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closing arguments begin monday skp. >>> and now to this just a few months after american gymnast sunis targeted in a racist attack. >> lee told pop sugar she was pepper sprayed while in los angeles for her appearance on dancing with the stars. you'll recall that attacks against asian americans rose dramatically during the pandemic. here to discuss is pop sugar associate editor of trending and viral features. thanks for being with us. this is terrible. explain what happened here. >> yeah, hi, thank you for having me. i'm excited to be here. i think, you know, as i mentioned in the interview, i'd spoke to suni about a month ago on october 5th and she had told me that about a week prior, she found herself facing a racist attack while she was waiting for an uber after a night out with her girlfriends who were all of asian descent. they were startled by this group speeding by, and they were yelling awful racist slurs, and insisting them to go back to where they came from, and one passenger, suni told me sprayed her arm with pepper spray as the car sped off. awful, terrible story sdp, and t

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"usa today" reports american olympic gold medal gymnast suni lee says that she was pepper sprayed int attack last month. lee told pop sugar she was waiting for an uber with friends in los angeles when a car drove by with people yelling slurs and telling them to go back to where they came from. she also said she was sprayed on her arm as the car sped off. lee was in los angeles to appear on the tv show "dancing with the stars." >>> the "associated press" says a spacex capsule delivered a new crew of four astronauts to the international space station. >> and first through the hatch is going to be nasa astronaut kayla barron. hugs there. you can hear the claps -- >> reporter: three americans and one german astronaut received a warm welcome from other astronauts already on board the orbiting lab last night. it took 21 hours to arrive after wednesday night's blastoff from the kennedy space center in florida. the new crew will spend the next six months on the space station. >>> and "the birmingham news" says an alabama boy weighing less than a pound at birth was officially certified by gui

suni lee said she was the target of a racist attack. she was in l.a. waiting for an uber with some of her friends. all of them asian descent. a car sped by and someone yelled racist slurs and pepper sprayed her. they said go back to your own country. she's from minnesota. she said she's very upset about it but couldn't do anything because it happened so fast. >>> does the color of your skin or how old you are or how pretty you are matter if you go missing? tonight we tackle that had very premise. what is known as missing white woman syndrome. the family members in the bay area organization said search for missing bay area girls and women say the disproportionate attention to white women is real. tonight a stanford expert backed up those claims with research. >> there is gender research that has found white women specifically are seen as more fragile. they're put on a pedestal. we can think of the damsel in distress narrative. the missing white women syndrome has found that missing white women receive initial attention more than other missing persons in

what suni lee is saying this morning. it is friday, november 12, 5:00 a.m. exactly here in new york. thanks for getting up early with us. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we will have some extraordinary reporting this morning from the poland belarus border this hour. we start with breaking news overnight from washington. the january 6 committee giving a top aide in the trump white house an ultimatum. the panel is now demanding former chief of staff mark meadows show up for a deposition and hand over documents today or risk criminal contempt. this after his attorney made it clear that meadows had no plans to cooperate until the courts ruled on trump's claim of executive privilege. >> and that, by the way, is now delayed as well. a federal appeals court has paused the release of trump white house documents to the select committee. the national archives was supposed to start handing them over today, including handwritten notes from meadows himself. cnn's daniela diaz is live on

olympian suni lee now detailing an attack that happened while she was visiting her hometown. >>> andnt biden in congress promising more help for those who serve as the nation pauses to honor the memories of those who served as died in defense of america. >>> and a special salute to the veteran our news team colleagues know and love. ♪ as someone who resembles someone else, i appreciate that liberty mutual knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ ferry horn honks ] i mean just cause you look like someone else doesn't mean you eat off the floor, [ chuckles ] or yell at the vacuum, or need flea medication. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ this is called momentum. and there's no off-season. just work that builds on itself over and over and over again... becuase the only way is through. >>> olympic gymnast and gold medalist suni lee says she was pepper sprayed in an anti-asian attack a few years ago first reported by pop culture. lee says it happened while she an

. >>> olympic gymnast suni lee says she was the victim of a racist attack.he 18-year-old gold medalist told the website pop sure that she was out with a group of friends in los angeles where people in a car yelled anti-asian slurs at them. lee says they also pepper sprayed her on her arm. >>> time now for a look at your friday morning weather. >>> good morning. a taste of winter in the upper midwest into friday morning. a big storm over minnesota bringing snow and wind and very dangerous driving conditions to the eastern dakotas and western minnesota. here's how much snow we're expecting to fall. the worst of it will be north and west of minneapolis/st. paul. northern minnesota could see up to a foot of snow with this one. in the meantime, this large storm causing thunderstorms up and down the i-95 into friday. some could be strong to severe with isolated tornadoes. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. >>> coming up, the pastor giving a sermon outside his burning home. >>> also ahead, dramatic new evidence revealed in the ahmaud arbery death trial an

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the american dream come you grow up in the city to make it to the suburbs, then went to suny basin, state university of new york and lived in manhattan most of my life, stayed there for years and in 2013 moved to los angeles was the only two places i've lived were new york in my formative years, new york city and in los angeles but the thing i talk about a lot of issues we talk about here are the things that resonate in the middle the country so living on both sides of the country the message became the middle of the country. >> host: is there such a thing as cancel culture? >> guest: absolutely. you don't even need to ask me, go to facebook and see the people who are constantly attacked for anything they do. not to see you can't disagree with people. of course you disagree with people. this is the most liberal thing you can do. put your idea out there, let your idea be countered, battle those ideas and let the best ideas when, let sunlight be the best disinfectant. what we have decided to do is if we don't like something, if we don't like something from the past that we think we can canc

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it doesn't matter if you are an olympic gold medalist, and suni lee says she was in los angeles recentlyr an uber with her friends, all of asian descent, and a car drove by and yelled racial slurs and sprayed pepper spray at her. >>> an nba player apologizing on his daughter's behalf half she was caught on camera punching a player. cory benjamin did not attend but told our sister station that when he saw that video he was saddened. the victim's mother considered the punch an assault and filed a police report. >> the most shocking, is to hear her mother instruct her to go and hit her for that. >> benjamin's daughter was ejected and that game was canceled. >>> a reminder to you that the football game is canceled because of positive tests. knocked out 24 players and assistant coaches. additional positive tests tuesday made it impossible for cal to field the team this week. the team is 99% vaccinated. the game against usc has been rescheduled now to december. >>> how about drama at san josÉ state. a buzzer beater in the season opener. watch carefully. the final seconds there. tray smith gets

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plus, "dancing with the stars" contestant suni lee pepper sprayed. >> she said she was targeted as shetreet. >> then, fleeing the funeral. what happened inside that provoked this mass exodus and kyle rittenhouse's mom versus the president. >> president biden don't know my son. >> plus, concert mayday. >> deborah: the just released police tape. >> and 5,000 fans didn't h

. >> american olympic gold medalist suni lee says that she was pepper sprayed in a racist attack. she says that attack happened last month while she was waiting for a ride in los angeles. it was all during her stint on dancing with the stars. the gold medal gymnast told pop sugar that she was out with a group of her girlfriends. all of asian descent when a car drove up with people shouting racist slurs. she says one of the passengers sprayed her arm was pepper spray before driving off. she says there was just nothing she could do about it. >> still ahead tonight, a dire warning from the cdc. wyatt says one of the deadliest diseases in human history could make a comeback. plus, governor newsom announces a new commitment to reduce fossil fuels in california. why some say more still needs to be done to address climate >> also a brazen theft caught on camera. how that man ended up taking more than an atm. >> and before we head to break, kron 4 still shining the spotlight on the bay area. men and women who have served in the military. this is sergeant david butler who served in the u.s

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the judges saying good to suni and saving amanda kloots. >> hard to choose.g reveal. a night of heated competition and redemption. >> i tell you what, that was bloody brilliant. >> reporter: the stars saying good-bye sharing thoughts on their journey. >> "dancing with the stars" is going to be something i remember forever. i mean it's helped me come out of my shell and be able to perform and just be comfortable in my own skin and happy with who i am. >> it's been incredible. i wouldn't take back one minute, one bruise, one, you know, one whatever. every minute has been incredible. >> reporter: just one week left before the final four give everything they have to win it all and take home that coveted mirror ball trophy. ooh, it's heating up. next monday is the big "dancing with the stars" finale. don't miss it 8:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 central on abc and then right afterwards all the finalists plus a fan favorite will fly all night long to be right here for our "dancing with the stars" after party. get on your dance shoes, everybody. >> whoo! >> poor george. you

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prior to serving in congress representative higgins was a history and economics instructor at suny buffalo state college. he also served in local state elected office. congressman higgins has been a fierce advocate of stronger regional and national economic policies. he currently serves on the ways and means and budget committees. he's also the democratic chair of the house northern border caucus. he is a chair of the house cancer caucus. and he is a house lead on the canada-u.s. interparliamentary group. at this time i yield five minutes to congressman brian higgins of new york. mr. higgins: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i was listening intently to the other side extolling the virtues of nothing. but a cynical assessment of the american economy, when the american economy in fact, needs investment. a couple facts i want to clear up here. if the united states economy had grown at the increased rate seen under democrats since 1933, the average income of americans would be more than double than it currently is today. economic growth since 1933, 4.6% under democrats, 2.4% under republica