Conservative podcast host Charlie Kirk alleges the recent fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte was racially motivated. CNN Senior Political Commentator Van Jones says he doesn’t *SEE? KNOW?* where the connection comes from, adding he thinks the right is “race-mongering” after this tragedy.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly considering an invitation to leave the mayoral race and work for the Trump White House. With President Trump’s concern about Zohran Mamdani escalating, one panelist says democrats are “uneducated” for supporting the candidate.

Sources tell CNN the Trump administration have floated the idea of offering New York Mayor Eric Adams a job ahead of the election in November. It’s an apparent effort to clear the field and boost Andrew Cuomo, and prevent Democratic-Socialist Zohran Mamdani from winning.

President Trump says one of the reasons for his crackdown on Smithsonian museums is “everything discussed is how bad slavery was.” Abby Phillip and the CNN NewsNight panel discuss this attempt to change the account of American history.