he lives in the don lemon bubble and everything is great and don lemon world. at all times.ause he is not very bright and he knows it. >> he is mr. rourke from fantasy island. "welcome to don lemon's world." so unbelievably cheesy, the 1979 way, that i just, i don't know, he pushes my buttons. >> you really are diplomatic. you fish a lot, who would you like to go fishing with? obviously it would have to be withdrawn. >> don lemon had a very famous interview, on the record, at lunch, in fact ordered for dessert lemons sorbet. when corrected, "i'm afraid it is pronounced sorbet," he did not acknowledge he had no idea how to pronounce the frozen dessert and he wasn't embarrassed. so my dream is to have a long dinner with don lemon. >> do you know what i think unites both of those candidates were dumbest person at cnn is the lack of embarrassment. they go out there, they deliver the same tripe every day, but they wake up and they are as happy as clams. >> no, no, no, i disagree. chris cuomo is totally tormented. you watch chris cuomo and there is a deep self-loathing. he knows h

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, the anchor of "don lemon tonight." his is the fire "oimen don, thank you for joining us. that same attorney complained about black pastors being in the courtroom is now comparing this to a 21st century lynching. how offensive is that? >> with all due respect, wolf, as said, it is just by saying with all due respect, it does not -- it does not condone anything that he said, right? it gives him at least the right or the gumption to be able to say it. i think it's ridiculous. i think it's very offensive. especially when you're talking about people, about a young man, obviously, who was killed by these two gentlemen. when you're talking about people who were lynched, the legacy of lynching in this country and to say that it was a modern day lynching, i think that is very offensive to everyone. listen, i think the rhetoric in what is happening in this country, i think everyone needs to take the rhetoric down, especially those who are involved in the process, who are right in the muddle of the process. >> it comes as you know

take care. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." i'm laura coates in for don lemon. another big night of headlines. the jury in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery wrapping now the first day of deliberations and due back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. meanwhile in charlottesville it attorneys out there is a price for spreading hate in america and that price is $26 million. a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the white nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy claims however. that as for the second day in a row, the committee investigating the riot at the capitol on january 6th issued a new bach of subpoenas that, this time focussing on right wing extremist groups involved in the attack including the oath keepers and proud boys. i want to go to the trial in the three men accused in the murder of ahmaud arbery. martin sallve sahas that now. >> reporter

would don lemon say that his tears are crocodile tears? with it. the shoe on the other foot test isn't passed by the media. they want a particular narrative that divides the country into you're for trump, you're a white supremacist, or you're for black lives matter, and you're a woke person. the vast majority of america, as you said, they want to see a criminal trial determine did the state prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this man at this time did not act in self-defense. the answer to that is clear, notwithstanding the fact that my former colleague larry tribe and others who claim to be civil libertarians, suddenly they're9 rooting against criminal justice fairness? suddenly they're rooting against due process? many of them are against free speech. they have given up civil liberties in the name of a result, and the result is keep the country divided on racial and ideological lines. and the rittenhouse case was a perfect way to do that even though the facts didn't fit the scenario and the narrative. howard: right. i don't have a probl

you have to as a juror not say what would don lemon do? what would a reasonable person do? what would that guy do, a 17-year-old overwhelmed and scared by anything because he's naive. that's who you have to judge it on very generous standard and the prosecution has to prove you didn't need self-defense. you didn't act in self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt, which is our highest standard and much higher than the burden presented in many other states. it's a very, veriery easy law a you saw the results. >> we'll see what happened. so far calm although people have the right to demonstrate or whatever. let's hope that it stays this way and people do the right thing and learn -- >> one last thing. i hope that the understanding of frustration is not presented as he should have been found guilty because other people would wrongfully have been found guilty under this law and you should say we want this outcome no matter who the defendant is. >> no matter who it is. the same grace that especially those on the right people giving kyle rittenhouse, the same grace should be granted

. >> joining us now, cnn's host of don lemon tonight, don lemon. of "this is the fire: what i say to my friends about racism." i should note also louisiana native. >> i remember the first time i saw james carville was in a bookstore near college drive at baton rouge, louisiana, as i was attending. james carville and his wife both there. >> what do you think about what he said? >> look, i have a lot of respect for james carville. what he says, i understand the sentiment of what he's saying. i don't necessarily agree with all of it, because, listen, us older people, you know, we may think wokism is some -- oh, my gosh, i don't understand all the language around this. defund the police, i agree more than 100% with him. defund the police was a stupid slogan and never should have been brought into the political spotlight, the political realm. it was an activist term. as far as being weoke and wantig equality for people in underserved communities or minorities or women, i don't necessarily agree with that. i do think it scares people. it scares older peo

this is "don lemon tonight." as we have been saying, the verdict is in. no surprise. paying attention. >> joseph rosenbaum, we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. as to the second count of the information, richard mcginnis, we the jury find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. as to the third count of the information, unknown male, we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. as to the fourth count of the information, anthony huber, we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. as to the fifth count of the information, gaige grosskreutz, we, the jury, find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. >> members of the jury, are these your unanimous verdicts? is there anyone who does not agree with the verdicts as read? >> lucky, young man. can you imagine that moment? first thing i'd be saying -- thank you, jesus. thank you, god. fall on your knees. lucky. kyle rittenhouse who shot and killed two people, wounded another during protests in august of 2020 over the police shooting of jacob blake,

take care. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." i'm laura coates in for don lemon. another big night of headlines. the jury in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery wrapping now the first day of deliberations and due back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. meanwhile in charlottesville it attorneys out there is a price for spreading hate in america and that price is $26 million. a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the white nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy claims however. that as for the second day in a row, the committee investigating the riot at the capitol on january 6th issued a new batch of subpoenas that, this time focussing on right wing extremist groups involved in the attack including the oath keepers and proud boys. i want to go to the trial in the three men accused in the murder of ahmaud arbery. martin salve has that now. >> reporter:

>> this is don lemon. i have been holding this for a while. okay, okay, okay, on the legal matters, it is this, this, this. we live in the real world. imagine if it was reversed, a black kid with a gun. i have some huge news to tell you about between a sitting president and former president. this is about protecting our democracy. late today a federal appeals granted the former president's last-ditch effort to stop them from seeing documents from the white house. a win, but a temporary one. pressure is building on mark meadows to cooperate, demanding he appear for a deposition and turn over documents tomorrow morning. we have more to come on all of this. back to what i was talking about. kenosha. defense resting their case in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. he killed two and injured one with an ar-15. crossed state lines and too young to carry that weapon because he said he thought it looked cool. today there were no tears. the judge asked the jury to leave the room twice for the second day in a row while he got into it with the prosecutor. >>

so what they're doing now, they're doing the don lemon kind of the idiot argument. what the kyle was black? would they call him a hero? the answer is hell yes. self-defense with gun trumps race. we see the pistols before the pig meant. unlike cnn, the media prefers to defend the criminal rather than somebody defending themselves against the criminal. so it doesn't matter to us whether kyle rittenhouse is black or white or hispanic or asian. the fact that he defends himself, there's -- for us -- when i mean us, second amendment absolutists, to us, it doesn't matter. we're on your side, so it's a person that brings up the race like don lemon as usual who is the racist because as he can see is race. last things, there's no concept of incentsives in a lot of the media. when you egg on violent demonstrations and you get the expected result of massive spikes in crime, they act so dumbfounded and then they act dumbfounded with the most predictable outcome, is when there's no more comes, citizens and the second amendment step in. anybody could see it coming. some people pre

don lemon thinks the judges being biased saying he is treating kyle rittenhouse as if he's his grandsonen there's this the media slamming the judge. >> i've never seen anything like this before where a judge yelled the behavior very least unusual. and it's concerning treating kyle rittenhouse as a faces grandson. just prorating the prosecution, nobody needs to be rated like that in the courtroom. >> is made a series of decision, each one may be individually indefensible but in totality leads to a biased, racist judge. aishah: there are people who have known this judge for years and they completely disagree with this. meanwhile he is getting threats. what is happening here? sean: let's take a step back for a moment. for emily's analysis, when you look at the fact that the prosecutor you want to make it as simple as possible for the jury to understand. kyle rittenhouse is there and maybe he should not of been there, he had a gun, they think he should have a gun. when he did not prompt or instigate anything with the protesters and when he came into conflict he tried to get away, he ran awa

>>> "don lemon tonight" with the big star d lemon now. >> you're back and better than ever. how was your trip? >> it was good. it was good to see the g 20, to understand some of the concerns. >> looking back at being out of the country and sort of having an overview of looking at america from the other side, what did you think? >> yeah, and talking to italians about how they see us but also seeing a lot of the echoes of what's going on there. they good a got case of rage against the machine in that society, also. and they are hungry for renegades. they don't trust the government. they're not sure about the vaccine. you know, they are something and this is always the trick for us, okay? at the end of the day, they don't just look alike, they have the same blood and they have culture and they have language and they have feel. and that never goes away. they're all italian. so they may have their disagreements and may not like each other and have government turnover and bureaucracy but they're all italian. >> are you seeing we don't have that cohesion as we're all americans? >>

"don lemon tonight" starts now. lemon? >> a strong woman. can you imagine, any mom going through that your heart has to go out to her. i can understand why she avoided the video for so long but much like in the -- and she said that. much like in the george floyd case, this is the center really of this case of getting that on videotape. >> i mean, if it hadn't been on videotape, look, even when they had on videotape was twisted to try to make this story something that it wasn't early on and -- >> remember, there wouldn't be an arrest. you and i were trying to get this videotape on the air. your remember the beginnings of this. this was before george floyd and having mrs. cooper and wanda cooper-jones on and family members and the attorneys bringing light to this case and then we were going with ahmaud arbery. i remember you had the man on who was the neighbor, right? remember that? >> the guy who made the video. >> right. right. >> with his lawyer who basically said, you know, my client is the village idiot and he's not sophisticated enough t

laura coates tonight, the upgrade for don lemon. >> i'm with it still.d about it. >> the intelligence alone knocks me speechless. >> wow. >> must be this new piercing i have. [ laughter ] >> that's a midlife crisis coming for ya right there. >> i don't know what to say. is that happening now, chris, you know what, happy new year in advance because wow. >> that's the least of my problems. hey, i got to ask you something. >> yeah. >> i got to ask you something. >> not about a piecing, please. let's go. keep going. >> no, never. the idea of all these trials, you know, it's not a coincidence. this is society on trial right now. these are really important questions. we haven't even gotten to the reproductive rights stuff yet with the supreme court in the mississippi case but ahmaud arbery, rittenhouse, wisconsin isn't a good law the stand your ground vibe of self-defense laws make it easier to kill. this ahmaud arbery case, though, the one guy, the buddy whose lawyer calls him an idiot basically, they guy should have within a witness in this case turned by th

it's don lemon tonight. we have a lot of breaking news. before i get to the breaking news i want to tell you, we're going to talk in a way i think about the court system in america that no other show is discussing about bringing light to what happens, the power that judges have, the inequalities in our court system, criminal justice system that need to be brought light. our breaking news right now, cnn is learning that the house will vote tomorrow on president joe biden's build back better bill and the infrastructure bill, okay? this is a moment of truth for democrats, a real come to jesus moment. now, if the president's party doesn't learn the lessons of this election blood bath, really, they are going -- mark my words. i have been saying this a lot. i know guys get mad. why are you beating up on the democrats? i'm not. i'm just telling you the truth. if they don't learn their lesson now -- should have learned it months ago -- actually should have learned it from the very beginning, number one, during the obama administration. the republi

this is don lemon tonight. as we mentioned six new subpoenas for key players in the former president's inner circle. campaign manager bill stepien who was in charge as the campaign morphed into the stop the steal effort to jason miller, who even before the election claimed democrats would steal it, to john easteastman, man behind the scheme for mike pence to overturn the election. michael flynn, who talked about seizing voting machines and declaring martial law. >> if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities, and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election. >> no, he couldn't. nope. not without destroying our democracy. and there's more. angela mccallum reportedly part of the efforts to pressure state legislators and bernie kerik reportedly in the willett hotel, so-called the war room there with rudy giuliani, with steve bannon and with john eastman the day before the insurrection. what was going on? six key players added to the growing list of the former president's insiders ta

don lemon tonight with its big star, d. lemon. >> and we've got a lot of news. >> you do have a lot of news. you have all the heavy aspects of the rittenhouse trial. the judge wouldn't let him be questioned about why he may be given -- >> can we talk about this judge? >> sure. >> so i've been sitting back -- >> longest serving judge on the wisconsin bench. >> okay, fine. just sitting back and watching just as a lay person, right, just kind of watching this, watching this, watching this. and i think the legal analysts because they are legal analysts and they want to keep, you know, their composure and they're used to being -- they're paying deference to the judge. he's ridiculous. his antics are absolutely ridiculous. and today, chris, saying that someone who writes for a biased publication that has been favorable to kyle rittenhouse and that has spoken out against black lives matter, that that should not be brought in so that the jurors can't make up their own minds about what is biased and what is not and what is relevant

don lemon tonight begins right now with laura coates sitting in. today's news, all of these headlines, right in your wheel house. >> right in yours as well, and i was listening to you on siriusxm a couple of hours ago, and here you are again, my goodness, you work hard. nice seeing you. >> unfortunately that was the rewind. i hope the things that i said this morning stood up after the verdict came in. >> do you want them to have stood up, i'll tell you they did. of course they did. you're smerconish, of course they did. >> you're nice, thank you. >> take care, happy thanksgiving. >> you too. thanks, laura. >> this is "don lemon tonight," i'm laura coates in for don. >>> our breaking news tonight, three white men found guilty of killing ahmaud arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man, a man who was chased down and shot to death for running in a georgia neighborhood. the verdicts come in spite of the racist dog whistles. one defense attorney disparaging ahmaud arbery's appearance after another infamously said he wanted more bubba's on the jury. no bl

>>> this is "don lemon tonight." the jury in the homicide trial of kyle rittenhouse, who shot two people to death and wounded a third during protests in august of 2020 over the police shooting of jacob blake wrapping up a second day of deliberations in kenosha without a verdict today. they're expected to get back to work at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. we've got a lot more on this. and in georgia the trial of three white men accused of murder in the shooting death of a 25-year-old black man, ahmaud arbery. travis mcmichael taking the stand today as the first defense witness and describing the moment he shot arbery. he, his father gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor william roddie bryan jr. are accused of chasing down and killing arbery when he was out jogging. but it took months for them to be arrested, which happened only after a video of the shooting surfaced. and there's outrage all across the country over one of the defense attorneys who said, "we don't want any more black pastors coming here." hundreds of pastors expe

they put don lemon on air and release these tweets. they make it very personal. there is a message in what you just said there, son sonnie. >> yes the message has to be can be packaged in toward black america. what is not going to work is identity politics. so as long as we are allowing the left to push us in to that parallel conversation, instead of actually focused on our ideas, and what we believe in, we're not going to find that kindred relationship with black america that we should be building. and it has to come local. it has to be looked at. the regulation and legislation and actually solve the problems. s thatth only way we are going to fix it identity politics is not going to do this. sonnie johnson catch her tomorrow. thanks so much. murders being released into the streets of u.s. cities. americans taken hostage abroad. the consequences of biden's incompetency. that's up next. ♪ ♪ this is the greatest idea you'll ever hear. okay, it's an app that compares hundreds of travel sites for hotels and cars and vacation rentals like kayak does for flights. so i

time for the big show don lemon tonight with its star d. lemon. >> these moments when the former president denied twice or whatever, former, ex, we really don't know what is going to happen. this is unprecedented. we only have a few days until the documents have to be turned over. just tomorrow, right? and if they get as you were speaking to the expert there, this sort of quick injunction, temporary injunction just to sort of figure it out, it remains to be seen if that is even going to happen. we just have to watch. last night i wouldn't think, tonight i'd be reporting on the same breaking news as last night. >> you knew he was going to appeal. why did he go to the same judge when she just denied him the day before. two theories. one, they stink. two, they had to exhaust all remedies before appeal to the next level. you could argue either way. they obviously thought they needed to do this so they did. now the archives are supposed to deliver these things starting friday, the 12th. between now and then, that was the judge's reasoning. you g

this is "don lemon tonight" and this is breaking news. the former president losing his wight to keep records from his presidency under wrap. federal tanya chutkin has ruled in a 39-page opinion that the house select committee investigating the january 6 riot at the capitol should, should have access to records from his presidency related to the attack. now the judge deciding that a former president's wishes couldn't overcome the decision of the current president regarding protecting privileged information of the executive branch. the former president has already notified the court that he is appealing chutkin's ruling, that coming moments after the breaking news on this ruling. so we're going to get to a couple of folks here. i want to get to cnn's ryan noble, and preet bharara, a former u.s. attorney who knows all about this. but ryan has been going through this document from the judge, and he has some information for us. so good evening, gentlemen. good evening to you, ryan, first. a former president losing this executive privilege clai

"don lemon tonight" and the big star d. lemon. >> look who it is. the man who referred to the lovely and talented and very smart laura coates as the upgrade. what are you trying to say about me, buddy? >> better than you. [ laughter ] >> well, that part is true but still, i mean, you could at least fake it. you're supported to be my good friend. >> i am. i love you to death. [ laughter ] >> yeah. how are you doing? hey, listen -- >> one of the reasons i call her the upgrade is because i've been calling her that for over a year now. >> i know that. i know that. good to see you. >> good to see you, brother. >> i know you had a great thanksgiving. i know you did. i miss you and i'm grateful for your friendship and love. i think you're fantastic, one of the kindest people i know on this planet and there you go. i meant every word. >> i'm thankful for you in my life. it was great to see you having a good time. i like the friends-giving tradition. for us it was great to be in the house for the first time and was all good, man. one memory at a time. it's a

i'll see you soon. >>> so this is "don lemon tonight." we have major developments on two big trials. and i want to talk about congress as well. we are waiting for the verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial. that's one in kenosha. the prosecution rests its case tonight in the trial of three white men accused of murdering a 25-year-old black man. i'm talking about ahmaud arbery. so those are the two cases. in this ahmaud arbery case, gregory mcmichael, his son travis mcmichael, their neighbor william "roddie" bryan, it took months, i don't know if you guys remember when we were covering this case in the beginning, it took months for them to be arrested, which happened only after a video of the shooting surfaced. well, today the judge denied repeated efforts by one of the defense attorneys in that case who has said, quote, we don't want any more black pastors coming here, to have a court keep a record of everybody attending the trial. some 250 pastors are expected to come to georgia later this week in a show of support for ahmaud arbery's fam

"don lemon tonight" and its big star -- >> the shizzle is for rizzle. that's the second time i have had to correct you today but that's okay. >> wait, what you did you just say that i said differently? >> you said rizzli. >> and what did you say? >> for rizzle. >> listen, you are no authority on anything, do you understand that? >> don't he get all huffy with me. listen. everyone has been saying -- you remember the old saying -- well, i shouldn't say the old saying -- but during the -- the first-trump lock her up, lock her up? >> well, look. he could get two years -- um -- in jail. >> i don't think he is going to testify. i think he is going to -- this is a badge of honor for him. >> yes, it makes him a martyr to his cause of basically trying to take down america, to build the america emts. he wants. and i really think that this is more about what it means for the other people. >> yeah. >> i don't believe that you are going to see a lot of people want to sit in jail for donald trump. >> except for the people who tried to break into the capitol, and -- >

the big show, "don lemon tonight" with the big star, d. lemon tonight. >> we got the breaking news, this is a what we're waiting for. it's a little bit late running behind, that's what we're looking the at asbury park, new jersey. we're waiting for the governor of new jersey who we have just -- had ve just projected a the winner, murphy over jack ciattarelli. we'll watch that for you and continue with it. >> so we're watching them watching us. >> watching us. >> watching them. >> watching them. >> this was a lot closer than democrats and phil murphy and democrats expected. >> absolutely, and we'll see how the governor explains that. we'll see if he spins it because he's got a little good news, not just that he won, obviously, but democrats don't get consecutive terms in new jersey as governor very often. he hasn't done it in a long -- hasn't happened in like 20 plus years, but this situation is all about why, and the immutable laws of politics that democrats ignored, which are people care about what matters closest to home. when they give

this is "don lemon tonight." and we were showing you pictures of asbury park, new jersey.is our breaking news tonight. we are awaiting the governor, phil murphy, elected to another term there. that is our breaking news tonight on the election that shocked just about everybody. cnn is projecting now that the democratic incumbent, governor phil murphy, has defeated the republican jack ciattarelli in the race for governor in new jersey. a whole lot closer than anyone would have predicted, especially the phil-murphy folks. we are awaiting the governor's victory speech there in asbury park, expected to start at any moment now. we are going to bring that to you live and we are going to bring it, again, as it happens. you will see it on the small screen there. you see folks are excited and they are ready for governor phil murphy to come in and make his acceptance or winning speech. but this was a race that, you know, up until the last minute, looked like smooth sailing for the democrat until it turned into a political hand-to-hand combat. but in the wake of the election night tha

there is a guy who says he has been sexually assaulted by don lemon. this is cnn's guy. they promote the hell out of this guy. apparently lemon according to this guy went up to him at a bar and tuck his hands down his pants. let's listen to what he said. >> do you like me and that's why you [bleep] me. i said no, i just wanted to say what's up. he had his hand in his pants rubbing himself up aggressively. he shoved his two fingers under my mustache and said [bleep]. i said what the hell, man, and i just ran out the back door. >> that not anywhere. you cannot find this story anywhere. obviously we know why. they are doing everything they can to do damage control with lemon who needs all the help he can get. >> that's such a grotesque story. if that was you or any other conservative pundit who did something like that in a bar to a stranger, that would have been everywhere. brian stealther been salivating over that for weeks. one side tells lies, one side tries to stick to the facts. it's pure dishonest propaganda. >> that's why the ratings are crashing so bad. miranda divi

i'm sorry to inform nancy pelosi, don lemon, chuck schumer and the entire left wing cabal, we are woken't bore you with the awful things liberals, democrats and the mainstream media called conservatives. let's just watch one video of democrat icon james carville from last friday. >> the democratic party isn't a party win the's a cult it's a coalition. judge jeanine: what a different a few days can make. after make that comments and after his party took a beating in virginia. he changed his tune and kicked some of a political blame game. >> this wokeness, this defund the police lunacy and take abraham lincoln's name off schools? people see that, and it's just really having a suppressive effect all across the country. some of these people need to go to a woke detox center or something. a. judge jeanine: james had an about-face in days. if only his party followed. the progressive liberal democrats have not only been wrong for years, within the last week we had to hear this. >> i think we'll win in virginia. >> what happens in virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 202

i'm don lemon and this is cnn's continuing coverage of election night in america.credible race for governor in new jersey. it is a dead heat as you can see over my left shoulder right now. fewer than 600 votes are separating republican jack ciattarelli and democrat incumbent governor phil murphy, who many expected to just walk away with it. didn't happen. ciattarelli was leading for most of the night but murphy has closed that gap now and the outstanding votes are coming in from heavily democratic counties, so we will be watching it all very closely this hour. >>> and in of the race for governor in virginia, cnn projects republican glenn youngkin is the winner there. beating out democrat terry mcauliffe who was joined by the campaign -- on the campaign trail, i should say, by president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. also, the former-president barack owhat showing up there, as well. virginia voters sending a big message to democrats but right now, new jersey, still up for grabs and that's why we need to head over this way. to the magic wall. john avlon.

don lemon tonight starts right now. d. lemon. >> a strong woman. through that? your heart has to go out to. i can understand why she avoided the video for so long. but much like in the -

the big show, "don lemon tonight" with the big star, d.ews, this is a what we're waiting for. it's a little bit late running behind, that's what we're looking the at asbury park, new jersey. we're waiting for the governor of new jersey who we have just -- had ve just projected a the winner, murphy over jack ciattarelli. we'll watch that for

people like don lemon, we saw rittenhouse crying genuine tears.said they were crocodile tears and white supremacy tears and fake tears. we saw today when the verdict was handed down, how genuine his emotions were. how dare they try to get into the head of a young man and attack him. if they did that to a young black man they would get in trouble. there ought to be accountability. >> sean: credit to both of you. on the law and the evidence, you are dead on accurate. i believe the jury followed the facts and watched the evidence and came to the right conclusion. last word? >> any american who was watching the trial and not listening it the base and hyperbolic comments on msnbc and cnn understood completely the jury's decision. the evidence was compelling this was a case of self-defense. this is a case that have never been brought. a but a snap decision by the prosecutors to indict within 48 hours under pressure by the woke mob led to this injustice. prosecutors never understood the evidence because they never scrutinized it. they were surprised by t

>>> this is don lemon tonight. you just saw "trumping democracy: an american coup." the threat is far from over. and every one of us needs to step up if we want to protect our democracy. we'll talk about that more, but first, some breaking news. here's jessica dean on capitol hill. >> reporter: don, right now, the house is finally voting on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. this has been back and forth all day. remember, the original plan was that the house was going to vote on the build back better act on thursday. and the bipartisan infrastructure bill today. that all got scrapped. there's been a lot of push and pull, and the way this all landed was just moments ago, the moderates that had been holdouts on the build back better act issued a statement committing to vote on that by november 15th. in return, shortly after that statement went out, we heard from the chair of the progressive caucus, who said that after that assurance, they will move forward on voting. now, we do expect some democrats to vote no. not all progressives will likely vote for this. so we're

"don lemon tonight" and its big star -- >> the shizzle is for rizzle.at you did you just say that i said differently? >> you said rizzli. >> and what did you say? >> for rizzle. >> listen, you are no authority on anything, do you understand that? >> don't he get all huffy with me. listen. everyone has been saying -- you remember the old saying -- well, i shouldn't say