Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
restrictions on abortion access, to a key defense bill. what that can do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able to say who left a pack of cocaine in the west wing. the secret service still says case closed. the question is why. good evening and special counsel jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election. being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing intense could hinge on whether or not he really believed he had one. tonight, new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence from people who would know, or might have heard him indicate that he had known he had loss. sources tell cnn that jared kushner, and former top aide, hope hicks, have both gone before the grand jury. and some questions asked whether the former president was told he had lost the election. this adds to the picture given by testimony from other members of his inner circle. in
indeed, good to have you. i m jim sciutto. justice department facing a noon deadline, two hours from now, to give a judge and we should be clear a redacted version, perhaps highly redacted of the affidavit behind the search warrant for the mar-a-lago home of the former president. the judge will then decide whether to release that redacted version to the public or continue to keep it under wraps. plus, new details about the national archives multiyear effort to get former president trump to hand over classified documents from his time in office. a top white house lawyer at the time told trump he should hand those documents over. so why didn t it happen? key question. also overnight, the department of justice releasing an unredacted full memo from 2019 that unveils why former attorney general bill barr decided then president trump could not be charged with obstructing the russia probe. we ll break down what is ahead in all of that. all right, let s begin this morning with
stage it s a little bit too premature. we should also point out it s one of the things that jack smith said in documents today, essentially, yes, there will be special handling, different procedures, but the courts are well equipped to do this, even if it does require a little bit of extra work. tim parlatore, appreciate you being on, elliot williams, alyssa farah griffin, kaitlan collins as well. next for us tonight, more on the breaking news and how much of is in the hands of judge aileen cannon, who has already been overruled once in this matter. a former member of the federal bench joins us about the judge. later, more breaking news. house republicans add restrictions on abortion access to a must pass defense bill. where it leaves the legislation, where that leaves the military, ahead, tonight. okay. i ll work on that. save $1200 on n our most populr sleep number 360 smart bed. plus, save up to an additional $500 when you add seselect adjustable bases.
but that the courts are well equipped to do this, even if it does require a little bit of extra work. tim parlatore, appreciate you being. on kaitlan collins, as well. as you can see of course, caitlin, the sources at the top of the next hour. next for us tonight, more on the breaking news, and how so much of the upcoming documents trial is in the hands of judge aileen cannon, a troubled pointy, as you probably know, who s already been overruled once in this matter. a former member of the federal bench joins us about the judge. later, more breaking news, house republicans add restrictions on abortion access to a must pass defense bill, where it leaves legislation, where that leads military, ahead tonight. new pronamel active shield actively shields the ename to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works. my mental health was much better, but i struggled with uncontrollable movements