SCOTUS ethics crisis, Mayor Adams on crime, outbursts everywhere

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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The Washington Post reports that Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife was paid roughly $100,000 by a conservative activist who made sure that Ginni Thomas’ name was not on any of the billing statements. The panel discusses the ethics crisis the Supreme Court is facing, and new reporting on gifts and perks Clarence Thomas took from a billionaire Republican donor. Plus, New York City mayor Eric Adams talks about crime and drugs, and the danger to children in his own city.Also tonight: amid headlines of fist fights and hair-trigger shootings, why are Americans lashing out at one another? Plus, an North Carolina bill bans most abortions after 12weeks, Ed Sheeran wins his ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright trial, the White House meets with tech leaders on artificial intelligence, and an Alabama head baseball coach is fired amid a gambling investigation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening everyone, I'm Allison Camerata, welcome to CNN tonight.
0:11.1	We have quite a show for you this evening.
0:15.1	We're going to be talking about big ethical problems for Clarence Thomas.
0:18.6	The Washington Post reports that Justice Thomas' wife, Ginny Thomas, was paid roughly $100,000
0:25.6	by a conservative activist who made sure that Ginny's name was not on any of the billing
0:30.3	statements.
0:31.3	That's not all.
0:32.3	We're going to bring you even more reporting on more gifts and perks that Clarence Thomas
0:35.8	took from that billionaire Republican donor.
0:38.5	Wait until you hear what our panelists have to say about all of this.
0:41.8	Plus, New York City mayor Eric Adams talking about crime and drugs and the danger to children
0:47.0	in his own city.
0:49.0	9 and 10 year olds, our babies of sand, I'm feeling depressed.
0:55.1	They start their day going to the corned bogey, a buying cannabis and fentanyl and sit
1:02.4	in the classroom and try to learn.
1:06.1	They look at TikTok that's teaching them how to steal cars.
1:10.9	Young boy was burned 85% of his body because he did a TikTok challenge.
1:17.6	The mayor says more prayer is the answer.
1:20.3	We'll discuss that.
1:21.7	And why is America losing it?
1:24.3	Why are we behaving so badly to our fellow humans on airplanes at ball games?
1:29.6	When did we lose our common decency?
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