At This Hour with Berman and Michaela

CNN Analyst: 'You're an Idiot' if You Agree With Rangel That GOP Believes 'Slavery Isn't Over'
By Randy Hall | October 31, 2014 | 5:03 PM EDT

With the midterm elections only days away, the pressure of Democrats probably suffering major losses apparently caused New York representative Charlie Rangel to make a scary assertion on Thursday that some Republicans “believe that slavery isn't over, and they won the Civil War.”

During a panel discussion on the Cable News Network This Hour program on Halloween morning, CNN analyst and commentator Elzie "LZ" Granderson was just as blunt in his reply: “If you think what he said is true, then I’m just going to tell you the truth: 'You’re an idiot!'” He continued by stating “slavery, and that time period, does not exist today!”

CNN Reports Anti-Semitic Protests in Europe, Notes ‘Blurred’ Lines Between Anti-Israel and Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
By Connor Williams | July 28, 2014 | 4:15 PM EDT

The media coverage of the current Israeli-Hamas conflict has been decidedly anti-Israel, and the lack of reporting on growing anti-Semitism worldwide has only made it more apparent. Surprisingly, on the July 28 edition of At This Hour with Berman and Michaela, the hosts devoted a segment to cover the virulent anti-Semitic protests occurring in Germany, France, and even in the United Kingdom.

Co-host Michaela Pereira led off by lamenting that protests from Paris to Berlin have “turned nasty, targeting all Jews. In Paris, protestors have attacked synagogues, they’ve looted shops owned by Jews, chanting death to the Jews.” Co-anchor John Berman cited an even more horrifying scene from Germany, where some have called for Jews to be killed: [MP3 audio here; video below]

'This is Not a Border Crisis' CNN’s Kohn Insists
By Connor Williams | July 9, 2014 | 6:00 PM EDT

Discussing the growing immigration crisis on the July 9 edition of At This Hour with Berman and Michaela, CNN commentator Sally Kohn and host Michaela Pereira both jumped to defend President Obama from attacks from both Republicans and Democrats on his response to the flood of children arriving at the southern border.

Pereira wondered how people would dare to label the crisis as Obama’s Katrina moment, asking, “is it even fair to compare this to Katrina? You think about the fact that hundreds of people lost their lives, their homes, their livelihoods, is this a fair assessment?” Meanwhile, liberal pundit Sally Kohn went further, rejecting the entire premise that there is even a crisis to begin with: [MP3 audio here; video below]