One nation looks back on a brutal and chaotic first presidential debate
The US night voters they had been waiting for finally arrived on Tuesday night: Republican President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, faced each other in their first presidential debate. Unfortunately, the contestants spent most of the 90-minute event getting their points across under frequent interjections, back and forth exchanges, and host Chris Wallace who tried hard to curb them both, Trump in particular. Analysis and review of the candidates’ claims is expected to continue on Wednesday. But a key moment could be scrutinized more closely. Towards the end of the debate, Wallace asked Trump if he was ready to condemn white supremacists and militia groups. Trump avoided the question and focused more on “Antifa and the Left”. His reaction aroused the Proud Boys, a well-known extremist group, said an expert.
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Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Records will be released
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is expected to release records of secret grand jury deliberations related to the Breonna Taylor case on Wednesday. Cameron’s office said in a statement Monday it would reluctantly comply with a judge’s order to publish the record. “The grand jury is supposed to be a secret body,” he said. In a controversial decision, the grand jury did not bring charges against the Louisville officials who fatally shot Taylor. An officer was charged with willful endangerment after some of his bullets went into a squatted apartment next to Taylor’s.
Former FBI director James Comey is set to testify about the Russia investigation
James Comey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as Republicans continue to try to represent the case that he and the agency conspired against President Donald Trump in 2016. Comey, whom Trump dismissed as FBI director in May 2017, will be an outstanding witness in Sen. Lindsey Graham’s investigation into the origins of the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia. This investigation, conducted by Special Adviser Robert Mueller, found multiple contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia, but said there was insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy. Trump and other Republicans claim the department plotted against the president before and after the 2016 election.
The NBA final between the Lakers and Heat is just around the corner
The NBA finals kicks off Wednesday night (9:00 p.m. ET, ABC) in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and the Los Angeles Lakers will face the Miami Heat. The Lakers, led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, defeated the Denver Nuggets in the final of the Western Conference, securing a place in the final for the 32nd time, but for the first time in 10 years. The Heat, led by 2020 all-stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, reached the finals for the first time since 2014 after beating the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. Pat Riley, president of the Heat team who coached the Heat into a championship in 2006, also won four championships with the Lakers in the 1980s.
Yabba Dabba Doo! ‘The Flintstones’ turns 60
“The Flintstones” was naturally prehistoric when it premiered on September 30, 1960. Sixty years later, primetime TV’s first animated series looks even older in some ways, surprisingly contemporary in others, and is still being recalled in today’s popular culture. The six season classic was a start from Jackie Gleason’s “The Honeymooners”. Our Bill Keveney looks back on the TV gem with six fun facts that focused on Fred and Wilma Flintstone, a suburban Bedrock couple with sensibility from the mid-20th century that dated 10,000 B.C. Chr. Lived
