what i really see here is -- is the intersection between the inability to get these across the bridge and frustration on the part of people not only here in michigan but all across the country as prices continue to go

up, as their ability to work and to take care of their families, you know, is impacted by this. and, again, these sorts of things really do get us into that space of thinking about the national security impacts. this creates an environment of chaos and disruption. and so that's why for right now the white house, the department of homeland security, the focus has to be on deescalation and getting to a peaceful resolution of the strike. >> thank you very much. appreciate that. a black fedex driver delivering packages say he was chased and shot at by two white men, his truck riddled with bullet holes. his lawyer saying he's lucky to be alive. >> on the heels of the death of ahmaud arbery, we could have had the same situation here. covered laundry.ot only one will be sanitized. wait, what? adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria detergent alone, can't.

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nick, good evening to you. you spoke with gibson today. what did he tell you about what happened? >> reporter: well, don, he's upset. he's upset about what happened. he's upset also he says that the way police initially handled what he had to tell them, saying they were skeptical of his story going so far as to play devil's advocate, asking him if he'd done anything suspicious. and also upset at fedex, saying they put him on the very same route that day after the shooting. he's since taken a leave of absence but says he hasn't heard from fedex in over a week. they offered to pay for counselling sessions. he knows how early similar it is to what happened to ahmaud arbery. in his mind there's no mistake about what had. he said these two white men, father and son, tried to kill him because he's black. >> you're convinced that this was racism? >> yes, sir. >> why? >> i mean, what other reason would they be shooting me at

nighttime? i hadn't said nothing to them. we had no type of interaction at all. like i said i did have on a full uniform. >> so this is about being black in america, just doing your job while black. >> yes, sir. >> you could have been another name like ahmaud arbery. >> yes, sir. >> did you think about that? >> i did think about that and that's why it's important for me to speak out apparently. i've got to speak for them as well as myself. >> gibson said this experience has forever changed his life and shows him that racism is still alive and well here in mississippi, don. >> you know, it's still very early on in this investigation, nick. so we'll figure all of that out hopefully as this investigation moves along, but the police chief is standing by his detectives and his investigators. he pushed back on the notion that brookhaven has a racist police department, but this investigation may be in the hands of the fbi. do we know how they would be looking at this case? >> yeah, we spoke to the police

chief earlier today who we should mention is black, and he pushed back on any allegation this town is racist. he said this was the town he was born and raised. he was elected as chief here, and he pushes back on any assertion this town is racist. he did say this morning he was visited by the fbi, handed over the case file. we did reach out to the fbi. they wouldn't confirm or deny as it their policy, but we do know the department of justice received a request to review this case. right now, though, the attorneys for gibson are just furious as to how this has been handled. they say that the cases were given eight day from the time the incident took place to the time they were allowed to turn themselves in. that has really displeased them how this was all handled. they want an attempted murder charge here. the cases were charged with aggravated assault, but to them it's very clear here, that gibson was targeted because he was black and they tried to kill him that night. >> delivering packages while black, jogging while black. is this every day life of black americans?

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so the two white men charged with chasing and shooting into the van of a black fedex driver are out on bond tonight, but there are serious questions being raised about the charges. so joining me now catherine ron johnson who restored peace between the community and police in ferguson, missouri, after the fatal shooting of michael brown.

captain ron, it's good to see you. thank you for joining us on this. we don't know -- the investigation is still going on here, but the alleged shooter is being charged with attempting to cause bodily injury with a firearm and a deadly weapon by shooting the vehicle with gibson inside. the accusation is one guy shooting into a car, another trying to drive him off the road. what are these things -- what do you think of these charges? >> well, it's -- it's definitely beyond attempting to harm. i think there's got to be some charges that would better fit this. surely i'm not familiar with the laws of mississippi, but intent to harm, it's obviously the intent was greater than that using a handgun shooting at someone. >> gibson was saying one of the officers was playing devil's advocate and was asking if he did anything to make the alleged shooters suspicious. the police chief is pushing back. listen to this.

>> when you come down you have to ask certain questions, you know, just like if you come down, investigators have to ask you certain questions. because if we don't investigate we don't do our job. >> what do you think of using that type of tactic if that's what -- i don't know, is that a police officer's place here? is that what they do? >> no, i disagree. i think we have a victim here and i think we need to listen to his story. they put it back on him like he's done something wrong. and i think from the story we've heard he's in a fedex uniform. when they called dispatch they said we had a suspicious person in the area. so i don't think when you talk to victims, you listen to their story. i don't think he said well, did you do something wrong? i think someone shot at someone else and that's where we need to address that issue and listen. and i think when we talk about trust in america with law enforcement i think these are the things that bring that

divide some time. >> what he'd do to make them suspicious. that's interesting. so gibson's attorney is saying if it were a black father and son if were shooting at a white victim they would have been in jail immediately. the two suspects were free for eight days before they were brought in by police. what do you think about that? >> what i will say as a law enforcement officer we go out and look for people that have committed less crimes instead of taking an act where you're shooting at someone. and so i will say and when we look at some of in our lower income neighborhoods they will say if they committed a crime like this, that they would have been arrested a lot sooner, and they would wouldn't have had the opportunity to turn themselves in. i was surprised by that. to allow someone to turn themselves in. because these guys could have gone out and committed the same crime against someone else. >> gibson is convinced this is

about race after hearing what happened in 2022 after all we've been through with racial injustice in just the last two years, everything from george floyd to ahmaud arbery, are you surprised to see this? >> no, i'm not. i think in our country, you know, racism is a part of our landscape, and i think when i hear the chief say racism is not a part of mississippi and racism doesn't exist in his department, i think we're failing as leaders when we have that kind of conversation. racism has been a part of our landscape and our past history and our current history, and it's something we have to work toward to eradicate. >> we're so grateful to have you onto talk about this story with us. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. well, dr. dre, snoop dog, mary j. blige, and that's not all. hip hop taking center stage at the super bowl.

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legends stars to take center stage at the super bowl halftime show. dr. dre and snoop dog. they say the nfl's embrace of hip hop is long overdue. dre also saying they're going to do it so big and open doors for more hip hop artists in the future. i want to bring in now trey johnson who writes about the culture. there he is. hey, trey, how you doing? >> great, don, how are you? >> i'm very excited. i'm more excited. even though i love both teams in the super bowl. i love it. you know joe burrow, lsu, i went to lsu. i'm more excited about the half time show. these are legends. lots of people are excited. it's going to be a great show. what does it look like to you right now alongside the nfl facing allegations of racial discrimination. talk to me about this intersection? >> yeah, i mean, it's hard to not even just think about the discrimination or not to think about it in term of just brian flores, which everyone knows now

about the lawsuit around his head coaching status, an opportunity there opening up a wider conversation in the league around lack of diversity particularly in terms of black head coaches. but also, you know, i'm reminded about the fact it was only just last fall they had the race norming settlement case, too, where they were going to be paying out a billion dollars to black retirees because they were using a race-based type of evaluation. decide who can get awarded money based on concussions. it league is hampered with systemic issues. it makes it hard for me to enjoy something like the half time show. with putting that context to the side. >> you reminded me of the cte story. it seems one controversy after another. >> so let's look at it this way, you've got mostly black players,

70%, just a couple of black coaches and zero, a couple days ago it was one and now there's two, zero black owners. does that about sum up the nfl? >> it sums up the nfl and the country. that's the thing about -- i'm not surprised because i look at the landscape of the country at large, but this seems to be marching in pace where we are in general. what's really odd is the nfl continues to trumpet a lot of black performers, a lot of black culture to bolster the notion they are listening and getting better. jay-z is a part of the social reprogramming and messaging. there's of course like the slate of black performers on sunday. and yet still look at what we're

talking about. we're not able to talking the super bowl itself or the performances. until we cut through all the other crap. that they have going on. >> listen. you are right. you can be excited about it. and be aware of the the hypocrisy. that you have the white owners and mostly white coaches and all black performers. not only for the sport. but also for half type. i want your take on the press conference. dr. dre and snoop dog. watch. >> a long time ago. as far as hip hop, it's the biggest music the biggest genera of music on the planet right now. it's crazy that it took all of this and all this time for us to be recognized. >> the super bowl is the biggest sporting event in the world. hip hop is the biggest form of music in the world. for us to be able to have the opportunity to bring the two worlds together. we have the queen of r and b. the king of hip hop.

we got just all his proteges in the place. this is what hip hop and nfl is supposed to be about. >> does this open up opportunities -- is it a ban aid? is it both? >> it's too early to say. the wider question i'm sitting with is who's the halftime show for now days? the thing about the halftime show, much like the grammys and establishment cultural events. there's a entire generation of even hip hop stars that are opting out of these platforms and stages. they don't hold the same type of relevancy for aspects of the culture. than earlier eras. will it open up the door more? sure. i don't know how many people -- a certain type of artist who is looking for a certain type of mainstream appeal and branding. might jump onto this.

but, we don't need the nfl or grammys. american music awards to recognize and justify and validate us. hip hop has been the music of the people and streets for generations now. the nfl is catching up with everybody else. >> you're not sure if they'll take it on in the performance. isn't there supposed to be a special guest? special >> yeah. i think -- me too. are we allowed to talk about it? >> i didn't see anything. i was saying a special guest. it has to be janet. >> i heard there's a hologram appearance. by a hip hop legend. no longer amongst us. that's what i have read and heard. >> oh, okay. it can be that. and janet too. bring back janet. >> yeah. sure.

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hello and very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. i'm isa soares in london just ahead here on "cnn newsroom." >> this 50-year-old star skater is still unclear. >> can the united states get the gold medal or can russia keep it. >> this will be such a stain on her career. this is a state-run system in russia. that's what got them banned to begin with. >> it is another dramatic day on and off the ice as the dopin