In part three of this episode, news co-hosts Smith, Jones and Dudley Najieb discussed the lack of energy from the Democratic Party to go after the Black vote. Are they taking the Black vote for granted? The news show hosts answer why this is the case.

In the second portion of this segment, Dudley Najieb reviews the fallacies of the California U.S. Senate debate that took place the night before in Los Angeles, Calif. Broad topics in the debate lacked a state focus for concerned voters. Dudley Najieb explains why in this segment.

In this part 1 segment of the January 23 Black Headline News Talk Radio Show, news hosts Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones review the breaking news regarding the death of Dexter King, followed by the devastating stats of Black men who die from prostate cancer like he did.

In the next part of this segment, news hosts Dudley Najieb and Jones review the New Hampshire primary elections possibilities and challenges.

Watch Black Headline News Talk Radio Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones as they review "MLK Reflections," the Iowa caucus outcomes, and the upcoming New Hampshire primaries.

In part three of this episode, the news hosts review the results from the Iowa caucus outcomes, the upcoming New Hampshire primaries, January 23, followed by the top presidential candidate nominees for the Democratic Party Convention and the Republican Party Convention.

Smith, Dudley Najieb and Jones also reviewed the upcoming primaries and caucuses in other states.

Watch Black Headline News Talk Radio Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones as they review "MLK Reflections," the Iowa caucus outcomes, and the upcoming New Hampshire primaries.

In part two, the news hosts review "MLK Reflections" by reciting two excerpts from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April 14, 1967, speech entitled, “The Other America” at Stanford University.

Watch Black Headline News Talk Radio Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones as they review "MLK Reflections," the Iowa caucus outcomes, and the upcoming New Hampshire primaries.

In part one, the news hosts review their MLK weekend festivities along with a breaking news item from Watch Black Headline News Talk Radio Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones as they review "MLK Reflections," the Iowa caucus outcomes, and the upcoming New Hampshire primaries.

In part one, the news hosts review their MLK weekend festivities along with a breaking news item from Essence.com: Amid Widespread DEI Disinvestment Trend Goldman Sachs Ends Black Business Initiative—But It's Not What You Think

Watch Black Headline News Talk Radio Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones as the recap on the breaking news starting off the 2024 new year and the top news stories from 2023: Silicon Valley Bank fall, Bitwise fraud case and the passing of Greg Watkins at age 56.

FRESNO, Calif. — Irma Olguin, Jr. and Jake Soberal, the founders and leaders of the failed Fresno-based technology company Bitwise, self-surrendered today on a federal complaint charging them with conspiring to commit wire fraud and taking more than $100,000,000 from various businesses and individuals, United States Attorney Phillip A.Talbert announced at a press conference.
Olguin, Jr., 42, and Soberal, 37, made their initial appearances at the Robert E. Coyle Federal Courthouse in Fresno today at 2:00 p.m. before United States Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto--they both plead not guilty to all charges. The two Bitwise co-founder-defendants are to return to the courtroom for a preliminary hearing Jan. 25. According to KVPR, they were allowed to walk out of the courtroom; Olguin Jr. made bond using her mother’s home and Soberal’s family residence was also used as his bond.

Governor Andy Beshear, the nation's most popular Democratic governor, has won re-election in Kentucky--a major win for Democrats in a red-leaning state. It was a contentious gubernatorial race with attorney general Daniel Cameron having high hopes to become the state's first Black governor, especially with the backing of both former President Donald Trump and close ties to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Trump carried the state by more than 25 points three years ago.)



However, the mishandling of the Breonna Taylor case was inevitably part of the downfall of Cameron's campaign; constituents felt that he did not do enough as the former attorney general to penalize the seven officers who arrived in plain clothing to Taylor's Louisville, Kentucky apartment on March 13, 2020, via a no-knock warrant in the middle of the night. The officers did not announce themselves, the boyfriend fired a warning shot, to scare away what he thought were intruders. As the officers randomly fired 32 shots into the home of 26-year old trained medic, Taylor, died instantly on location after six of those shots fatally wounded her.

The officers were never charged with the wrongful death of Taylor, a shadow that Cameron would not be able to shake, all throughout his 2023 gubernatorial campaign.



The Associated Press called the race shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday night.