Elex Michaelson
@Elex_Michaelson • 58,023 subscribers
@CNN anchor & correspondent. Host of “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson” weeknights 9-11p pacific / 12-2a eastern
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"I'm winning...outright...there's a tsunami of votes coming from all the people who are done with politics as usual." Spencer Pratt says he's going to get over 50% of the vote in L.A.'s Mayor's race tonight & there will be no need for a runoff. "All those people I have they're not talking to pollsters. They're moms trying to dodge naked zombies with a stroller. They're walking their dog in a park and making sure their dog doesn't step on a fentanyl needle...they don't have time to talk to a pollster."
Elex Michaelson1,003,289 views • 1 day ago
In the final hours of the L.A. Mayor's race, Karen Bass told me: "It's no time for amateurs. We don't need a TV reality show villain. Nor do we need a councilwoman who has been at City Hall for twice as long as I have and is OK with tents in the street." Nithya Raman responded: "I have demonstrated my ability to deliver results." Spencer Pratt suggests Bass was an "amateur" when "she failed us. She was in Ghana when she should have been the Mayor & let 7,000 homes burn to the ground due to literal negligence."
Elex Michaelson183,638 views • 1 day ago
.Karen Bass says both L.A. city & county haven't invested enough in interim housing units. She says it's a major reason why street homelessness "metastasized." But, she says as Mayor Karen Bass, she's changing that. "We know what we need to do now to end street homelessness."
Elex Michaelson418,611 views • 5 days ago
I asked Steve Hilton for top 3 policy changes if he's elected California Governor: -No state income tax for those earning under $100K -Cap vehicle registration fees -Scrap small business taxes He says he can make up the savings in fraud and abuse. Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson159,604 views • 5 days ago
I point out to Xavier Becerra that CA has the nation's highest poverty rate, gas prices, housing costs & most homeless people. "Are Democrats in charge of this state doing a good job?" "We could do better, no doubt. But we are the 4th largest economy in the world." Is there a specific policy change he'd make as Governor? "We'll get things done..." He says he'll "build more housing." More:
Elex Michaelson281,280 views • 11 days ago
.Xavier Becerra says as Governor, he would fund healthcare for undocumented Californians. "I look at them as hard workers. I look at them as people like my parents...if you're working hard, I want you to have healthcare." So how much would that cost? He wouldn't give me a number. "It's expensive but it's more expensive to let people go without care." More:
Elex Michaelson221,537 views • 11 days ago
.hasanabi is back from a humanitarian mission to Cuba amidst an oil blockade & power outages. "It was very sad...everything was pitch black...and then I was very angry." I ask about critics who say he's helping a repressive regime? "I just don't want babies to die. I don't want people to suffer...how Cubans govern themselves is up to the Cuban people." Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson781,171 views • 2 months ago
NEWS: Bob Costas supports the IOC's decision to ban trans athletes from women's sports at the Olympics. "Common sense is not transphobic...this policy is common sense." The host of 12 Olympic games told The Story Is that trans people should be treated with "dignity and respect," but there's a "reason why there are men's and women's sports." "There is a reason why no trans man who was once a woman and has become a man has ever competed successfully with men in the Olympics." Full interview:
Elex Michaelson645,916 views • 2 months ago
.Katie Porter Archived Handle says after Trump won, her 12 year old daughter was in tears. "She said, 'Trump is going to win. What if I get raped and need to have an abortion?'" Porter says "its a reminder how scary this time is for people and how important it is for Democrats to have strategies both at the state level and federal level to make sure we can continue to protect people's rights." Via The Issue Is. Watch the full discussion with @RepKatiePorter & Peter Hamby here:
Elex Michaelson5,565,179 views • 1 year ago
.Tom Steyer says he'd push for major policy changes as California Governor. Among them: -Break the monopoly power of the electric companies -Push for single payer healthcare -Call a special election to close a corporate tax loophole -Build 1 million houses Full interview:
Elex Michaelson15,508 views • 1 day ago
I ask Karen Bass for her top 3 accomplishments as Mayor Karen Bass? 1. Reducing street homelessness 2. Fast tracking 42,000 units of housing 3. Homicides at a 60 year low "The challenge has been getting the message out when social media is there & truth is something that's up for debate."
Elex Michaelson39,451 views • 5 days ago
“We have a right to stand up and push back!” Gavin Newsom says Donald J. Trump’s immigration enforcement has been like a “dystopian sci fi novel” with “masked men” carrying out orders. Governor Gavin Newsom is signing a bill to require federal immigration officials to unmask with certain exceptions.
Elex Michaelson2,027,909 views • 8 months ago
NEWS: Bill Maher says he texted his friend KidRock after playing in Turning Point USA's "All American" halftime show competing with Bad Bunny: "I said wouldn't it have been a little more Christian to let Mr. Bunny have his moment?" Maher says he watched Bad Bunny live & "liked" his performance & also enjoyed a recorded version of Kid Rock's show. Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson773,907 views • 3 months ago
"President Trump is...much beloved in Africa." CNN's Africa correspondent Larry Madowo hears a lot of support for Donald J. Trump. "Pres. Trump represents conservative values they agree with...they like that he speaks his mind and they remember him from 'The Apprentice'!"
Elex Michaelson314,989 views • 1 month ago
What do the next 4 years look like with Karen Bass as Mayor Karen Bass? "An absolute overhaul & reconstruction of the system to deal with street homeless. It looks like a more cost effective way rather than motels...encampments are gone." "Our infrastructure is finally being addressed..." "I want the ability to finish my job...in 3.5 years it's very difficult to address problems that have been around for many more years."
Elex Michaelson36,015 views • 5 days ago
Should California's .61 a gallon gas tax be temporarily suspended with gas prices so high? Xavier Becerra: "how about we suspend Donald Trump and we can bring the price down much more than the .61 we get from the gas tax? If we don't have a gas tax, how do you keep your roads repaired, how do you build the bridges you need, how do you fill the potholes?" I ask: "other states pay a lot lower gas taxes & they still have roads that work?" Becerra: "Let's go take a look and compare." Fellow Democratic candidate Mayor Matt Mahan says it should be temporarily suspended & replaced long term with something more progressive. He says the gas tax hurts people who can't afford electric vehicles; while electric vehicle owners benefit from others paying the tax. Becerra: "Whether its an electric vehicle or not, you're using the roads. The gas tax provides us with the resources to fix the roads."
Elex Michaelson292,632 views • 1 month ago
👀"The Democratic Party lost its mind!" Pres. Biden's senior advisor Mike Donilon on Pres. Biden being pressured to drop out of the 2024 race: "I thought it was disloyal...an act of betrayal against the President...undemocratic...and...politically stupid." I spoke to Donilon on stage at USC Center for the Political Future Warschaw Conference. I asked him why Biden dropped out? "He dropped out because the Democratic leadership and the biggest Democratic donors in America made the decision that he could not win." Was it a mistake he dropped out? "I don't think it was a mistake. I think it was a mistake for the party to have a circular firing squad." Who is the best successor to Biden in 2028? He thinks Fmr. VP Kamala Harris is a clear choice but he's also impressed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & thinks she can win a general election. This clip first aired on The Story Is.
Elex Michaelson1,207,223 views • 6 months ago
