First Of All with Victor Blackwell

Victor opens the show with a question for Republican lawmakers, specifically those wavering on condemning President Trump for a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes that stayed up on his social media feed for hours. Victor also discusses the political pressure for an apology with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Eugene Robinson, who is out with a new book “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America”. A U.S. Army veteran who was just deported this week joins Victor live from Jamaica to talk about his months in ICE detention, and what he plans to do now. Godfrey Wade’s daughter Christian Wade and fiancé April Watkins join Victor in studio as they ask the Trump Administration to allow him his day in court.On this Super Bowl weekend, Victor takes stock of diversity among NFL head coaches. Bomani Jones reacts to the headline that No Black head coaches were hired as the 2025 season wraps.
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There's an immigration case that hasn't gotten a lot of attention compared to others yet, but it's emblematic of why a growing number of Americans think President Trump's immigration crackdown is going too far. Victor speaks with Delaware Governor Matt Meyer and Kaley Miller-Schaeffer, the attorney of a Delaware resident named Victor Acurio Suárez who was detained by ICE and is now facing deportation despite being developmentally disabled.
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As millions of people deal with the impacts of a massive winter storm, Victor takes a closer look at how disadvantaged or under-served communities will feel more of an impact. Professor Scott Ganz shares the findings of his study into the disparity in who deals with power outages for longer than others. Plus, Minneapolis civil rights attorney, activist and anti-ICE protest leader Nekima Levy Armstrong is out of jail and sharing a new video that shows what agents were telling her as she was arrested this week. 
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Protests in Minneapolis against ICE are spreading nationwide after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Victor speaks with a Minneapolis mom and ICE observer Flannery Clark who says what happened to Good could have happened to her, but is still vowing to keep up her work to alert neighbors when agents are nearby.Plus, as state officials in Minnesota fight to get a role investigating the shooting alongside the feds, Victor gets perspective from Kristen Clarke, who recently served in the Biden Administration as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.Also happening now, the flu is breaking records. Victor shares his own personal experience battling the illness recently and speaks with Dr. Chris T Pernell about the disproportionate impact the flu has on people of color.Black women dying in childbirth is a real crisis right now, and the death of a woman who dedicated her life to finding solutions is a heartbreaking reminder of that. Victor shares the story of Dr. Janell Green Smith and speaks with Dr. Nichole Wardlaw, a member of the Smith family and a certified midwife herself.And for “Art is Life” this week, Victor goes one-on-one with shoe designer and creative Salehe Bembury.
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Covering Russia's drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, criminal charges against former Michigan football coach Sharon Moore, Bill and Hillary Clinton's subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein, and selective photo releases implicating Trump.
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