Billionaire Tom Steyer is putting his personal fortune behind an effort to get President Trump out of office. The "Need to Impeach" initiative started with a YouTube video, and now more than 4.7 Million people have signed its petition. Tom Steyer, Founder and President of "Need to Impeach," explains how he is trying to influence the political landscape.
"We are trying to enable the voice of the American people to be organized and heard by elected officials," said Steyer.
On whether this initiative is about electing more Democrats to Congress, Steyer says he does not have a specific step by step plan for how this is going to work out because "events are going to overtake all of this."
"It's like we are on a wild horse, and that horse is going to take us to some places we never expected," said Steyer. On Friday Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged thirteen Russians in a plot to interfere the 2016 U.S. presidential election through social media propaganda. President Trump tweeted in response, "Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!"
"The big question for this president is why is he not protecting the American people--why is he allowing a hostile foreign power to attack us," argued Steyer.
Democrats are focused on Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Ohio as part of a sweeping effort to flip the House in the midterm elections in November, says Meredith Kelly a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The legislature of the historically conservative state killed a bill that would have made almost 97 percent of abortions illegal. "I think if we put up a bill that says that Roe v Wade doesn't apply in South Carolina, there's not really a chance that a single court is going to let that bill go into effect," says Democratic State Senator Brad Hutto.
Kareem Burke, who founded Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z, produced two films at the Tribeca Film Festiva that he hopes will encourage a discussion of prison reform.
A recent investigation by the Washington Post found an additional 27 women who say the former CBS anchor sexually harassed them. And, in some cases, when these women raised concerns with managers their complaints weren't elevated, says Amy Brittain, the reporter who broke the story.
The House minority leader announced she would run for speaker again if Democrats win the November midterm elections. But some in her party worry that she has now become a "boogeyman for Republicans" and could turn into a liability for the Dems.
The asylum seekers from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala who reached the U.S./Mexico border this week, now face an uncertain future with many bureaucratic steps that could take months, if not years.
The nation's capital has complicated laws that make possession legal but don't allow selling marijuana. That has led to a rise in pop-up shops and events to provide access to the drug, said Lisa Scott, founder of edibles company Bud Appetit.
The big question that surrounds the Colorado Democrat as he nears the end of his final term is "will he or won't he?" But he tells Cheddar he just wants to stay focused on his current job and "finish strong."
The rapper's recent swing to the right has left many speculating about whether he's got the White House in his sights. "I could see him trying," said Brande Victorian, the managing editor of MadameNoire.
The former Microsoft CEO says that regulating how tech companies use data will provide a framework in which to work and actually enable growth. "When you're in a time of uncertainty, and you don't know what the rules are, that's when it's toughest to innovate," Ballmer tells Cheddar's Jon Steinberg.
