joining us now is don lemon, host of "don lemon tonight" and author of "this is the fire: what i sayriends about racism." a tale of two judges, mr. lemon. >> one operating in reality. good morning, by the way. one of them operating in reality, the other one not so much in reality. there is an associated press research study done that shows that those who are involved in the riots after george floyd, not the protests, some of the protests, we have to distinguish between the protests and the riots. there are judges who more than that one judge saying that these people are being handed lenient sentences and wondering why prosecutors and the justice department, why they're not handing out harsher sentences or giving out -- they are trying to undermine our democracy. that is quite different than protesting because you are upset about something. one is breaking the law from a lie, built on a lie, nothing about the election that was stolen or anything that was untoward, it was one of the most secure -- most secure election in our nation's history. the other one was built on frustration, and

it is a systemic problem, don lemon. >> what you saw on the video was not a crime? all right then. i got to move on and talk about another case. this is case of christine nantz, whose family you're representing. police found her body in an unoccupied police van in a busy parking lot. this happened on october 7th. her family had reported her missing on october 2nd but she hadn't been seen since september 25th. what do you know about so far -- what happened? >> you know, it boggles the mind, don lemon, the unbelievable ways that they find black people are dead and are being killed in america. this is a young black woman who is hmysteriously found dead in police van in the police parking lot in huntsville, alabama and the police say they don't know anything about it. her family isn't accepting it. our law firm is demanding answers. we're investigating. they released a video that gave us more questions than answers. and all we can say is when you think about what happened to jelani who went missing, turned up dead and now christina nants turned up dead. how many black p

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tune in tonight at 10:00 for a special don lemon tonight inside the jury room.ank you so much. >> thanks, brianna. thanks, john. >>> i took a walk and we have breaking news. brand-new gdp numbers, i have no idea what they are. christine romans does. >> 2%. that is less than expected. it is a downshift from the spring when we had a really robust 6.7% economic growth. i'll tell you why. no surprise here, the delta variant was surging, so there were new restrictions that people put on themselves because of the delta variant. supply chain bottlenecks, rising prices, and acute worker shortage. all things at play in the quarter, so, john, look at the trajectory here this is 2.7%. sharp deceleration from the spring before we had the delta variant. and, look, this is the whole covid nightmare, right. the economy crashed. it bounced back sharply. we wanted to see this continue to move higher. but now you're looking at a 2% range is just about what we had kind of on average during the trump administration. so we would be looking for something sharper and more robust. i wi

let's turn things over to don and "don lemon tonight." >>> this is "don lemon tonight." thanks for joining us, everyone. and so, here's the question on -- that everyone on capitol hill is asking right now. everyone -- so, now what? what happens now? right? all of the sudden, we were in this big deadline. what are we going to do? the deadline is coming. can nancy pelosi do this? can the president? mitch mcconnell. and so, there was a day of high drama, right? we are waiting on the edge of our seats since last night for a vote that did not come. the president going to capitol hill to plead the case for his agenda with members of his own party. progressives digging in their heels. so, what happens now? president joe biden's agenda. the promises he made to the american people, the agenda that got him elected really hanging in the balance. >> i'm telling you, we're going to get this done. it doesn't matter when. it doesn't matter whether it's in six minutes, six days, or six weeks, we're going to get it done. >> so, so much for house speaker nancy pelosi's self-imposed deadli

how was he tonight, don lemon? did he meet your muster? he should do more of this. i have always said on the record in this exchange and on the program, these are good venues for him because he is a human being. he can explain things. sometime he gets, you know, a little too in the weeds, right? very big on details tonight. and he usually does that, right? because i think he should continue to do these b

>>> all right, thank you for watching "don lemon tonight" with big star d. lemon right now. what do you want to start with? >> i want to talk to you about the alligator because you're obsessed with that video. the italian saying, look, i'm black and italian. >> i think he said, i'm italian and black. >> it is indicative of what's happening in washington, d.c. is what i'll say, and that is what nancy pelosi is trying to do, wrangle all the democrats together in order to get this passed so they don't snap victory from the jaws of defeat. >> or defeat from the jaws of victory. >> it's the craziest thing. they're in power, they can get this through. there should be some compromising as there always is, and, listen, meet somewhere, do some things, do what the alligator guy did. get it together, people. >> that guy has seven daughters. >> we said the same thing. as i was rushing up to get here, that was the last thing i heard you say. he said, i have seven daughters, and i said, seven daughters. as soon as i said that, you said, seven daughters? that's the heroic thing he's done i

>>> don lemon tonight with the big star d. lemon right now. >> when you politicize someone's death, especially someone like colin powell, you say the saying jump the shark. you know you've jumped all humanity when you can't wait to politicize a death about something that you need in order to corrupt and exploit your viewers, lead them down the path. i just found it to be disgusting. i cannot believe it happened. every day i'm more surprised when that happens and you know exactly what i'm talking about. >> i knew that as soon as there was an opportunity, people would take the fact that -- >> two seconds after he died? >> absolutely. that he died -- because what do you value? if you only value advantage and not to quote general powell, whether or not you're making things better, then of course you would. this was ripe for being -- >> shame on them. >> for being twisted. there is no shame in their game. >> we're talking about the fox propaganda network. >> look, and other -- >> and other contin gents of fringe right where they ma

"don lemon tonight" with the big star don starts now -- >> no talk friday. >> these sleep numbers -- [ laughter ] >> people not wanting to sleep together left and right. >> i'm about to get in trouble. i'm all for it. well, number one, our schedules are completely opposite. so i come home. i'm not ready to go to sleep i'm yiltly so i have to hang out in the living room or room with the tv on -- >> you do stay up too late and watch tv in bed. both of which -- >> how do you know that? where did you hear that? >> should we tell him? >> you are fool. >> i'm correct, right? >> yes. but because i've always been a night owl but i wake up later, he gets up earlier. moving around, going to the closet and bathroom and dogs. why don't i just sleep in the other room? >> these psychologists will say separation breeds separation but i do think there can be some balance. >> yeah. >> i think that the first point to make is not how we're sleeping but the fact that in terms of situationally but in terms of quality, we are all so stressed. >> yeah. >> this is hard this covid and angs angst. i'm not sur

"don lemon tonight" with the big star d. lemon. >> not just the hill to die on, it will be the hill they die on. it will be the hill the democratic party dies on because that's what voters want, the voters who push this president into office black and brown voters, black and latino voters, women. they want voting rights. they want access, equal access, not special access, equal access to the voting booth. and they are not getting that. what they're getting is the complete opposite. they're getting a party, which is the minority party in the country actually running the show. holding back the vote on voting rights. >> i agree. >> i think it will be the hill they die on. >> well, look, we don't know but i'll tell you what, it would have been the fight i would have focused on. >> yeah. >> and look, i hear the counter arguments. it's all ruby red states passing the laws. whatever. you're closing out opportunity for yourself and allowing a pattern to emerge and you had to stake your currency on something but i will ask you this,

>>> now to a galaxy far, far away, the mind of don lemon. "don lemon tonight". >> that's the twilight zone. >> it was nice to see somebody be completely authentic and human in a public settlinging l shatner. >> think about it for those of us that grew up even reruns watching "star trek." it was a real, real treat. i would love to see what all the other characters, that would be great. some are not with us anymore. it was great and completely authentic. he was so grateful to jeff bezos for giving him the opportunity. he said i don't know what to say. someone like william shatner, a very seasoned actor, very prowhen it comes to public speaking like blah, blah, blah i don't know what to say. it was great, don't you think? >> i thought it was so real. you know, what i liked about it -- >> i wish he had said going up, warp speed ahead. laugh w[ laughter ] >> he was doing 2,000 miles an hour. i think that for me, it was that's the closest reaction i've ever seen to i think what it would be like for the rest of us. when these astronauts and big sho

don lemon says it's fine. >> if i had the house on the water like don lemon has in long island, i would think it's fine, too. i can absorb this sort of pain when i'm making millions of dollars a year to have one of the lowest rated shows in cable news. ron klain, to say this is a rich people's problem, this is from a smart guy. i mean, the argument that rich people only buy gas for their cars -- i put gas in my 15-year-old car yet. it cost $50. used to cost 30 last year. maybe the people that are putting gas in their car, they drive to the store to buy meat, fish and dairy. food prices are up there. they get home and see the apartment that i have, i have another monthly increase that is coming. the financial pain is inescapable. to americans it's real. it's elitest, out of touch and will hurt this administration unless the president says, yeah, i know that was my chief of staff but they don't speak for us. we understand the pain of all americans. they haven't done that yet. let's see if it happens in a couple minutes. >> yeah, the concept of president biden saying look, the private sect

let's bring in the big star of "don lemon tonight," d-lemon, to discuss a little bit of the 1,300-plus-word response by zuckerberg of facebook tonight. don, he used 1,300 words. i could use two for what his message was. wasn't me. >> like shaggy? is that what you're trying to say? wasn't me? >> i'm telling you what, you go through the different situations, not literally, depicted in that song, but how obvious the things were. >> look, everyone deserves a defense. so i'll just say that. but let me just be honest. they have to know what's going on. they can -- i can talk about i want a pig in the blanket for a party on saturday and all of a sudden pigs in a blanket show up in my feed, in my facebook feed or in my instagram feed or my twitter, wherever it shows up. they know what's up. they know what people are doing. they know what people are looking at. they have the algorithms. and you know, they have -- more people have these than they have these boxes that they usually watch us on, than subscribe to cable. everyone has a device and on these devices it comes with a facebook or with an inst

i'll see you later. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." as i started talking with the committee and what the chairman bennie thompson is aing in his statements tonight, this committee that is investigating the january 6 assault on the capitol taking action tonight. urgency, finally. every single member, republicans, democrats voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt for ignoring their subpoena. the chairman bennie thompson with a warning for anyone else who just might try to defy the committee. >> maybe he's willing to be a martyr to a disgraceful cause of whitewashing what happened on january 6 by demonstrating his complete loyalty to the former president. so i want our witnesses to understand something very plainly. if you're thinking of following the path mr. bannon has gone down, you are on notice that this is what you'll face. >> the vice chair liz cheney who lost her position in the gop for taking a stand against the former president is saying the privilege argument suggests that trump was personally involved in planning what

how was he tonight, don lemon? did he meet your muster? >> not that he meet my muster, but he should do more of this. i have always said on the record in this exchange and on the program, these are good venues for him because he is a human being. he can explain things. sometime he gets, you know, a little too in the weeds, right? very big on details tonight. and he usually does that, right? because i think he should continue to do these because that's what the american people want. they want to know what he's doing, whatever legislation he's trying to get through, whatever his administration is trying to accomplish, the american people want to know. and i don't think anyone can convey that and -- after all he was elected president of the united states the highest office of the land. no one can do that better than him. so i think he should continue to do these town halls, continue to do press conferences. i think he should go out and meet the media and talk to the media and hold press conferences and go to the briefing room because people w

>> hey, don lemon. how are you? >> i'm doing very well.ng us. >> thank you for having me. >> listen, i've watched your netflix specials and a lot of you on the internet. i haven't gone to your show in person but i really do want to. so listen, your stand-up can also be seen on netflix. what do you think? do the jokes cross a line for you? >> well, see, i have three dogs in this fight. so let me start there. i'm black. i am a comedian. and i am transgendered. so i have three dogs in this fight. and i want to be fair to each and every one of those platforms. what i heard from dave chappelle's latest special was the overpouring of racism this he talked about because i understand that he's talked about the transgender community and some of the things were painful to hear but funny because as a comedian that is our safe place, that is where we are the safest on stage, where we should feel like we should be able to say anything. nina simone said it best. how can you be an artist and not speak about the times? he says it in socially inappropriate

cnn's don lemon laid it out perfectly. >> it allows lies to spread unchecked. say something on this network that's untrue, we face the consequences. if you do that on social media, there are know consequences. what is posted on social media should be true. if it's note true, take it down. if it's not true, don't allow people to put it up there. jesse: we are supposed to trust big tech or don lemon to tell us what the truth is? the guy who pushed the russia hoax in there are no consequences for that. this is the perfect storm created to give democrats a chance to regulate our speech and give the legacy media power over social media. during this distraction, youtube and google announced they will not let anybody who doesn't believe in climate change earn money on their platform. isn't that the entire points of science, to ask questions and use reason to deduce the truth? but you can't profit from speaking the truth there anymore. we are in the danger zone now. but it gets worse. the bind administration just gave it irs a free pass to snoop on any bank account wit

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it is now time for "don lemon tonight" with its big star, d. lemon. >> okay, the expectation of this committee is that all witnesses will cooperate with our investigation. witnesses who have been subpoenaed have a legal obligation to do so, and then it goes on to say our goal is simple. we want mr. bannon to answer our questions. we want him to turn over whatever records he possesses that are relevant to the select committee's investigation. the issue in front of us today is our ability to do our job. finally there seems to be some urgency in washington regarding the subversion of justice. people trying to flout the law and subpoenas. and we need that urgency when it comes to getting something done, a deal on infrastructure, and especially voting rights. where is the lie? am i wrong? >> well, i agree with that. i don't know where the january 6 committee gets you in terms of what i believe the hill was to die on for democrats, which is putting voting rights into a place that they're safe based on what's happening across the country right now. bu

i want to bring in don lemon, the host of "don lemon tonight" and author of "this is the fire: what i with this entire discussion. i think sometimes we cast the net too broad and it can be clumsy. jon gruden, we're throwing this into the issue of cancel culture. what does that say, i want to live in a time where you can write -- with no consequences. what happened to those days when you could write emails like that, to get canceled over racist, homophobic and misogynistic things? >> you kids can't do anything racist anymore. that's the point, exactly. as you were scrolling through the list of all those things, okay, fine, but we have to remember, in gruden's case, i don't mean this pun not intended, it is not so black and white. there is nuance to everything. each case has to be looked at and judged on its individual me merits. i don't see why jon gruden is being lumped into a cancel culture category. you shouldn't go back and try it cancel people for accusations, there is due process. this isn't an accusation. they weren't even looking for jon gruden. they were investigating the wash

howie: will cain, it was don lemon and others at cnn who kind of mocked rogan for taking ivermectin.sn't sanjay gupta who said any of these things. he took the heat there. he had a hard time defending his network. >> he went back to don lemon and gave credibility to the lie once again. this is media criticism and it deserves the highest of criticism because it was an outright propaganda lie. it cost lives. this costs people lives. ivermectin is a nobel prize winning drug used successfully on billions of people across the globe as a parasitic. they turned it into a horse dewormer and nothing else. it only could be a horse dewormer. today you can't get doctors to give you ivermectin. they're afraid to prescribe it. pharmacies wonderful a prescription for ivermectin. people are dying because cnn and msnbc and guys like sanjay gupta gave credibility to a lie and there needs to be a high cost for that, the highest, the easiest are turning our ears and eyes away from pure propaganda and lies. howie: had i think dr. gupta deserves credit for getting into the ring and getting beat up. it's f

it just got to my core. >> and don lemon joins us now. don, that looks fascinating.. >> it's the first time we see their identity. they will be fully identified by the court system by the judge on monday. they want ted to do this intervw as a group because they don't want to be chased by the media. they don't want to have to reiterate and retell their stories over and over and over again. one and done, they say. it was very tough for them. you were talking to brian stelter about false flags, right, and the only false flags i saw was the blue lives matter and the american flag, because certainly what they're doing, what tucker carlson is doing, is going against the american people. for people who say they care about police officers, they certainly don't by putting out lies about the election. we're living in this alternative reality, right, about what the country is about, what the world is about. for many george floyd didn't happen, you know what i mean? for the importance of black lives matter, they're saying it shouldn't have happened. obviously george floyd being

. >>> thank you for watching, it's time for "don lemon tonight," the big star, don lemon. >> what you got tonight? i heard you talked about facebook. we talked about regulation and i think you had a good idea, it should be sort of an fda, internet communications. >> you said fcc. >> it should be the internet communications. >> the shift we had since his time was where government was chasing him for the same kind of rock n' roll reactionary government posture, now we have the political right saying no, no, you can't come near social media. you just want to sensor us, even the biggest beneficiaries in terms of mag occnifications. here is the root cause. >> lie cells. >> that's why facebook and a lot of these other guys and the same space plays to those ads, the algorithms tell this makes money. you see smart guy like ted cruz at harvard law, he was one of t brightest students they ever had. because they get him, they are provacative and he gets reached. that's part of this problem. what's being rewarded in society is what they are cashing in on. >> it's power co-opting the little guys.

for now, don lemon now. you got the president of the united states saying drinks on you to the pope and telling him a story about satchel paige. what a day. >> what a day. two of the most famous catholics in the world right now. the biggest catholics in the world getting together. i thought it was interesting. i kind of want to relate to what is happening where we live because someone we know, father beck who weighed in on this and now all of a sudden is not at his perish on long island near where we live. i hope the folks there are listening because a lot of people are upset for saying something that the pope cleared up today. do you disagree? >> the pope has now said it twice. he called joe biden again. you know, look, people are like what he said -- pope, if you respect the history and tradition or you don't. we don't hear a pope say someone is a good catholic. >> right. >> for him to say that to joe biden is really him trying to be instructive of a point. it's like literally, he said this is the second t

let's turn things over to don and "don lemon tonight." >>> this is "don lemon tonight."us, everyone. and so, here's the question on -

what does it mean to hear that from don lemon on cnn? >> the fight goes up to 30.is justified, democrats are blowing it in virginia. they are blowing it when it comes to the new spending package that even though they control the house, the senate, the oval office, they can't come to an agreement and much of the crazies in the biden administration are implosions of their own doing like terry mcauliffe in virginia, things are getting desperate for democrats. you talked in the last segment, glenn youngkin down 10 points, now at age in a new fox news poll, all the momentum behind the republican right now but almost all we are hearing about out of the democratic party and many in the media is donald trump. president biden said trump's name 20 times in a relatively short speech on tuesday night. no surprise because the party has nothing positive to run on. inflation know, supply chain crisis know, rising crime, no, border security don't make me laugh, afghanistan, what is that? siding with teachers unions, the main question, has president biden made life better for those

enough on the problem, what is the fix, thank you for watching, don lemon tonight with the big star, don lemon right now pick >> the fix is not facebook regulating itself, it has been -- shown itself incapable of doing that thus far from all the criticism and the misinformation and/or disinformation, that came during the last campaign, and the one before that. so was the fix? i think the fix is going to have to be some sort of regulation, not talking about since the ship, most companies, most entities, most institutions have some degree of regulation, why should facebook or any other social media company be any different chris cuomo? >> i don't think it should. like i said, they say you know, if you build it they will come, just a platform, it took a while to catch up with that, because the word platform is new to us, but if you think of them as the stadium, now it all becomes very clear, well, the stadium, they don't control the game, but they control the venue, and there are rules and they indeed have rules. >> they can kick people out decide who they want to come in and tell peopl

"don lemon tonight" with the big star d. lemon now. >> i think you're right on that if you're on the right side of history, which many on the anti vaccine and anti mask and many on the conservative in the republican party, not on the right side of history now. say that flat out. i heard your conversation in relation to kyrie irving. i heard your conversation in relation to january 6th. falls to the same thing. misinformation and disinformation. >> informationally challenged. >> yeah. >> look, and i don't want to -- look. i respect kyrie irving, what he does or what have you. >> why? >> i respect what he does -- >> you mean he's a basketball player. >> one of the best point guards in history. >> exactly. >> everyone has a choice. if he doesn't want to do it, fine. he doesn't have to do it, but one then must suffer the consequences of not doing it, and i think in the largest scope of all of this, it is all about america. right? humanity. we're all on team humanity. we're supposed to be looking out for each other as a team and

. >>> news continues, let's turn things over to don and "don lemon tonight." >>> this is "don lemon tonighteryone. here is the question that everyone on capitol hill is asking now. so now what? what happens now? right? all of a sudden we were in this big deadline, what are we going to do, the deadline is coming? can nancy pelosi do this? mitch mcconnell? so there was a day of high drama, right? we're waiting on the edge of our seat since last night for a vote that did not come. the presidenin

. >> this is "don lemon tonight." and we've been talking about why america is so angry rierkts? because a lot of the b.s. that's all the misinformation that's spread out there, that's part of it. you know the anger that seems to be erupting everywhere from planes to school board meetings and beyond. the hate speech that turns into violence. the feedback loop that seems to be infuriating americans. well, what we heard today may make you really angry. i want you to listen to facebook whistleblower frances haugen. a 37-year-old former product manager who testified before congress for more than three hours saying the company is putting profits before people and putting our democracy at risk. >> i believe facebook's products harm children, stoke division, and weaken our democracy. the company's p leadership knows how to make facebook and instagram safer but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people. congressional action is needed. they won't solve this crisis without your help. >> so here's what she's saying. she's saying that fac

i was like -- did you mean don lemon? someone else? i got to tell you i got to know him and his wife a little bit socially. i didn't know them that well. but i'd see them and they were very kind and we'd have conversations. the nicest most down to earth people you will ever meet. humble, humble to the very end, even though the guy had seen and experienced everything, had met everybody under the sun. not an ounce of pretense. he and his wife. alma powell, i'm so sorry for your loss and the entire family. >> i think it's really important that this fight about, you know, what it means, his passing, is a good fight. the guy was completely committed to making things better and speaking truth when it's inconvenient and uncomfortable and he did something, again, you know, if you want a second reason he was better than so many in his generation politically. he owned making a big mistake in selling the war. >> i was going to bring that up. i'm glad you did. he said i was wrong. i regret it. >> he owned it. let me tell you, very few in that admi

. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." thank you for joining us. it is a busy friday news night. major developments on multiple big stories. president joe biden weighing in on the january 6th investigation saying anyone who refuses a subpoena should be prosecuted by the justice department. >> i hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable. >> should they be prosecuted? >> yes. >> that is strong stuff from the president after the white house tried to distance itself from the criminal contempt referral against steve bannon and the doj says the department of justice will make its own independent decision in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law period full stop. that is happening as democrats on the committee are speaking out tonight holding bannon and purveyors of the big lie accountable. >> we're not bluffing. we'll hold people accountable and we expect people to appear before the committee as is everyone's duty before congress and we will take the next step, which is criminal referral. >> we want mr. bannon's cooperation. he's clearly hiding

it's in about two hours on don lemon tonight, 10:00 eastern. thank you so much for joining us tonight. i'll see you tomorrow. ac 360 starts now. >>> good evening, president biden is due to arrive in rome any minute. at least not yet. house democratic leaders pushing back a vote on an already senate bill. progressives refusing to support it until senate moderates sign offer on the build back belter social environmental legislation. one of those moderates joe man g manchin said it's the product of negotiations. i would hope all of us continue to deal in good faith and do what is right for the future of the american people. not a sign off but not a kiss off. just a few minutes ago, i spoke about the state of play with white house domestic adviser and former u.n. ambassador, susan rice. >> you were with the president on capitol hill. congresswoman saying the house progressive caucus won't have the structure bill without the build back better act. i know you talked to members of congress all day. where are we right now on some of the key stake holde

we'll be watching you there in rome, and now it's time to watch a don lemon tonight special, inside the jury room starts right now. >>> the crowds are gone but there are reminders everywhere not the least of which is the place where it happened right here. first a makeshift memorial now a permanent one, george floyd square. >> i can't breathe. >> it was the video that horrified the country. and one of the most important trials we've ever seen. >> count one, unintentional second degree murder, guilty. count two, third degree murder, guilty. count three, second degree manslaughter, guilty. >> tonight the jurors in the trial of derek chauvin are speaking out. >> i think there's a lot of misconceptions out there. >> they tell me what it was like deciding a case that sparked protests and outrage around the world. >> how could somebody do that to someone else? >> i just still can't wrap my mind around how a $20 counterfeit bill ended up in george floyd's death. >> this took a toll on you. >> i can replay it in my mind right now. >> even when you look away you still hear him crying and moaning

it's time for "don lemon tonight," the big star, don lemon. >> what you got tonight? i heard you talked about facebook. we talked about it today on "the handoff" which we'll release on thursday. we talked about regulation and i think you had a good idea, it should be sort of an fda, internet communications. >> you said fcc. >> it should be the internet communications commission. >> but the fcc won't let me be. very interesting, the shift we've had since his time which is where government was chasing him for the same kind of rock n' roll reactionary government posture, now we have a the political right saying no, no, you can't come near social media. you just want to sensor us, even though they're the biggest beneficiaries of the social media platforms in terms of s s >> lies sell. >> that's why facebook and a lot of these other guys and the same space plays to those ads, the algorithms tell this makes money. you see a smart guy like ted cruz. at harvard law, he was one of brightest students they ever had. why does he say so many stupid things? because they get him wat

my flop at the week is don lemon defending lying cnn over the claim that popular podcast are joe rogan't you agree i have the biggest flop, raymond? raymond: it was certainly a major flop, i mean, joe rogan really took him on and pressed on him and he walked it back which is amazing, but to say they didn't-- don lemon said they never said it. that's not true. they did say it, repeatedly. leo: you are right. lara, the medical doctor was in the wood chipper for three hours. you go on his podcast and you sit there for three hours. lara: that's a long podcast. i don't know what you talk about or that long, but they made a cnn look very, very bad and not that they needed any help as we know their ratings are somewhere around the toilet to level at this point. i thought it was interesting that he actually got him to agree with him to some degree, but you know this is the state of things now. everyone, it's just all total craziness these days it. i will head to my flop because my flop is at george calling william shatner an unfit guinea pig after his historic facelift. shatner fired back sayi

don lemon tonight starts right now, and d., you'll be interested in this as well, all of our viewers, i got to sit down with the jurors in the derek chauvin trial, the george floyd murder trial, the jurors who found derek chauvin guilty of the murder of george floyd. and man, listen, it's unbelievable what you hear from these jurors, what they focused on. and quite honestly surprising to me you're going to hear tonight, chris, they didn't really talk that much about race. it was based on the evidence, and it was also based on they say, chris, not what derek chauvin did but what derek chauvin did not do. and they did their duty as a citizen, as citizens, and the verdict has been reached, and they should be respected for it. >> and now just so people understand derek chauvin is not a regular citizen when he's in that uniform and on the job. he has duties. he has responsibilities that go to what his actions are supposed to be and his inactions are supposed to be about. so it's not like how do you commit a crime if it's about what

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>>> now to a galaxy far, far away, the mind of don lemon.y be completely authentic and human in a public settlinging l shatner. >> think about it for those of us that grew up even reruns watching "star trek." it was a real, real treat. i would love to see what all the other ch

let's get right to "don lemon tonight" with the big star d. lemon. >> i can't imagine how this family feels, the lady who was killed on the set. how the man's family feels who is in the hospital, and alec baldwin. i mean, it's just a tragedy, tragedy all the way around. >> and it should have never happened. >> think of the history of the movie business. this is the second time this way. there is a third one, john eric -- >> he put a gun up against his head. >> right. >> and the blast ability and burn ability of a blank was enough to cause him a mortal wound. brandon lee, this is the same thing. >> i saw his sister on your show. >> somebody confused the ammo. look, let's start with what is obvious. there is no reason for bullets on a movie set. it's make belief. but they are real guns. and sometimes people use them and forget about murder inte intentions. target practice. now you have an issue with custody and chain of custody and responsibility of the amm ammunition. somehow a real bullet got into a movie set weapon. the other issue is you're

. >>> now to a galaxy far, far away, the mind of don lemon.nice to see somebody be completely authentic and human in a public setting like the way shatner was. i'm glad it meant so much to him especially at that stage. >> think about it for those of us that grew up even reruns watching "star trek." it was a real, real treat. i would love to see what all the other characters, that would be great. some are not with us anymore. it was great and completely authentic. he was so grateful to jeff bezos for giving him the opportunity. he said i don't know what to say. someone like william shatner, a very seasoned actor, very pro when it comes to public speaking like blah, blah, blah i don't know what to say. it was great, don't you think?

"don lemon tonight" starts now with the big star d. lemon. >> i think there are a lot of things that are getting better. i saw the debbie downer and thought the smirk is going. i see both sides, i see the glass half empty right now and there are a lot of things going right. >> such as? >> well, such as there is a possible pill that helps people when they get sick with covid, that the covid numbers are coming down despite the vaccine hesitant people in this country. that there may be a deal, it looks like a deal is in the works when it comes to infrastructure in this country and that will help. so i think there are some good things. and also on the other side i think the concern should not be whether republicans love trump. we know that, duh. i think the concern should be with joe biden's approval ratings at an all time low reflects 58% to 38%. >> you have to see the relationship between the two. >> i don't see the relationship. one is looking at a reality. there is a president in office. people aren't happy with the job he's doing. oth