this is "don lemon tonight." the alabama corrections officer that fled with an inmate ten days ago has died. reportedly of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. vicki white was her name and the inmate casey white, no relation, captured in indiana after a chase ending in a crash. the u.s. marshal task force

watching don lemon do the news. and it was just the most bizarre moment and i said, you know is anybody listening? something i'm paraphrasing exactly what i said, but can you help do you see what's happening to our to our country? what is going on, you know mr. president helped the former president barack obama helped what our country is. we're tearing each other apart. i don't know what's going on and it's just reaching out to people names and hollywood's like help like do something and it was the most bizarre moment. i felt like i was standing on the edge of the ocean screaming into the void and but then afterwards in hindsight, i wasn't because people were watching and you know eventually the the verdict came down and in a difference was made, but it was it was you described it at one point. i have the words right our dungeon. doesn't shook it. well, that was that was i said, it was a moment similar to what james baldwin said the very time. i thought i was lost my dungeon shook my chains fell off. so, you know we

don lemon tonight starts with don lemon. hey, don. >> hey, laura. to you i want to say this is unprecedented having subpoenaed the january 6th committee. five republican congressmen. i have the perfect person to talk about it. another legal miend like you. that's the former attorney general, eric holder. >> i cannot wait to watch that because he, himself, was to a contempt proceeding that he did not abide by it. i'm curious to think how he feels about the way it's being treated now. i cannot wait for that interview. >> that's one of my questions. thank you. >> of course. you're don lemon. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. >>> this is don lemon tonight. the big headlines right now come frg the committee investigating the attack in the capitol on january 6th, raising the stakes really. sending unprecedented subpoena fo their lawmakers who have refused to say what they know. kevin mccarthy and four big republican names in the committee site. mo brooks, jim jordan, andy bigs, scott perry. so far nobody is saying whether they will comply. the committee is

"don lemon tonight" starts right now. hi, don lemon! >> wait a minute, i'll be back wednesday, too. but that's only because i'm burning the midnight oil. i've got my coffee ready. >> i'm going to watch you, i'm going to support you, i'm going to cheer on the whole election night in america team, but i will be in my pajamas doing that. >> don't we have a legal panel we can put laura on at 1:30 in the morning? >> i'm getting older, laura coates at 1:30 in the morning is not the bionic version. >> laura, see you tomorrow. we're going to get to it. no, i'll see you the day after tomorrow. my bad. >> this is "don lemon tonight." what we were just talking about, we are hours away from one of the biggest primary elections this season. george kemp, t -- brian kemp ha strong lead over perdue. and tonight mike pence had to be hustled out of the capitol, remember, as rioters were chanting about hanging him. why were they doing that? all because he refused to throw out electoral votes, which he had no power to do, anyway. he is now campaigning for kemp. >> when you say yes to governor brian kem

don lemon tonight, starts now. hey, don lemon. >>> hi. we have more on that story. i hope this never happens to you. there's an incident on the plane and the pilot is incapacitated and they say, ma'am, we need you to step up to the cockpit and fly the plane. what say you, laura coates? >> probably a series of beeps and then i would do it. i wouldn't be as calm. i would like to think of how i would be in that moment but if you and i were on the plane together, we would exchange a glance. it would be expletives and we would jump to the actual job. >> okay. >> what would you do? >> i would go do it. i think i'd be calm about it. >> okay, yeah. >> let's hope that doesn't happen. the calm was i hope that never happens to you. >> i hope it never happens to anybody. if it does, can we have that person on speed dial to say i need somebody who is like blood purchase pressure level is like this. >> or just the co-pilot. fly private, i would say do it. that's just me. thanks. >> you're don lemon. i'll fly commercial. >>> this is don lemon tonight. thank you for joining us. wha

"don lemon tonight" starts right now. hi, don lemon. >> laura, i love having you here to talk about this legal stuff. one big purveyor is rudy giuliani now speaking to the committee and for quite some time. the significance, please. >> first of all, nine hours of rudy giuliani talking to the committee? you know in the next few weeks you'll hear the public hearings of the committee. i'm surprised that he's not a part of that, but that tells me they actually wanted to get answers and not have the greatest show on earth that would happen in front fortof th cameras. the fact that he entered into a subpoena, answered it and answered questions. he is a person that was actively trying to ask legislators to overturn an election, to overturn the will of the people. so they have rudy giuliani testify for a nine-hour period? i bet they have a lot of information from him. >> i'm sure there's more to come from that. laura, you have yourself a fantastic weekend. >> thank you, you, too. >> thank you. i'll see you later. >>> this is "don

let's hand over to pamela brown and don lemon tonight. >> thank you laura. this is don them tonight. i'm pamela brown in for don lemon tonight. but we are learning tonight makes the horror of what happened in uvalde even worse. it's hard to believe that it is even possible. 19 children, two of their teachers, are dead, and now police admit waiting to enter the classroom, waiting for more than an hour while children inside were calling 9-1-1, begging for help. waiting because they apparently believed it was a barricaded subject situation. the police, not an active shooter. that was the wrong decision. texas officials say. >> a bit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. very wrong. there's no excuse for that. >> there are so many unanswered questions tonight. but let's not lose sight about what this is all about. 19 children shot to death in their classroom, to teachers losing their lives as they try to save their students. and a country demanding to know how we stop this. cnn's 11 errors in uval

don lemon tonight starts with don lemon. hey, don. >> hey, laura. congressmen. i have the perfect person to talk about it. another legal miend like you. that's the former attorney general, eric holder. >> i cannot wait to watch that because he, himself, was to a contempt proceeding that he did not abide by it. i'm curious to think how he feels about the way it's being treated now. i cannot wait for that interview. >> that's one of my questions. thank you. >> of course. you're don lemon. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. >>> this i

don lemon on the scene, thank you very much. don later tonight for more live coverage. "don lemon tonight" 10:00 p.m. eastern. we will all be watching. thanks once again. >> i want to bring in our senior law enforcement analyst, former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe and former philadelphia police commissioner and d.c. police chief charles ramsey. after today's briefing from authorities it feels like there are more questions than answers right now. what questions do you have about that hour-long window before the gunman was actually neutralized? >> yeah. boy, wolf, there were certainly a lot of questions and concerns left hanging after that press conference. i know that we were told that there was, no fact, no school resource officer that interacted with the subject as he was approaching the school. that was excontradictory to wha we heard. then a lot of things came up out of the blue. there was a reference that the three officers who entered the building shortly after the suspect did, i think at 11:44, and who tried to approa

another democratic lawmakers told cnn don lemon under privileged women will be impacted the most. >> it's not a decision yet. but should it be? it's game changer for america. it's a game changer for women. and women's rights to control their own body. it is dangerous what is taking place right now. and as some of your other guests have said, those that are affluent. they can go from one place to another to do to have an abortion if they have to. those who are poor, they will be victimized. >> meanwhile, some california lawmakers have announced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would protect the right to abortion in response to the high court draft opinion. we will continue to follow this story of course. now for the latest on the situation in ukraine, let's bring in live from lviv. >> thanks. good morning. u.s. and west officials believe vladimir putin could formally declare war in ukraine as soon as may 9. that is victory day in russia marking the defeat of the nazis in world war ii. up to now russia called its actions in ukraine a special military operation. and t

cnn's don lemon spoke to two political experts earlier about the report.y overturning roe v. wade could impact the upcoming midterm elections. >> it's a category 5 political and social hurricane in this country. as you point out, in one fail swoop, something that was a right for women for the last 50 years has been taken away. we do not know all the ramifications of this yet at this point, but i want to point out that this is something the republican party has worked on for decades, at the state level, at the federal level, in the judiciary, trying to get to this moment. and it is something, as i think one of my colleagues pointed out earlier, that democrats, while they talked about it a lot, have effectively said, ah, you know, we're -- they didn't -- they didn't do it in the way republicans did, they didn't protect it in the way republicans fought it. and in the end, now, you have this conservative majority on the court and the democrats are going to face a midterm election very soon and then a presidential election and they're going to have to decide ho

this is "don lemon tonight" and we have got news on stories here and around the world.s lost almost 27,000 soldiers in its unprovoked war. >> today, we can report only 200 downed russian aircraft. russia has not lost so many aircraft in decades and russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers. >> need to tell you cnn cannot ip dependently confirm that number but it would be a stunning blow for russia. and just look at this. ukraine says it blew up a russian helicopter on snake island. famous for that now-classic russian warship go eff yourself exchange. that, as vladimir putin may be getting exactly what he doesn't want, meaning finland and poe ten shlly sweden moving closer to joining nato, amid fears of russian aggression and in the face of that, a warning from lloyd austin to all of russia urgently calling for immediate cease-fire in ukraine. >

don lemon tonight starts now. >> i know you were up until 2 d2:00 a.m. watching the results with us. >> that's why i was yawning because i was wanting to be there with you. ree ride or die. >> this is crazy. this is when we say razor thin, it's not an exaggeration. >> it's probably going to have rae count either way. i'll stay with up you but can i watch golden girls in between? >> you can. >>> i got to run. dana bash is here. she doesn't like to be kept waiting. >> hi, dana bash. >> this is don lemon tonight. you were looking for election drama, you have come to the right place. look at that. those are the most up to the minute results. trump endorsed tv doc oz razor thin lead over hedge fund guy david mccormick. oz 1241 votes ahead. >> when a ll the votes tallied, i'm confident we will win. >> we're going to win this campaign. we're going to win this campaign. >> the fact is this race is way too close to call with a .1% lead. anything less than a .5% triggers a recount in pennsylvania. the acting secretary of state telling cnn the decision on a recount

and don lemon spoke to two political experts earlier about the politico report and they say a supreme court decision potentially overturning roe vs. wade could impact the upcoming u.s. midterm elections. >> it is a category five, political and social hurricane in this country. as you point out, in one fell swoop, something that was a right for women for the last 50 years has been taken away. we do not know all the ramifications of this yet at this point. but i want to point out that this is something the republican party has worked on for decades. at the state level, at the federal level, in the judiciary, trying to get to this moment. and it is something as i think one of my colleagues pointed out earlier, that democrats while they talked about it a lot, have effectively said, you know, they didn't do it in the way republicans did. they didn't protect it in the way republicans fought it. and in the end now, you have this conservative majority on the court and the democrats are going to face a midterm election very soon, and then a presidential election, and they are going to have to

let's turn things over to don and "don lemon tonight." don, it is a tough night in the country. >> it is a tough night in the country, but i want to commend you. you've been doing this for a while, for really putting the victims of this story upfront and center where they should be and not necessarily the gunman. it's important for history to talk about who he is, but i commend you for doing that. my heart is hurting. everyone i spoke to today, their heart is hurting, and they feel helpless. i'm going to talk to the audience about that in just a little bit. but we've seen this all too often. >> yeah. you know, anybody at home can probably remember the names of the killers in columbine but not necessarily the people -- the names of people who lost their lives. i feel like that's the case for a lot of mass killings in this country. we all focus on the shooter, and people learn that person's name, and they want that. they want that kind of attention. i think it's important to report on them and their motivation and everything about them. but

let's hand over to pamela brown and don lemon tonight. >> thank you laura. are learning tonight makes the horror of what happened in uvalde even worse. it's hard to believe that it is even possible. 19 children, two of their teachers, are dead, and now police admit waiting to enter th

this is "don lemon tonight." the alabama corrections officer that fled with an inmate ten days ago has died. reportedly of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. vicki white was her name and the inmate casey white, no relation, captured in indiana after a chase ending in a crash. the u.s. marshal task force colliding with the vehicle they were in to end that chase. the aftermath all caught on camera by a witness driving by on highway 41 in evansville. so why would a trusted law enforcement officer suddenly take off with a murder defendant already servied 75 years? plus, we're going to talk about vladimir putin celebrating the victim riff the nazis in world war ii and falsely blaming the west for his own invasion of ukraine. >> translator: it was the only right decision. the decision of a sovereign, strong, and independent country. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy vowing ukraine will celebrate their own victory. >> translator: very soon there will be two victory days in ukraine. and someone won't have any. we

cnn's don lemon spoke to three of our legal analysts earlier. here's what they had to say about the supreme court and what they might be looking to do when they -- if they vote to strike down roe versus wade. listen. >> this opinion can be, if true, narrowed down and defined quite simply. women are not viewed as equal to men. >> i think the fact of the leak is reflective of how serious an issue it is. as you know, don, i was booked on the show a few hours ago to talk about the investigation into the insurrection on january 6th. >> right. >> and obviously the news cycle has changed. but if you think about it for a minute, i think it's not too great a stretch to say there is some connection between an effort to overturn and election and an effort to overturn roe and it's this, as i've been thinking about it. there's a segment of the ideological spectrum now that thinks it has certain kinds of powers and wants to engage in radical efforts to overturn things they don't like. there's no more incrementalism, there's no more compromise. you don't like

"don lemon tonight" starts right now. hi, don lemon! >> wait a minute, i'll be back wednesday, too.e got my coffee ready. >> i'm going to watch you, i'm going to support you, i'm going to cheer on the whole election night in america team, but i will be in my pajamas doing that. >> don't we have a legal panel we can put laura on at 1:30 in the morning? >> i'm getting older, laura coates at 1:30 in the morning is not the bi

genesys, we're behind every customer smile. >>> this is don lemon tonight.ained a supreme court draft opinion that would overturn roe v. wade, the landmark ruling that guarantees the right to an abortion. we're also going to talk about ukraine. mariupol is in an evacuation there, 100 people getting out of the besieged plant before the rescue operation was halted by russian shelling today. 100 adults, 20 children are still believed to be trapped inside that facility. and there's also a man hunt happening in alabama. a search underway for a corrections officer and an inmate who disappeared from a county jail on friday. i want to go straight away to cnn legal analyst and supreme court byographer, and analyst, john avlon. we've got news about the chief justice john roberts and his apparent dissent from justice alito's draft opinion. tell us about it. >> yeah, thanks, don. just to mention how stunning it is that politico would publish this draft opinion which we have not authenticated but it jives with what we know about what's been going on behind the scenes at

don lemon tonight starts now with don lemon. hey, don. >> hi.ve on the country. many of the people or most of people involved have faced the judge how or the legal system in some way. how do you think it will affect the court of public opinion once it happens and is playing out on television? >> i think it will be impactful in that the court of public opinion is the electorate. this is who it's for. people have to remember the legislative branch has a goal in mind of trying to prevent this from happening again. these are people who asked to lead from voters. what they have spent the better part of nearly two years or year and a half doing will be of paramount of importance. this has been a huge issue. i think congress would make a mistake to over estimate the attention span of the american ele

this is "don lemon tonight."en days ago has died. reportedly of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. vicki white was her name and the inmate casey white, no relation, captured in indiana after a chase ending in a crash. the u.s.

this is don lemon tonight.ly declare war on ukraine on monday. a major russian holiday, the so-called victory day. that could mean even more brutal assault ondisturbing new accusa that putin's forces are taking civilians from

this is don lemon tonight. we have news on all the big stories covering this week across the country and around the world. fears tonight that vladimir putin could informally declare war on ukraine on monday. a major russian holiday, the so-called victory day. that could mean even more brutal assault ondisturbing new accusa that putin's forces are taking civilians from homes in and around mariupol, kovs skating passports holding them in conditions so unrealtime that ukrainian call them a ghetto. the russian military calls them filtration camps. people forced together to sleep on the floor. horrific conditions there. we've more to come on all this in a moment. in the wake of the bombshell draft opinion that could overturn roe v. wade, cnn's brand-new poll finds most americans do not support that. 66% say that they don't want to see roe overturned. but what happens if that happens? what happens? so we've got to look at what could be -- who could be prosecuted and where. coming up. plus we have lots of new developm

"don lemon tonight" starts right now with of course, don lemon. >>> straight to our developing news right now. we've got major news on multiple big stories here and around the world. breaking news this election night, polls are now closed in two primary races that will test just how much of a hold the former president still has over his party. cnn's projecting that trump-endorsed alex mooney will win the gop primary in west virginia's 2nd congressional district. john king at the magic wall for us in just a moment. then we also have some more breaking news we need to tell you about. there is brand-new audio, another top republican speaking his mind on january 6th. this time, it's lindsey graham speaking to "new york times" reporter jonathan martin right after the attack on the capitol. he says, the country will say that we're better than this. listen to what he says at the end about joe biden. >> he'll actually come out of this thing stronger. moments like this reset. people will calm down. people will say, i don't want to be associated with that. this is a group within a group. what this

"don lemon tonight" starts right now. first of all, nine hours of rudy giuliani talking to the

don lemon tonight, starts now. hey, don lemon. >>> hi. we have more on that story.lot is incapacitated and they say, ma'am, we need you to step up to the cockpit and fly the plane. what say you, laura coates? >> probably a series of beeps and then i would do it. i wouldn't be as calm. i would like to think of how i would be in that moment but if you and i were on the plane together, we would exchange a glance. it would be expletives and we would jump to the actual job. >> okay. >> what would you do? >> i would go do it. i think i'd be calm about it. >> okay, yeah. >> let's hope that doesn't happen. the calm was i hope that never happens to you. >> i hope it never happens to anybody. if it does, can we have that person on speed dial to say i

todd is someone who's at least tried to analyze both sides to have political game. >>> cnn's don lemons ago has been vindicated. a judge ordered -- [inaudible] obey $77,000 for tampering with evidence and trying to bribe witnesses. how -- now hice is saying after a deep dive in my memory, the events weren't9 what i thought. lesson to the media, don't rush to assign guilt web accusations are made. >>> well, that's it for this edition of immediate what was. i'm howard kurtz, happy mother's day, have a great day. check out my podcast, media buzz meter. you can subscribe at apple ituness, google podcast or on your amazon device. you know, i used to cover supreme court nomination battles and the justice department, i've never seen a leak like this, unthink bl. it'll be a story for a long time to come, and and we will cover ate and the coverage for a long time to come. out of time. back here next sunday. we'll see you then with the latest "buzz." ♪ and we'll come to you with a replacement you can trust. >> man: looks great. >> tech: that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ sa

i'm don lemon. we have breaking news on this election night in america. results are coming in on a big night. of big primaries. in five states, as a matter of fact. plenty of election drama. so make sure you fasten your seat belts. some of the hottest races, pennsylvania of course and that commonwealth. the senate gop primary. hedge fund guy dave mccormick and trump-endorsed tv doc dr. mehmet oz locked in a tighter than tight battle. look at that. just 2,600 votes apart. the trumpiest candidate really not endorsed by him kathy barnette trailing despite what looked like a late surge and people were concerned she might actually win, or could win. cnn projects doug mastriano, a champion of the bogus big lie of election fraud, in 2020 has won the gop governor's primary there. and talk about high drama. as cnn projects john fetterman wins pennsylvania's democratic senate primary. he is exactly where he didn't expect to be right now, though, watching from his hospital bed. he's recovering from surgery to get a pacemaker today after he suffered a stroke on frida

"don lemon tonight" starts right now with of course, don lemon. >>> straight to our developing news rightis election night, polls are now closed in two primary races that will test just how much of a hold the former president still has over his party. cnn's projecting that trump-endorsed alex mooney will win the gop primary in west virginia's 2nd congressional district. john king at the magic wall for us i

. >> amy klobachar had this to say to don lemon. >> if this opinion is issued, it will be against the that already said they will outlaw abortion in the state. my prediction, don, it will drive women to the polls and men, that 80% of the repuub believes that healthcare decisions should be made by a doctor and not ted cruz. >> one of the most contested primary elections right now is the republican nomination for ohio's u.s. senate seat where every candidate except one saug donald trump's endorsement. that is scheduled for tuesday. >> jeff zeleny is following this report. >> reporter: donald trump is testing his role as a king maker. >> mthe question is whether they'll follow his lead and support vance on tuesday. on the campaign trail today, vance was explaining his -- >> what he said about trump had been played again and again. >> i >> i'm a never trump guy. i never liked him. somebody who doesn't like trump i might have have to hold my nose and vote for hillary clinton. >> we asked about those words today? do you regret them. >> i wish i hadn't said them. it was a mistake. i was wron

let's turn things over to don and "don lemon tonight." ry, but i want to commend you. you've been doing this for a while, for really putting the victims of this story upfront and center where they should be and no

. >> cnn coverage of the tragedy in it can continues with don lemon tonight. beginning of the grief, some of the interviews that you have conducted tonight are just -- it's heartbreaking to witness. >> yeah. we have all been through this before. we have all seen this before but it's just stunning and sickening and still a lot to be learned. i know you'll be going over what we do know. there's a lot of information to be learned about what went on here and how this was able to happen. >> anderson cooper on the scene for us. thank you so much. we appreciate that. there's a vigil tonight in texas in a town that many of us didn't know much about. we learned a lot

with don lemon. [laughter] [applause] you know your news, right?ls like you are assigning me homework. is trump a russian spy? i don't know. you tell me. is it a 360? i don't know. you tell me. [laughter] i am watching the news. [laughter] but it feels like i am watching cnn watch the news. [laughter] just taken our and figure out what you want to say that take -- take an hour and figure out what you want to say, then go on the air. [laughter] it feels like you're trying to tell a story, but the -- breathe. take a minute. drink some milk. then tell us the story, wolf. [laughter] i know i am busting balls. i don't have a solution how to win back trust, i don't, but in the age of trump, i know that you guys have to be more perfect now more than ever, because you are how the president gets his news. [laughter] not some advisors, not from experts, not from intelligence agencies, so that is why you have to be on your a-game. you can't make mistakes. when you mess up, he blamed your entire group, and now you know what it feels like to be a minority. [app

last night don lemon spoke to a woman who lives just a few houses down from the school where the mass shooting took place. kim told don about her community and what could be done to stop an attack like this from happening ever again. >> let's talk about your experience because the school is just two houses over from where you live. close enough in fact that you usually hear the kids when they are out at p.e. can you walk me through what you heard and saw unfold around your house this afternoon? >> sure. i had just sat down for lunch. i don't know what the exact time, i didn't look at the clock. but it must have been around 11:25, 11:30. and something just didn't feel right. and i don't know if i had like sensed something, if i had heard something and i just dismissed it. but when i sat down, i thought i heard a couple pop pops. and in my brain, it was like man, that sounds like gunfire and i thought maybe the neighbor just dropped some 2 by 4s or something. so i went about eating my lunch and then my living room started to shake and then there was a helicopter right above high house.

don lemon tonight live from uvalde, texas starts right now. nother mass shooting at a school. it's horrific to have to report it. i'm going to get to it. thank you. i'll see you tomorrow. hello, every one. i'm here in uvalde, texas, until you're here, until you talk to the people in this small town, until you see them face-to-face, you don't really know. you don't really feel what it is like. i mean how can you. it is a small town of grief stricken families. parent, grandparent, neighbors all trying to understand what happened. pretty much every one here is hurting or they know someone who is hurting no matter where i go if it's to a church or grocery store or convenient store. you hear people talking about someone they know is in hospital or someone bee

don lemon tonight live from uvalde, texas starts right now. hey, don. >> here we go with another mass shooting at a school. it's horrific to have to report it. i'm going to get to it. thank you. i'll see you tomorrow. hello, every one. i'm here in uvalde, texas, until you're here, until you talk to the people in this small town, until you see them face-to-face, you don't really know. you don't really feel what it is like. i mean how can you. it is a small town of grief stricken families. parent, grandparent, neighbors all trying to understand what happened. pretty much every one here is hurting or they know someone who is hurting no matter where i go if it's to a church or grocery store or convenient store. you hear people talking about someone they know is in hospital or someone been affected by this. if you look behind me, you can see the 21 crosses with the names of 19 little kids and two teachers killed in their classroom. 2 place they were supposed to be safe. what we're learning about the police response raises some disturbing questions.

. >>> this is don lemon tonight, and it is a nail-biter, and the primary race for the gop senate race in pennsylvania is too close to call. a young survivor of the buffalo massacre as a young girl hid in a cooler with her dad as the shots rang out. we will hear that story ahead. >>> and on the front lines of kharkiv, the family trying to save their homeland from russian killing and looting. >> they believe that america is giving us everything for free, and they hate us for, that and they rob us, and they kill us. >> cnn is on the ground in ukraine ahead, but i want to go to cnn political analyst kristen powers and john mccain, and the executive producer of showtime, mark, and the gop winner is in the hospital, and the man who won is an election deny-er, and what does that tell you about the future? >> well, pennsylvania is significant for a number of reasons, don. we can re-do a number of results for a lot of reason, but pennsylvania is key for a number of reasons. the most significant outcome of the election yesterday was, of course, that we have the tight senate race, but the govern

>>> this is "don lemon tonight." president biden says the u.s. economy's getting hit on what he calls two fronts. >> at home, it's inflation and rising prices. abroad it's helping ukrainians defend their democracy. and feeding those who are left hungry around the world because russian atrocities exist. >> ukrainian forces pushing russian troops back near kharkiv in the northeast, but a new warning tonight from the mayor of kyiv. >> the main city, the capital, still main target from russia. >>> check out this story. the women's lacrosse team at delaware state university, a historically black college, accusing georgia police of racially profiling during what the school calls the pre-text of a minor traffic stop of their team bus. more on that in just a moment. >>> i want right now to president biden and the economic crisis facing americans. cnn white house correspondent john harwood is here along with commentator catherine rampell. thank you for joining, good evening. john, let's start with you. biden framing the inflation crisis as a war at home,

fauci with no mask on next to no mask don lemon?orrespondence dinner but he went to the pregame. >> yeah. >> jesse: and partied with all these guys in close quarters with no mask. your reaction? >> this is loss to the public. all the hypocrisy and governor showing up in the fancy french laundrie and all the fancy restaurants. they lost the public when they started not behaving the way they were telling to us behave. all you have to do and you want to see a vote, go to an airport. it is voluntary. can you wear a mask. do you know how many people are wearing a mask? 97% of people are not wearing a mask. because they believe that fauci telling them to continue to wear a mask is not true, not valid and it doesn't fit their risk assessment. so when individuals are free, 97% of them reject what fauci says. >> jesse: maybe he was just holding his breath like the l.a. mayor when he was next to lemon. >> could be. >> jesse: governor rand paul of kentucky thank you so much. >> thank you. >> jesse: barack obama is jealous of joe biden. an amaz

.™ >>> this is "don lemon tonight." prior primary season heating up.e'll look at the races. >>> major shifts in the battle field in ukraine. >> translator: russia lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles and a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters, drones and all of the prospects as a state. >> cnn cannot confirm those numbers and big news in the tech world, elon musk says he is putting his $44 billion deal to buy twitter on hold. i want to get to tom foreman with a look at the key primary races just days away. tom, what can we expect? >> hi, don. five states to keep an eye on on tuesday and we'll start in the wild, wild east because pennsylvania really is wild. republicans thought that this race for the open senate seat, there was going to come down to dr. oz endorsed by donald trump and david mccormick, the hedge fund guy. they thought this was the race, that's it. they will duke it out and we'll see who wins but kathy barnett came cruising in. she's a

we have anderson cooper, don lemon. shepherd smith. lot of big media names in the room. chuck.know what those are. these people are mean. the axios team is in the house. i didn't know this, but axios is greek for political playbook without the birthdays. axios got a lot of flak. kudos, they fix the problem by not releasing any more staff photos. i am a fan. you have been crushing it with those interviews. how does jonathan swan -- what to do with the money? an interview with jonathan swan is like being interrogated by a quality air. senator mcconnell, don't you think it is strange you when the devil have never been seen in the same place at the same time? don't you think that is strange? npr is here tonight. one of my favorites. congratulations for all the work you do. i wish you did not have to beg for money. maybe you are spending too much on tote bags. who designed those? how about the new york times by the not realize this i love the new york times. you guys are the best. some of most accurate reporting in news. really powerful. does the new york times keep blaming bell ref

. >>> this is "don lemon tonight." america is mourning after multiple mass shootings across the weekend at a grocery store, a church a, a few blocks from a nba game, and new york. >> this is a straight up hate crime. pure evil. >> the n word was unfortunately carved into one of his weapons. clearly he was bent on hate. >> plus major twists in key primary races with just hours to go until the polls open. in pennsylvania, a democratic frontrunner suffering a stroke and a republican candidate who marched the capitol on january 6 rising to the top of the field. >>> and combat mission over. that is a message from ukranian forces after months of nonstop shelling at the steel plant in mariupol. we're going to have the latest on the agreement with russia that led to hundreds of evacuations. >>> for more on these horrific shootings, though, and the motivations behind them, i want to turn to cnn's omar jimenez in buffalo, new york. good evening to both of you. omar, let's start with you. we are learning tonight from the suspect'

oxymoron, you cannot find the country on the map as don lemon tackle that crowd. >> greg: better to be a. [laughter] it's hard to be the dumbest person on "the view" it's like being the smelliest member of antifa. in terms of the most extreme organization, jill biden went to the funeral of a leader of the most extreme organization, the kkk. so it's kind of weird to say something like that to somebody's face that you really don't exist. she is looking at a black republican and saying, you know what, i don't even understand who you are or what you are. i think she is a bigot, she is against diversity of thought. she is guilty of sunny supremacy. she thinks she is smarter than everybody and that she is so anti-individualist, that she can't believe a black person would think any way different than she does. she artie does not like white people, she exposes her own weaknesses as she is in a severely limited life experience that she does not know any black republican sense operates in a suffocating bubble, that's kind of sad, but it's also bigotry. it's -- she is rejecting the diversity of t

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. >> kayleigh: don lemon, 'tween tray for. that'll work well.acing of this tiktok video is bad enough, there is now a new video of nina janco it's raising serious questions about how the biden administration came to choose or to lead its controversial disinformation. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> emily: new red flags being raised over the place and pick to lead the homeland security department's newly formed disinformation governance board. you will recall the biden administration touted nina jankowicz as eminently qualified. >> i don't question her objectivity. there are people in the department who has a diverse range of views and they are incredibly dedicated to the mission. we are not the opinion police. she has testified before congress a number of times. she is recognized as a tremendous authority and we are very fortunate to have her. >> emily: are we? since then we have heard that jankowicz called it hunter's laptops are a trump campaign product, and she posted tiktok videos where she sang about misinformation and praised senator elizabeth warren. now who

["only wanna be with you" by hootie & & the blowfish] >>> this is don lemon tonight, shock and outrage abortion stripped away by the supreme court. can congress do anything. a key house democrat joins me with her personal story in just a moment. >>> pushing russia back, ukrainian forces inching toward the russian border as they push back russian forces to the east of kharkiv and man hunt for a missing alabama corrections officer and the dangerous inmate she's accused of springing from jail. clues of a romantic relationship and a planned escape piling up. the county sheriff joins me ahead in this hour. >>> i want to bring in now democratic congresswoman jackie spear of california. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. let's discuss this. women across the country are shocked and furious. reproductive rights will clearly be the democrats' rallying cry heading into the midterms. what can congress do to help women whose power over their own health care and bodies, women feel that may be stripped away? >> i hate to say this, don, this is nothing that can be done at this point. y