and then it was turned over to roy cooper. you know, this is one of the most amazing legal cases ever. this is, i think, one of the only times i can, uh, i know of where a grand jury indicted, uh, these three boys, they were indicted. and yet there was never any trial. >> it truly is a fascination. it had at the time, the intersection of race and class and privilege and gender and and sexual assault. and it captivated the nation. and now today, to learn that she says that she made it all up is stunning. william cohen, thank you so much. >> thank you, laura. >> well, if you thought donald trump's time cover was controversial, wait till you see the blowback tonight over caitlin clark athlete of the year honor a wnba team owner now suggesting it shouldn't have been just her and i just don't like this singling out of one person because it hurts us all. >> and it's not fair. >> sports journalist christine brennan live in studio to unpack all of it. next. >> erin burnett out front weeknights at seven on cnn sounds like you need to v

the republican controlled state senate voted monday to override democratic governor roy cooper's vetoitten in secret and fast tracked with no committee hearings. governor cooper called the bill a sham and a power grab before vetoing it because it is. it strips some of the power from the governor to fill judicial vacancies and gives control over the state board of elections to the state auditor, a republican. it also requires the next attorney general, who is also a democrat, to represent the will of the general assembly. but the reality is, this is just a thing republicans do when they get executive power, they assume grating powers than intended and when they lose the power of the executive, they strip it on their way out of the door. in 2018, michigan republicans tried to diminish the powers of incoming democratic governor gretchen whitmer, only to be thwarted by a veto from outgoing republican rick snyder, which is sort of shocking since five years earlier he spearheaded a law that gave the government the power to dissolve entire governments and place emergency managers in they pla

that's been going on since the governor, roy cooper, vetoed the bill a few weeks ago.today is part of that campaign. we are going to keep pressing. look, this is all about what is right for the people of north carolina. i want to help the people of western north carolina recover from the storm. and i want to work with anybody of good faith who will help us do that. it's about insuring that the people have the ability to control their government. you know, gerrymander in the state is so extreme, the majority of people voted in the general assembly elections in both the senate and house, majority voted for democrats. and yet we're facing supermajority in the senate and a near supermajority in the house. it is not a healthy democracy. >> i think you nailed it. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. that's very clear in the state, the great state of north carolina. north carolina governor-elect josh stein, congratulations on your victory. hope it does not become an attempt. >> coming up, president biden has used the power of clemency far less than other rec

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a year later, in 2007, the state's then attorney general, roy cooper, now north carolina's governor, reviewed the case and exonerated the three men who reached a settlement with duke university. after the charges were dropped. asked about this new development, governor cooper said it was important for him to get to the bottom of the case when he worked on it back then as attorney general, it was important for me to take that case from the local prosecutor. >> do an investigation to find the real truth it is why i dismissed the charges and took the extra step to declare those players innocent of those alleged crimes. that's why i did that. >> now, jim cooney, one of the former players lawyers at the time, told the ap that mangum's allegations caused an enormous tornado of destruction for countless people involved, including the accused men who were wrongly vilified nationally as, in his words, racially motivated rapists. it's going to be a part of their biography for the rest of their lives and part of their obituaries. cooney said of the three men we reached out to the three former du

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which is different from being a normal democrat like an andy beshear or roy cooper. she is a california, san francisco progressive. you have to spend the rest of your time convincing people that they are not seeing what they are really seeing. she literally sounded like a member of the freedom caucus at the end on the border. she spent a billion dollars trying to convince people that she wanted to build a border. a billion dollars on her campaign. look, i think biden did her a real disservice. just like he did with justice brown jackson. you can't say i'm going to pick a black female because then you undercut whoever you pick. say you will pick the best person and maybe it happens to be a black female. i think he did her no favors. no favors. >> dana: you remember the duke lacrosse case and accuser in the case is finally admitting she lied. >> they trusted me that i wouldn't betray their trust and i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me, when they didn't. and that was wrong. >> dana: trey, your thoughts on this case as it continues to reverberat

outgoing democratic governor roy cooper vetoed it calling it a power grab but the republican senate overseen by the lieutenant governor mark robinson vote to override the veto. the republican-controlled state assembly considers whether they will do the same thing in the waning days of their super majority because as far as republicans are concerned, re- elections only count when they went it them. sydney serves the in the north carolina state senate. they chose her as their new minority leader and she joins me now. senator, it's good to have you. let me start so everyone understands. the first thing that might strike some people's real estate, democrats had a sitting two term governor and they carried the state by 15 points. and yet, you have had a super majority in both houses. how can that possibly be the case that there is such strong republican representation -- representation when it's a 50/50 state. >> thank you for having me. that seems to be a conundrum. what it means is when you have political and partisan gerrymandering where we have it in north carolina, you see a state where we c

. >> meagan, talk about another governor, north carolina's democratic governor roy cooper.for other gubernatorial candidates, particularly those in purple or even red states? >> yeah, absolutely. i think that governor cooper worked with the republicans to get a lot of things passed that were impacting his state with an economic agenda. i think if you look to the race that -- won, just won, he went to all corners of the state and talked to people who feel forgotten by both parties. i would sense that cooper also did the same thing. he is a rising star in the democratic party and i think that whether he runs for senate or president i think that the democrats are lucky to have someone like roy cooper who is more moderate and where the electorate is in the country. >> i asked before messaging and whether it's messaging or fundraising, you talk to a lot of democrats, they are waiting to see who will emerge as the leader in the party. there will be at least in some sense a leader when the dnc gets a new chair. how important is that, and how difficult is it for the party to be wit

they overroad governor roy cooper's veto of a bill that provides disaster aid while also stripping key>> i see this as part of a larger conversation that we as democrats have to have in the aftermath of the election. republicans play to win. and all of these scenarios in terms of how they address losing the governorship in north carolina, their answer is to create this work around that dilutes the power of that governor. i think democrats should approach these situations from the exact same perspective. what we should do is show up to the fight ready to win the fight. and i think to your point in terms of other states, that should be our policy and we should be playing to win. >> tech moguls jeff bezos and mark zuckerberg are now putting millions behind donald trump's inauguration fund. i want to remind you he is the same man who filed lawsuits against meta and google during his first presidency. what should we make of all of this? >> they have gotten to know donald trump. they know he is completely transactional. so they put some money behind it. trump forgives them. and they move for

by even the governor roy cooper. but not j.d.t today and not his wife and not the incoming trump administration. we'll monitor this and bring you more as we get it. democrat leaders have been building resistance to president-elect trump and his incoming administration. especially focused on efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. this week boston's city council voted to reaffirm a law forbidding police from cooperating with ice. the city's mayor and the state's governor have shared similar stances. dozens of illegal immigrants in massachusetts have been arrested for sex crimes in the last few months, many against minors. in california, the democrat chairwoman of san diego county board of supervisors introduced a resolution to expand the county's sanctuary rules to fully prohibit, quote, assistance or cooperation with ice, unquote. the vote scheduled for next week. california's democrat governor, gavin newsom, visited the border wall near san diego yesterday and bashed trump's tariff and deportation plan. he also defended ho

and so come as a result of that after the investigation by roy cooper who is now the governor of northd. these three young men, their lives were ruined. they had to live with that. their family, relatives and friends and people in this nation wondering, wha was the wn actually raped? and now to find out that i awaken here a few mornings ago to find that she is in prison now for killing her boyfriend, that she lied. she is now confessing. no, no you can never go and get your reputation back from all of those years. you have to feel for those three young men. arthel: issue currently said she is in prison for her second degree murder of her boyfriend. she cannot face new charges is what i understand as it connects to these false allegations. these allegations against the lacrosse players should this prompt changes in perjury cases and charges? >> i think you have to take each case separately. quite naturally the legislature down there may very well want to revisit what it takes to bring in the statute of limitation for perjury charges. but, this sad commentary is sheet will now have to li

override a democratic governor's veto as they did during the tenure of popular democratic governor roy cooperats control of the u.s. house when it passed a new gerrymander redistricting map that redrew three competitive congressional districts represented by democrats to bright red ones. those three seats would have put the u.s. house seat count at 218 to republicans 217 and made hakeem jeffries speaker. the campaign is not over. in 30 days voters in virginia will go to the polls in a special election to decide control of the statehouse and state senate. democrats currently have a 21- 19 majority in the senate. democratic control of the state legislature is a major check on virginia's trump-backing republican governor glenn youngkin, but the trump-backing republican lieutenant governor would become the tiebreaker for republicans if democrats lose. special elections are january 7th. joining us now, democratic new york state senate majority leader andrea stewart cousins, a democratic legislative campaign committee chair, and heather williams, the president of the democratic legislative campaign

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. >> jesse: he was disbarred for his handling of the case shortly after that visit, and then da roy cooper settled for 20 million. and crystal is currently in prison for murdering her boyfriend. she's due to be released in february 2026, unless biden pardons her for christmas. the maha movement is going to food court, accusing top food companies of designing addictive foods and drinks and marketing them to kids. causing chronic diseases. coca-cola, kraft, heinz, nestle. sof some of the major companies hit with the lawsuit. big fooding pushing back, saying the suit gives processed foods a bad rap. "there is no agreed upon scientific definition of ultra processed food, attempting to classify foods as unhealthy because they're processed misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities." while big food is fighting in court, trump and rfk jr. are ready to fight in the court of public opinion, a month away from shaking up washington and the entire food industry. maha moms, who have seen toxic foods hurt they're families, see a new hope with the incoming administration. >> what was your reac

arthel: and want to read a quote from then attorney general roy cooper in 2007 on declining to prosecuteal for perjury are investigators who talked with her and the attorneys who talk with her over a period of time think she may actually believe that many different stories she has been telling. we believe it's in the best interest of justice not to bring charges. so bob, i ask you now is that the right decision at that time and will this case a prompt a change in perjury laws? >> i could not disagree with that analysis more. they had atm footage of one of these individuals one of these men the duke students at an atm at the time she said it happened. prosecutors all over the country and prosecutors offices are afraid to prosecute perjury cases. they feel as if they are doing a disservice to the criminal justice system. i meet former prosecutor now i'm a defense attorney. the hardest thing to do in court is to prove someone is lying by asking a question. they had concrete evidence she was lying at the time. that such a black eye from what he did hiding evidence of losing his license and d

roy cooper, respected rock and roll producer. after our first rehearsal said, you got us together at the end of the day, when we start today we stunk, now we stink a little bit less, maybe we'll just be a faint odor, but so we played a show and at the end of that show, stephen king. >> i sat in the lobby of this place where we played, i guess there was a lobby there. or maybe we went back to the hotel. a long time ago. it's hard to remember. the fog sets in. this was 1992. believe it or not. we were all -- we had black hair. >> or hair. >> or we had hair. that's true. and i said to dave, you know this is really too good to just do it one time, i mean, we could do it again or we could do it a bunch of times and write a book and that would be, you know, it's like my wife says that lobsters are an excuse to eat butter.r [ laughter ] >> the way i feel about it is, the book was an excuse to play shitty rock and roll. the other thing that al said the first time, we played something, i guess it was a song -- al said let's do it again an

the current governor, democrat roy cooper, who is leaving office in january, vetoed this anti-democraticof a bill. but north carolina republicans have a super majority in the house for now. now, they lost this in november, so they've got to use this power while they can. yesterday they used that super majority to override the governor's veto. so last night governor cooper and governor elect josh stein filed this 69-page lawsuit challenging a portion of the republican bill that radically rewrites the state's power structure. the lawsuit alleges, quote, this fracturing of the chain of command for state law enforcement in north carolina plainly and clearly violates constitutional provisions ultimately intended to protect public safety and ensure accountability to the people. my colleague joy reid spoke to governor elect josh stein about this last night. >> some offenses are so grave that any court, whether it's democratic or republican controlled, will overturn them, and that is my expectation on this provision and the other provisions. i fully expect there will be follow on litigation on o

a year later, in 2007, the state's then attorney general, roy cooper, now north carolina's governor, the case and exonerated the three men who reached a settlement with duke university after the charges were dropped. asked about this new development, governor cooper said it was important for him to get to the bottom of the case when he worked on it back then. >> as attorney general, it was important for me to take that case from the local prosecutor. >> do an investigation to find the real truth. it is why i dismissed the charges and took the extra step to declare those players innocent of those alleged crimes. that's why i did that. >> jim cooney, one of the former players lawyers at the time, told the ap that mangum's allegations caused an enormous tornado of destruction for countless people involved, including the accused men who were wrongfully vilified nationally as, in his words, racially motivated rapists. it's going to be a part of their biography for the rest of their lives and part of their obituaries. cooney said of the three men we reached out to the three former duke uni

now, outgoing governor roy cooper vetoed the bill, calling it a power grab, but the republican senater mark robinson, voted to override the veto, so the republican controlled state assembly now considers whether to do the same thing in the waning days of its super majority, because as far as republicans are concerned, elections only count when they win them. sydney batch serves in the north carolina state senate, democratic caucus just chose her as their new minority leader and she joins me now. representative, senator, it is good to have you. let me just start so everyone understands this. the first thing that might strike some people is that you've got a state the democrats had a sitting two term governor, they carried the state by 15 points, and yet you have had a super majority in both houses. how can that possibly be the case that there is such a strong republican representation in both houses of legislature, when it is essentially a 50-50 state in these statewide races? >> well, thank you so much for having me. that doesn't seem to be a conundrum. what it actually means, is that

you have seen attorney general josh stein and also our governor roy cooper suit to protect their constitutional constitution has granted to them. >> how confident are you that these efforts are going to be successful, and if they aren't, can anything be done to stop what has just happened or are democrats just going to have to work around it? >> democrats are probably going to have to work around this, i don't trust our republican courts in north carolina to do anything right, except for uphold what their buddies and the legislature have done, unfortunately. i think anybody looking at what carolina right now can see we have corruption, not just in our legislative branch, but also in our courts as well, when you have someone like a sitting court of appeals judge right now, jefferson griffin in north carolina, challenging voters in the state trying to take away a supreme court justice from democrats right now in our state. >> anderson, you and i spoke several times before the election about the possibility of north carolina swinging to the democrats. of course, that didn't happen in the president

that they're valuable and that they didn't deserve that just moments ago, north carolina governor roy cooper, who was the state attorney general at the time of the case, spoke about the new confession and why he dismissed charges back in 2007 as attorney general, it was important for me to take that case from the local prosecutor do an investigation to find the real truth. >> it is why i dismissed the charges and took the extra step to declare those players innocent of those alleged crimes. that's why i did that. >> joining us now is casey johnson, a history professor at brooklyn college and the coauthor of the book, until proven innocent political correctness and the shameful injustices of the duke lacrosse rape case. casey, thank you so much for being with us. what did you think when you heard this news it was an extraordinary development in one way, as as we just heard from from governor cooper, it wasn't a surprise. >> the state of north carolina had officially declared the the accused students innocent long ago. but crystal mangum had had never publicly admitted that she had lied for, y

but when the then attorney general, roy cooper, who is interestingly, you know, the former governor ofth carolina, um, dropped charges and said they were innocent. the season was still still canceled. um, and a couple of the players transferred had to transfer out the ones accused. and it really, you know, still affected the relationship between the lacrosse team and duke administration and durham. so there are a lot of lot of fallout effects to the case. >> yeah, quite the ripple effect. i've been in touch with one of the attorneys who represented one of those players at the time. they they don't want to comment right now on this. understandably, they moved on with their lives, but it's still really a stunning admission, as i said. and it's important to talk about roger goodell. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> well, breaking news just coming in to cnn. former house speaker nancy pelosi has been admitted to a hospital in luxembourg after she sustained an injury during an official engagement. this is according to a statement from her office. i want to bring in cnn's lauren f

in 2007, north carolina's then attorney general and now governor roy cooper dismissed the charges. now, nearly 20 years later, crystal mangum just admitted she did indeed lie about the whole thing i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong. >> i hope that they can forgive me, and i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. >> mangum said that on the web show. let's talk with kat host, hosted by katerena depasquale, who joins us now. katherine, thanks for joining us. so she's in prison. she's serving time for the murder of her then boyfriend in 2013. when you first contacted her, did you have any idea she wanted to admit that she lied back in 2006? >> no, i had no idea. my show is sort of entertainment. >> i have a lot of people in my circle here in durham, north carolina, who talked about krystal. it's still a big deal here. even all these years after. and people sort of split between those that thought of her as a pariah and the others, that sort of her as a victim. >> and so i for myself, i wanted to f

. >> 13 months after it all began, in april 2007, then north carolina attorney general roy cooper declared the players innocent based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness. >> we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges. >> vindication gave way to elation. >> it's been 395 days since this nightmare began. and finally today, it's come to a closure. >> knowing i had the truth on my side was really the most comforting thing of all. >> throughout the past year, this entire experience has opened my eyes up to a tragic world of injustice i never knew existed. >> citing misconduct, prosecutor mike nifong was later convicted of criminal contempt and disbarred. he was briefly jailed. as for the accuser in the case, she hopes to be forgiven. >> i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. and i hope they can forgive me. >> randi kaye, cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> the controversial law banning tiktok in the united states will go to the supreme court. that's after a federal appeals

and then da roy cooper dismissed the case exonerating the athletes. they sued duke, who reportedly settled for 20 million. and crystal is currently in prison for murdering her boyfriend. she's due to be released in february of 26 unless biden pardons her for christmas. the movements go into food court, a first of its kind lawsuit accusing top food companies of designing addictive foods and drinks and marketing them to kids, causing chronic diseases. coca cola, kraft heinz, nestle just some of the major companies hit with the lawsuit. big food is pushing back, saying the suit gives processed foods a bad rap. quote. there is currently no agreed upon scientific definition of ultra processed foods, attempting to classify foods as unhealthy simply because they are processed, or demonizing food by ignoring its full nutrient content, misleads consumers and exacerbates health disparities. while big food is fighting in court, trump and rfk jr. are ready to fight in the court of public opinion. they're just a month away from shaking up washington and the entire

. >> 13 months after it all began, in april 2007, then north carolina attorney general roy cooper declared the players innocent based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness. >> we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges. >> vindication gave way to elation. >> it's been 395 days since this nightmare began. and finally today, it's come to a closure. >> knowing i had the truth on my side was really the most comforting thing of all throughout the past year, this entire experience has opened my eyes up to a tragic world of injustice i never knew existed. >> citing misconduct, prosecutor mike nifong was later convicted of criminal contempt and disbarred. he was briefly jailed. as for the accuser in the case, she hopes to be forgiven. >> i want them to know that i love them and they didn't deserve that. and i hope they can forgive me and john, today we haven't seen any comments or reaction from know that the student newspaper at duke university reached out to duke athletics didn't get any comment. >> tha

a year later, in 2007, the state's then attorney general, roy cooper, now north carolina's governor, reviewed the case and exonerated the three men who reached a settlement with duke university. after the charges were dropped. asked about this new development, governor cooper said it was important for him to get to the bottom of the case when he worked on it back then as attorney general, it was important for me to take that case from the local prosecutor. do an investigation to find the real truth. >> it is why i dismissed the charges and took the extra step to declare those players innocent of those alleged crimes. >> that's why i did that. and jessica, jim cooney, one of the former players lawyers at the time, told the ap that mangum's allegations caused an enormous tornado of destruction for countless people involved, including the accused men who were wrongfully vilified nationally as, in his words, racially motivated rapists. it's going to be a part of their biography for the rest of their lives and part of their obituaries. cooney said of the three men we reached out to the th

and it does things like that, which is essentially, you know, roy cooper tried to veto it. his veto got overridden. and it's just a power grab at trying to kneecap the democrats. >> north carolina state elections were seen as basically the one glimmer of hope out of this election. in an otherwise red wave that that took over the country. and so democrats were going in really hopeful that they could make an impact and kind of use the state as an example so that when we come to midterms, maybe other states would be able to follow. but obviously, you know, the outgoing legislature taking advance action, which will be very controversial. and the democrats there are extremely worried that this is going to cripple their ability to really make a mark. yeah. well, and it's an egregious example, but it's also part of a trend. there has been similar tussles in ohio and in tennessee. so it is certainly a space to watch because of what you just mentioned, the ways in which they'll try to hold on to power. yeah. and i think that it's the reason why we're talking about this is a it's bec

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