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laura scott reports now the impact of the crash, on the tight knit skating community.yesterday he said a national development but this picture was the last he posted. confirming, tragically, what many within the figure skating community had feared — that he had been on board flight 5342. jinna han. and coaches, according to the skating club of boston, two coaches, two teenage athletes, and the athletes' moms. this will have long reaching impacts for our skating community. they'd been helping to develop young skaters in boston since 2017. athletes, and spoke of their unimaginable grief, amid reports skating. even when it's hard, you get back up. you get back up and move forward. of those who have been lost and their loved ones. - championships in estonia, is the sport reflects on lives and talent taken too soon. lies ahead in the and i want to bring in a wto p anchor expert in train pilot. what do you think the point for this investigation, the key point that they will be looking at based on we know tributes paid today at the european figure skating championships in est

laura scott, bbc news in norfolk.r a warning that the freezing temperatures mean supplies are concerningly low. centrica, which owns british gas and has the country's largest gas storage facility, said reserves were down 26% compared with the same period last year. energy analysts say top—up supplies could be bought from europe and other countries, but the price would be higher because of increased demand. tonight looks set to becoming the coldest night of the winter so far in the uk. the met office says a hamlet in northern scotland has dropped to —17.3 celsius as the winter cold snap continues. in the lake district, there are concerns that people will take to the hills without being properly prepared. here's danny savage. as the freeze continues, the mountains of the lake district have turned into a winter playground. under blue skies, walkers have been tempted onto the fells, but climbing organisations and mountain rescue are urging people to be properly prepared. it's really easy to see what the attraction of thes

laura scott, bbc news.morning at the white house, for the crash victims. and claimed without evidence that �*diversity programmes' at the faa contributed to the crash. later in the afternoon afternoon, trump signed an executive order, directing the faa to assess what he care what race they are. all i am talking about is competence, and we want in that particular position, we have to have the most about lives. level as the aeroplane. the plane was at 300 400 feet, or the plane should have been stopped, or the helicopter should it was on a long track, it was the same track or turning left or turning right at a quicker time, a tragic, a tragic story. maybe the pilots fault, they should've seen it, i think they should have seen it. he appointed chris rocheleau, a us air force veteran, who has worked at the faa for 20 years. the previous faa administrator stepped down early from his five—year term on inauguration day to allow president trump to appoint his preferred appointee for the role. a democrat from maryla

onboard the american airlines plane, with at least 15 of the passengers being athletes, coaches laura scottng camp for the figure among them the teenager spencer lane, a regional only yesterday he said a national development camp in wichita had been an amazing experience. confirming, tragically, what many within the figure skating community had feared — that he had been on board flight 53122. so too had fellow skaterjinna han. which has been left reeling. and the athletes�* moms. for our skating community. the two coaches known to be on board were married couple who, in 1994, won world championship they'd been helping to develop young skaters in boston since 2017. tonight, two more clubs said they were mourning the loss might have been involved in figure skating. you keep on trying. you get back up and move forward. it's not easy, but that's what we all have to do now together. and talent taken too soon. around the world and across the uk. let's look at some other stories making news. the driver of a car that crashed into a school in wimbledon in southwest london, killing two eight—year—old

laura scott, bbc news.the white house, president donald trump held a moment of silence for the crash victims.he also placed blame on former presidents obama and biden, and claimed without evidence to the crash. an executive order, directing the faa to assess might have a role. let you know a role. we'll let you know that. but we want most that. but we want the most competent people. we ca re race the are. ~ racethe are. ~ , what reee—chey'eref h their lives last if lost their lives last night. if you — lost their lives last night. if you aren't confident that dei had any— you aren't confident that dei had any role, why bring it up? well, — had any role, why bring it up? well, all— had any role, why bring it up? well, all i'm talking about is well, all i'm talkingabout is and we in corn—aetense, and we want in in particular the... in that particular we have have the position, we have to have the most people in our most competent people in our country, because we're talking about lives. it may or may about li

good morning to you, scott and laura.rting today, the santa clara valley water district can begin enforcing a law that bans camping on valley water land. like the area behind me here where obviously it's dark out, but coyote creeks behind me down the embankment. there are some. there's a tent there or some other encampments behind me. we're just off story road here in san jose. the city of san jose has said these encampments are spilling waste into local waterways, including coyote creek, and they need to go. the encampments need to go in order for the city to be in compliance with the clean water act. a spokesman for valley water says the district is right now not planning to remove any unhoused people by force from the banks of its waterways, but instead will conduct public outreach first. the city has already posted warning signs for people who live along these banks to leave their illegal encampments by january 13th, or face a crackdown. now, we spoke with one man who has lived near a coyote creek for about a year, ha

scott. laura, good morning to the both of you. two deadly new year's day incidents and two of the most popular tourist destinations in the u.s, both using vehicles rented through the same app. and now federal investigators are trying to figure out if the similarities end there. good evening. president biden extending the nation's condolences to people in new orleans after the new year's day french quarter truck attack, which left at least 15 people dead. to all the families of those who were killed. to all those who were injured. to all the people of new orleans who are grieving today, i want you to know i grieve with you. our nation grieves with you. the fbi says the attack is being investigated as an act of terror. the suspect has been identified as 42 year old samsudin jabar, a us born citizen from texas. jabar, a veteran of the army and army reserves, died in a shootout with police. agents searched a home in houston believed to be connected to jabar. they want to know how he became radicalized and whether he had help. the fbi

scott, take a swing at that one. >> that is so hard this, laura. just i'm sorry, michael, michael for that when. michael, go ahead. >> this is a preventable disaster. the system has bee n under attack through the dei and the faa bowingss to wokeness since 2010, since the obama administration. atthe lack of staffing is direcy attributable to the obama administration, terminating ats list of eligible, well-trained aiher traffic control statements and 36 universities across the country in 2013 because they were too white. t to faa also at the same time implemented an immunity program. so you think you are seeing legitimate statistics. you arinlde not. in the old days before 2010cl immunity program, air traffiosc controller cut airplanes to closed too many times, they would be decertified andwith retrained. 8now, they are not. all they have to do within 48 hours of being noticed are beinn investigated for potentialop separation error, calleder operational errors in the faa.h the controller simply has to avail themselves of the program that gives them i

good morning to you, laura and scott at 9:00 this morning.uple of hours from now in the building behind me, that's the hall of justice, santa clara county superior court. that's where a judge will hold a hearing to release where the lawyer for dana stubblefield will ask the judge to release his client from prison. this after last week, a california appellate court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of stubblefield, who, as you mentioned, used to be a defensive tackle for the san francisco 49ers and the then oakland raiders in july of 2020. stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of raping a woman who was interviewing for a babysitting job at his morgan hill home. the california appellate court determined that stubblefield did not get a fair trial, and prosecutors violated the 2020 racial justice act by making him making racially biased comments about him being black. now, the woman claims that stubblefield used a gun, but police never searched the house for that gun. prosecutors say the home wasn't sear

i'm laura garcia. and i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington.tart with a look at the forecast. cinthia pimentel has a look at your weekend. well, it's already starting to rain. right the lens right there through our san rafael camera. that's where that line of showers is pushing on. first, we haven't gotten rain all week, so just be careful. if you are driving along 101, it extends up there through parts of novato, petaluma, santa rosa and out towards the coast. just starting to rain a little bit ago and through parts of san francisco, south city and over on into oakland. we will see those showers pushing on through the rest of the bay area, but it won't be a lot of rain. how much are we talking about? less than an inch for everybody higher up there in the north bay. the sierra also looking at some heavy snow at times. i'll guide you through the weekend outlook coming up in a few minutes. laura, thank you very much, cynthia. well, breaking news just coming into our newsroom, the u.s. surgeon general is raising an alarm about the link between dri

laura. thank you scott. well, happening now.ta clara county is gearing up to count the number of unhoused people. the count is starting very soon. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us live from san jose, where this time they're actually paying people as well who have lived out on the streets trying to help them out. kris. yes. and so they are volunteers. in fact, they'reined already starting to gather this morning, along with san jose mayor matt mahan, just a few steps away, about 125 people who are either unhoused or formerly unhoused are going to help with this count, and they are going to get $150 for that participation this year. they, along with those trained volunteers and homeless unhoused advocates, will go around the county to not only count how many people are living unhoused, but also to ask them why they are going to use an app to perform surveys as they come upon people, rather than going back out and surveying people weeks later, as they have done in prior yrs. a director for supportive housing says that's crit

laura, thank you very much, scott. we're also following in san jose. some families and lawmakers are asking what is next after confirmed immigration and customs enfororcement action happened on the east side of the city. that action appeared to be targeted and part of a plan to arrest as many as 1500 people a day nationwide. today in the bay's kris sanchez joining us now from the newsroom with more on that kris. well, good morning to marcus and laura. it was a weekend of fear and uncertainty as immigration raids went from rumor to reality in san josose. d while this action appears to be targeted, one san jose city councilman said it spread panic in the community. this video shows some of the ice, immigrations and customs enforcement agents who were in east san jose this weekend. this is the tropicana shopping center at story and king. agents were also seen at a home on king road. people also reported seeing agents on their ring cameras knocking on people's doors. santa clara county's rapid response network is a community project aimed at protecting imm

laura, thank you very much, scott. 536 right now, happening now, santa clara county gearing up to count the number of unhoused people. and this time, they're paying people who have lived on the streets to try to help them out. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us from san jose, where this count is getting underway in just aew hours on one of the coldest nights that we've seen in a while to. and that was my thought this morning, laura, that is just going to really drive home that reality of how hard it is to live on the streets. and about 125 people who have been unhoused or who are currently unhoused, will get $150 to help with this count, and also with the surveying of people. and again, they they will join hundreds of trained volunteers on the streets and outreach teams who will go around the county to not only count how many people who are living unhoused, but to ask why they are going to use an app that will allow them to perform surveys on the spot as they come upon people, rather than going back and trying to survey people weeks later, as they've done in the past. a director f

i'm laura garcia, and i'm scott mcgrew. happening.ders will argue for his release from prison. this after the california appellate court last week overturned the conviction. the rape conviction of dana stubblefield in july of 2020. stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of raping a woman who was interviewing for a babysitting job at his morgan hill home. the court determined that stubblefield did not get a fair trial, and prosecutors violated the 2020 racial justice act by making him making racially biased comments about him being black. let's get a look at the forecast right now. cinthia pimentel keeping an eye on the sky and some rain coming down. yeah, it's a wet start up there in the north bay. we see it right here through our san rafael camera. so some slick roadways as you make your way along 101. some heavier cells of course, popping up right there through petaluma. we see them with those areas of yellow out towards inverness, and it continues up into the north bay, santa rosa, right ther

laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to scott mcgrew in just a moment. but first, let's get a look at that forecast. walk out the door this morning. you're going to see or feel those temperatures. at least it's cold. yeah i'm seeing 27 somewhere. what you're like what is going on? yeah. right there near santa cruz mountains. look at that. 27 degrees fairfield at 29. so we managed to dip down below freezing in some spots. frosty conditions indeed. and here's the thing. so even though we've got 30s and 40s right now, we can expect to see a nice climb. and the reason for that? well, we do have plenty of sunshine in store for this afternoon. take a look at the temperature trend at about 12:00 your lunch hour. we're going to be in the 50s, but it's going to take a while. by about 8 a.m. we're still going to be in those 30s for walnut creek. let's take a look at san jose. we're at about 42 right now. we don't really climb into the 60s until that noon hour at least. the wind speeds are nice and calm. right now in san francisco, it's about 42 degrees, but we wil

laura. all right. thank you very much, scott. it is 635 right now. new video shows the moment a vandal takes aim at a cybertruck on the peninsula. the owner of the vehicle is sure she knows why the truck was targeted, and she believes it was purely political. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live outside the tesla factory in fremont. now, first of all, bob, explain what tesla has to do with all this. well, tesla makes the cybertruck. soso the woman who owns this cybertruck here in the bay area doesn't, as you mentioned, laura, believe that she was the target of this vandal that whoever spray painted her truck was trying to send a message about elon musk, whose company builds the cybertruck. as i mentioned, this happened wednesday night in downtown redwood city. there was a tesla car nearby. the tesla car cameras recorded a man spray painting the word nazi on the side of the cybertruck, which happened to be parked right in front of that car. now, we spoke with amanda lopez, laura, who is the owner of the cybertruck. she was out for dinner when t

scott, take a swing at that one. >> oh, that's a hard miss, laura. >> laura: michael, i'm sorry, michael for that one. michael, go ahead. >> no worries, hi, laura. this is a preventable disaster. this is -- the system has been under attack due to dei and the faa bowing to wokeness since 2010. since the obama administration. the lack of staffing is directly attributable to the obama administration. turning the list of eligible statements and 36 universities across the country and 2013. because they were too white. the faa also at the same time, implemented an immunity program. so, you think you're seeing legitimate statistics, you're not. in the old days, before 2010 the immunity program, air traffic controller got two airplanes too close too many times it would be dessert find and retrained. now, they're not. all they have to do within 48 hours of being noticed or investigated for a potential separation error called operational error the controller simply has to avail themselves of this program that gives them immunity. and when i say immunity, i mean immunity. the faa cannot retrain the

. >> laura: there is help on thene way and we had scott bessent who will be th e new treasury secretaryhill" todaa and this was one of the exchanges. watch.omic >> we will face economic calamity and a is always, financial instability that falle in the middle and workin wg clas people. we both see a gigantic middle-class tax increase. >> laura: if, indeed, the tax cuts are allowed to expire, senator. at the same time, the economy cannot live on taxes alone. we need spending cuts and cutting the growth of spending. washington speaks cutting spending. is that going to happen or isx cutrump only going to get the t> cut and everything will fade away? >> we should dendio both andump spending levels in 2019 when trump we would have a surplus with the revenue now. he is right middle-class families will bear the brunt of this we don't have a revenue problem buist a spending proble. through this process of spending 51 votes in the senate with the republican house and president trump in the del white house, we can do that. we have to deliver and that is the mandate president trump not and weha del

. >> laura: there is help on the way. we had scott is going to be the new treasury secretary up on the hill today. this was one of the exchanges. watch. >> we will be facing an economic calamity, and, as always. with financial instability, that falls on the middle and working class people. we will see a gigantic middle class tax increase. >> laura: if indeed those tax cuts are allowed to expire, senator, at the same time the economy cannot live on tax cuts alone. we do need actual spending cuts. not just cutting the growth of spending. washington speak. cutting spending. is that going to happen or trump get the tax cut and everything else fade away. >> we should do both. if we got spending levels to what they were in 2019 when trump was president we would have a budget surplus. he is right the middle class families will bear the brunt of this. we have not got a revenue problem we have a spending problem. through this process of reconciliation qui need 51 votes in the senate with the republican house and president trump in the white ho

laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to scott mcgrew in just a bit.st let's get a look at that forecast for you. memeteorologt vianey arana taking a look at those cold temperatures yet again. 35 we've been forecasting these markets. they've been sticking around. and the clear conditions have certainly made for an even bigger drop in those morning lows. you know, marcus said at 35, that's not the only spot in the 30s, though. we're going to see a climb into the 40s until about 9 a.m. once that sunshine is up, it will help warm us up just a bit. and i do want to show you what it looks like in san jose. another spot dipping down into the 30s right now at this hour at about 11 a.m. will be in the 50s. eventually we will climb into the mid 60s through the afternoon. wind speeds today will remain calm. and if you look at san francisco right about 42 d degrees right now, expect to see afternoon highs in the upper 50s low 60s through the interior. now that frost advisory does expire, and it is expected to expire at about 9 a.m. by the time we inch that aftern

. >> laura: a lot of folks people like big deal. tim scottally and lots of people have come along to understand the party is a different party than it was 20 years ago. >> a totally different party byr esthe time i got into politics. president trump has brought to the table constituencies, coalitions, groups of people never voting republican in our. i think we have a greates opportunity that doesn'tn' come along very often and sometimes does not last long to get sometn really good things down for the american people thanks to president trump and his leadership>>. we are working closely with him to answer your question. >> laura: for an evolving relationship, well, k. diplomatic.tw >>o was trying to be t conservative. >> laurahat : two bills versus e bill what does that mean? here is the concern. the concern president trump has stated and probably still hasax that once republicans get theirh ettax cut, a lot of trump's othr priorities, whether tariffs were cutting ukraine funding will go by the wayside. he is concerned about that. do you think

laura, can block. interesting. all right. thank you very much, scott. 549 right now.appening today, a free health fair for unhoused people in the south bay. state senator dave cortese's office is helping to sponsor the event. the fair is providing services including free health, dental and vision. also vaccinations and screenings. it includes free housing resources, clothing and gear. it happens at san jose city hall starting at 9 a.m. also today is open enrollment deadline for covered california. nationwide, the federal government says some 24 million people have enrolled in affordable care this year. the latest numbers indicate nearly 2 million people are already signed up, and those numbers are at a record high. about 300,000 are first timers. well, happening this weekend. the a's family will join fans in their final farewell to the legend rickey henderson. he died in late december at the age of 65 due to complications from pneumonia. over his 25 year baseball career, he won two world series titles, an mvp award, and was a ten time all star. celebration of life tak

laura, because of the fires. all right. thank you very much, scott. 550 right now.l, for the first time, warriors head coach steve kerr speaking out about losing his childhood home this week in the palisades fire, his 90 year old mother still lives there. he says he's incredibly thankful that she made it out safely, but he's still trying to process what happened. that's my hometown and all my friends who are from there, pretty much. they've all lost, lost their homes, their their family homes, childhood homes. our whole high school's gone. the town looks like it has just been completely wiped out. it's surreal and devastating. kerr talked about it before last night's game in detroit, where the warriors beat the pistons. he also says his mom managed to grab a few photographs and other precious belongings, and that the memories lost will really hurt the most. well, there ongoing concerns about safety, not to mention air quality. they're forcing the nfl to move next monday's wild card game playoff game that is away from inglewood sofi stadium. now the rams were set to

scott mcgrew joins us now. the trump cabinet really starting to come together here. it is indeed. good morning to you, rubio. laura, the first to make it all the way through the process. we expect the confirmation of his secretary of the treasury. trump's to come very soon as well. marco rubio a very popular pick. no controversies, years of experience on the senate foreign relations committee. secretary rubio was approved by the senate last night. took his oath of office this morning. as you can see, administered by vice president vance. secretary rubio was also on the today show, where he was asked about trump's repeated promise to end the war in ukraine on the very first day. of course, that didn't happen. rubio says the situation is more complex than the campaign promise. president trump has said the war in ukraine would end on day one. yesterday in the oval office, he pointed out that he still had a half d left to make that happen. you've indicated yesterday, after your confirmation that it was also a priority. is there an imminent end to the war in ukraine? i think what the president's made very clear is that

laura. the hearing continues today and we'll continue to follow. thanks so much, scott. 548 right now. this week it's national school choice awareness week, where you can learn more about charter schools in your area. on saturday, oakland enrolls and national school choice week will hold an informational event to learn about local charter school options in oakland. oakland enrolls will feature 13 schools. the event will have volunteers to help families fill out applications for local charter schools, and learn what school options could work best for their families. it will be at oakland unity high school at 10 a.m. northern california's best known annual golf tournament is back, but this year you may notice some changes. we're talking about the revamped at&t pebble beach pro-am, and it still includes pros and amateurs. but the amateurs only tee off today and tomorrow and won't play through the weekend. the shift means more focus on the pros and the field, including rory mcilroy. the pace of play should be a little bit faster because there's not as many guys in the field.

scott, walk up here. i'm actually taking a look. he's making his way to the podium, and you can see marcus and laura. there is that picture. that image. it says, somos la resistencia, meaning we are the resistance. that is also the message that is being. the being reiterated here this morning, calling for unified calls from immigrant and migrant communities and their allies. we'll have more from this press conference, from our reporters on the scene, on our later newscast. but for now, we're live in san francisco, ginger conejero saab nbc, bay area news. thanks for the latest there. ginger. meantime, in the south bay, san jose leaders are confirming ice agents carried out two more operations yesterday following action sunday in east san jose. now, in that case, one arrest is now confirmed. some san jose businesses telling us that they're actually feeling the effects with businesses much slower than usual. with the wake of the recent federal activity, in the event that you or someone you know is detained for questioning by ice officers, it's important for you to know your rights. immigration institute of the bay area has cr

laura garcia. breaking news just into our newsroom right now at 11. the white house has rescinded its order to freeze federal grants and loans. scott mcgrew joins us now. and, scott, a defeat and a stumble for president trump. i think that's fair. yeah. good morning. the original order to freeze that money, remember, came out a little more than a day ago and caused absolute confusion among government agencies as to what it all meant. even the white house press secretary was uncertain how the executive branch could legally withhold money from so many, so many programs. 22 states sued to say, well, you can't. and this question seems to be moot. as the white house office of management and budget this morning issued a terse memo just before 11, just before our newscast, that says the previous order has been rescinded. as you point out, this is the first major stumble for the new administration, issuing an order without any clear instructions and then issuing an order that also seemed to violate the law. now, that's not the only thing going on in washington this morning. there's this one of donald trump's more controversial cabinet pick

scott: i was thrilled to play reince priebus. he is around the time you're having one of my favorite actors, laura benanti, she was playing melaniaebus. i am in the coterie. i'm in the ensemble. >> stephen: have that on your resume. >> brandon scott: yeah. and then i remember a week later, he was fired. [laughter] and i told everyone. hey guys, look out for me, i am on "the late show" and then a week later, i was completely distraught, walking the streets of new york and my friends were like, what's wrong? i was like "reince priebus was fired!" >> stephen: took it quite personally. >> brandon scott: probably took it worse than he did. >> stephen: these days you play isaac higgentoot on "ghosts," captain the revolutionary war who is now dead. are you learning about history from doing this? is it educational? >> brandon scott: sometimes but no. >> stephen: that's what "ghosts" is, primarily. >> brandon scott: an educational program, different characters from different parts of history. every now and then there will be a reference in the script. but to prepare for the role, i didn't really do a lot of research. traditional research.

laura will have much more on that confirmation process coming up in the midday news. we sure will. thank you very much, scottll, happening today. menlo park leaders debate a controversial plan to convert some of the city's parking lots to affordable housing. the plan may include up to three lots. city leaders have already deemed surplus land, but opponents fear it may negatively impact businesses. the goal would be to add more than 300 housing units. supporters and opponents both plan to gather ahead of tonight's city council meeting. now to a follow up and a lifeline at last for struggling south bay hospital. santa clara county leaders yesterday finalized the plan to purchase san jose's regional medical center at the cost of $150 million. the hospital and its operator, hca healthcare, have endured drastic cutbacks over the last years, and they say to stay afloat, they have to do so, and recently downgraded the hospital's trauma care level. and leaders say once the deal closes, trauma care service will be among the first things they do to fully restore. it's a very densely populated community, and the downgr

scott mcgrew two billionaires make decisions every day about what we see on social media. that's true. yeah. good morning. another billionaire, laurans the washington post. and that's just three of the tech leaders who have robber baron like powers in this new gilded age will soon have a very rich man as president. once again. president biden gave a farewell address last night where he warned about the tech industrial complex and the new oligarchy, where all power rests in a small number of people. today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. now we've seen the power of elon musk. not only does he shape what's on x, washington pays him hundreds of millions of dollars through government contracts, yet he will be in charge of budget cuts. musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg all will attend the inauguration front row. zuckerberg is going to hold a party for trump now, hardly the first time tech has snuggled up to power. video of barack obama here and his visit to facebook in 20

laura. >> well, joining me now on the political fallout. cnn senior political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings, is here. and former obama white house senior director nayyera haq as well. good to see you both, my friend. scott, i'll begin with you. during the campaign, these court issues, they actually were pretty helpful to trump politically. in fact, many believe the tide changed when it was even filed as a criminal charge against him. people started to lean in more. but now that he's won, does the next set of events even matter in terms of what the judge will do? >> well, look, i think it matters because it's another reminder that radical democrat political activists abuse the criminal justice system in new york, all to create a political talking point. look, l.a. is exactly right. our legal analyst here, this would have never been charged this way if it weren't donald trump and he weren't running for president. should have never been charged this way. he should have never faced this. it was all done so they could call him a convicted felon during the campaign, which of course, they

scott and thanks to as for for hosting me, this institution just means so much to me. people like lauren hughes, nan woolverton, laura wasser, which vince golden have all been just sort of incredible of supporters of my research over the years. i mean, it's nice to meet some new faces like jon garcia. so yeah. it's really special for me to be here. and so, yeah, i guess i'd like to start by saying i'm really happy to be here. and so i've just published this book on 19th century american comic. and when i started this project, i had just finished my ph.d. in american at the university of michigan. it wasn't a comics project, but i had always really loved comics and always wanted to kind of find a way to bring those two interest together. and as someone who was and when i thought about, you know, that project, i think like a lot of people, i thought that that 19th century comics were really limited to things like political cartoons and, you know, racist caricatures, like e.w. clay's image of jim crow. that's that's not jim crow. that's martin van buren. and this, of course, is thomas nas's famous image of boss tweed, r

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scott brown. thank you for joining us tonight. and our coverage of the inauguration of donald trump continues, cnn news night with ably phillip and laura coates starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to cnn special's live coverage i'm abby phillip. it's 10:00 p.m. here on the east coast in washington. donald trump is now the president of the united states yet again. and his first day has gone by fast and furious and will end with some pomp and circumstance. but for millions of americans, it's been a dramatic and very sudden change. >> and i'm laura coates. you can see the white house behind me. it now has a new occupant. tonight is a maga celebration that follows a day of checking boxes on maga priorities. trump says the american decline is over. and he put his pen to a seemingly endless stream of executive orders, all designed to remake the country according to his vision. >>> trump framed his ascension has liberation day. and for the people who took his talk of the stolen election seriously when they attempted to undo american democracy, he meant it literally. the president ended legitimate prosecutions of january 6th defendants. he p

former senator scott brown, thank you for join us tonight, and our coverage of the inauguration of donald trump continues. cnn news night with abby phillip and lauraoates starts right now. . >>> welcome to cnn special coverage. donald trump is president of the united states, yet again, and his first day has gone by fast and furious and will end with pomp and circumstance. for millions of americans it has been a dramatic and sudden change. >>> i'm laura coates. tonight there is a maga celebration of checking boxes on maga priorities. he tuesday is over and put his pen to an endless stream of executive orders to redesign the country. >> for the people that took his talk, he meant it literally.

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