Good evening. Before we begin with tonight's broadcast, I want to say something about what

we witnessed the last night's town hall. Many of you have expressed deep anger and disappointment.

Many of you are upset that someone who attempted to destroy our democracy was invited to sit

on the stage in front of a crowd of Republican voters to answer questions and predictably

continued to spew lie after lie after lie. And I get it. It was disturbing. It was disturbing

to see and hear that person refer to a black law enforcement officer as a thug.

An adjective he used many times describe black men and called Kaelin Collins the moderator

Nasty, which is what he calls any woman who stands up to him. It was disturbing to hear him

speak so highly of QAnon conspirators and insurrectionists who assaulted police officers

in our democracy on January 6th. And it was awful to hear him spread ridiculous lies

about the election. And it was certainly disturbing to hear that audience young and old, our

fellow citizens, people who loved their kids and go to church, laugh and applaud his lies,

and his continued defamation of a woman who, according to a jury of his peers, he sexually

views and defends. As good a job as Kaelin Collins did trying to fact check him, it is impossible

to fact check fully because he lies so shamelessly. Now, many of you think CNN shouldn't have

given him any platform to speak. And I understand the anger about that, giving him the audience,

the time I get that. But this is what I also get. The man you were so disturbed to see

and hear from last night, that man is the front runner for the Republican nomination

for president. And according to polling, no other Republican is even close. That man

you were so upset to hear from last night, he may be president of the United States in

less than two years. And that audience that upset you, that's a sampling of about half

the country. They are your family members, your neighbors, and they are voting. And many

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