Elex Michaelson
@Elex_Michaelson • 58,682 subscribers
@CNN anchor & correspondent. Host of “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson” weeknights 9-11p pacific / 12-2a eastern
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In exactly two years, L.A. will host the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. Russell Westbrook & Matt Petersen announced $600 million in public/private investments to make the regions infrastructure greener & more resilient They co-chaired LACl's Road to 2028 Summit at Intuit Dome, the upcoming home of Olympic basketball. We spoke for The Story Is
Elex Michaelson94,427 views • 3 days ago
"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 Michaelson1,017,701 views • 1 month ago
I ask the L.A. Mayoral candidates for closing arguments? Karen Bass: "We've brought down homelessness for the first time 2 years in a row...42,000 units of housing...crime rates to 60 years low." Nithya Raman: "Angelenos are feeling the city is moving in the wrong direction...what I'm offering is urgency." Spencer Pratt: "My opponents are the reason the city is failing. Anything they say is just more lies. They know with me we're changing what's going on...I don't have the experience of failing like they have."
Elex Michaelson467,793 views • 1 month 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 Michaelson424,471 views • 1 month 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 Michaelson5,565,354 views • 1 year 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 Michaelson781,837 views • 3 months 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 • 10 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 Michaelson646,438 views • 3 months 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 Michaelson282,130 views • 1 month 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 • 5 months 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 Michaelson1,207,554 views • 8 months ago
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.Gavin Newsom says he "baited" Ron DeSantis into debating him: "The fact he took the bait...shows he's completely unqualified to be President." "Why is he debating a guy who is not even running for President?" "My...opinion, he regrets running...he made a huge mistake."
Elex Michaelson4,737,925 views • 2 years 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 Michaelson189,562 views • 1 month 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 Michaelson222,488 views • 1 month ago
NEW: Bill Maher says after his dinner with Donald J. Trump at the White House, they've exchanged private messages. Maher says Pres. Trump "yells at me...'you're still a part of the lunatic left!'" He says the dialogue is better than the alternative. "Then I can say something back & it's a conversation." "He needs more people like me talking to him...not less!" He says his viewers who stopped watching his show because of the dinner are "stupid." Via The Story Is
Elex Michaelson570,057 views • 5 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 Michaelson315,531 views • 3 months ago