Hello, everyone, and welcome to the amanpour, our heres where were headed this week the roe v. Wade Ripple Effect overseas with reproductive rights under attack in america, a world first as france makes abortion a constitutional right, we have a solidarity with our american sisters, and we want to tell them that france is with her israeli hostage held by hamas for 51 days with a three children describes her hellish time in captivity. Shes a gun sactually. Its a kind of Emotional Abuse that they didnt let us cry. Also this hour creeping famine and starvation in gaza with children are now dying for lack of food and water death is better than this then. To ukraines front lines where theyre being forced to ration ammo. I think this year is gonna be the worst year in the war and for my archive via attempt to convert communism to capitalism in the early 990s. And how this failure in russia paved the way for putin welcome to the program, everyone. Im Christiane Amanpour in london. We begin th
The American People before this summers conventions. What he needs to do for a strong state of the Union Address tonight and how some allies are working Behind The Scenes to push the president to own the big stage. And within the next few hours, the city of uvalde, texas is expected to release its findings of its report on the Botched Police response to the Robb Elementary School massacre. We have a closer look at what we can expect and were learning burning more about last years Train Derailment in ohio and how the response that followed was based on a bad call. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central The Stage is set for tonights big speech from president joe biden, perhaps the biggest of his presidency. And just a few hours he sets deliver a State Of The Union dress that i have to navigate some pessimism about the economy, anxiety over record immigration, frustrations with the israelhamas war and growing concerns about
We also have with the cnn business and politics correspondent, Vanessa Yurkevich. Migrant issue is affecting how they cast their ballots while Immigration Top of mind, especially for Republican Voters here in texas. And weve heard that from voters here this morning who are Casting Ballots in the republican primary, where one of the Polling Locations in el paso, texas, one of many border communities have been affected by the ongoing immigration debate. We know the Republican Party intact x is also finds itself in the midst of a civil war. And this election day will really be an interesting test of the influence that donald trump has on texas republicans. Hes been very involved in actually somewhat lowerlevel races here in texas. Hes been endorsing candidates for State House Races and that sort of thing. So it is really interesting to see this tension that is going on between the donald trump wing of the Republican Party and what would would have been the old bush wing of the Republican
For his own actions. Mr. Lity for. Enough is enough. Innocent americans are dying and you only have yourself to blame for your oath of office. Reverse your policiereverss ends crisis and stop the suffering. Sadly, we know that President Bidens failures dont stop there. His t start his Reckless Spendg our economy into a hole and sent Cost Of Living through the roof. F liviwe have the worst inflatin in 40 years and the highest Credit Card Debt in nations history. Let that sink in. Hardworking families are struggling to make Ends Meetilies Arstrugg today. Age and with soaring Mortgage Rates and high childcare costs, theyre also struggling to how to plan for tomorrow. The American People are scraping by while President Biden proudly i proclaims that biden nomics is working. Goodness you. Bless his heart. We know better. Ill never forget stopping at a gas station in Chilton County o one evening. G the the gentleman working the counter told me that aftertu retiring, he had to pick up a job a
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