night in america where democracy was on the ballot. first a stunning rejection by voters in conservative kansas. voters defeating an amendment aimed at restricting abortion rights and the result wasn t close. kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. perhaps even more significant was the voter turnout here because nearly 700,000 votes were cast in tuesday s primary and that dwarfs the voter turnout in the state s 2020 presidential primary election. five states in all held primaries on tuesday, one other big take away here was a slue of election deniers backed by former president trump, they were winners. and here to break down the numbers is cnn s senior data analyst harry enten. hey, john. good morning. what we got? let s start in kansas which brianna was just talking b my goodness gracious, sometimes i get surprised by results and this is one of them. i did expect that no would win, that is that they w
that everyone knew these things need to be saved. how do we get to this point where they re just being deleted at dod still? yeah, i think that needs to be looked into and probably an update to the legislation that governs this and the rules and regulations in each of the departments. by doj? i would begin with congress of course. that s the body at the end of the day that s going to have to change the law, but immediately to get to the bottom of this latest report i think the dod ig should look into this fairly quickly and should. if you can stand by for us, we will have more with the former secretary here in just a moment, but first those who play with fire will perish, that is a quote china s foreign minister lashing out at house speaker nancy pelosi for her trip to taiwan. after a lengthy fight the senate has passed the bill to expand health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. and alex jones taking the stand as parents of sandy hook victims seek damag
we heard from a number of lawmakers before the holiday who said they are ready to get the ball rolling on impeachment even as top democratic leaders seemed reluctant. it may well be a time for impeachment inquiry to begin. the judiciary committee as a whole is for an inquiry of impeachment. it reached a point we have to open and impeachment inquiry. the president of the united states needs to be impeached. we should begin impeachment proceedings against donald trump. the republicans say no matter what the house decides they don t expect impeachment go forward in their chamber. lindsey graham says democrats would face political suicide if they go forward with impeachment. first-time joining us at 5:00 am, glad to see you. rob: iran s foreign minister lashing out at the united states in response to donald trump
reporter: back in washington it is expected to be a fairly quiet week on capitol hill. lawmakers are not here. they are back in their districts but when they return the debate over impeachment is expected only to grow. many democrats are speaking of encouraging congressional leaders to begin the impeachment process. it may well be a time for an impeachment inquiry to begin. the judiciary committee as a whole is for at least it inquiry of impeachment. it reached a point we have to open an impeachment inquiry. the president of the united states of america needs to be impeached. we should begin impeachment proceedings against donald trump. reporter: the recent poll from quinnipiac university shows the majority of americans, 66% do not think congress should begin the impeachment proceeding. heather: much more on this to come. let s talk about iran s foreign
is back with a bang. the foreign minister lashing out at vice president mike pence calling him a political dummy and warning of a nuclear showdown in the summit in singapore fails. we have cnn s ivan watson in seoul, south korea. really escalating the dialogue here, ivan. what is the latest on the summit? reporter: a public spat between senior u.s. and north korean officials with the question whether or not the summit will actually happen. in this case, you have a top north korean diplomat responding to vice president pence s pretty open threat that north korea would go the way of libya if it doesn t make a deal with president trump. you recall in libya s case, u.s. backed rebels overthrow the government and take the dictator moammar gadhafi, drag him out of a ditch, and shoot and kill him. the north korean diplomat