i want to bring in cnn's van jones.ple may just be waking up and tuning in to wnba star brittney griner on a plane back to the united states free, coming home. this, change happened at the abu dhabi airport. you see on your screen a podium at the white house. the president expected to speak. supposed to start at 8:30. he's a little bit late but he's going to speak. we're told there are maybe some family members there, the president and vice president on the call when this happened in making this decision. what do you make of this? >> this is huge. first of all, that's a decade-defining image when you saw her wife sitting there, kamala harris was there, president is there, such a human image and yet it just shows this president got it done. he cared enough about this individual person to get her home. it was shocking. i think for young americans to see an icon like that snatched, locked up, treated like garbage and just nine years, ten years for bringing some cannabis oil. >> medically prescribed. >> so these are decade-

cupp, and van jones. that's interesting. was very insightful to hear they all said we had to go through it, it's a rite of passage and the difference is the race element. tell me your thoughts about that. all i see are paparazzi swarming all the women at all times. >> i think this is a case of trauma meeting tradition. i think you have two people who have really significant trauma. harry lost his mom at a very young age. there's not a bunch of royals that had their mom basically kill by paparazzi, so you can't say, well, get over it. and then with meghan she's a black woman, and once you start throwing out racial stuff, we have a 400-year history of that leading to a lot of violence. and so you have this new modern couple managing a personal trauma and the royal family could not get past the tradition. so you guys just act like everybody else, you should act like everybody else. you want some special privileges. no, we are in a unique situation with special trauma and you guys need to respond. and the failure of the tradition

van jones, thank you. >> thank you. >>> another big political headline, just 48 hours left for georgia senate candidates to turn out the early vote. former president obama looking to give a boost to raphael warnock tonight. >>> plus new concern for paul whelan, an american detailed in russia. what his family is now saying about reports that he was moved to a prison hospital and is now unable to call home. >>> also ahead, a not quite royal welcome for prince william and princess kate at a celtics game last night in boston. as they make their first trip to the u.s. in years. and twice the choice. sirloin salisbury ststeak and all-natural salmon. perfect for lunch oror dinner. only at ihop. download the app and earn free food with every purchase. he aays went for bad debt. we had a lot of expenses the intro offers were hard to pass up. then the interest payments started. the debt just kept getting worse. mmmm so we broke up with bad debt and got a low, fixed rate sofi personal loan for our big expenses. and the couch goes back tomorrow. break up with bad debt. fund weddings, home renovati

cupp, and van jones. [laughter] >> just lucky to be!thinking i heard, it i, satellites and i think he's a -- [inaudible] >> johnny be -- also with you, because i've given you a different name this evening. why do you think he's being underestimated? >> i think joe biden, during the primaries, this little bit of a tortoise and hare phenomenon. he was counted out every stage of the way after iowa and new hampshire, he was going to stay the course and then sure enough, he wins. and then we've seen it in the administration to. okay my, god everything's going straight, it's gonna stay the course, and it turns out okay for him. i don't know whether he doesn't care about the frenzy into this going around him, or he doesn't hear it, and i'm not being majority leader -- you know he's not a winner of, it but he stays going forward, and he's managed to be effective at what he wants to do. what may make him an incredibly audit fit for this twitter moment, the -- the twitter society, will make him a good fit for like real life society and getting ac

. >> cnn political commentator van jones, she's clear she thinks this is what arizonaness want, says this is who she's always been not much is going to change. van, is this move, then, a political philosophy if nothing is changing or is this about what happens that 2024 reelection which could be kind of tough? >> yeah, look, i mean, i think that the question is how much of this is courage, how much of it is cowardice. she's presenting herself as somebody i have these strong convictions and that's why i'm doing this, i'm taking this courageous stand. she is less of an independent, more of an enigma for most people. in the middle of joe biden trying to figure out how she was going to govern she was unlike a bernie sanders or joe manchin, it was just hard to figure out what did she want? what was her points? what was she trying to get? she just sort of was this confounding presence. that's more of an enigma than an independent. is this courage or cowardice, i don't know, but one could argue she is not in a position to win a primary in the democratic party right now. there is not -- if yo

joining us political commentator, former special adviser to president obama van jones.cs anchor abby phillip. you look at the contrast between the two campaigns, even these duelling events tonight. what does it say to you about the strategies of each team? >> yeah, i think it tells you a lot about where the expectations are for both sides. democrats are really hitting the gas on turnout, bringing in their biggest turnout getter, former president obama. and republicans are really trying to keep herschel walker out of sight and perhaps out of mind for some voters who are not super comfortable with him and the things that he's had to say. i will also say the money tells a huge part of the story. you know, there has been a huge democratic advantage in ad spending in georgia over the republicans. and i think that that says a lot about that the optimism that i think democrats have that if they really give it all they have, that they have a good shot of holding on to this senate seat. >> van, in a race like this that has been going on for so long and so many commercials, and p

now to talk about that amazing interview that jake had with senator sinema is melanie zanona and van jones. what she said was so interesting. jake said does this change the makeup of the senate? the new senate they got after the georgia win on tuesday night. she said that's a d.c. thing to worry about. but it's a big question. >> it's a big question, a valid question. it's unclear at this point. i would point out there are two independents who caucus with democrats, bernie sanders and angus king. she didn't say whether she was going to caucus with democrats but she said she was going to keep her committee assignments. if that promise holds democrats still control the committees that was a big deal, they have control over committees. so theoretically that won't change. but when it comes to the floor, democrats aren't going to have the neat and tidy 51-49 senate they participated. this potentially gives joe manchin outsized influence again. and so the question is whether sinema feels more emboldened to vote freely and does joe manchin follow suit? >> i was wondering that. >> he said before h

van jones has called this a decision between the pride of a community and the shame of a community.t do you see in this runoff between these two candidates? >> well, i think he's right, jim. i don't know how anyone in georgia or anyone else honestly seriously thinks herschel walker from texas is qualified to be united states senator from georgia. never mind the fact that he hasn't lived in the state or voted in the state. he has no experience, knowledge to take on this job. and he is going against somebody like raphael warnock, an experienced legislature, who who has worked in the community. it's not about persuasion. it's about turnout. anything can happen in this election. we have seen previous elections in the past. it's just a question of which campaign can get out its voters to the polls through the early voting, which has ended, all the way until tuesday. >> and, doug, there was this moment when former president barack obama seized on some unusual remarks from herschel walker about werewolves. let's walk. >> i don't know if you know about vampires. i'll tell you something i fo

here's van jones on cnn. >> it just shows this president got it done. he cared enough about this individual person to get her home. it was shocking but i think for young americans to see an icon like that snatched, locked up, what you don't have and what you can't allow to happen, is to have a black female icon treated like garbage and for america to do nothing about it. something was done about it and people can be proud about that. >> tucker: you can't have an american mistreated by a foreign government. you can't have a black female icon mistreated by a foreign government. you get more rights based on what color you are and sexual orientation you are but that's not how this country works, or should ever work. that's immoral. -- has spent virtually all of his adult life as a marine corps officer. he's out now. he joins us to assess, thanks for coming on. whatever his real story is, i don't know, he's a marine corps veteran and they chose someone who was in on a drug charge over him, what does that tell you? >> it tells me we need leaders to do what's

but cnn political analyst van jones pointed out tonight that senator warnock's victory -- in his view. >> just because republicans have done done stuff, does not make democrats mark. there is a danger if we get to triumphalist about what happened, he should've been beat by 50, points he should been beat by 80 points. there are problems and flaws in our party. i want to make sure we fix those. because 2024 is around the corner. >> all right, let's talk about this more with our esteemed panel. april and laura, let me bring you into this conversation. i'm not sure i agree with van entirely, considering the state of our politics. this was always going to be close. the reality was, warnock, laura, we keep calling a close race, yes, almost every race in a competitive state in american politics right now is close. but this margin was pretty significant for a state that is a swing state at the end of the day. >> it was. and it still is georgia. and i know we're just talking about all of the shifting demographics in georgia. but it still just became a swing state in 2020. so, because of that,

van jones, you can certainly see his influence as a preacher, the cadence is with which he speaks. >> yeah. it's beautiful. and i was noticing, it's hard not to smile, even my republican colleagues, when in his presence. it just brings a smile. you can tell this is a good man. and he means what he says. and i thought that that frame, i see you -- i think it's a blessing. i was just happy to see something kind on the air. so many shootings and 90s, and stuff like that. just to let somebody who came up out of the community, who has worked so hard, who has been there for us, to go through, not one, not two, not three, not four, but five elections in two years, for one job. this brother wants that job. he wants that job. and i think you can feel he is going to do a good job. >> i think we heard two good speeches tonight. and not grievance-filled -- and talking about bipartisanship and working across the aisle, and together we can work through these issues -- i thought it was kind of remarkable and prescient. >> geoff? >> i want to congratulate senator warnock. to your point, it feels like

. >> last night, van jones called this a decision between the pride of a community and the shame of a community and i'm wondering if you see it that way? >> i do wholeheartedly and i think a lot of people are missing this tone and tenor and i think a lot of people probably do not understand culturally the impact of what it means for herschel walker to be elected. black folk are upset 100 percent that republicans nominated someone who represents every stereotype and every prejudice and bias that individuals have against us. you think about this in the totality of it and you put them up against raphael warnock who is a pastor from literally is literally ebenezer baptist church which is doctor king's church and you look at him being articulate and the fact that he, herschel walker, cannot have a conversation with you with any depth about policy and you look at the abuse allegations and the totality of it and he's a caricature of what many people believe african-american males to be so there is a great deal of shame and how that translates into the ground i will tell you, that there is a

discuss this with cnn's senior commentator former governor john kasich and cnn political commentator van jones, i wonder just how you're seeing trump's mpolitica hopes in the wake of the referrals from the committee. >> you can find a growing number of people, many of whom, you know, he heard five years ago that are speaking out. it's just weighing on him, one after another, no question, and a man can only take so much baggage before he start to sink. this is more bad news for donald trump. >> van, of course, the committee, the whole sort of overarching message here was them making the case that because of their findings trump is unfit to hold future office. do you think they succeeded in that effort? was there anything that you wish they had done differently? >> well, i think they have done an extraordinarily good job. i wish more republicans had been willing to serve of on the committee. i think one of the challenges is that i think kevin mccarthy put forth some names that were not acceptable names, not appropriate so we wound up with too few republicans on the committee so some people will

also, van jones. a former obama administration official.cording to cnn's new poll, americans are clearly split on whether they trust republicans in congress or president biden on the very big issues, but just look at the unfavorable view of the house gop leader, kevin mccarthy. would you trust mccarthy to avert a shutdown? >> you're going to avoid a shutdown, wolf, and in regard to the poll, what it really says is that america's divided. hello? it's like we didn't know that. here's what i find particularly interesting looking at some of the polls out there. about 90% of the people say in our country they want people to be able to get along. they want more clollegiality. they want i want everybody to get along, but i just want you to agree with me. th it's like saying van, we're going to get along, you just have to agree with the way i think and that way, we can solve this problem. right now, we're just still driving and there's no surprise the way this thing works. unless you could agree with me, van. maybe you would. >> let me ask, van. wh

let's go now to van jones, former special adviser to then president obama and the host of "the eric ericksonickson. okay, thanks very much to both of you. eric, you heard kristen's reporting. people close to him careful to say this may not be the end of him. and you say that if the gop wants to win, in your words, and move on from an angry old man with nothing left but a knockoff twitter feed, eric, do you really believe that this loss is finally going to be -- is this going to be the straw that breaks that camel's hump for donald trump for the party? >> it depends on how people navigate moving forward. do they engage with him or do they ignore him? if he starts ignoring him, he thrives on the attention, and he does begin to fade. and anyone who thinks he's some sort of threat or to the country or to the constitution or to the future really does need to start ignoring him because he wants the attention. just consider georgia. he's got to win it. it's got 16 electoral college votes. every republican who trump endorsed in the state of georgia lost in the primaries to republicans who he didn't

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abby phillip back with us along with van jones and, abby, you mentioned russia takes hostages all theoreigners, americans, they use them as bargaining chips. particular concerns about brittney griner though as a woman, a gay woman, a black woman in a country that targets them specifically, right? there's legislation passed there to outlaw. i wonder what were the particular concerns about her during her time in prison there? >> reporter: yeah, such an important point. this is not happening in a vacuum. i mean i think it would be already a very big deal because brittney griner is a huge star. she is a legend in women's basketball and was also a huge star in russia as well, so that alone would be enough. but i think that there was a sense in the griner camp in including cherelle griner when i spoke to her that there were other things that made her vulnerable as well, she is a black woman, a lesbian black woman as well, i think russia understood how important that was in general, but specifically to president biden. they are keenly aware that biden has a constituency here in the united st

"outfront" now van jones, former special adviser to then president obama, along with the former seniortrump campaign. thanks to both. so, david, let's just start with the headline number here. when you see a number of, hey, 50% a few months ago wanted trump to be the nominee, then he actually became the nominee. -- not the nominee. that he actually declared he was running. and now it's down to 38%. how worried should trump be? >> look, erin, the trend is definitely not in the former president's favor at this point. if you look at last january, then the summer, and then this poll, it's continuing to slide down. it's not just one poll. there are polls out from several other organizations yesterday, today as well that tell the same story. so, look, bad news in that regard. good news in this record if you're donald trump. you still have that 30, 35% of the republican base voters who are for you, and the theory being that that's all you need to win if there are ten people in the race like there were in 2016. so very bad news on one hand, but good news in that he's still holding onto those 3

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van and stole toys meant for a holiday giveaway. an oakland nonprofit is scrambling to keep their 30-year tradition alive. velena jones has more. >>> they tore up the car and got everything, which is really sad. >> reporter: this van should be filled with holiday presents for children in need. instead it's empty after it was ransacked in the lake shore neighborhood this week. >> it brought me to tears. >> reporter: the thief broke into the locked van stealing every toy inside. it happened just hours after johnson had filled it with dozens of gifts. >> i would think anybody who would go in, maybe this isn't the car to rob. it makes me really sad. >> reporter: johnson preps the annual giveaway that helps around 300 families, families that line up around the block to ensure something is under the tree for their children. >> i grew up in new orleans and my mother had seven kids and we were in that line. somebody gave to us, and that's why i do this. i remember as a child standing in line waiting to get a little bag of goodies. >> reporter: since the break-in donations have been coming in including from strangers like mike

jones's first home league game. lirpool with goals from salah and virgil van dyck. >> 2-0 up at halftime, you can see the crowd and youto get used to these kinds of things again. but we fought through and scored an exceptional third goal. loved so much of a thing about it, the past and the control -- pass and the control andhen finishing it off wonderful like christmas. yeah, really nice. >> arsenal just began their match against west him. a wind will take them seven points clear. it is goalless but they had a goal taken off through vir's -- var's intervention. earlier, spurs came from 2-0 down to get a 2-2 draw. not one home team has won so far in the premier league on boxing day. the quality of international -- is suffering because o the packed schedule. cricket saying it was unsustainable to play all three formats. also returning to the game after taking a break to focus on his mental health which is benefiting the whole team and the new approach. >> the message is emotional to read, but i put myself out there in t public eye being in the position i am in. that has really helped quite a lot of people. i feel as if

van darren. when this comedian comes on stage they call it atom bomb. tv writer procedure adam yenzer. like your niece he doesn't want socks for christmas. retired marine corps bomb technician joey jones. [applause] >> when niagara falls he picked a backup. nwa national championship, tyra. j.j. you've been on tv all day, every time i look on, you're on. let me ask you you about this. do you think that anything will change or anyone be held accountable for this stuff? >> no. it's mutually exclusive destruction. >> mutually assured destruction, how i approach my relationships. >> there you go. when people are in on it, like powder kegs, nowhere to go with it. what twitter did was pretty bad. what the federal government did was horn does. when it wares a tool that allowed themselves to be used but think about the way families and people were treated over the vaccine and masks and to think twitter was suppressing valid information that now the government acknowledges when we had want to talk about misinformation that kills people, if masks were ever french tony fauci told everybody not to wear them for a while but not separatist 3d. >> know what else happened in covid? >> what? >> julie t

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