The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
thieves involved will be held accountable. volodymyr zelenskyy has decided a date for the long-awaited counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. several buildings sustained insignificant damage as a result of what he says were drone attacks. russia wants to follow the path of evil to the end. the world must see that terror is losing. president biden saying bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling will make it across the finish line. i have serious concerns about the deal. my team and i are still reviewing it. we re a divided government right now. we had to compromise. house lawmakers now delivered articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton to the state senate. every politician who supports this will inflict lasting damage this is going to be the beginning of the end of his criminal reign or god help us. the vegas golden knights to the stanley cup final for the second time in the six-year history. they will play the florida panthers. i
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
we have a group of suburban moms here to tell us about the midterms and what s driving them to the polls. i m simone sanders thompson and i have something to say. we are now 100 days from the 2022 midterm elections. i m very excited because what happens beyond the ball boys more consequential than ever, y all. we re gonna start by zeroing in on a michigan and arizona. michigan governor gretchen whitmer is a democrat incumbent running unopposed, voters will head to the ballot box on tuesday to pick the republican nominee. just days ago trump endorsed, tutored dixon after from former education secretary betsy devos. you remember betsy, the one who resigned after mike pence involved the 25th amendment in the wake of the capitol right? well, it s the road to trump, quote, to make sure we d be democratic, beat gretchen whitmer, in november, the best thing we can do is work together to elected her dixon. she s committed to the same principles you are and she s the only on
conservative on that committee thomas masse and whether or not he becomes the critical tie breaking vote in this committee today when it comes to getting it out of the rules. so, one thing to keep in mind, earlier this year when thomas masse was asked how he was going to use his position on the rules committee, this was back in january, he told my colleague melanie zanona, quote, i would be reluctant to try to use the rules committee to achieve a legislative outcome, particularly if it doesn t represent a large majority of our caucus. i don t ever intend to use my position on there to hold somebody hostage, to hold legislation hostage. now, his office is not saying how he is going to vote today in this committee, but obviously that comment back in january, giving some insight into how at least thomas massie is viewing his role on this rules committee today. if it makes it out of the rules committee, we expect it will have the votes it needs to pass