>> i'm voting against judd blevins. >> i voted for judd blevins. i believe that he's the man for the hour. >> reporter: blevins seen here campaigning during yesterday's recall vote has said he never identified as a white nationalist or a white supremacist, but activists in enid who initiated the race took issue with his participation in the deadly 2017 charlottesville unite the right rally and his past role with a state chapter of a white nationalist organization. blevins refused to talk about his past when we approached him last month. >> why did you hold a tiki torch and march and say jews will not replace us, sir? >> reporter: but offered this at a candidate forum ahead of the election. >> what were you trying to achieve or what was your purpose in -- >> bringing attention to the same issues that got donald trump elected in 2016, securing america's borders, reforming our legal immigration system and, frankly, pushing back on this anti-white hatred that is so common in media and entertainment. >> reporter: last night, according to preliminary vot

he believes that from what he's heard from judd blevins in the last few days. sit on the council any longer. >> our children are elderly are educational system businesses >> will not want to come to >> eat it and be a part of a community that's moon nationally for hatred this is bigger than blevins this a subculture >> so the polls hearing enid oklahoma close in about four hours. as i mentioned, 808 people voted here in ward one in that election last year, right here at this polling location that we're at it needed today, we're told by election officials, 300 people have already voted, so turnout expected to be higher. there's also a school bond issue on the ballot today, which is probably pumping up turnout numbers as well. but a great deal of interest in a great deal of concern over how this election is going to turn out today. >> force we'll see what voters decide. ed lavandera alive for us in enid, oklahoma. thanks so much. i'd stay with cnn news central or back in just a few moments >> for. walk-up blocks first ever wonderful don whole innovations, showdow

so that's what this is about. >> that is connie vickers and nancy pressnal who worked to recall judd blevinshe white nationalist rally in charlottesville. they worked to recall blevins. they organized a signature drive that secured hundreds of signatures more than necessary to spark the recall vote. now thanks to the vote, judd blevins is out of the enid city council and he will be replaced by republican cheryl patterson. thanks for joining me, live from the recall watch party, brandy, thank you for just putting this on our radar ago band-aid live on the scene. can you give us a picture of the grass roots effort to oust a white supremacist from the city council? >> yeah. i mean, you can take a look around in this room. i'm at the watch party of the social justice committee. this is a small group of people who have had a huge effect on their community. especially in terms of white supremacy and extremism. now, the folks around me are all very different. they have different ideas. some of them are t das. some of them are very progressive leftists but they came together in 2013 when judd blevin

nationalist hate groups march through charlottesville, virginia in 2017. >> this man and named judd blevins from oklahoma, was in the crowd. he says he was there to protest the removal of confederate statues blevins returned to oklahoma we're the monitoring group known as right wing watch. later reported he worked as a recruiter for a white nationalist group and posted offensive comments in an online discussion forum. he has since said he disavows these messages then last year, blevins was elected to the city council in he needed oklahoma, 808 people voted. blevins one by 36 votes. blevins past had mostly flown under the radar until a small group of progressive activists in enid sounded the alarm about blevins joining the charlottesville march. they're trying to get him voted off the council. >> it wasn't very, very disturbing and frightening. and i thought, how is this still happening in this this year? >> kristi balden volunteers with the enid social justice committee, which organized a recall drive. today, voters will decide if blevins keeps his city council seat. >> we want to hit as ma

i spoke with judd blevins who expressed some confidence in today's vote, in the voters, i spoke to his -- his challenger, cheryl patterson, who said she believes that enid will make the right decision, but i've been talking to a lot of voters. and what i've heard is a couple of things. first and foremost, a lot of people say they had no idea about judd blevins' white nationalist ties before the vote in 2023. now they say they're aware and many of them are making a different choice. until we figure out the results today at around 8:30, we'll just have to wait and see what that decision is. but the mayor did tell me a couple of weeks ago that this decision will either bring the community of enid together and rally them or it will be a lasting stain on the community. >> brandy, thank you for that. >>> and still to come, a nightmare scenario for students as colleges warn of massive delays in processing financial aid. >>> plus, it is the story everybody is talking about. the solar eclipse. while millions will watch it from down on the ground, a select few will be in the sky on special plane

, two of the women who helped spearhead the effort to recall enid oklahoma city council member judd blevinsfter discovering a photo of blevins marching with a tiki torch at the unite the right rallyane charlottesville, the two women knew they had to do something. they organized a signature drive that secured hundreds of signatures, which was more than necessary to spark today's recall vote. and now tonight thanks to that vote judd blevins is out of the enid city council. he'll be replaced by republican cheryl patterson. joining me now is nbc news reporter live from the recall watch party in enid, oklahoma. thank you for put s this on our radar and being live on the scene as the results are coming in here. can you give us a picture of sort of the grass roots effort to oust a white supremacist from the city council? >> yeah, i mean you can take a look around this room. i'm at the watch party for the enid social justice community. this is a small group of people who have a huge effect on their community in terms of white supremacy and extremism. now, it folks around me are all different. they

judd blevins, candidate for city council in her town of enid, oklahoma.upremacists at the 2017 unite the right rally in charlotte spoke with virginia. his ties to white supremacist groups had been published by right wing lunch, as well as a local city newspaper. somehow, that information did not gain enough traction in enid, a conservative stronghold in oklahoma. connie knew she had to take action. a week after seeing the facebook post, she and her friend nancy confronted him at a candidate forum. connie and nancy told my colleague what he said to them during the encounter. >> mister blevins, we have been following the campaign and there have been some reports about possible connections with white supremacy to tell us about that? connie pulls out her sign and says, so, this is not you? his face turned beet red. oh, so that is what this is about. >> for the record, nbc news has confirmed that blevins had former membership in the white nationalist group. the mayor and city attorney says blevins took responsibility for making posts on white supremacist forms

this man named judd blevins from oklahoma, was in the crowd. he says he was there to protest the removal of confederate statues blevins returned to oakland so homer were the monitoring group known as right wing watch later reported he worked as a recruiter for a white nationalist group and posted offensive comments in an online discussion forum. he has since said he disavows these messages then last year blevins was elected to the city council in i need oklahoma 808 people voted. blevins one by 36 votes. blevins past had mostly flown under the radar until a small group of progressive activists in enid sounded the alarm about blevins joining the charlottesville march they're trying to get him voted off the council. >> it was very, very disturbing and frightening, and i thought, how is this still happening in this, in this year? >> kristi balden volunteers with the enid social justice committee, which organized a recall drive. today, voters will decide if blevins keeps his city council seat. >> we want to hit as many doors, as many addresses as we

and then judd blevins spent the last several weeks and months defending himself is very difficult to pinpoint exactly what he was making of his controversial past at times apologetic, asking for forgiveness, but other times, defnt but las night voters herand ward one ofce, but judd blevins did win about 40% of the votes. nevertheless, activists here say they are relieved >> part of the mission of those really virulent ultra right-wing, conservative movements. is to normalize these horrible beliefs. we can't normalize these strange beliefs. we can't allow it to be tacitly accepted in the community because that's a starting point point that we can't let them take root >> take the kennedy that one, cheryl patterson, she's expected to take office in the coming days. because after the election is officially certified later this week it's great to have you there. i'd thank you so much. it's great to see john. >> all right. uh, first of its kind, treatment for depression online, the new app that now has the green light from the fda and pearl jam and nora jones, nikki menasha, and darius ruc

voters here in enid elected cheryl patterson, who is also a conservative candidate to replace judd blevins the election will be officially certified until later this week, and that's after that is when paterson will take office. blevins has said in the weeks leading up to this selection that he will honor the results of what voters decide. >> back to you. >> all right. ed lavandera, thank you for that report and coming up, concerns growing after a bird flu outbreak hits america's largest producer of fresh eggs how this could impact the food supply >> next stop this stage and all those points dreams are made up. >> they talk about lifetime. >> we will >> see you in phoenix. >> were you worried the wedding would be too much? >> now? another >> destination, weddings >> why can't they here's my >> backyard within power, we get all our financial questions answered, so we don't have to worry, empower what's next attention? former marines and family members station to camp plus june, if you lived or work that can't lose you in north carolina for at least 30 days from august 1953 to december 1987,

but first i do want to ask you about these results judd blevins has been recalled officially.your reaction >> well, it's a blessing to see him relieved i've gotten to know him a little bit more personally, than anyone else on the council. and it confident he shared things with me. and i'm aware of the fact that it's bigger than judd blevins is a national problem that we have had for a long time and their citizens and enough, there were brave enough to take it upon themselves to fight back against white supremacy i feel sorry for judd you know, and the conversations that he's had with me privately >> i really know how he >> feels about certain situations and things that have happened that he's not going to share with everyone else so keep those conversations and i'm i'm intrigued by the trusting rapport that you have built. but what about those conversations has made you feel sorry for him? >> just the fact that he got caught up. >> you know, he went to the military, came back to the united states and during the trump era? >> i'm just going to tell the truth tonight >> he heard

evening ironically, there's actually a city council meeting going on in the building behind me a judd blevins is not here tonight. aron >> absolutely fascinating and credit report. thank >> you so much, ed. >> thanks for joining us. the news continues >> now on cnn it's wednesday, april 3rd, right now on cnn this morning buildings collapsed, people trapped taiwan, rocked by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in 25 years. powerful storms, triggering dangerous floods and tearing off rooftops in the heartland here in america and donald trump back on the trail predicting the end of elections in america. if he loses to joe biden again all right 5:00 a.m. here in washington live. look at capitol hill on this misty wednesday morning good morning, everyone on kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us. we begin with breaking news taiwan rocked by a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake. it's the most powerful earthquake to hit the island nation in 25 years. here's what we know right now, rescue efforts are underway more than two dozen buildings have collapsed, and people are trapped. the ep

judd blevins is seen here at a unite the right rally in 2017. tuesday he lost his enid commissioner seat to cheryl patterson, a former schoolteacher who campaigned on what she called a return to normal. patterson is a republican. but chronic democratic activists also celebrated her victory over blevins. >>> the u.s. navy is sharing a new underwater view of the francis scott key bridge. sonar images show the collapsed baltimore bridge now resting on the muddy bottom of the river. this imaging is essential for those dive teams. the water is so cloudy and dark that they can only see about a foot in front of them. above the water, two small channels have opened up. they're mostly for barges that are helping with the salvage operation. >>> new police video is shedding some new light this morning on a police shootout that killed an unarmed teen back in 2022. that shooting is now being investigated by the california justice department. we do want to warn you here that a lot of these images are really hard to watch. now according to the san bernardino s

recall election today, following the revelation that he has ties to white nationalists. 42-year-old judd blevins attended the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. today he'll face off against his opponent, cheryl patterson, a grandmother and long-time church leader. both candidates are republicans, but the election is bipartisan and open to all registered voters in the ward. today is also primary day in arkansas, connecticut, mississippi, rhode island and wisconsin. >>> a six-week abortion ban is set to begin in florida in 30 days. that's because the state supreme court upheld a current 15-week ban paving the way to implement the already-approved stricter law. but the state justices are also giving voters the final say, allowing a constitutional amendment to preserve abortion access to appear on the ballot in november. if approved, florida's constitution would allow abortion up until vieability, which is right around 24 weeks. a ballot measure was also app approved to approve recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21. >>> breaking overnight in gaza, seven aid worke

unofficial results posted on the state election board website show that iraq war veteran judd blevins lost his seat. he was elected last year. last week he acknowledged that he marched in the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, in 2017. >>> crews opened a second temporary channel to allow small barges and tugboats to get around the wreckage. -- wreckage of a collapsed bridge in baltimore. mangled steel is blocking the port's main shipping channel. work is continuing on a third channel that will allow larger vessels to pass through. new sonar images show the wreckage of the bridge at the bottom of the river after it collapsed last week when a cargo ship lost power and will crashed into it. >>> coming up, new video of a tragic police shooting in california that took the life of a teenager. >>> and inside footage of the raid on sean "diddy" combs' house in los angeles amid new allegation of excessive force. " house in los angeles amid new allegation of excessive force. my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. don't let symptom

a town that voted this week to remove city council member judd blevins after local activists discovered that not only did he lead an oklahoma chapter of the white national group, but he was one of the neo-nazis chanting, jews will not replace us in charlottesville, virginia, in august, 2017, something we confronted him about last month. >> reporter: you were a leader in an oklahoma chapter of a white nationalist organization. i want to know if you have any explanation to that. why did you march in unite the right? why did you hold a tiki torch? >> he has denied that he has ever been a white supremacist. at a candidate forum last week, he said his activism was motivated by the same issues that got donald trump elected in 2016. he defended marching in charlottesville. you may remember that it was led by a man named richard spencer who does admit to being a white supremacist and who has called for peaceful ethnic cleansing of america and advocated for a white ethno state. party like it's 1933, the year that hitler came to power in germany. spencer was a speaker at the 2017 unite the right

not only did voters given him the boot, judd blevins lost by 19 points.e people turned out for the recall vote than the initial election last year. that's according to unofficial results from the oklahoma election board. blevins will be replaced by cheryl patterson, a former teefrm who campaigned on a term to normalcy. >>> it's the tipping point state, wisconsin, arguably the most important of all the battlegrounds for joe biden, at least according to jim messina, the guy who helped barack obama win re-election. donald trump held an event there last night. his campaign billed it as the launch of his general election effort. easy to understand why when you look at the last two presidentials, when wisconsin was decided by less than 1%. but can trump do what he couldn't do the last time he ran against biden, which is win it? nbc's steve kornacki has been looking at the political geography of the state. i know you've identified three big hurdles confronting trump in wisconsin. >> you're right on the significance, a lot of electoral college scenarios run strai

but judd blevins is not here tonight. erin? >> absolutely fascinating and credible report. thank you so much, ed. >> thanks for joining us. the news continues. now on cnn happening now, the us expresses outrage over the israeli airstrikes that shell seven aid workers in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling the attack unintentional and vowing an investigation will get reaction from it. an aid director who was a friend of one of the victims also tonight, donald trump is following up a stop in michigan with another battleground state visit in holding a rally in wisconsin this our he's using his return to the campaign trail to ramp up his rhetoric on the border crisis and to double down on calling undocumented immigrants animals. plus raking news as parts of the us are already reeling from destructive storms, millions of americans are at risk tonight for very severe weather, including the most significant threat of tornadoes so far this year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room we begi

but judd blevins is not here tonight aaron. >> absolutely fascinating and credit report. thank you so much. ed. and thanks to all of you for being with us for that and for our show tonight, let's handed off now to ac30, 60 with anderson tonight on three 60, the former president tries again to get >> his new york judge off the case. the manhattan de a response as a clock ticks down to his hush in a file also tonight trunk campaigning today in two states, he wanted 2016 lost in 2020 and could be key to victory this year. and all we're learning about israel's strike on it food convoy that killed seven workers from world central kitchen. good evening. thanks for joining us when most criminal trials are just days away, most criminal defendants and their legal teams are busy enough, just prepping their cases. don't trump of course, is not moos. defendants. so today with his new york criminal trial, just 13 days away, his legal team try it again to get the trial judge to recuse himself. and in short order, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg responded. so we begin with that

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please join easterseals with your monthly gift right now. ( ♪♪ ) >>> oefted city council member judd blevinst margins. activists learned he marched along neo-nazis in charlottesville in 2017 and led an oklahoma chapter of a white nationalist group. he denied he had ever been a white supremacist. he'll be replaced by long time republican cheryl patterson with one of the democratic leaders of the grassroots campaign saying this, quote, we won, blevins lost. hate lost. we will be right back. te lost. we will be right back. oooh! i can't wait for this family getaway! shingles doesn't care. shingles is a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. ahhh, there's nothing like a day out with friends. that's nice, but shingles doesn't care! 99% of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them, and it can reactivate at any time. a perfect day for a family outing! guess what? shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not prot