King. Memorial day Holiday Weekend, the dos and donts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the Vaccine Rollout Heading into this Holiday Weekend. To the right of your screen thats the floor of the United States senate, a key vote under way right now, will the United States senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent Bipartisan Commission to investigate the capitol insurrection . We expect the answer to be no. But this key procedural vote is under way right now. It should wrap up any moment from now. Democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. Lets get straight up to capitol hill and our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju. As it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. Reporter the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead theres a possibility that an Outside Commission could be created to investigate the january 6th attack. If there are not ten republicans who break ranks this bill will fall part. It will essentially be over and then democrats may decide to investigate things on their own hands and not be have this Outside Commission. A bipartisan Investigation Move forward. At the moment there are not those ten republican votes. There are six republicans who have broken ranks. So six republicans, five of them actually voted to convict donald trump at his Impeachment Trial. Senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, mitt romney, bill cassidy and ben sasse, those are the five who voted to convict donald trump for inciting the january 6th election. One of them, rob portman, voted to move ahead, he did not vote for conviction. One republican who did vote to convict, richard burr, has already indicated he will not vote to advance this. So the question ultimately, can there be ten . And theres really no sign that that is going to happen here. The republican argument, the leadership has said that their concern is this could become a political investigation, it could undercut their messaging going forward. The democrats say this is a Bipartisan Commission that was cut by a republican and a democrat in the house, a deal that was cut, five members on each side will be selected here and the report would be due by the end of the year. But republicans want this over with and expect them to succeed in a matter of minutes. Well come back to you as soon as we get the decisive tally in the vote. Lets go to alexandria, virginia, the president of the United States. Before i begin, id like to say a quick word about an old friend of mine, quick word about senator john warner. I had the privilege of serving with john for three decades in the United States senate. I can say, without hesitation, he was a man of conscience. And a man of honor. And in his life full of honors, the most enduring was his service to the people of virginia. And were going to miss him dearly. And, you know, john took chances. I was stunned, pleased and stunned when in the middle of my primary john endorsed me for president of the United States. It was how things sort of used to be back in the old days in the United States senate when i first got there, people that didnt happen that often but people would cross the aisle to work with one another. John was a man of great integrity, and hes missed going to be missed in virginia, which was fortunate to have him as long as they did. Jacob, i want to thank you for sharing your story. And i want to you pointed out that my wife works for the governor. No wonder she doesnt Pay Attention to me when but all kidding aside, im very proud of the fact that jill has teaching is not what jill does. Teaching is who she is and shes done it her whole adult life. And shes still doing it. I know some people said when youre first lady, are you going to continue to teach . She said yes, but i dont think she bargained for having to teach online initially. You know, students, i watched her. She spent more time, four hours a day, for about a month, learning how to teach online. So dont feel bad about yall having to do it, i watched the teachers have to do it. Any rate, i just want to say that, you know, were in a position now, Governor Northam, i want to thank you for your welcome to the commonwealth and i want to thank you for all youre doing to help win the fight against covid. Youre one of the best governors in the country at taking this on, and you did it from the beginning. [ applause ] and mayor wilson, thanks for the passport into the city. I promise ill leave in time, but thank you. And Congressman Connelly and beyer, both members of congress, but Congressman Connelly got to congress with a real impediment. He worked for me for years before that on my staff, and everythings gone downhill since you left, thank you. And i want to thank the speaker as well and the Senate Majority leader as well as thank all of you working so hard for the people here in Northern Virginia. Four months after i took office were further along in this fight than anyone thought possible. Lets remember where we were 129 days ago. When i took office we were averaging 184,000 cases per day nationwide. Here in virginia, as the governor pointed out, schools were closed. Main street had gone quiet here and in cities all across america. Virginia tech didnt play in a bowl game this winter, first time in 28 years. And so many joys of life, large and small, have been halted by a long, dark winter. And today youve gone from 184 cases per day nationwide to fewer than 22 cases 22,000 cases per day. Deaths have dropped by over 85 . Tens of thousands of moms and dads, grandpops and grandmas, brothers, sisters, neighbors, friends are still with us today who would otherwise have been lost. This has been true here in virginia particularly, from 43,000 cases the week before i took office to fewer than 2,800 in the past week, a 93 decline. Weve been able to do it for three reasons. First, we planned and executed a Vaccination Effort at a scale and speed never before seen here or anywhere in the world. Here in virginia that meant 247 million in federal funding for Community Vaccination sites. Over 360 federally funded National Guard members supporting the states covid19 response. Getting doses to Community Health care centers, 1,000 pharmacies all across virginia. And creating a mass vaccination site in norfolk, officially run by the federal Emergency Management agency and the United States navy in partnership with virginia. Second reason that we succeeded is governors like Governor Northam have been instrumental partners, leaders in red states and blue states working with businesses, faith leaders, Community Groups to get it done at a local level. And thirdly, most crucially, the American People, more than 165 million americans so far have done their patriotic duty, 165 million. And gotten at least one shot. Americans of every party, every race, creed, have come together and rolled up their sleeves, literally, and done their part. Now 51 of American Adults have been fully vaccinated. 75 of seniors fully vaccinated. Leaving nobody behind. Black, white, hispanic, across the world, across the board. Theyve been getting their vaccinations. In virginia, 55 as the governor said of all adults are vaccinated. I believe thats the right number. And look at what that means. We arent just saving lives, were getting our lives back, stores and restaurants, up and down main street, are hanging open signs on their front doors. And here, in the rock climbing gym, were greeted by another and were greeting one another, with smiles, with our masks off, and im about to do this 60 foot wall. But i tell you what, i work out every morning but i said i have Trouble Holding those grips. And the young man said to me, he said the way to work your hands, he said get a kettle bell, a light one, and just put it under your fingers and work it that way. Tonight im trying it. But folks are heading back to the minor league ballparks, pools and parks are opening up across the state, families are heading down to spend Memorial Day Weekend at Virginia Beach and all over the country weve gone from pain and stagnation of a long, dark winter to an economy on the move, growing faster than it has in nearly 40 years. From anemic job creation in the months before i took office to the fastest job creation in the first three months of any administration in american history. And rising wages, rising wages. As more americans get vaccinated, the days grow brighter and brighter. But let me be clear, were not done yet. We have to reach those who are not vaccinated and make it as easy as possible for them to get protected. I set an ambitious goal of getting 70 of adult americans at least one shot by july the 4th. Today, just over a month to go, were at 62 . Ten states have already reached the 70 milestone. Virginias 66 is moving closer every day. And continuing on all counting on just all the help, and continuing this process. Is really, i think youre going to get the job done here in virginia pretty quickly, g ov. 70 , and keep sprinting through the finish line is what were all about. If we succeed, we can celebrate our independence from the virus together on the 4th of july as we celebrate our independence as a nation. The future is only going to get brighter because there will be no doubt what america can achieve when we do it together. I know, when i ran for office, i said i wanted to do three things. One of which was to unite the country. Its difficult. But this is the first real evidence that were able to do it. The American People are more ready to come together, i believe, than the congress and the elected officials are, but were getting there. If you arent vaccinated yet, its never been easier. If convenience is the issue there are 80,000 locations, visit vaccines. Gov or text you zip code to 438829 and youll find the sites nearest you. It will pop up. And almost all cases you dont need an appointment. If transportations an issue i want to thank lyft and uber offering free rides to and from the Vaccination Sites until july 4th. Theyll come and pick you up, take you to the vaccination center, get you wait for you, and take you back to your home or wherever you emerge from. And, you know, if cost is an issue, dont let that be a concern. The vaccine is 100 free. If time is an issue, there are 10,000 sites offering vaccinations without an appointment. 1,000 pharmacies in virginia alone. And the vast majority offer it no appointment. With no appointment required. You made extraordinary progress. Every american should be proud of what weve accomplished and we did it together. We still have five weeks left to hit our goal. You know and i know we can do it. Just look at what weve done so far. Theres not a single thing that ive been saying this a long time and i think a lot of the press who think im being naive, theres nothing we cannot accomplish if we do it together, i really believe that, nothing, nothing weve ever set our mind to as americans that weve failed at when weve done it together. In virginia, you know youre doing your part. So, you know, i remember always, adhere to the in the last administration, id hear when they talk about vaccines and that were going to make progress he said theres light at the end of the tunnel. I was reminded in my generation in the 60s there was a were going to leave the president s event in Northern Virginia to take you up to capitol hill, the United States just wrapped up a vote, 5435. That means the democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation that would create a Bipartisan Commission to investigation the january 6th insurrection. Lets get straight up to chief correspondent manu raju. Some senators clearly gone for the Holiday Weekend. Democrats falling short of this goal. This commission, if it advanced would be a life support. Is it now dead, done . Reporter it seems that way. Sometimes people point to the 9 11 commission as something that took about with a year to put together, after much negotiation, and in this case the situation is different, the politics are much different, and the expectation here is different, that instead democrats may take matters in their own hands and try to investigate things in a democraticled investigation in the house. This would have been much different had this bill gone forward. It would have been an outside Bipartisan Commission, five commissioners selected from both parties, judicial notice Subpoena Power, they would have to issue a report by the end of the year but republicans simply just did not want to go this route. They did not some are frankly concerned about having an outside Commission Like this, where would it go, what it would lead to, and others said they believe the investigations that have been ongoing already are good enough, narrower, looking at what happened on that day, why the capitol was so unprepared. Not all the Influencing Factors, not Donald Trumps role, not the role of some republicans, which is what this Outside Commission would undoubtedly look at, the Influencing Factors behind this attack. But this vote, significant, 5435, a bipartisan majority did vote to open debate, but they needed 60 votes to move ahead. And just from our tally right now, unofficial tally, just six republicans voted to move ahead. They needed ten to move forward. Some were democrats and republicans were absent from this vote, knowing this was going to fail, almost as we expected for days here, but they did need ten. They did have five republicans who voted to convict donald trump at his Impeachment Trial voted yes, and one who did not vote to convict donald trump voted yes, rob portman. Now democrats have to decide what to do next if they want to pursue this investigation in what happened to january 6th in the months ahead. Please stay with us, with me in studio is rachel baittes, an katherine lucy. Rachel, starting with you, to manus point, this Bipartisan Commission, to investigation, an attack on the capitol building, an investigation that should not become partisan but somehow has even though they cut a bipartisan deal. Senator bill cassidy, one of the republican senators who voted yes, not enough republican senators voting yes but one of them said the investigation will happen without republicans to ensure the investigations are fair and partial and focused on the facts republicans need to be involved. That was what he hoped to convince his colleagues, but the leader, Mitch Mcconnell, has made the decision, donald trump doesnt want this, we need a happy trump to win in 2022. Lets make this go away. I mean, like thats a logical argument but then theres the political flipside which is that, you know, republicans know its much harder to ignore a subpoena from a Bipartisan Commission when youre being summoned, you know, from an independent investigation that has nothing to do with politics. Thats harder for someone like Kevin Mccarthy to ignore that. Its harder to smear the results, if you dont like what the finding is. You know, and this would be a commission that went deep inside the white house, and detailed potentially what trump was doing and was not doing on january 6th when violence was happening at the capitol. So, you know, from a very cynical point of view, which is where democrats are coming from, they do not want this commission to be bipartisan because its easier to attack an investigation that is led by democrats, you already hear Kevin Mccarthy calling this, quote, pelosi commission, even though one of his allies was the one who struck this deal. Theyre worried about what donald trump will say about this. They want to focus on biden and his agenda but they want to attack these findings and this enables them to do that. The democrats go forward with a select committee or some other investigative committees. But the republicans keep saying there are committees looking at this, and one of the things that democrats say, yeah, theyre not going to call up donald trump, not asking the Chief Of Staff to come to the white house and say what was the president doing. Theyre not going to get leader Kevin Mccarthy, thats the challenge now, can democrats come up with something, and put it on a timeline, that gets you findings, quickly, but thats right. We heard from manu, the scale and scope of what im sorry, lets just listen, the Majority Leader chuck super talking about the vote. Good news, republicans worked with democrats on comprehensive legislation to strengthen our commitment to scientific research, which will pass the senate when Senate Resumes session. The bad news, the republican minority just mounted a partisan filibuster against an independent commission to report on january 6th. Both efforts should have moved forward in a solidly bipartisan way but out of fear or feelty to donald trump, the republican minority just prevent it had American People from getting the full truth about january 6th. The republican minority just prevented the senate from even debating the bill. No opportunity for amendments, no opportunity for debate. There was an attempt by the republican minority to shunt this vote into the dark of night. But because of todays senate time agreement it was done in broad daylight. The American People will see how each republican senator voted. Now, this should have been simple. The commission was bipartisan, independent, straight down the middle. House democrats accepted every change that House Leadership requested. Speaker pelosi and i supported and still do support the changes Senator Collins proposed. And we told that to other senators. Senate republicans for months publicly supported the idea of a commission. But now all of a sudden the Senate Minority and the Senate Minority leader waged a partisan filibuster against the bill. This vote has made it official. Donald trumps big lie has now fully enveloped the Republican Party. Trumps big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. House republicans canned congresswoman cheney for the crime of telling the truth that joe biden is president. Republican State Legislature seizing on the big lie are conducting the greatest assault on Voting Rights since the beginning of jim crow. Republicans in both chambers are trying to rewrite history and claim that january 6th was just a peaceful protest that got a little out of hand. And now this. A partisan blockade of a simple, independent, Bipartisan Commission. Ive heard all the excuses why republicans are posing this bill. Its too early. Goes on too long. Its not needed. Almost all of these excuses are meritless, and were invented in the past two weeks. We all know whats going on here. Senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. Weve all lived through the horrors of january 6th. I was no further than 30 feet from those White Supremacists hooligans. Do my republican colleagues remember that day . Do my republican colleagues remember the savage mob calling for the execution of mike pence, the makeshift gallows outside the capitol . Men with Bullet Proof Vests and zip ties breaking into the senate gallery, and rifling through your desks. Police officers crushed between doorways. Shame on the Republican Party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because theyre afraid of donald trump. Our democracy has long endured because leaders of good faith, even if they disagreed even at political cost, Shared A Fidelity to the truth. Not so today. I hope this is not the beginning of an effort by Senate Republicans to prevent this chamber from debating reasonable common sense legislation. We will soon see. After the state work period,ly bring forward legislation that would help provide equal pay for women. Will our republican colleagues let the Senate Debate the bill or will they engage in another partisan filibuster of urgent legislation . We will soon see. Now, Madam President , got a lot of pages here. A lot of business to conduct. I ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to Executive Session to consider the following nominations. Calendar 132 youve been listening to the reaction of the lack of enough republican votes to advance the January 6th Commission to investigate the insurrection, the attack on the capitol. Senator schumer saying it is because of fear or feelty to donald trump that republicans want to, in his words, sweep the horrors of that day under the rug. And back to capitol hill with maw manu raju. Schumer is making the case. But lisa murkowski, one of the republicans senators who vote today advance with this, pretty much agreed with it the other day, saying she was disappointed, profoundly, that her republican colleagues in the interest of politics, the 2022 midterms, in the interest of power, wanted this commission to go away. Reporter yeah, and thats actually been what other republicans have said too, that supported this commission going forward. Mitt romney who did vote yes just now, voted to convict donald trump twice at his two Impeachment Trials, he told me earlier this week that he is concerned that not moving ahead with the commission could lead to the perception among the public that republicans dont want the truth. That was his concern, his view of what the how the public could perceive all of this. And another republican senator who voted yes just now, bill cassidy made the argument that why not have an Outside Commission . Because otherwise theres just going to be a democraticled investigation, this issue is not going away, we can just have an Outside Commission, it could be unassailable politically and then find the facts, given the horrific attack that came on this capitol, and do it in a nonpartisan and bipartisan way but republicans simply did not believe this commission would be good news in any way particularly since it would generate a ton of headlines, a lot of questions about what we fould find, and Mitch Mcconnell believes they can paint a democratic led investigation in the house in a more negative light rather than a bipartisan investigation, an Outside Commission, and you can say this is raw politics, in a lot of ways it is, it is about at the end of the day winning back control of the house and senate and that argument really took hold within the house and Senate Republican conference, particularly on the senate side in the last several days. Now the republicans who voted to convict, voted just now to open debate, there were six of them just now, john, that includes senator pulling it up right here, john, senators lisa murkowski, susan collins, bill cassidy, ben sasse, mitt romney. Rob portman. Five of those six voted to convict donald trump, everyone except for rob portman, voted to convict for inciting the january 6th insurrection. Rob portman did support moving forward some investigation if they can make changes on the floor. This was defeated but there were some people who were absent on both sides of the aisle, interesting one person who skipped this vote was pat toomey of pennsylvania, he voted to convict trump as well in the second Impeachment Trial and i had been asking him last several days how he would vote and he said he was undecided, undecided and when it came time to vote he didnt show up. Perhaps maybe there could have been seven but one thing was certain there was not going to be ten, the magic number here, to break a filibuster, they were not going to get that given the concerns of the Republican Leadership and as a result, john, this is essentially over, negotiations, they may have happen, but its done, expect an investigation in the house, most likely to take shape as they try to press ahead here, not in a bipartisan way, but democratic in the house. It would be nice to find out in the days ahead if any of those who missed the vote, perhaps some of them have a legitimate excuse, if they just started their Holiday Weekend early, thats cowardice. Manu raju, appreciate that. Katherine lucy, we were listening to the president of the United States beforehand talk about how he is convinced that if you put your mind to it and put your shoulder to it that anything can happen, including bipartisanship in washington. This has to be proof to the president of the United States rethink that, sir. Rethink that, sir. This is an attack on the United States government, an attack on an iconic building of the United States government, on a critical day in our history, the day they certify the Electoral College results and republicans wont have a Bipartisan Commission and senator schumer, you can fact check this, its not a democrat, hes right, the democrats gave the republicans what they asked for and in the senate they told the republicans you vote to advance this bill, we will give you additional changes. Tell us what you want, we will give it. The democrats were willing to compromise. The republicans dont want to know. They dont want a committee to find out what trump was doing, what he told Kevin Mccarthy. Who were those people, what were their connections, they dont want to know. Youre right, john, this was a stark, split screen, you had the president espousing optimism of bipartisanship, the countrys path forward and then this vote unfolding on the other side of the screen and i think its important to step back a little bit and think about the fact that other dark moments in u. S. History, there have been sort of bipartisan efforts to come together after 9 11, for example, there was bipartisan independent commission. We are in a very different moment now and one of the things weve seen in joe bidens early presidency is him sort of struggling with the idea that bipartisanship is harder to do right now. He really does continue to talk about wanting to do it. We see that with his infrastructure negotiations. He wants to work with republicans. But the message from republicans today is pretty clear, they are very much united behind former President Trump. They are going to make a lot of these things very difficult and it remains unclear if they can really come together on Something Like infrastructure. And what this means for the rest of his agenda going forward. And it is important in the moment, in the moment, because it tells you a lot about todays Republican Party because senator schumer, i know hes a democrat, so republicans roll their eyes, but republicans are showing feelty to trump. Leader mcconnell reprimanded, said what the president did on january 6th was reprehensible. Then he did the math. He saw the support of the former president in the Republican Party, 50 50 senate, i want to be Majority Leader again, i dont want to make donald trump mad. And Steve Scalise saying lets have congressional committees have much more aggressive investigations of the origins of the coronavirus, looking into the lab theory. Great, good use, very important. But why is it so important to investigate everything accept the things that might hurt the republicans politically . Its whitewashing thats happened since january 6th. Every day republicans becoming more comfortable with what happened and sort of not wanting to talk about it. I think you saw, when this deal was announced two weeks ago, you know, it was sort of telling that in the days right after it was announced we didnt hear anything from Mitch Mcconnell. We didnt actually hear anything from Kevin Mccarthy for a couple of days and i think that was because a lot of republicans know what they should have done and, you know, Mitch Mcconnell came out, you know, a few days after this deal was unveiled, and he said, look, im open to it, im going to consider it, and then there was reporting about how behind the scenes he was very much panning it, giving excuses about, you know, we already have investigations, theres ongoing investigations at the fbi, this could cause a problem for them. When really we know exactly what it was about, and eventually he just said it, its about politics, winning in 2022 and because of that, you know, we are potentially never going to know exactly what happened in the white house that day on january 6th. I mean, think about it, the first attack on the capitol, and more than 200 years in american history, in the first time weve ever seen, you know, a separate branch of government lead an attack on, you know, another branch of government, and we still may never get these full answers about what happened. Its just absolutely appalling. The issue beyond the politics that a lot of critics would say is that for the general public they may never get these answers. Never get these answers about these groups, collection of groups that came together on that day and attacked a building, threatened to hang the Vice President of the United States. Were walking the halls, chanting the name of the speaker, looking for her. People who are not First Amendment right is our most cherished, entitled to believe anything in this country but if you act on thoughts like that, violently, you need to have accountability, the republicans simply dont want it. Its a fact of life. Manu raju, thank you for your hustling of the Breaking News. A presummit poke in the eye, word of a new russian cyberattack. Since you hung around welcome back, america. It sure is good to see you. This is a tempurpedic mattress. And its mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. So, no more tossing and turning. Or trouble falling asleep. Because only tempurpedic uses proprietary tempur® material. That continuously adapts and responds to your body, to relieve pressure. So you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. All night. Every night. The tempurpedic summer of sleep starts now, with all tempurpedic mattresses on sale, and savings up to 500 on adjustable sets. So its another day. With yeah thatsedic what most people think. 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President Biden Heads To Geneva in three weeks for a summit with the russian president. Lets get to alex marquardt. How did the russians carry out this attack . Reporter microsoft says its the same group that carried out the massive Solar Winds Attack last year, the Intelligence Community here in the u. S. Says that was carried by the svr. They have not attributed this attack, but microsoft saying its the same group of attackers. The Solar Winds Attack was still think, this one was more brazen and not as intelligent, in some cases. But 3,000 different email accounts were targeted, around 150 different organizations, you mentioned some of them, a quarter of them were International Development organizations, ones that focused on human rights, humanitarian issues, and what microsoft is saying these russian attackers used a platform used by usaid to send out emails that looked authentic, we have an example of one of them from microsoft. This was sent out this week on tuesday. Usaid letter head right there, and a message saying donald trump has published new documents on election fraud, thats an indication that this is probably not a link you should click on, but if you did click on it it would install a malicious file that would open up a back door, allowing the hackers to get inside. Allowing the hackers to infect other computers. Weve also heard from the big Cybersecurity Firm fire eye. They said it went beyond this usaid email platform saying the hackers used a variety of lures including diplomatic notes and invitations from embassies. Microsoft notes many of these efforts were finally stopped but this is a clear Ratcheting Up of the tension between the u. S. And russia. We have just heard from the democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff, he says this brazen act, utilizing emails associated with the u. S. Government demonstrates that russia remains undeterred, despite sanctions following the Solar Winds Attack, those sanctions gave the Administration Flexibility to tighten the economic screws further if necessary, it now appears necessary. And john, as you noted, this coming pairly three weeks before that bidenputin summit in geneva. Escalates the stakes for that. Alex marquardt, thank you for the reporting. And catherine, just the timing here, pew skin is a b putin i a bad actor. We know in the agenda for the Summit Discussions about 2020 election interference, back to 2016 if you want. The russian troop buildup with, the poisoning and the jailing of aleks aleks alexei navalny. Youre nice for a few weeks in advance to set up a summit mood. Putin is poking the president in the eye here. Thats right, its a long list and its gotten longer. This comes at a tough time for the president , theyre getting ready for the summit and the white house is not going to disagree with you hes a bad actor but they are hoping to go into this, they are talking about how it is important to engage in diplomacy, even with, you know, people that you dont always get along with and theyre trying to move forward with this but this certainly adds to the tension, is a further escalation, and makes this media a lot more complicated. It was complicated to begin with, even without particularly aside, if you will, because the trump relationship with putin was so interesting even when the Trump State Department tried to stand up to putin, trump was always nice to putin. The relationship was a fascinating question anyway, President Biden says i think that we can have some very tough conversations over here, and do some cooperation over here, thats his hope. Listen here, the former ambassador to russia, Michael Mcfaul says you might have to rethink it, mr. President. I admire that aspiration, but i think its quite unrealistic because i dont think putin himself is interested in a stable and predictable relationship. So i think they have to confront the possibility that it may be a different kind of relationship than that. Thats the former ambassador. Thats pretty much the bipartisan take on capitol hill too, give it a try, mr. President , but this guy is a a bad actor who seems to be getting worse, not better, so that might be where we end up. Thats not a gentle nudge, not sure what is. Its clear that biden doesnt want to be involved in any sort of International Conflicts right now, withdrawing troops from afghanistan, you know, he waited several days to sort of wade in on the Israeli Palestinian fighting that was happening in gaza and now this. You know, he sent this warning a month ago with the escalation and sanctions and kicking diplomats out of the United States from russia and hoped that moscow would back down but its clear thats not happening and democrats are basically telling him, look, youre going to have to do more and right now its obvious he wants to focus on his domestic agenda, he wants to talk about the sisz, getting the pandemic under control, he wants to talk about, you know, this big Infrastructure Bill that he wants to get passed, and things they want to do to help American Families but, you know, clearly his party has other ideas. And putins not listening. Having a tough meeting with putin doesnt necessarily hurt biden in the sense that donald trump is doing so well. He told me he didnt interfere in the election. I believe him. Whatever putin said, trump nodded. If biden comes out and says were having a tough meeting, it doesnt hurt biden politically. It makes the relationship complicated. He was clear, he was tough on these issues, theres also an expectation we will actually find out what happened in the meeting. Which would be a change in administrations, obviously, as well. Transparency. Its an interesting theme in a democracy, yes, youre right. I shouldnt even make a joke about that. The Trump Administration hid so much about these meetings. Its not funny. So it is a big change. Catherine and rachel, thank you very much. Vice president harris, the first woman to give the Commencement Address at the u. S. Naval academy. This important reminder, also, of memorial days true meaning, the sacred ground of Arlington National cemetery as we honor those who gave their lives while serving in the military. Your smile will always be brilliant. Crest 3d white brilliance. 100 sta removal, 24our stain resistance to lock in your whitest smile. Crest. The 1 toothpaste brand in america. Eping your Oysters Business Growing has you swamped. You need to hire. 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Republicans remain very much in power in texas as this years legislative session winds down, a few headlines of big conservative agenda items, texas lawmakers send permitfree Gun Carrying Legislation to texas desk, and signing into law restrictive abortion measures, banning cnbc, Texas Governor abbott threatens to fine cities and local officials if they impose mask mandates, the economist sums it up, the most legislate the republican grip on statewide power as democrats make gains in fast growing suburbs around the big citie ci like houston and dallas. Ed lavender a if the party might be leaning too far right. Youre worried that these end up driving away Middle Of The Road voters. What my dad taught me, he said the only thing in the Middle Of The Road is road kill. I dont want to be road kill. Ed lavandera is with us. I dont want to accuse mr. West of plajerrism so i guess maybe its a twist on an old phrase. But to the point there, the republicans are going right in this legislative session. A number of important conservative agenda items, are they convinced, they can sell this in those suburbs that down the line could come back to haunt them . Reporter i think theyre convinced of that for now. Any republican you talk to, a lot of republican strategists you talk to are worried about the longterm trends but what weve seen in texas is a lot of talk of a blue wave, a blue wave thats supposed to be coming and it never materializes, and then in the 2020 election republicans didnt suffer any defeats. They didnt lose congressional seats, kept all of their state houses seats and thats why you hear so many people saying they feel emboldened right now. Abby livingston, these are legitimate items on the conservative agenda, things like abortion and gun rights, that is just a simple fact but the fact theyre being so aggressive in the session, also if you take the politics into mind, convinces me some of this is the conservatives like the governor saying look over here at things you like, and dont remember these headlines, if you go back in time at times during the covid crisis, as in many states the headlines have been not so favorable to the governor and his lieutenant governor. A couple of months ago to the energy issue there, the freeze if you will, the texas blackout, the story of a disaster foretold, that texas enabled the worst Carbon Monoxide poisoning catastrophe in history, how much of this is change the subject and lets exercise our power while we have it . I think its absolutely both, and i think ed really hit a good point. Two years ago the legislative session was what my editor calls the bread and butter session, this was coming off of major democratic gains in 2018 and the legislature focused on school finance, Property Taxes and now its all full blown culture wars, this is an example of elections have consequences, and its not just do policy consequences, but t also in the here and now, maybe not eight years from now, but right now republicans are more afraid of their primaries in their general elections because we dont have maps yet from redistricting. Thats a great point and its always politicians are always focused on the next election. Those of us who study demographics, where is this two years, four years, eight years down the line. Ed, if you look at the demographics, texas was 53 white, 41 white now, and you see giant growth in latino population, a little bit of growth in the black population, Significant Growth in the asian population, the communities of color tend to vote democratic. Republicans have a strong grip statewide now, democrats insist theyve been overly optimistic, that that blue wave is coming, but they are making progress when you get to the suburbs of dallas, look at the congressional delegations, suburbs of houston, look at changes in the congressional delegation, the question is when. And i think the story of texas right now, john, is an incredible divide, more so than weve ever seen in the state where you have houston, dallas, san antonio, austin, maybe fort worth to a certain extent, that have become just democratic strongholds. That used to be just austin, right, and now the rural parts of the state, redder than ever. That rural urban divide is really strong. And one of the interesting things to point out as well is if you look at south texas, in 17 counties that Hillary Clinton won back in 2016 in south texas, trump took six of those away from Hillary Clinton. Theres an interesting kind of dynamic, though, as republicans kind of gain seats in these urban suburban areas, trump and republicans are making inroads elsewhere. Maybe in the end it all balances out. And to the Republican Point ed just made, abby no further proof of that than the next generation bush who happens to live in texas is a trumpy. You know, trump has had scorn for the bush family, but the young bush in texas says i need to be with President Trump because the party in the state right now is his. Absolutely. Early in the trump era, when he was running for president the first time there really was a visceral divide in the republican political class, former bush people and then the emerging trump class. But this is absolutely i mean, the trump i mean, the bush dynasty, there was a bush cousin who Ran For Congress this past year, and he didnt even make the runoff. Its a different era for the bushes in texas. 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It includes deficits of 1. 3 trillion over the next ten years, take a peek here, how the New York Post played it up, hog wild. Watch that one play out. Election audit fever gaining new ground in the midwest, a Top Republican in the Wisconsin State Assembly telling hell hire several retired Police Officers and a lawyer to investigate the 2020 election. The already over 2020 election. The taxpayer funded group will have Subpoena Power and expected to produce the results of its findings this fall. Wisconsin now joining georgia and arizona as the latest Battleground State where protrump republicans are trying to relitigate novembers Election Results and more evidence new data from the Brennan Center for justice 48 states have introduced 389 measures designed to restrict voting since the start of this year, at least 14 states. Have enacted 22 new restrictive voting laws. Weve just learned that at least 450 people now have been charged in the capital insurrection, according to the justice department, and this is important, a cnn review found one in ten people charged in that riot are veterans, or Current Service members, our review also found a quarter of those with military ties at the capitol riot are also connected to right wing extremist groups. Just ahead, more Breaking News this hour, Senate Republicans vote down the January 6th Commission. Our ana cabrera picks up that coverage right now. Have a great, safe Memorial Day Weekend. Hello, and thanks for being with me on this friday, im ana cabrera in new york, the push for truth did not prevail. Senate republicans just blocked a Bipartisan Commission to investigate the january 6th capitol attack, just six republicans voted in favor of this effort to get the real answers. On what happened on that dark day. Just six. Keep in mind, seven republican senators voted to convict donald trump for inciting that insurrection. But apparently, an even smaller number want to get answers about that attack on american democracy. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. The republican minority just prevented the American People from getting the ful