ABC World News Tonight made sure to lead the newscast with an update on the situation in Iran. Suffice it to say, it is par for the course for the most Trump-deranged of the Big Three network evening newscasts, and its most Trump-deranged correspondent. Watch Mary Bruce at her Mary Bruciest as she uncritically parrots Iranian regime propaganda: Peak Mary Bruce: a little uncertainty on the ceasefire, and a little Iranian war propaganda. Par for the course for the most Trump-deranged evening newscast. pic.twitter.com/fbA0EAmFcv — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 6, 2026 MARY BRUCE: Tonight, even as Iran fires missiles and drones at American Navy ships and our ally, the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration insists the cease fire is not over. Reporters pressing the president. REPORTER: They fired at U.S. ships several times in the last 24 hours. What do they need to do to violate the cease fire? DONALD TRUMP: Well, you'll find out, because I'll let you know. They know what to do, and they know what to do. And they know what not to do. More importantly, actually. BRUCE: But today, a top Iranian official insisting, quote, “we have not even begun yet”, adding, “we know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America”. Here at home, the average price of a gallon of gas now topping $4.50, the highest it's been in four years. The price of beef soaring more than 15% over the past year. Now, the administration has launched a new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. But in the past 48 hours, only two commercial ships have crossed- more than 1500 stacked up outside. Iran has opened fire on some vessels and on American Navy ships, which fired back. The report opened with a David Muir Special: an overwrought introduction that could effectively serve as its own brief and that stomps all over the correspondent’s report. Mary Bruce then takes the baton and runs with it, delivering the type of adversarial report we often see during the heat of campaign season. Bruce opens her video package with an Oval Office exchange on what it might take to end the ceasefire. Bruce then segues into parroting the aforementioned Iranian propaganda, selecting one quote that is evocative of John Paul Jones’ “we have not yet begun to fight,” and another which is a taunt aimed at our domestic politics.  The video package concludes with parts of the exchange between Bruce and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Muir then picks back up and switches to the White House ballroom. Watching the report bolsters the uneasy sense that there may be those on the left who need Iran to win this conflict as a weird type of redistributive justice. This is the awful sense that pervades throughout this awful report. The midterm is six months out, but ABC is already in full campaign mode. Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026: DAVID MUIR: But we do begin with the war in Iran. Gas prices in the U.S. hitting a new high tonight. President Trump insisting the cease fire is holding, despite multiple Iranian attacks targeting the U.S. Navy and an oil facility in the UAE. The president was pressed today, if this isn't a violation, what would be? The president's response right here. Ten weeks into the war, more than 1500 ships remain stuck outside the Strait of Hormuz. Both the U.S. and Iran tonight claiming the Strait is under their control. And what Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared about the war late today. Mary Bruce then asking, what about the nuclear material? Mary, leading us off tonight. MARY BRUCE: Tonight, even as Iran fires missiles and drones at American Navy ships and our ally, the United Arab Emirates, the Trump administration insists the cease fire is not over. Reporters pressing the president. REPORTER: They fired at U.S. ships several times in the last 24 hours. What do they need to do to violate the cease fire? DONALD TRUMP: Well, you'll find out, because I'll let you know. They know what to do, and they know what to do. And they know what not to do. More importantly, actually. BRUCE: But today, a top Iranian official insisting, quote, “we have not even begun yet”, adding, “we know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America”. Here at home, the average price of a gallon of gas now topping $4.50, the highest it's been in four years. The price of beef soaring more than 15% over the past year. Now, the administration has launched a new effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. But in the past 48 hours, only two commercial ships have crossed- more than 1500 stacked up outside. Iran has opened fire on some vessels and on American Navy ships, which fired back. Tonight, Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasizing that doesn't mean the U.S. has resumed attacks on Iran. MARCO RUBIO: This is a defensive operation. And what that means is very simple. There's no shooting unless we're shot at first, okay? We're not attacking them. (VIDEO SWIPE) We are only responding if attacked first. This is a defensive operation. BRUCE: Rubio then taking it a step further, declaring that Operation Epic Fury itself is over. This, though President Trump's goal in starting the war to eliminate Iran's nuclear program remains out of reach.  Ten weeks in, are we any closer to getting rid of Iran's nuclear material? RUBIO: Yeah, but look, here's the way to think about Iran. (VIDEO SWIPE) So their ability to build a shield behind which they could hide their nuclear program was wiped out. That's a very substantial achievement. And that was the purpose of this operation from day one. BRUCE: Do you have to get their nuclear material, in order for this war to end? RUBIO: Well, that's one of the topics that needs to be discussed. I don't know about. I think you're linking it. The operation is over. Epic Fury- is the President notified Congress. We're done with that stage of it. MUIR: The secretary telling Mary the operation is over. Mary asking the questions there on Iran late today. And Mary, there's another breaking headline tonight. Republican lawmakers are now pushing a bill that would include $1 billion in taxpayer money for the president's new White House ballroom? BRUCE: And, David, this came as a surprise. Republicans are including $1 billion for the president's ballroom in a funding bill they're preparing to pass themselves. They claim it will only pay for security enhancements. The president, of course, has already torn down the entire East Wing to make way for the ballroom. And of course, he promised it would be paid for entirely by private donations. David. MUIR: All right. Mary Bruce leading us off tonight. Mary, thank you.  

Last Thursday on CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip, AdamMockler of Meidas Touch Network disrespected CNN commentator Scott Jennings into losing his cool, big time. It wasn't pretty, but despite his performance that night, Mockler was invited back on Monday night, and even though Jennings wasn't there, he managed to exhibit many of the same unfortunate qualities from last week. Phillip began by displaying  numbers from various polls showing lack of support for the war, and focused on a Marquette Law School Survey showing that 80% of those 18-29, say there was no sufficient reasons to go to war. She then turned to 23-year-old Mockler who was full of it -- talking points, that is. MOCKLER: For my entire life, the United States has been at war with some country in the Middle East, and young people have constantly been told that this will make us safer and make us better off. But when we look around at the world today, we are less safe and we are worse off.... And now Gen Z-ers are going to the same thing with Iran....This war is failing.... And I'm sorry, I'm not buying this trust the process line. I don't trust the same people who got us into the prior wars, amassed trillions of dollars in debts, and are not putting America first on the global stage. Phillip then seemed to endorse what she had just heard as she addressed Noah Rothman, Senior Writer at National Review. PHILLIP: Is it fair for young people to have that level of distrust of the people, to Adam's point, who maybe defended the last war and were wrong and are defending this war too? ROTHMAN: I don't think so. I think honestly, Adam, that's immensely ungrateful to American service personnel and the people who keep us safe every day. After 9/11 it was by no means guaranteed that there would be no mass casualty terrorist attack on American soil....  And after the attack on Iraq and the elimination of Saddam Hussein's regime, we took a terrorist supporting enterprise off the map. We don't talk about Iraq anymore as a threat to national security, because it isn't. Rothman continued to attempt to educate young Mockler, while also taking him to task. ROTHMAN: And those who would pretend as though Iran is not a national security threat, are just frankly dismissive of the extent to which American service personnel get up every day to stop these people from executing the attacks on American and their allies that they plan every single day.... And I just think it's just ungrateful. MOCKLER: I feel less safe due to the actions of our leaders. I'm incredibly grateful for our servicemen here.  Later in the segment, Rothman went back to his original response to Mockler. ROTHMAN: To clarify what I had said previously, is that it is, in my view, ungrateful to American service personnel to say that they have not kept us safe when we do not measure- MOCKLER: That's not what I said. ROTHMAN: Allow me to finish my statement. At this point, Phillip felt the need to speak up for her Gen Z guest. PHILLIP: But but he didn't say that. ROTHMAN: He's saying that we can measure nonevents, which is to suggest that the attacks that have not happened, which none of us are aware of, we're not we're not avoidable because he's talking about because of the nature of these conflicts. And the conflicts themselves are what inspires the attacks. PHILLIP:  But that's not really the argument that he's making. The argument that he's making is that is that the people who made the arguments to go into these conflicts in the first place misled, which is a fact. And and secondly, that the conflicts ended up lasting a very long time, costing a lot of American treasure, and those are also facts. He didn't say it's because they didn't keep us safe. That's not actually what he said. Rothman then shot back, "Well it is actually what he said." It seems pretty obvious that Phillip didn't believe that Mockler was capable of presenting his point of view without her stepping in to protect him. His lack of respect and decorum has also proven problematic, and if he were a young Conservative, his days on CNN would have already have been over.

Monday’s PBS News Hour pushed the sympathy buttons and employed scare tactics to protect yet another government agency threatened by Trump-era reform and budget cuts, the U.S. Forest Service. Reporter William Brangham implied federal employees deserve to be shielded from harsh job cuts, in a way American workers in the private sector have not. (Journalists also tend to feel sorry for themselves for job losses in their own field, while handwaving away job losses suffered by people in supposedly environmentally unfriendly sectors like coal mining.) Co-anchor Amna Nawaz: Sweeping changes are coming for the agency that manages roughly a third of America's public land, the U.S. Forest Service. The agency announced a dramatic overhaul of cuts, closures, and consolidation. That's on top of the Trump administration's latest budget request, which seeks to slash billions of dollars. As William Brangham reports, the administration calls these commonsense moves, but some worry it could undermine the agency's mission. Tom Schultz, Chief, U.S. Forest Service: We have to manage within our budgets. We can't hire staff and have staff in excess of the money we have. William Brangham: On Capitol Hill, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz made the case for the sweeping reorganization of his 121-year-old agency. Credit Brangham for actually citing two pro-reform sources at the top. But unsurprisingly, he set them up only to knock their points down, found some former Democratic administration officials who disagreed. Brangham: But critics argue this restructuring is really more a dismantling. Mike Dombeck, Former Chief, U.S. Forest Service: Give me some reasons that you would trust an organization or an administration that treats their employees like this. Brangham: Mike Dombeck served as Forest Service chief under Bill Clinton. He says the agency could use some reforms, but says it's hard to ignore a bigger picture, which is that these changes are coming from an administration hostile to both federal workers and scientific research and that wants to slash the service's budget by billions of dollars. PBS's William Brangham defends the U.S. Forest Service from Trump's depredations: "But critics argue this restructuring is really more a dismantling.... pic.twitter.com/3bs6kCvpaZ — Clay Waters (@claywaters44) May 5, 2026 It sounds like common sense for Forest Service employees to be closer to actual forests, which places like Colorado and Utah naturally have more of than the urban capital city of D.C. Brangham: ....During the first Trump administration, when the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters were going to be moved from D.C. to Colorado, almost 90 percent of staff quit, rather than move…. Steve Gutierrez, National Federation of Federal Employees: Not everybody can go and pick up their entire lives. They can't move their kids from schools, sell their homes, get their spouses to go and move to other places. So, if you can't relocate, what other options do you have? You're going to have to resign.... Does union boss Gutierrez think private sector employees never have to "pick up their entire lives?" PBS also assumed a threat posed by “climate change” in order to defend the agency. Brangham: What's more, according to the new plan, at least 57 of the agency's 77 research stations will be closed across 31 states, potentially disrupting everything from decades-long wildlife monitoring to studying how climate change is impacting the nation's forests. Former Chief Dombeck says, in a warming world, this is not the time to step back from research. The reporter threw another log on the fire: Fire season. Brangham: Critics also worry that the reorganization will impair the Forest Service's firefighting capacity right as the country starts what could be a very challenging fire season…. Too bad PBS can never put fire blame where it's warranted -- remember when they blamed Elon Musk and Donald Trump for metaphorically fueling the flames of the Palisades fire in California, while ignoring L.A. Mayor Karen Bass's incompetence and possible misconduct? A transcript is available, click “Expand.” PBS News Hour 5/4/26 7:35:57 p.m. (ET) Amna Nawaz: Sweeping changes are coming for the agency that manages roughly a third of America's public land, the U.S. Forest Service. The agency announced a dramatic overhaul of cuts, closures, and consolidation. That's on top of the Trump administration's latest budget request, which seeks to slash billions of dollars. As William Brangham reports, the administration calls these commonsense moves, but some worry it could undermine the agency's mission. Tom Schultz, Chief, U.S. Forest Service: We have to manage within our budgets. We can't hire staff and have staff in excess of the money we have. William Brangham: On Capitol Hill, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz made the case for the sweeping reorganization of his 121-year-old agency. Tom Schultz: So what we're trying to do is push decision-making down to the ground, so that men and women on the ground, give them more responsibility and authority to make decisions and to remove some of middle management and to move people more resources to the forest. William Brangham: The Forest Service manages grazing, logging, mining, and firefighting on 200 million acres of U.S. land, as well as thousands of trails and forests that millions of Americans visit every year. Its science facilities also run the largest forest research project in the country. The new plan calls for shuttering three-quarters of those facilities, moving the entire agency's headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, and closing every regional office in the country. It's a radical departure that will impact thousands of jobs, but an essential one, according to Associate Chief Chris French, he's the number two in the service. Chris French, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service: We have to make choices. The challenge is and the right way to do this is to make those choices where you're putting people first. William Brangham: French says the agency is now over budget and understaffed where it matters most. Chris French: This is a continuous thing that I hear from our employees. They don't have enough people on the ground to do their work and they think we're top-heavy. William Brangham: But critics argue this restructuring is really more a dismantling. Mike Dombeck, Former Chief, U.S. Forest Service: Give me some reasons that you would trust an organization or an administration that treats their employees like this. William Brangham: Mike Dombeck served as Forest Service chief under Bill Clinton. He says the agency could use some reforms, but says it's hard to ignore a bigger picture, which is that these changes are coming from an administration hostile to both federal workers and scientific research and that wants to slash the service's budget by billions of dollars. Mike Dombeck: It's this entire context that we're in that I think creates an environment that is not -- is very chaotic. And then you put a reorganization on top of this sort of chaotic environment. It makes me wonder, what is the real endgame? What is the administration's long-term goal? William Brangham: The Forest Service says only about 500 employees will be forced to relocate. But the union representing those people says the number of impacted jobs could be much higher, around 6,500. During the first Trump administration, when the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters were going to be moved from D.C. to Colorado, almost 90 percent of staff quit, rather than move. That relocation was later canceled. Steve Gutierrez, a former wildland firefighter who now works for the union representing Forest Service employees, says he expects a similar dynamic here. Steve Gutierrez, National Federation of Federal Employees: Not everybody can go and pick up their entire lives. They can't move their kids from schools, sell their homes, get their spouses to go and move to other places. So, if you can't relocate, what other options do you have? You're going to have to resign. And this is going to leave a lot of holes in the Forest Service system. William Brangham: What's more, according to the new plan, at least 57 of the agency's 77 research stations will be closed across 31 states, potentially disrupting everything from decades-long wildlife monitoring to studying how climate change is impacting the nation's forests. Former Chief Dombeck says, in a warming world, this is not the time to step back from research. Mike Dombeck: And what we understand about fire behavior and fire risk is front and center. To even start to lose ground on what we're learning on that would be a significant, immediate loss. This is long-term stuff. This is stuff that relates to quality of life for not only this generation, but other generation and needs that we have just for basic sustenance of humans. William Brangham: Deputy Chief French argues they are trying to preserve that research by balancing the agency's shrinking budget. But he acknowledged the president's 2027 budget request proposes eliminating research and development funding entirely. Chris French: If Congress decides not to fund any one portion of the things we're asked to do in our mission, I have no choice but to follow that direction in the budgets. William Brangham: Some with deep history at the agency, like retired 31-year veteran Sharon Friedman, who now runs a Web site that covers the Forest Service, think now is a good time for change. Sharon Friedman, Managing Editor, The Smokey Wire: The Forest Service is kind of seizing the opportunity of this crisis to actually make some changes that have been talked about for a long time. William Brangham: She says fears that any administration can gut the agency completely are overblown. Sharon Friedman: The idea that they're getting rid of the Forest Service, the president proposes and Congress disposes, that the president's budget has tried to get rid of state and private and research last time, and Congress said, no way. So I just don't think that's a reasonable fear to have. William Brangham: Critics also worry that the reorganization will impair the Forest Service's firefighting capacity right as the country starts what could be a very challenging fire season. Over 60 percent of the mainland U.S. is in drought and it's especially hot and dry in the West. Mike Dombeck: Chief Schultz, and, to his credit, I say, says that we're totally prepared. I would say they're as prepared as they can be given the context of the situation. They're working with a lot of uncertainty and lower morale, and that's not the way you go into an intense fire situation. Chris French: I think how we're going to be measured at the end of the day on this is the way that we do this in a way that ensures working and thinking of our employees first, that we're ensuring that the outcomes of this are actually beneficial to the American people that depend on our work and, at the end of the day, puts forward a better footprint for conservation of our national forests across the country. William Brangham: The first major change, relocating the Forest Service's headquarters, is expected to begin later this year. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm William Brangham.

At the end of Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish led a discussion about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) endorsement of moderate Democrats over progressive, far-left candidates. Democratic analyst Maria Cardona said the voters wanted fighters instead, and pushed back on Cornish’s comparison of 2026 Democratic candidates to Republican candidate issues in the 2022 midterms. Cornish introduced the DCCC-endorsed candidates as “handpicked” and quoted House Democrats in an Axios article who were upset with the endorsement choices: (...) And some of them, frankly, are being outraised when it comes to money. One Democratic lawmaker tells Axios, quote, "I think the DCCC owes House Democrats an explanation, and I would not be surprised if a number of members decide to put their DCCC giving on hold. Some of these decisions are very perplexing.   At the end of Tuesday's CNN This Morning, host Audie and her panel discussed DCCC endorsements of Dem moderates over more progressive candidates, as CNN seemingly took the side of the progressive "fighters" in the endorsement disarray. pic.twitter.com/LQ7gzZ0WjW — Nick (@nspin310) May 5, 2026   The host compared the situation to progressive Graham Platner in Maine, best known for his Nazi tattoo, and asked if the Democratic establishment was losing: “And you have Platner, who is going to the forefront without that establishment backing. Is the House seeing the same problem?” Axios reporter Alex Thompson said the definition of “electability” had changed, as he echoed how Platner had gotten away with his Nazi tattoo scandal in the eyes of some Dems: Now, there is something to be said for the Democratic establishment, not necessarily reading the mood of the voters. And just because you recruit somebody who is, quote/unquote, "electable," the definition of electability and what is, you know, disqualifying is changing clearly. Cornish built off Thompson’s point and compared Democrats in 2026 to Republicans in 2022 in terms of candidate quality. She also said the “age of Trump” lets politicians get away with some things, which apparently included Nazi tattoos. Cardona said Democrats actually have good candidates and then went straight towards the voters “want fighters” line. She said, “Exactly. And I think that is the trend that voters have said, this is what we want. They want fighters, like I said before, because they feel like they have been left behind by this White House, by this Congress.”   Conservative panelist @MehekCooke took her opportunity in the panel discussion to describe the problems of the Democratic party as a whole, which led to Cardona and Cornish jumping back into the discussion. pic.twitter.com/QrCk0aqf4K — Nick (@nspin310) May 5, 2026   Conservative panelist Mehek Cooke stepped in and took the opportunity to describe the problems of the Democratic Party as a whole:  So, the infighting is because you have radicals today. You want to tax the rich. So, in New York you have Mamdani, you have Gavin Newsom that has billions of dollars but can't get rid of homelessness. They don't actually have solutions. And I'm asking Democrats today, what is your solutions to keep costs down? It can't continue to be “tax the rich.” Most of this party is imploding because they have forgotten the Obama days and even Bill Clinton. The common sense, they continue to attack, and it's TDS. It's never about solutions for the American people. Cornish stepped in and said, “there’s a lot to unpack there,” as Cardona disagreed completely with Cooke. Cornish compared it to the Tea Party and said there “was a lot of complaining then” as she also thought “Democrats might be going through something similar now.” The debate over far-left candidates aligned closer to the Bernie Sanders and AOC wing of the party on a mainstream liberal network was a sign that the far-left might had already taken over parts of the party, as CNN seems more aligned with the “fighters” than moderates. The transcript is below. Click "expand": CNN This Morning May 5, 2026 6:56:20 AM Eastern (...) AUDIE CORNISH: I want to talk more about Congress, because we're just a few months out from midterms. Democrats hoping for a blue wave. They're fighting about how to achieve that. On Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made eight endorsements in races to flip Republican seats. Now, most of those handpicked candidates still face contested primaries. And some of them, frankly, are being outraised when it comes to money. One Democratic lawmaker tells Axios, quote, "I think the DCCC owes House Democrats an explanation, and I would not be surprised if a number of members decide to put their DCCC giving on hold. Some of these decisions are very perplexing." So, we're hitting up Alex, talking about Axios reporting, because earlier this week I was just talking with the panel about Senator Schumer's recruits, who are also in tough primaries. And we saw that the biggest issue in Maine, where the Democratic candidate, Janet Mills, dropped out. And you have Plattner, who is going to the forefront without that establishment backing. Is the House seeing the same problem? ALEX THOMPSON: Well, actually, I would say, there were some Democrats that wanted Hakeem Jeffries and the DCCC to be doing this much earlier, the way that Schumer is. And - CORNISH: You mean just announcing who they want? THOMPSON: Yes, exactly. CORNISH: Okay. THOMPSON: And trying to clear - also trying to clear the field ahead of time. CORNISH: Yeah. THOMPSON: Because now, as we were talking about, they have these contested primaries. Now, there is something to be said for the Democratic establishment, not necessarily reading the mood of the voters. And just because you recruit somebody who is, quote/unquote, "electable," the definition of electability and what is, you know, disqualifying is changing clearly - CORNISH: Yeah, very much. THOMPSON: - with voters. And that's one of the things that you saw in Maine, which is one of the things that was a debacle for Schumer. CORNISH: Yeah. THOMPSON: Although he would argue he got some other good recruits in North Carolina and Ohio. CORNISH: Can you guys talk about that? Because at the end of the day we are now seeing Democrats go through what Republicans went through back in 2023, '22, where it was like candidate quality. What does it mean to be a quality candidate in the age of Trump, where people cannot get away with what Trump gets away with, but it's not clear scandal and controversy is going to take you down? MARIA CARDONA: Well, I think for Democrats, they are looking at a field where they have very good candidates. And again, and I will keep repeating this, that is why Democrats continue to win in places where they really don't have any business winning. CORNISH: Right, in all these little off-year elections. CARDONA: Exactly. And I think that is the trend that voters have said, this is what we want. They want fighters, like I said before, because they feel like they have been left behind by this White House, by this Congress. CORNISH: It's always the style of fight that is the question, right? MEHEK COOKE: Yes, and that -  CORNISH: That happened with Trump. When Trump came along, Republicans were like, this is not how we do things well. COOKE: Well, but I think what the Democrat Party today is facing is what we -- they should have actually looked at when the midterms were going on and before when Trump won. Remember, they actually never did a postmortem to see, why did we lose? So, the infighting is because you have radicals today. You want to tax the rich. So, in New York you have Mamdani, you have Gavin Newsom that has billions of dollars but can't get rid of homelessness. They don't actually have solutions. And I'm asking Democrats today, what is your solutions to keep costs down? It can't continue to be “tax the rich.” Most of this party is imploding because they have forgotten the Obama days and even Bill Clinton. The common sense, they continue to attack and it's TDS. It's never about solutions for the American people - CORNISH: There's a lot to unpack there.  COOKE: - It's continuing to push down against President Trump. CORNISH: But I do think it's worth - CARDONA: Yeah, I don't - I don't think - I don't think you can - CORNISH: I remember when the Tea Party came along. It was like - CARDONA: Yeah. CORNISH: What? None of these things are - you know, there was a lot of complaining. CARDONA: I don't think you can say - CORNISH: And I think Democrats might be going through something similar now. CARDONA: I don't think you can say - COOKE: I just don't hear solutions. CARDONA: I don't think you can say that the Democratic Party is imploding when we are trouncing Republican candidates left and right and up and down. CORNISH: Yes. Well, at least we can say disarray. I stayed away from that Acme term, Democrats in disarray. CARDONA: Right. CORNISH: You're welcome. CARDONA: We are in a very good position. (...)

Tuesday’s CBS Mornings was a great reminder of how far some segments of CBS News still have to go under it’s remaking to be a news outlet reflecting the center of the country because it certainly isn’t rhetorically drooling over the Met Gala honoring Monday night perhaps the single greatest achievement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bingo: a black, trans, quadriplegic with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair. Add that up, and that’s at least six if you were to include the fake woman part as “model and musician Ariana Rose Philip” is a man pretending to be a woman. CBS found this to be “quite a moment,” “stunning in black” and “very cool, very cool.” Tuesday’s ‘CBS Mornings’ fawned over the black, trans, quadriplegic with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair "Ariana Rose Philip" appearing at the Met Gala, calling it “quite a moment,” “stunning in black” and “very cool, very cool” CBS also touted a Meta Gala Costume Institute… pic.twitter.com/1oSwIj3Fvl — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 5, 2026 CBS unsurprisingly made extra time for the Met Gala compared to ABC and NBC because co-host Gayle King was, once again, in attendance as a celebrity scaling the steps (as opposed to someone covering it on the margins). With Christina Aguilera’s Glam playing as they came out of a commercial break, featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers said, “we’re going to keep the conversation going” about the Meta Gala by “show[ing] you some of the debuts that spoke to inclusion on the red carpet.” After first spotlighting “model and activist Lauren Wasser” and her nickname of The Girl With the Golden Legs, Duthiers pivoted to Philip: Let’s talk about model and musician Ariana Rose Philip who celebrated her first Gala. Philip — who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy — is recognized as the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to sign with a major agency. She said, “girls, I’ve made it.” “Very cool, very cool,” Duthiers remarked after reading this brief, to which King gushed it was “quite a moment.” Not to be left out in having to validate this moment seemingly first concocted at The Babylon Bee, co-host Nate Burleson had to offer his own fawning praise: “Stunning in all black!” CBS wasn’t done. Before continuing to talk about the Met Gala through the lens of actor Timothée Chalamet skipping festivities to attend the 76ers-Knicks playoff game, Duthiers had one more mind-blowing piece of DEI histrionics concerning an exhibit at the Met on mannequins:  So, Philip was one of the human models for mannequins at this popular Met Gala Costume Institute exhibit. The exhibit is called Costume Art, includes a handful of mannequins, bodies in wheelchairs, pregnant bodies, trans bodies, and bodies with missing limbs. The Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton says the goal of this year’s exhibit is to reclaim the body. Very cool. “Pregnant bodies,” CBS? Seriously? To see the relevant CBS transcript from May 5, click “expand.” CBS Mornings May 5, 2026 7:48 a.m. Eastern NATE BURLESON: Time now for What to Watch —  GAYLE KING: Watch. BURLESON: — with Vlad. VLADIMIR DUTHIERS: Don’t let the clothes wear you. KING: Yes, yes. DUTHIERS: Runway on fire. KING: Yes, yes. DUTHIERS: A little Christina Aguilera Glam to talk about the Met Gala. We’re going to keep that conversation going. We want to show you some of the debuts that spoke to inclusion on the red carpet. Check this out. Model and activist Lauren Wasser, nicknamed The Girl With the Golden Legs, was there in a gold Prabal Gurung suit. She lost both legs to toxic shock syndrome. She is an advocate for a bill promoting the safety of intimate products. Isn’t that cool —  KING: Yeah. DUTHIERS: — that she is known as The Girl With the Golden Legs? KING: Yes, yes, very glamorous. Yeah. DUTHIERS: Incredibly glamorous. Stunning. Stunning. BURLESON: Yeah. DUTHIERS: Let’s talk about model and musician Ariana Rose Philip who celebrated her first Gala. Philip — who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy — is recognized as the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to sign with a major agency. She said, “girls, I’ve made it.” KING: Yeah. DUTHIERS: Very cool, very cool. KING: Quite a moment. BURLESON: Stunning in all black. DUTHIERS: So, Philip was one of the human models for mannequins at this popular Met Gala Costume Institute exhibit. The exhibit is called Costume Art, includes a handful of mannequins, bodies in wheelchairs, pregnant bodies, trans bodies, and bodies with missing limbs. The Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton says the goal of this year’s exhibit is to reclaim the body. Very cool. KING: Mmhmm. Mmhmm.