jason aldine. >> i don't know who that is. >> who's jason aldine?ence groaned. >> really? big country singer. >> sorry fox news it's a country singer. aren't you supposed to know about country music? i don't know anything about country music. yeah, you could get killed if you don't know country music at fox. now i know everything about the guy. the story is all over fox more than brian kilmeade. [laughter] >> greg: lonely guy. can't go home. the cmt network, which used to stand for country music television, now starred for cowards, morons and twirps. you should have seen the original acronym, cmt think about it. they pulled the video for al deep's latest single try this in a small town, if you haven't seen that yet, here it is ♪ ♪ >> spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up ♪ yeah, you think you're tough ♪ well, try that in a small town ♪ see how far you make it down the road ♪ >> greg: musician cheryl crow called the song not american or small-town like. it's just lame. that's not nice of her. she should know here's her singing at a rece

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who's yay son aldine? >> really? singer. >> greg: oh, sorry, fox news, it's a country sickr singer. am i supposed to know about country music? i don't know anything. >> kurt: . >> tyrus: they had a number one song >> kat: that could be the one thing about the show that makes everyone mad at you. >> tyrus: curt, you don't drinks do you? >> kurt: no, got it working. no intercom but it's working. >> emily: i don't know the difference between the two. >> it's a better parent. >> was this article against day drinking? i didn't really get it. seemed like a guy just graduated his or something, why does it feel weird, going to drink in the day. >> greg: it is, it was like a project. >> yes, it seemed like -- >> greg: nobody, did they get any -- they got no data >> kat: yeah they did they found if you drink in the day you'll be drunk in the day. >> there was a brunch, he didn't get invited and came to work and said day drinking is stupid and dangerous and anyone who does it is dumb. >> screw mimosas. >> greg: emily's sunday f

that was jason aldine's new music video, try that in the small town. lives matter protests in atlanta was projected over a courthouse. now, the video has been edited to remove all images of that protest. -- short video by about six seconds, but the -- aldine accused of promoting racial violence. now, i'll dean is standing by the song and blaming cancel culture for the -- his record label, bb armies group says that the protest footage was removed due to -- and thank you for joining me tonight on "cnn primetime". i am abby philip, and "cnn tonight" starts right now with sara sidner.

i want to get your thoughts on the jason aldine controversy because, the song of course is try that ins 20th tweeted. i would like to remind my deplaned jason aldine that twitter and social media in general is not a real place. the views shared by many accounts on this platform are not actually representative of the vast majority of then population of the country. say what you want to say and be who you want to be. dam the social media torpedoes. i mean, tudor he's right, right? most people think the song is just fine. >> of course. i will never forget when i was running for office one of our elected officials says twitter is like a sewer, you have to have it but don't spend too much time there and it's absolutely true. you should never take what's happening on twitter for real life. most americans are like it's art, songs are songs, a lot of people put things in songs you wouldn't want to happen in real life. it doesn't scombleert i want to put this up quickly only about 30 seconds left but it's worth it. la times framing it, transgender, the war of transgender rights florida is groun

that was jason aldine's new music video, try that in the small town. it may look a little different after intense backlash. in the original video, on your left, local television footage of black lives matter protests in atlanta was projected over a courthouse. now, the video has been edited to remove all images of that protest. -- short video by about six seconds, but the -- aldine accused of promoting racial violence. now, i'll dean is standing by the song and blaming cancel culture for the -- his record label, bb armies group says that the protest footage was removed due to -- and thank you for joining me tonight on "cnn primetime". i am abby philip, and "cnn tonight" starts right now with sara sidner. >> thanks -- great show, abby. the kid evening to you, i am sara sidner. welcome to "cnn tonight". -- what more happened now with a third possible indictment of former president trump looming? that's tomorrow's news tonight. plus, trump's former personal attorney, rudy giuliani, has admitted he defamed to georgia election workers -- ruby freeman and he

. >> rev, i want to mention that aldine did put out a tweet, stating that there was not a single lyric referenced race. what is your response to that tweet? >> well, if you are standing in front of a place famous for a lynching, if you are using graphics of protests around police brutality. you don't have to say anything. it's already set for you in what you choose to put out visually. so i, mean people, you know, they see -- my eyes are in front of my ears. so i see things, before i hear your lyrics. >> yeah, officials are very powerful. i want to switch gears for a minute on friday. alabama republicans defy the supreme and passed a new congressional map that includes only one majority black district instead of two. democrats say it continues the racist history of voter suppression. where does this redistricting go from here? to ensure that black people are fairly represented? >> it's a very good question that i want to talk to somebody of the electors in alabama. because congresswoman -- and others, who are behind this. case here you have the supreme court, this right-wing supreme co

become their thing, but don't dare say a peep about the new music video from country singer jason aldines out of calk, spin his face, stop on the flag and lighten up, yeah, you think you're tough, got a gun at my granddad gave me. they say one day they're gonna round up, well that stuff might fly in the city. good luck. try that in a small town. music video shows all been interest spliced with news clips of protests out of context that promotes vigilantism and was formed and firmer the maria county courthouse in tennessee, the site of the race massacre and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18 year old black teenager. i guess he doesn't know that because many conservatives are canceling black history as well. joining me to discuss is democratic strategist and contributor to the los angeles times and juanita tolliver, msnbc political analyst and ghost of crooked medias what a day podcast. kurt, i'm going to start with you. you are my country music sure by. we went to the academy of country music awards earlier this year, and this is your area and i think i've learned i'm wearing the same blazer.

than>>k you.riot >> riots have real yonsequences, aldin songs about preventing them, not letting yourn get burned down, property get ripped, their family get hurt. and dawn is a widow of david.rn dawn, who was murdered by a blm rioter in 2020. >> and when you saw the song the and you saw the controversy around the sonong andg, what wet through your mind? it was absurd. i just i just watched it today.i i just watched the video today and it speaks of small town values. it speaks of community valuen vs that speaks of, you know, standing up for ourselves. you know, when did it become illegal in the united states of america for us to stand up for o ourselves? uresthat's that's our that's our our give it rights to to haotect ourselves, our life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and to have people criticizeavpu that. a son you know, when he puts it ing,is a song, that's basically what he's saying. it's a sense of communit ay. tn it's a sense of neighborhood. it's a sense of taking care ofg each other. otherand we've gotten so far a from that that it's actually very scaryawayt'. and, you know,