congressman but really about the dangerous rhetoric coming from her colleagues. that and so much more. today in the culture corner, we need to talk about nfl quarterback, the cleveland browns, yes, deshaun watson. issuing an apology after months of the line allegations of sexual harassment and assault from dozens of women. okay? self preservation? i m simone and i have something to say. unprecedented. a word that has been thrown around a lot in the past week. unprecedented fbi search of the former president s home of their unprecedented concerns that the former president took and mishandled top secret hat documents that could pose a security threat to the country. and potentially break laws including the espionage act. your reaction on both sides this pouring after those classify government documents were found in donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. now, trump was saying the fbi took boxes of material that was, quote, attorney client privilege. and executive privilege, and is d
republican base. no. at the moment. but i think that what liz cheney has said over and over again in all of the appearances that she s been doing is is that the fate of democracy is on the line here. and though she could not recall having voted for a democrat in the past, she feels that getting out and campaigning against people like kari lake or mark finchem in arizona who have embraced trump s lies about the election, that that is critical to ensuring that we have a free and fair elections in 2024. you know, in the case of slotkin, they worked very closely together in congress. and liz cheney is basically saying there is a middle in america out there, independents who do not like this rhetoric that we re hearing on the right. and she s trying to get out there and have more people sort of come to that consensus. and so, we will see her, you
hello welcome to viewers here in the united states around the world. i m john vause. this is cnn newsroom. donald trump s perch on the republican party has climbed its biggest one so far. an overwhelming primary defeat of liz cheney. the congressional representative for wyoming and the highest ranking republican lawmaker to vote to impeach former president trump over the insurrection on capitol hill. cheney overwhelmingly lost the endorsement and thursday to the trump backed candidate, harry take limit, who embraced trump s false claim that the 2020 election was rigged and it was a sharply congressional action a defeat for cheney would have been unthinkable two years ago. she counted where the most political families in wyoming. her father, dick cheney, served as u.s. vice president. after the insurrection the capitol cheney began a self declared mission to ensure that donald trump will never again served in the oval office. a mission she hit once again in
Plus, breaking news, america under attack. Russian hackers target email used by the state department, a brazen almost cheeky assault. And this morning u. S. Apparently with a Treasure Trove of unexamined evidence over origins of the mystery over the coronavirus. A very good morning to viewers here in the United States and around the world. It is friday, may 28th, and the Senate Burning the midnight oil and then some overnight, setting up a showdown this morning on the bill that would form a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. So heres what is delaying the senate. They went until almost 3 00 this morning to debate a bill that counters chinas influence after republicans derailed it. Senators looking to skedaddle this holiday weekend, they can take it up with wisconsin Senator Johnson whos staaling the bill. Debate will pick up where it left off, meaning a vote on the Insurrection Commission not expected until later today, and even when it happens, republicans almost c
fund-raising over 2018 which puts him second to heist. they had at least one candidate questioning or denying president biden s win in 2020. the brennan center says at least 163 republicans who have embraced trump s big lie are running for statewide positions administering elections. all right. he is in. at least for know. novak djokovic is officially the number one seed in the australian open men s singles draw, but he s still waiting for immigration officials to decide whether he can stay in that country. the drama continues here. cnn s paula hancocks joins us live from melbourne. paula, do we have any sense of when the immigration minister will reach a decision? and what s taken so long here? reporter: well, christine, the assumption was he may say something today. that hasn t happened. so it s 9:00 p.m. here now. it s likely to be tomorrow at the earliest.