Stephen Colbert went live with The Late Show Tuesday to report on the election, take a few swipes at Gov. Ron DeSantis and to show off some prognosticating chickens from the Midterms Projection Coop.
Kicking off at 11:35 p.m. Et (though New Yorkers didn’t join until several minutes later due to Governor Kathy Hochul’s acceptance speech), Colbert touched on all the major races, including Georgia’s high-profile Senate race. “It is so tight. This race could be decided by a margin of error of plus or minus Herschel Walker’s secret children.”
He then gave a tip of the hat to victor Chuck Schumer. “In a shocker, the Senate race has been called for majority leader Chuck Schumer. And out of respect for his opponent’s political demise, Schumer will be wearing his glasses at half-mast.”
Here’s a sampling of Colbert’s other yucks from his...
Kicking off at 11:35 p.m. Et (though New Yorkers didn’t join until several minutes later due to Governor Kathy Hochul’s acceptance speech), Colbert touched on all the major races, including Georgia’s high-profile Senate race. “It is so tight. This race could be decided by a margin of error of plus or minus Herschel Walker’s secret children.”
He then gave a tip of the hat to victor Chuck Schumer. “In a shocker, the Senate race has been called for majority leader Chuck Schumer. And out of respect for his opponent’s political demise, Schumer will be wearing his glasses at half-mast.”
Here’s a sampling of Colbert’s other yucks from his...
- 11/9/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
When Dr. Jessica Klemens thinks about the stakes of this year’s election in Pennsylvania, she imagines being summoned to the emergency room at the hospital where she works in Montgomery County and being presented with a patient bleeding heavily from the beginnings of a miscarriage. “If I go down there, and she’s hemorrhaging, but there’s still a fetal heartbeat” — and, if Klemens treats that patient as she’s been trained to as an Ob-gyn — “based on this [proposed] legislation, I would be committing a crime.” She thinks about ectopic pregnancies,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Updated: Former Republican Senator Orrin Hatch died today at the age of 88. The cause of death has not yet been made public.
The longest serving GOP Senator in American history and one-time president pro tem, Hatch represented Utah from the first year of Jimmy Carter’s lone term to the second year of Donald Trump’s one and only term in the White House. “Senator Hatch passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family,” said a statement in part from the Hatch Foundation today.
Hatch also was a champion of issues central to the entertainment industry, including intellectual property protection.
Charles Rivkin, the CEO of the Motion Picture Association, noted in a statement that Hatch was “an accomplished songwriter in his own right” and “stood at the fore of ensuring the success of the American creative community during his 42 years in the Senate.
The longest serving GOP Senator in American history and one-time president pro tem, Hatch represented Utah from the first year of Jimmy Carter’s lone term to the second year of Donald Trump’s one and only term in the White House. “Senator Hatch passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family,” said a statement in part from the Hatch Foundation today.
Hatch also was a champion of issues central to the entertainment industry, including intellectual property protection.
Charles Rivkin, the CEO of the Motion Picture Association, noted in a statement that Hatch was “an accomplished songwriter in his own right” and “stood at the fore of ensuring the success of the American creative community during his 42 years in the Senate.
- 4/24/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) on Tuesday accused Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) of poking her in the back and telling her to “kiss my ass” after she asked him to wear a mask in the U.S. Capitol.
“Today, while heading to the House floor for votes, I respectfully asked my colleague @RepHalRogers to put on a mask while boarding the train,” Beatty tweeted. “He then poked my back, demanding I get on the train. When I asked him not to touch me, he responded, ‘kiss my ass.'”...
“Today, while heading to the House floor for votes, I respectfully asked my colleague @RepHalRogers to put on a mask while boarding the train,” Beatty tweeted. “He then poked my back, demanding I get on the train. When I asked him not to touch me, he responded, ‘kiss my ass.'”...
- 2/8/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
More than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate and independent Bernie Sanders have signed a letter urging the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to negotiate a fair contract with IATSE, saying, “We are united in our belief in the importance of livable wages, sustainable benefits, and reasonable rest periods between shifts and during the workday” – three of the union’s core demands.
The letter was signed by 31 senators and 87 representatives and sent to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini.
The union’s members begin voting on strike authorization Friday in advance of what could be the last round of bargaining before a strike that would shut down film and TV productions across the country.
The politicians also reminded Lombardini that industry workers “risked their health and safety” during the pandemic, and that “the entertainment you jointly produce is helping to heal our nation.”
Here is their letter:
Dear Ms. Lombardini:...
The letter was signed by 31 senators and 87 representatives and sent to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini.
The union’s members begin voting on strike authorization Friday in advance of what could be the last round of bargaining before a strike that would shut down film and TV productions across the country.
The politicians also reminded Lombardini that industry workers “risked their health and safety” during the pandemic, and that “the entertainment you jointly produce is helping to heal our nation.”
Here is their letter:
Dear Ms. Lombardini:...
- 10/1/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
After thousands demonstrated in cities and towns across Cuba on Sunday, President Joe Biden released a statement on Monday saying the U.S. stands with the Cuban people. The president called the protests a “clarion call for freedom and relief” while offering his support, but the president has not taken substantive actions to alleviate Cubans’ suffering.
“We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have...
“We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have...
- 7/12/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass gun reform and announced that he will designate the club as a national memorial.
“Five years ago today in Orlando in the middle of pride month, our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQ+ community in American history, and at the time, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman,” Biden said in a statement Saturday of the shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured in 2016.
“Within minutes, the Pulse nightclub that had...
“Five years ago today in Orlando in the middle of pride month, our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQ+ community in American history, and at the time, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman,” Biden said in a statement Saturday of the shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured in 2016.
“Within minutes, the Pulse nightclub that had...
- 6/12/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings, the former chief of the Orlando, Florida Police Department, said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation that the Ohio officer who fatally shot Mi’Khia Bryant acted as “he was trained to do.”
However, Demings later supported the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which has a clause where individual police officers could face personal civil lawsuits. “And I do think there are opportunities to sue those individuals on a personal level,” Demings said. “The department is always, or can always be held accountable.”
Demings told Face the Nation host John Dickerson that the police body camera video indicated Ohio Officer Nicholas Reardon was acting properly when he fired four shots at Bryant as she appeared to lunge at two other people with a knife.
Demings said Reardon acted “with the main thought of preventing a tragedy and a loss of life of the person...
However, Demings later supported the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which has a clause where individual police officers could face personal civil lawsuits. “And I do think there are opportunities to sue those individuals on a personal level,” Demings said. “The department is always, or can always be held accountable.”
Demings told Face the Nation host John Dickerson that the police body camera video indicated Ohio Officer Nicholas Reardon was acting properly when he fired four shots at Bryant as she appeared to lunge at two other people with a knife.
Demings said Reardon acted “with the main thought of preventing a tragedy and a loss of life of the person...
- 4/25/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Ballerina, author and philanthropist Misty Copeland’s purpose is to give back to “those who came before [her]” and set a good example for the future generations.
The first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater explained this during a virtual Paley Center for Media panel entitled “PaleyImpact: Choosing to Challenge: How Women are Leading the Way,” presented by Verizon on Monday. In celebration of International Women’s Day, the conversation focused on how media impacts women, including issues of gender parity and structural sexism, such as the motherhood penalty, and ageism.
“Women are the only gender who’s hit with … ‘Oh, she’s too ambitious,’ when men do that all the time,” said U.S. Rep. Val Demings. “We have to get over what people say about us or feel about us or whether they like us or not. We really have to focus on ourselves and our God-given talent to influence.
The first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater explained this during a virtual Paley Center for Media panel entitled “PaleyImpact: Choosing to Challenge: How Women are Leading the Way,” presented by Verizon on Monday. In celebration of International Women’s Day, the conversation focused on how media impacts women, including issues of gender parity and structural sexism, such as the motherhood penalty, and ageism.
“Women are the only gender who’s hit with … ‘Oh, she’s too ambitious,’ when men do that all the time,” said U.S. Rep. Val Demings. “We have to get over what people say about us or feel about us or whether they like us or not. We really have to focus on ourselves and our God-given talent to influence.
- 3/8/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In honor of International Women’s Day, The Paley Center for Media has announced a quarterly series of conversations exploring the media’s role in providing a diverse and inclusive platform for women.
The series will kick off with its inaugural event on International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8 at 10 am Et/7 am Pt on the Paley Center’s dedicated channel on Verizon Media’s Yahoo Entertainment. Choosing to Challenge: How Women Are Leading the Way, will focus on women’s roles as leaders in our society and address some of the most significant issues facing all women, according to the organization. The panel will include Misty Copeland, Ballerina, Author, and Philanthropist; Hon. Val Demings, U.S. Representative (Fl-10); Cynthia Erivo, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning Actress, Singer, and Producer; Julie Foudy, espnW Writer and Soccer Commentator, ESPN; Rita Moreno, Actor and Activist; Norah O’Donnell, Anchor and Managing Editor,...
The series will kick off with its inaugural event on International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8 at 10 am Et/7 am Pt on the Paley Center’s dedicated channel on Verizon Media’s Yahoo Entertainment. Choosing to Challenge: How Women Are Leading the Way, will focus on women’s roles as leaders in our society and address some of the most significant issues facing all women, according to the organization. The panel will include Misty Copeland, Ballerina, Author, and Philanthropist; Hon. Val Demings, U.S. Representative (Fl-10); Cynthia Erivo, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning Actress, Singer, and Producer; Julie Foudy, espnW Writer and Soccer Commentator, ESPN; Rita Moreno, Actor and Activist; Norah O’Donnell, Anchor and Managing Editor,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will resign effective Jan. 16, according to a police spokesperson. His resignation comes as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are demanding answers from the Capitol Police after it failed to stop a mob of Trump supporters from taking control of large parts of the Capitol on Wednesday, an invasion that resulted in lives lost and successfully shut down Congress for several hours.
Democratic lawmakers, whose party is set to take over the White House and both chambers of Congress, are promising to investigate the...
Democratic lawmakers, whose party is set to take over the White House and both chambers of Congress, are promising to investigate the...
- 1/7/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Kamala Harris, Democratic senator from California, has been selected as Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. Biden announced the decision August 11, six days ahead of the Democratic National Convention, set to begin Monday August 17 with a small in-person event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as a larger virtual event with speakers across the country.
Harris was elected statewide in California twice as the state’s attorney general, then as the replacement for Senator Barbara Boxer in 2016.
“I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” Biden said on Twitter. “Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I...
Harris was elected statewide in California twice as the state’s attorney general, then as the replacement for Senator Barbara Boxer in 2016.
“I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” Biden said on Twitter. “Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I...
- 8/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Auditions make me nervous. Not for myself — I’m beyond the casting-call stage of life. But rather for anyone who still has the nerve to endure the almost always disappointing, sometimes humiliating, process of being screened, interviewed, tested and most probably rejected for a role in show business. Or journalism. Or politics, wherein the final auditions for a part as Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate are reported to be underway.
The Biden casting process, confined to women, has been wide, semi-public and deliberate enough to keep a lot of proud candidates dangling. At one time or another, Stacey Abrams, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Val Demings and Elizabeth Warren have been in the mix. Fantasy whispers about Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama won’t go away. Those who supposedly know — that is, the media elite — in the past few days have locked on Kamala Harris, Karen Bass and, now, Susan Rice,...
The Biden casting process, confined to women, has been wide, semi-public and deliberate enough to keep a lot of proud candidates dangling. At one time or another, Stacey Abrams, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Val Demings and Elizabeth Warren have been in the mix. Fantasy whispers about Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama won’t go away. Those who supposedly know — that is, the media elite — in the past few days have locked on Kamala Harris, Karen Bass and, now, Susan Rice,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
Joy Reid’s first guest on her new nightly MSNBC show The ReidOut was presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who gave her an update on his search for a running mate.
Reid generally posed questions to Biden that reflected some of his campaign’s talking points, including President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but she also put him on the spot when she asked whether he would commit to picking a Black woman as a running mate.
“I am not committed to naming any but the people I have named, and among them are four Black women. So that decision is underway right now. And by the way, Black women have supported me my entire career. You all act like all of the sudden there was an epiphany in South Carolina.”
Biden then talked about his history of support in Delaware, his home state.
“They are the ones,...
Reid generally posed questions to Biden that reflected some of his campaign’s talking points, including President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but she also put him on the spot when she asked whether he would commit to picking a Black woman as a running mate.
“I am not committed to naming any but the people I have named, and among them are four Black women. So that decision is underway right now. And by the way, Black women have supported me my entire career. You all act like all of the sudden there was an epiphany in South Carolina.”
Biden then talked about his history of support in Delaware, his home state.
“They are the ones,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Joy Reid is in talks to fill the 7 Pm Et slot once held by Chris Matthews and his longtime MSNBC show Hardball, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Reid currently hosts Am Joy, a weekend program on the network, and has been a substitute host for other nighttime hosts including Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes. She will host a special on Friday, The Road to Reform: A Special Report with Joy Reid, in that time slot.
An MSNBC spokeswoman declined comment. The Journal reported that an agreement has not yet been reached.
Matthews retired abruptly from his show in March, and a rotating group of hosts have been filling his slot since then.
Reid has been a political columnist, blogger and commentator, having started her career in Florida. She hosted The Reid Report for MSNBC from 2014 to 2015, before hosting the weekend show starting in 2016.
In 2018, she apologized...
Reid currently hosts Am Joy, a weekend program on the network, and has been a substitute host for other nighttime hosts including Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes. She will host a special on Friday, The Road to Reform: A Special Report with Joy Reid, in that time slot.
An MSNBC spokeswoman declined comment. The Journal reported that an agreement has not yet been reached.
Matthews retired abruptly from his show in March, and a rotating group of hosts have been filling his slot since then.
Reid has been a political columnist, blogger and commentator, having started her career in Florida. She hosted The Reid Report for MSNBC from 2014 to 2015, before hosting the weekend show starting in 2016.
In 2018, she apologized...
- 6/25/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the teaser trailer for “Lovecraft Country,” and the documentary “Freestyle Love Supreme” announced that it will no longer be airing on Hulu on June 5 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
First Looks
HBO has released a teaser for its adaptation of “Lovecraft Country,” coming this August. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” takes a road trip through America in the era of Jim Crow with Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they battle both racism and supernatural monsters. “Lovecraft Country” is executive produced by Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.
Executive News
Kim Brunhuber has joined CNN International as an Atlanta-based anchor. He will anchor the Europe morning editions of “CNN Newsroom” in addition to weekday programming.
First Looks
HBO has released a teaser for its adaptation of “Lovecraft Country,” coming this August. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” takes a road trip through America in the era of Jim Crow with Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they battle both racism and supernatural monsters. “Lovecraft Country” is executive produced by Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.
Executive News
Kim Brunhuber has joined CNN International as an Atlanta-based anchor. He will anchor the Europe morning editions of “CNN Newsroom” in addition to weekday programming.
- 6/3/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
In a bizarre tweet Tuesday that is perplexing classic film fans, President Trump compared himself and his coronavirus response efforts to the film “Mutiny On the Bounty” — only he aligned himself with the film’s ruthless villain, Captain Bligh.
“Mutiny On The Bounty” is a story about a tyrannical sea captain whose crew leads a mutiny and casts him and his loyalists off their ship, and the tweet came as a warning to Democratic governors who said they would go over the President’s head in reopening the country from the coronavirus after he said Monday he had “total authority” to do so.
“Tell the Democrat Governors that ‘Mutiny On The Bounty’ was one of my all time favorite movies,” Trump said Tuesday in a tweet. “A good old fashioned mutiny every now and then is an exciting and invigorating thing to watch, especially when the mutineers need so much from the Captain.
“Mutiny On The Bounty” is a story about a tyrannical sea captain whose crew leads a mutiny and casts him and his loyalists off their ship, and the tweet came as a warning to Democratic governors who said they would go over the President’s head in reopening the country from the coronavirus after he said Monday he had “total authority” to do so.
“Tell the Democrat Governors that ‘Mutiny On The Bounty’ was one of my all time favorite movies,” Trump said Tuesday in a tweet. “A good old fashioned mutiny every now and then is an exciting and invigorating thing to watch, especially when the mutineers need so much from the Captain.
- 4/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Update: After a debate in which Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders spent a chunk of time on an array of past Senate votes, the candidates were finally asked how they would address the public’s anxiety over the coronavirus.
It was an obvious question, given what was unfolding in the previous two hours of the debate. New York’s mayor announced that bars, nightclubs and movie theaters would close; restaurants could remain open only for takeout.
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Their approaches were slightly different. Both were empathetic to those directly affected, but Sanders tied the crisis to the problems of income inequality while Biden talked of mobilizing for the common good.
It was an obvious question, given what was unfolding in the previous two hours of the debate. New York’s mayor announced that bars, nightclubs and movie theaters would close; restaurants could remain open only for takeout.
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Their approaches were slightly different. Both were empathetic to those directly affected, but Sanders tied the crisis to the problems of income inequality while Biden talked of mobilizing for the common good.
- 3/16/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues Wednesday on Capitol Hill after a marathon Tuesday session set the rules for the proceeding. Here’s is a guide on how to watch it on TV and online.
The easiest way to watch as much trial coverage as you want (or can take) is to click back here at Deadline. We will be offering a daily livestream — watch it above.
If you don’t have access to one of those newfangled computing devices and prefer to watch on the old-school telly, PBS will air the entire on its local stations. Starting at 12:30 Pm Et/9:30 Am Pt, the pubcaster will follow the proceedings as they take place in the ensuing weeks, including special Saturday sessions.
Managing Editor Judy Woodruff will anchor the coverage, with contributions from Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, among others. PBS...
The easiest way to watch as much trial coverage as you want (or can take) is to click back here at Deadline. We will be offering a daily livestream — watch it above.
If you don’t have access to one of those newfangled computing devices and prefer to watch on the old-school telly, PBS will air the entire on its local stations. Starting at 12:30 Pm Et/9:30 Am Pt, the pubcaster will follow the proceedings as they take place in the ensuing weeks, including special Saturday sessions.
Managing Editor Judy Woodruff will anchor the coverage, with contributions from Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, among others. PBS...
- 1/22/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Looking for live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump? There are a few TV and streaming options for you to catch every moment from Washington, D.C.
On TV, the trial will be kicking off at 1:00 p.m. Et on C-span 2 on Tuesday. The Senate is expected to debate the ground rules for the trial before moving to oral arguments later in the week.
Viewers will also be able to stream it live on C-span’s website by signing in with their TV provider. And for cord-cutters, you can live stream the trial on PBS NewsHour’s YouTube channel, which is included below:
Also Read: Nancy Pelosi Names 7 Trump Impeachment Managers to Represent House in Senate Trial
President Trump revealed his legal team for the trial last Friday, which will include Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr, who first came to fame during the Clinton...
On TV, the trial will be kicking off at 1:00 p.m. Et on C-span 2 on Tuesday. The Senate is expected to debate the ground rules for the trial before moving to oral arguments later in the week.
Viewers will also be able to stream it live on C-span’s website by signing in with their TV provider. And for cord-cutters, you can live stream the trial on PBS NewsHour’s YouTube channel, which is included below:
Also Read: Nancy Pelosi Names 7 Trump Impeachment Managers to Represent House in Senate Trial
President Trump revealed his legal team for the trial last Friday, which will include Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr, who first came to fame during the Clinton...
- 1/20/2020
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Update, 3:00 Pm Pt: Impeachment took on a solemn, ceremonial tone as the seven House impeachment managers walked to the Senate side of the Capitol to deliver the articles of impeachment.
Save for the clatter of cameras, the corridors of the Capitol were silent as House Clerk Cheryl Johnson and House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving led Rep. Adam Schiff (D-ca) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and the five other managers to the Senate chamber. The procession had an 18th century formality to it, arcane in that it has happened so few times in American history.
A number of reporters recalled being present for a similar ceremony 21 years ago, when it was Republicans delivering articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
“So sad, so tragic for our country,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said moments earlier, before she sat at a desk labeled with the hashtag #defendourdemocracy and signed the articles...
Save for the clatter of cameras, the corridors of the Capitol were silent as House Clerk Cheryl Johnson and House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving led Rep. Adam Schiff (D-ca) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-ny) and the five other managers to the Senate chamber. The procession had an 18th century formality to it, arcane in that it has happened so few times in American history.
A number of reporters recalled being present for a similar ceremony 21 years ago, when it was Republicans delivering articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
“So sad, so tragic for our country,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said moments earlier, before she sat at a desk labeled with the hashtag #defendourdemocracy and signed the articles...
- 1/15/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“This thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said of the coming senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN.
When asked if expressing an opinion on the matter beforehand is appropriate, Graham said, “Well, I must think so because I’m doing it.”
The South Carolina senator went on to explain that he’s all about honesty, “I am trying to give a pretty clear...
When asked if expressing an opinion on the matter beforehand is appropriate, Graham said, “Well, I must think so because I’m doing it.”
The South Carolina senator went on to explain that he’s all about honesty, “I am trying to give a pretty clear...
- 12/14/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The House’s effort to impeach Donald Trump reached its most contentious phase on Wednesday — debate over the actual charges to remove him from office — in a primetime “markup” hearing that broadcast networks declined to cover.
That left coverage of the House Judiciary Committee proceedings to streaming services, cable news networks, and C-span. Yet as the session started, Fox News stayed with The Story with Martha MacCullum, including an interview with former congressman Trey Gowdy, occasionally with an inset of the proceedings in the corner of the screen. MSNBC initially covered the session, then went to Hardball with Chris Matthews, and then went back and forth with coverage or a screen inset. Only CNN stayed with the proceedings.
Wednesday night’s proceedings were a “markup” hearing, in which members began debate on the articles of impeachment.
The event featured five-minute speeches from each of 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee was not present because of a medical procedure). The markup included no witnesses, but several hours of member statements, much of what has already been said before. That apparently was enough of a disincentive for broadcasters to pre-empt their primetime lineups.
Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-ny), though, started the markup session by calling it a “somber” occasion and then urged Republicans to view their place in history.
“I hope every member of this committee will withstand the political pressures of the moment. I hope none of us attempt to justify behavior that we know in our heart is wrong,” he said.
He added, “President Trump will not be president forever. When his time has passed, when his grip on our politics is gone, when our country returns, as surely it will, to calmer times and stronger leadership, history will look back on our actions here today. How would you be remembered?”
The Judiciary Committee is considering two articles of impeachment — one for abuse of power, one for obstruction. The charges are related to Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The White House then refused to comply with congressional subpoenas after they launched the impeachment inquiry in September.
Nadler argued that “there can be no serious debate about what President Trump did,” reciting from the transcript summary of the July 25 phone call he had with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
The ranking member of the committee, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga), continued to rail against the process.
“The real legacy of this impeachment hearing will not be the removal of Donald Trump,” he said, adding that the real “institutional damage” will be to the House.
“My heart breaks for a committee that has trashed this institution, and this is where we are now,” he said.
The strategy of Republicans has been to characterize the process as illegitimate, and a common refrain is that Democrats have had it out for Trump since the start of his term. Rep. Ken Buck (R-co) even mentioned the fact that Kathy Griffin appeared in a video with a mock Trump severed head, and Robert De Niro blurted of “f— Trump” at the Tony Awards.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-tx) recited the name of the person who Republicans believe is the whistleblower, the figure who first filed a complaint about Trump’s July 25 phone call, as he went through a list of people to call as witnesses.
Other Republicans said impeachment was an action not just against Trump, but those who voted for him.
“It’s not just that they don’t like the president. They don’t like the 63 million people who voted for this president. All of us in flyover country,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh).
The speakers had varying cadences as they argued for or against articles of impeachment. But they shared in common their tones of indignation that the political situation in Washington had led to this. The speeches showed the wide gulf between the two parties: Democrats say they have no choice given the threat of Trump; Republicans say it’s a sham to try to prevent Trump’s reelection. Lawmakers gave no hint of wavering from their positions.
Most viewers likely will see only clips of remarks or short segments that go viral on Twitter. Many of the members framed their votes as one of the most important of their careers; others tried to frame their pending decision with their own personal narratives.
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-ga) recounted the shooting death of her son, Jordan, that led her to become a gun reform activist and eventually to run for Congress.
Rep. Val Demings (D-fl) talked of growing up in the 60s, the daughter of a janitor and a maid, before explaining that “We have only one option. That is to hold this president accountable.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-ca) noted that she participated in three different impeachment processes. She was a Judiciary Committee staffer in 1974, during the Nixon impeachment proceedings. She was a congresswoman during the Clinton impeachment in 1998.
“The power to impeach is not to punish a president,” Lofgren said. “It is to protect Americans from a president who would abuse his power, upend the constitutional order, and threaten our Democracy.”
The nighttime hearing brought a smaller crowd to the Ways & Means hearing room at the Longworth Office Building, with plenty of seats still available in the public gallery. In an odd moment, a baby was heard crying.
The broadcast and cable networks covered the five public House Intelligence Committee hearings and the two previous House Judiciary Committee hearings. The high profile nature of the proceedings has put some focus on what gets covered and what does not. On Wednesday, the Trump campaign sent out an email blasting CNN for not covering the opening statement of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-sc), at a hearing featuring Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz, who did a review of the way that the FBI conducted the Russia investigation. CNN did not carry the opening statement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), but did cover Horowitz’s remarks.
It’s unclear how the networks will cover the next “markup” hearing on Thursday, which are expected to go for hours of extensive debate over proposed amendments. That will lead to a final vote, after which the articles would go to the full House.
If the House passes one or more of the articles, the Senate would then hold a trial. If 2/3 of the Senate votes to convict, Trump is removed from office. That seems highly unlikely, as it would take 20 Senate Republicans joining 47 Democrats and independents.
That left coverage of the House Judiciary Committee proceedings to streaming services, cable news networks, and C-span. Yet as the session started, Fox News stayed with The Story with Martha MacCullum, including an interview with former congressman Trey Gowdy, occasionally with an inset of the proceedings in the corner of the screen. MSNBC initially covered the session, then went to Hardball with Chris Matthews, and then went back and forth with coverage or a screen inset. Only CNN stayed with the proceedings.
Wednesday night’s proceedings were a “markup” hearing, in which members began debate on the articles of impeachment.
The event featured five-minute speeches from each of 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee was not present because of a medical procedure). The markup included no witnesses, but several hours of member statements, much of what has already been said before. That apparently was enough of a disincentive for broadcasters to pre-empt their primetime lineups.
Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-ny), though, started the markup session by calling it a “somber” occasion and then urged Republicans to view their place in history.
“I hope every member of this committee will withstand the political pressures of the moment. I hope none of us attempt to justify behavior that we know in our heart is wrong,” he said.
He added, “President Trump will not be president forever. When his time has passed, when his grip on our politics is gone, when our country returns, as surely it will, to calmer times and stronger leadership, history will look back on our actions here today. How would you be remembered?”
The Judiciary Committee is considering two articles of impeachment — one for abuse of power, one for obstruction. The charges are related to Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The White House then refused to comply with congressional subpoenas after they launched the impeachment inquiry in September.
Nadler argued that “there can be no serious debate about what President Trump did,” reciting from the transcript summary of the July 25 phone call he had with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
The ranking member of the committee, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga), continued to rail against the process.
“The real legacy of this impeachment hearing will not be the removal of Donald Trump,” he said, adding that the real “institutional damage” will be to the House.
“My heart breaks for a committee that has trashed this institution, and this is where we are now,” he said.
The strategy of Republicans has been to characterize the process as illegitimate, and a common refrain is that Democrats have had it out for Trump since the start of his term. Rep. Ken Buck (R-co) even mentioned the fact that Kathy Griffin appeared in a video with a mock Trump severed head, and Robert De Niro blurted of “f— Trump” at the Tony Awards.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-tx) recited the name of the person who Republicans believe is the whistleblower, the figure who first filed a complaint about Trump’s July 25 phone call, as he went through a list of people to call as witnesses.
Other Republicans said impeachment was an action not just against Trump, but those who voted for him.
“It’s not just that they don’t like the president. They don’t like the 63 million people who voted for this president. All of us in flyover country,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh).
The speakers had varying cadences as they argued for or against articles of impeachment. But they shared in common their tones of indignation that the political situation in Washington had led to this. The speeches showed the wide gulf between the two parties: Democrats say they have no choice given the threat of Trump; Republicans say it’s a sham to try to prevent Trump’s reelection. Lawmakers gave no hint of wavering from their positions.
Most viewers likely will see only clips of remarks or short segments that go viral on Twitter. Many of the members framed their votes as one of the most important of their careers; others tried to frame their pending decision with their own personal narratives.
Rep. Lucy McBath (D-ga) recounted the shooting death of her son, Jordan, that led her to become a gun reform activist and eventually to run for Congress.
Rep. Val Demings (D-fl) talked of growing up in the 60s, the daughter of a janitor and a maid, before explaining that “We have only one option. That is to hold this president accountable.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-ca) noted that she participated in three different impeachment processes. She was a Judiciary Committee staffer in 1974, during the Nixon impeachment proceedings. She was a congresswoman during the Clinton impeachment in 1998.
“The power to impeach is not to punish a president,” Lofgren said. “It is to protect Americans from a president who would abuse his power, upend the constitutional order, and threaten our Democracy.”
The nighttime hearing brought a smaller crowd to the Ways & Means hearing room at the Longworth Office Building, with plenty of seats still available in the public gallery. In an odd moment, a baby was heard crying.
The broadcast and cable networks covered the five public House Intelligence Committee hearings and the two previous House Judiciary Committee hearings. The high profile nature of the proceedings has put some focus on what gets covered and what does not. On Wednesday, the Trump campaign sent out an email blasting CNN for not covering the opening statement of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-sc), at a hearing featuring Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz, who did a review of the way that the FBI conducted the Russia investigation. CNN did not carry the opening statement of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), but did cover Horowitz’s remarks.
It’s unclear how the networks will cover the next “markup” hearing on Thursday, which are expected to go for hours of extensive debate over proposed amendments. That will lead to a final vote, after which the articles would go to the full House.
If the House passes one or more of the articles, the Senate would then hold a trial. If 2/3 of the Senate votes to convict, Trump is removed from office. That seems highly unlikely, as it would take 20 Senate Republicans joining 47 Democrats and independents.
- 12/12/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
No witch hunt, no Russia hoax, no press leaks from his office and, seemingly more often than not, no comment: Those were among the highlights of this afternoon’s Robert Mueller testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.
Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning focusing on the topic of obstruction of justice; this afternoon’s hearing before Intelligence focused on Russia collusion.
Declining or deferring answers to his report more than 200 times today (by CNN’s count), Mueller wouldn’t be baited by Congressional Republicans into discussing Fusion Gps or the Steele Dossier, but the 74-year-old Mueller was blunt in rejecting President Donald Trump’s catch-phrase description of the his investigation as a witch hunt or Russia’s interference in the election that got Trump elected as a hoax.
Here’s what Mueller told Rep. Will Hurd about Russian interference: “It wasn’t a single attempt. They’re...
Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee this morning focusing on the topic of obstruction of justice; this afternoon’s hearing before Intelligence focused on Russia collusion.
Declining or deferring answers to his report more than 200 times today (by CNN’s count), Mueller wouldn’t be baited by Congressional Republicans into discussing Fusion Gps or the Steele Dossier, but the 74-year-old Mueller was blunt in rejecting President Donald Trump’s catch-phrase description of the his investigation as a witch hunt or Russia’s interference in the election that got Trump elected as a hoax.
Here’s what Mueller told Rep. Will Hurd about Russian interference: “It wasn’t a single attempt. They’re...
- 7/24/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Congressman Steve Cohen came to work with props -- using a bucket of chicken to poke fun at Attorney General William Barr for ducking out on a 2nd day of testimony ... but Cohen kinda got burned by his own stunt. The distinguished gentleman from Tennessee put a chicken figurine at the podium where Barr would have been sitting if he had the stones to show up -- ya get the joke. But, Cohen went one...
- 5/2/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The release of the redacted Mueller report last week confirmed what many already knew: President Trump is a pathological liar, a serial criminal and woefully unfit to occupy the most powerful office in the world. One of the many questions that has emerged as Americans continue to parse the special counsel’s findings is what Congress is going to do about it. The most obvious course of action is for the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) reinvigorated the prospect last Friday when...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-ma) reinvigorated the prospect last Friday when...
- 4/23/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Bet is set to air a special this weekend hosted by Soledad O’Brien on criminal justice reform titled American Injustice: A Bet Town Hall.
The one-hour broadcast will explore what Bet describes as “the stark racial disparities that plague America’s criminal justice system and offers solutions.”
O’Brien will be joined by 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, along with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Karen Bass (D-ca), and Rep. Val Demings (D-fl).
The group will discuss the millions of Americans currently in the correctional system and the nation’s mass incarceration crisis before a live studio audience.
“We are taking this on in a way no other brand and network can. We look forward to taking the conversation beyond our screens and into action as we work towards addressing and telling the untold stories of transgressions to Black Americans,” Scott Mills,...
The one-hour broadcast will explore what Bet describes as “the stark racial disparities that plague America’s criminal justice system and offers solutions.”
O’Brien will be joined by 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, along with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Karen Bass (D-ca), and Rep. Val Demings (D-fl).
The group will discuss the millions of Americans currently in the correctional system and the nation’s mass incarceration crisis before a live studio audience.
“We are taking this on in a way no other brand and network can. We look forward to taking the conversation beyond our screens and into action as we work towards addressing and telling the untold stories of transgressions to Black Americans,” Scott Mills,...
- 3/23/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
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