Trump’s fraud contradiction, black driver mauled, Emmett Till monument

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

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Exclusive: prosecutors ask witnesses about an Oval Office meeting in February 2022 in which Trump praised election security protections just weeks before he started spreading his voter fraud conspiracy theory. Plus, President Biden is expected to sign a proclamation tomorrow establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till, whose kidnap, torture, and murder at the age of 14 in 1955, shocked America and helped fuel the civil rights movement. Emmett Till's cousin tells Sara Sidner about what all this means for the Till family. And, an unarmed black truck driver is pulled over and attacked by a police dog even though he had his hands up and was surrendering. The panel discusses how the authorities and the driver handled the traffic stop, which included a high-speed chase.

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0:00.0	Good evening to you. I'm Sarah Sidener. Welcome to CNN Tonight. The grand jury investigating
0:13.9	Donald Trump and his allies over efforts to up end Joe Biden's election victory is expected
0:19.2	to meet again tomorrow. CNN exclusively learning prosecutors are asking witnesses about a
0:25.6	never before revealed Oval Office meeting in February of 2022 where Donald Trump praised election
0:32.8	security protections. But then just a few weeks later, started spreading false voter fraud conspiracy
0:38.9	theories. What else has Jack Smith learned and will it lead to Trump's third indictment? That's
0:45.4	tomorrow's news tonight. Also ahead for you, a momentous time in U.S. history finally getting
0:51.4	its due. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation tomorrow, establishing a
0:56.1	national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till, Mowgli. On what would have been
1:02.5	Emmett's 82nd birthday, Till was kidnapped, tortured and murdered at the age of 14 in 1955,
1:09.2	his death shocked America. It also helped fuel the civil rights movement. When his mother insisted
1:15.7	on an open casket funeral so everybody would know what hatred and racism can do. Tonight,
1:22.0	I'll talk to Emmett Till's cousin about what all this means to the Till family. Also,
1:27.9	driving while black, an unarmed black truck driver pulled over and attacked by a police dog even
1:34.0	though he had his hands up and was surrendering. The whole disturbing episode was caught on camera.
1:39.5	I want to warn you the video is very disturbing and difficult to watch.
1:44.1	We'll have much more on that disturbing video on what happened there ahead but let's
2:11.6	begin with tomorrow's news tonight. The grand jury in special counsel Jackson's investigation
2:17.2	of efforts to overturn the 2020 election is expected to meet tomorrow as we're learning about that
2:22.7	oval office meeting where Donald Trump praised American election security. Here to discuss all of
2:28.2	this, former Trump White House lawyer James Schultz and CNN legal analyst Karen Friedman Agnifelo.
2:36.0	I knew I was going to mess that up girl. I'm sorry. Jim CNN's exclusive reporting we just talked
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