right now we re following some major fast-moving developments in the criminal investigation of donald trump and january 6th and the criminal prosecution of the former president in the classified documents case. cnn s paula reid is standing outside the courthouse in florida for us where a critical hearing just wrapped up a short while ago. first let s go to chief correspondent kaitlan collins. i know you have excellent sources. what more are you learning tonight about this target letter and is the former president concerned? i this i tnk there is definia level of concern here. tom branch, one of the top attorneys on the case, has known about this for self days.
day, there is a handwritten note from mark meadows they wanted to get that people still don t know exactly what was on that note. and i think it is questions like that they would like to know more about. we re talking about democracy in peril in the united states as we re waiting to hear from president joe biden speak to this democracy summit, this virtual meeting of some 100 countries around the world, where he talks about democracy, we re waiting for those remarks, we ll bring them to you live the minute they come. meanwhile, kaitlan, last night, there was a vote in the senate to basically try to block president biden s vaccine measures, vaccine mandates. it will never become law. however, it is a statement by the senate, they voted to block it and that vote included two democrats, joe manchin, you know, some people may try to discount that, and also john tester. i think it speaks to the level of how democrats are viewing these vaccine mandates. they re not popular with every sin
senate votes last night. if you look more broadly across the nation, the new jersey governor has not embraced this. the new york governor has not embraced this. there are democrats who say we re pro vaccine, we re not pro vaccine requirement. he did not want to implement mandates, he did not think that was the most effective route for them to take. however, they felt with the delta variant sweeping the u.s. and the level of vaccinations being stagnant that they needed to put this in place. so all of these mandates are now tied up in the courts, a lot of them all of them have been blocked by judges, maybe temporarily. the white house says they re confident this will ultimately they will ultimately be victorious. it remains to be seen though. i think it speaks to the broader fight they have over these vaccine mandates, over what this is going to look like and over how to get people who don t want to get vaccinated vaccinated. stand by, kaitlan collins. we re waiting to hear from pr
house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, talk to us about this. this is something that biden has talked about for a long time. a long time. what does he want out of this? they want it told in person. that wasn t feasible with 110 countries, that have been invited, but ever since biden took office and before that, you ve seen him frame this global conversation and a global kind of inflexion point as democracies versus these countries that are run by authoritarians. he said that we have to make a decision, you know, as a globe, of which direction we want to go in. that was a big message he took to the g-7, his first big summit in person with other world leaders, let s show other nations that democracies can work, they can put accomplishments on the table. that will be the broader conversation you see from president biden when he speaks any moment now on this. what do you think he ll say, even if in veiled terms, about china and russia? i think you ve seen him working to underc
needs of the american people, strengthening our democratic institutions at home. my first day in office i signed an executive order to advance racial justice and equality. my administration recently released our first national strategy on gender equality and equity. we re fostering greater worker power, because workers organize the union to give them the voice of president biden addressing the democracy summit, talking to some leaders from 100 countries around the world, suggesting that he feels that democracy can work, making the case that democracy is a workable system and really that he feels it is under attack around the world. not just in places like china and russia, but also in the united states. kaitlan collins, what jumped out to you there? i think one interesting thing is he said we re going to check back in, in a year from now, and see progress we have made and things we worked on.