Today. It is sunday, may 30th, were thrilled that youre waking up with us. Good morning to you as well, christi. Good morning, boris. We start this morning with Breaking News, a Mass Shooting overnight in northwest miamidade county, florida. Miamidade police say two people are dead and more than 20 are hurt. The violence breaking out at El Mula Banquet hall in the Country Club Shopping center near hialeah. Police say it was rented out for a concert. A white suv apparently pulling up, three shooters running out, Opening Fire at the crowd outside with rifles and hand guns. Now, we know earlier this morning the Miamidade Police director called the attack a quote targeted act of Gun Violence. The victims are being treated at various hospitals, weve learned. Police say they are looking for tips to help track down the shooters. Cnns Natasha Chen is on the way to the scene the were going to check with her in just a bit. In texas, lawmakers there filing their final version of a bill that would add new restrictions on voting, and actually make it easier to overturn elections. The official Filing Hasnt been made public yet, but a final draft by cnn Bans Ballot Drop boxes and drive through voting, and makes it illegal to send out unsolicited Mail Ballot applications. The charges mirror restrictions passed by republican controlled legislatures across the country, since President Biden won the 2020 election. Last night, the president called on congress to pass federal voting Rights Legislation writing quote its wrong and unamerican. In the 21st century, we should be making it easier, not harder for every eligible voter to vote, unquote. Lawmakers in texas now have until Midnight Tonight to approve the measure and despite protests from outside groups and democrats, in the legislature, the bill is expected to pass. Cnns Dianne Gallagher has more. Good morning, boris and christi, yeah, the time is ticking on Senate Bill seven, this Election Overhaul Bill by republicans that will add new restrictions and regulations as well as enhance criminal and civil penalties to the voting process. It really impacts just about everybody who participates in it, including voters, election officials, volunteer, and get out the vote groups. Its a 67 Page Document that does a lot. Many of the items making headlines in past versions were still included, like codifying these early voting hours that in some cases might expand early voting time in some counties. But in the largest and most diverse counties it will likely cause them to lose early voting time. And it will eliminate completely the ability to do 24hour vogue, and also drivethrough voting, which is something Harris County piloted during the 2020 election to help with the pandemic. They saw Record Turnout last year. There is also elements that empower partisan poll watchers, and add criminal penalties if you obstruct that, but it does require them to take an oath saying that they will not disrupt voters or the voting process. Now, look, there are criminal penalties that make it, for example, a crime to send unsolicited ballot applications and Thats Something we have seen across the country. It also makes, again, those partisan Poll Workers empowered. This is something that president Joe Biden hit on saying it reminded him of other State Legislation were seeing that is restricting voting rights. He called the Texas Bill unamerican. The republican sponsors of the bill say that this is simply about Ballot Security and ens ensuring uniformity. The clock is ticking, they have to get something done by midnight on sunday. Boris, christi, the expectation is that governor abbott, if it is approved, will sign this into law. Diane, thank you so much. Lets talk about what we are all seeing on this memorial Day Weekend, the clearer sign yet that the u. S. Is turning a corner on covid. People are taking advantage of relaxed restrictions you may be seeing where you are in the country. Remember last year, we were cringing watching huge crowds not social distancing, not wearing masks and in the surge of covid cases that followed, this year, things are different, the first Big Holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks and forget social distancing without fear of getting themselves and other sick. More than 134 Million people make up that vaccinated group, and maskless crowds are becoming the norm from beaches to baseball games. And elsewhere. Lets get to cnns polo sandoval, joins us live from new york. A huge surge in travel. What a difference a year and a couple of months would make here. Right, when you look at the situation, for example, here in new york, its where we can start our update this morning. The numbers and such a significant improvement, and another sign that the state continues making strides here. Just yesterday, officials announcing. 59 test positivity rate, thats the lowest since the start of the pandemic. The memorial day holiDay Weekend marks the unofficial start of summer in the u. S. , the first since covid19 vaccinations began. Were going back to a little bit of normalcy. Nearly 2 Million people passed through u. S. Airports on friday, and according to aaa, more than 37 Million are expected to travel over the threeDay Weekend. Thats up 60 from last year when the company was marred in Covid19 Lock downs and quarantines. The difference, vaccinations, the cdc says about 40 of americans have been fully vaccinated and more than half the u. S. Population has at least gotten their feirst shot. President biden saying the numbers offer a ray of hope. I set an ambitious goal of getting 70 of adult americans at least one shot by july 4th. Today, just over a month to go, were at 62 . We arent just saving lives, were getting our lives back. Reporter right now, california, hawaii, New Mexico are the only states that still have Mask Mandates for everyone still in place. Cdc guidelines says those who have been fully vaccinated can lose the masks and the social distancing. Americans are ready. Life has returned. Right . I mean, were back, thank god, weve returned safely. You know, its been a challenge. This last year has been really difficult. Reporter but the numbers of people getting vaccinated is on the decline, and there are unique Motivation Plans in place to encourage folks to get the shots, ohio, california, and maryland are offering things like scholarships and cash prizes as high as 1 Million in vaccination lotteries. Drugstore chains, Health Care companies, and some employers are also providing financial incentives, and one Florida Concert Promoter offering 18 tickets to a Punk Rock Concert to anyone who is fully vaccinated. Those who havent gotten the shot will have to pony up A Thousand dollars. The point of incentives is to find a boost. The equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that employers can locally provide these kinds of inscentives so long as they are not coercive, and kroger offering a one time payment of 100 to its employees as long as they get vaccinated. It was just december that the agency actually allowed employers to require its employees to get vaccinated. Of course there are those exceptions for a few. Polo sandoval, we appreciate it so much. Thank you, sir. So President Biden is spending his first memorial Day Weekend as Commander In Chief honoring the men and women of the military, of course. Yeah, this weekend obviously has added personal significance for the president. Lets get to cnn white House Reporter Jasmine wright, traveling with President Biden in wilmington, delaware. Obviously this weekend has personal significance to Joe Biden because of his Son Beau, and his service. What are we anticipating the president is going to be doing Today And Tomorrow . Well, President Biden will deliver remarks honoring recservice Members Today in delaware at veteran memorial park. Tomorrow well see him in arlington where he participates in a Wreath Laying Ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery along with the first lady, and second family. Its a deeply personal day for the president as it marks the anniversary of his late Son Beau bidens death. In the past, President Biden could be seen visiting beaus Grave Site after attending mass in delaware, and on friday, President Biden spoke at joint base langley, for the first time addressing an active base as president and he gave an emotional speech meant to honor those who have made a sacrifice to this country, but also he wandered Off Teleprompter remarks to talk about his son. Take a listen. You are the spine of america. The spine. I cant tell you how much it matters, i think you underestimate, is the consequence of who you are and what you do. We bidens are proud to have family in the military. And our Son Beaus service was among the achievements, as i said, he was most proud of. My heart swells to see him in uniform. Reporter now President Biden also spoke at length about the toll of the war in afghanistan, touting his administrations draw down as they plan to withdraw later on this year. But these events that well see Today And Tomorrow as well as President Bidens response marks a real reminder for the country of how President Biden often adopts that role of empathizer in chief, using his personal loss this holiday to honor veterans, Honor Service members, and also hamarks what a differee this country is right now, how far we have come in the pandemic. Remember, last year in 2020, deaths were on the rise and there were no vaccines, boris and christi. Well see President Biden outside and a little bit of rain in delaware today. And the Event Wont Focus on the pandemic, but focus on honoring those who have sacrificed. Boris and christi. I hope you get some sunshine. You look like it today. Youre bringing the sunshine girl, youre bringing the sunshine. I try. Thank you so much. You do. You always do. Jasmine, thank you. Standing out there in The Rain for two days. Lets move on to this, theres a Power Sharing Agreement among Opposition Leaders in israel now that could pose a threat to the power of current prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has. Opposition chiefs could announce they are forming a new government that would oust the long time leader. Cnns Hadas Gold joins us from jerusalem. Netanyahu has had a tenuous grip over has power the last few years, four elections in two years. There has been talk of forming a new Coalition Government for some time. Is it actually going to happen now . Reporter well, from what we are hearing from reports in israeli media, as well as a source close to the negotiations is expressing to cnn what you could call cautious confidence on where these negotiations are headed, and we could hear in the next few hours whether the leader of a small right Wing Party by the name of neftali benefit, whether he will joining the anti Neftali Bennett would be Prime Minister first for two years followed by the leader of the centrist party, then he would be Prime Minister for two years. A Power Sharing Agreement. Its unique because Neftali Bennett, the leader of the small right Wing Party, his party only won seven seats in the last election but because of the way the numbers worked out in the last election, his party became the king makers. He was being wooed by netanyahu, and yara lapid. Bennett is expected to announce later today he has reached an agreement with the antinetanyahu Change Block to form a new government, and would potentially bring an end to Benjamin Netanyahus longest run as Prime Minister. 12 years he has been Prime Minister and if this agreement works out in the next few days, we could see a new Prime Minister in israel. The coalition would be a wide swath of parties from the left Leaning Labor to the right leaning yamina party. There doesnt seem much uniting them other than their opposition to netanyahu. There are many pressing issues under way. We have the cease fire, a few days old Teen Israel and hamas led militants in gaza. Continuing to be of course long standing issues with palestinians, whether there will be any Peace Process on the table, all of these will be pressing issues for a new government, and i should note that things can change quickly in israel politics. Prime Minister Netanyahu already tried to offer a new deal, a new Power Sharing Agreement, trying to offer Nefatali Bennett a rotating deal with him. Shows you how quickly things can change and how this is a fluid situation. The way things are headed we could see a new agreement, a new potential Coalition Government, which could mean the next few days, we could have a new Prime Minister of israel. Netanyahu has been Prime Minister since 2009, this would obviously mark a new chapter in israeli history, hadas, thank you so much for your reporting. President biden has made it clear he wants to work across the aisle to pass major legislation. Are his evefforts at partisansh hampering. Well discuss. And rising attacks on the asian american community. One group in california is taking matters into their own hands, patrolling the streets just to keep their neighbors safe. Why choose proven Quality Sleep from Sleep Number . Because every new day starts the night before. 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Two people are dead and more than 20 are hurt in what theyre describing as a targeted act of Gun Violence. Cnns Natasha Chen just arrived at the scene. What are you learning there . Reporter this is the unincorporated part of miamidade county. Were in what is a Strip Mall essentially here, and the entire place is blocked off right now. We are on the edge of it. We can see there are some Law Enforcement there outside of the establishment, still working very hard. A lot of other vehicles here. A lot of First Responders came to the scene very quickly when this happened as we understand the shooting was just after midnight, outside what seems to be a lounge, where there was a scheduled concert. Police say two people have died and more than 20 are injured, and some of them were taken to area hospitals via First Responders, via ambulance. Some of them arrived at these hospitals themselves. At least one of the injured in critical condition. Heres the director of the Miamidade Police talking about this incident. This is a despicable act of Gun Violence, a cowardly act. This type of Gun Violence has to stop. Every weekend is the same thing. This is targeted, this is definitely not random. My condolences to the families and to the victims. Reporter and hes saying this is not random because what police are describing is a Nissan Path finder that rolled Up To the outside of this business and three people came out of it, started shooting indiscriminately at the crowd. Thats why theyre describing this as targeted. Of course, this is very preliminary in the investigation. Theyre going to need the publics help in giving them any sort of tips, and leads to Fiending Fi finding the people responsible for this. Natasha chen, thank you so much, we know this is something that happened overnight. We appreciate the update. Pivoting now to the Biden Agenda, the clock is clicking on President Bidens memorial Day Deadline for congress to sign off on his trillion dollar infrastructure plan. Hes allowing republicans time to present a Counter Offer but some are starting to question if Bidens Goal of bipartisanship is bogging him down. Tom perez is former Labor Secretary under President Obama and former chair of the Democratic National Committee and he joins us now live. Tom, thank you so much for spending part of your sunday with us. We appreciate it. Before we get to anything else, i want to get your reaction to the Voting Law texas lawmakers are expected to pass soon. Republicans say they want to defend the integrity of the vote. Whats your response . Its despicable. Look at what happened in texas in the last election. There was record turn krout, and actually, if they were being honest, there should be a bipartisan celebration of that turnout. Republicans won a number of congressional seats that i thought democrats were going to win. Why did they do that, because a lot of people turned out. You have a debate on the issues and make it as easy as possible for eligible people to vote. This is targeting black and brown people plain and simply. Ten years ago we had section five of the voting Rights Act. This proposal never would have seen the light of day because it is so blatantly illegal. Thats why we need to pass the reauthorization of the voting Rights Act. It is so important because georgia, texas, et cetera, they Cant Win in the marketplace of ideas, so theyre trying to suppress the vote plainly and simply. An easy transition to discussing the Biden Agenda because the voting Rights Act infrastructure, police reform, even the January 6th commission, they all appear to have been ham strung by this effort from the White House to have bipartisanship in crafting this legislation, and theres a feeling among some in the administration that history is repeating itself. I want to read you a quote from politico now. Under girding democrats worries are the lessons from former President Barack obamas first year, when republicans drew out the Negotiating Process around Health Care reform for months before voting against the president s Signature Bill and turning the legislation into a political cajole for the better part of a decade. As someone who served in that administration are you worried ma President Biden is squandering precious time courting republicans who ultimately will refuse to work with him . The president and his team moved very fast on the american rescue plan. That was passed roughly 50 days after he took office. He set the memorial Day Deadline for infrastructure. Youre not going to meet that deadline. What is clear is they understand time is the most precious commodity a president has, and as far as i can see, i dont think theyre going to give these negotiations more than a couple of weeks because the president understands and hes committed to trying to show the american people that he tried to reach across the aisle, but it takes two to tango, and when you Cant Muster 50 votes to understand the insurrection, im hard pressed to see how youre going to come to an agreement on an infrastructure bill. So i think youre going to have no more than a couple of weeks to try and resolve this infrastructure bill, and then frankly, i dont think theyre going to come to an agreement because republicans dont really want an agreement. Theyre not going to accept higher taxes, and we need to tax the wealthy and corporations who got the massive Tax Cut in 2017, and so i do think that in a couple of weeks democrats will go at it alone, and they will succeed. We will have an infrastructure b bill, and it will be a robust infrastructure bill, and we will have it in the near future. It wont be with any republican support, unfortunately. T thats my prediction. Im glad you mentioned taxes because i wanted to get in a question about the biden budget. He unveiled it on friday. Very ambitious, 6 Trillion in spending over the next fiscal year. Notably, it assumes that Tax Cuts passed under Donald Trump would expire in 2025. If that happens, it would break bidens promise, his Campaign Promise to not raise taxes on americans making less than 400,000 a year. Is there anything in the budget that worries you, whether its Ballooning Debt or the potential Tax Increase or anything else . What worries me most right now is that we still have millions and millions of people who are suffering. Weve got a long way to go. We have made tremendous progress in the first few months here of the biden harris administration, but you look at the unemployment numbers, and i look at those very closely every month, and we need many many months, we need actually another year and a half of muscular Job Growth just to get back to where we were prior to the pandemic. We want to do far better than that. We dont just want to be where we were in the beginning of 2020. So thats my biggest fear, and i think the biden Administration Budget reflects that. Weve got to continue to invest so that we can grow the economy and really build back better. Had many more questions for you. Unfortunately we got to leave it there. Tom perez, thank you so much for the time, sir. A pleasure. So were going to see something we havent seen in a while. 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Can you go back to your country, something like that, so we have to stand up and fight for our safety. Reporter 75yearold Mr. Ma has l has lived in the Bay Area for 23 years. In february, he recruited other seniors from his social club to patrol the neighborhood. Normally theyre a Family Association that, you know, kind of just get together for food and drinks and camaraderie, and you know, just kind of Playing Games and things like that. Probably 2 3 of the walkers are ladies in their 60s and early 70s. Reporter they started the Foot Patrol to keep watch around lunar new year celebrations, but because of the rise in reports of antiasian crimes, they decided to make the patrol a longterm Effort And Recruit members from outside their club. Like david won. I grew up in oakland. One of the things that was always good about oakland is its probably one of the largest diverse cities. My dad came in the mid40s. You know, my mom came over, you know, late 59 or early 60. For better or for worse, we were growing up, you know, basically, dont rock the boat. Put your head down. A lot of the violence that has happened has, you know, for the most part always gone, you know, unreported. Were kind of trained not to make too much noise about it. Reporter one study using Police Data from 16 u. S. Cities shows reports of antiasian crime in the first part of this year were up 164 from the same time last year, and researchers believe thats an under count of the crimes due to under reporting. Con flu. Reporter som some of it started with president trump. He may have given permission, but the feeling has been there for a while. When were confronted with moments of economic crisis or national crisis, i think theres an easy, sort of a knee jerk movement, you know, to blame someone, right, to blame a group. Reporter the group says they dont want to replace police. They just want to prevent crime. We try to, you know, just show our presence to try to make sure that the individuals that might be out there, you know, dont try to commit any crimes. If you see something, blow your whistle. If you hear your whistle, call 911. Reporter Community Watch groups like this are popping up in other cities too. We have nothing to do with the virus, and to see people attack, its just sad and shameful. Reporter in midmay, President Biden signed the Covid19 Hate crimes act which will expedite review of possible Hate Crimes during the pandemic. Its wrong. Its unamerican, and it must stop. Reporter for most americans, chinatown is a tourist site. But, you know, for chinese americans, for a long time chinatown has served as a site where you get social services, Health Care, the Food Items that youre used to. Its home. So when there is, you know, vandalism, when there is sort of a particular targeted krcrimes our community in that area, it feels like its an intrusion into our safe space. Im actually very, you know, proud of the community for setting up the poFoot Patrols. If you asked mr. Ma six months ago would he be repurposing his organization for this, he would say, you know, youre crazy, probably not, but people are doing what needs to be done. Thanks to law for that report. A new Cnn Film uncovers the hidden story of when the richest black neighborhood in america was ripped apart by a violent white mob in tulsa, oklahoma. Heres a preview of dreamland. My name is g. T. Bynum. Im the mayor of tulsa. I grew up in tulsa. My family has been here since the 1870s. My great great grandfather was the second mayor of tulsa. I heard about the massacre in 2001 or 02. I was 20 years old at this point. Every high School Student has to go through am oklahoma history course, never came up. My dad had been president of the tulsa historical society, never came up. Hearing about that, it was shocking to me because i love tulsa. 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Senior afghan intelligence officials tell Cnn Al Kqaeda ar getting Shelter And Support from the taliban in exchange for expertise and could be able to attack the west from there by The End of next year. U. S. Treasury in january said Al Qaeda was quote growing in strength here, but afghan intelligence officials say its more substantial than that, that Al Qaeda provide expertise like Bomb Making but also in finance, in moving cash around. Core Al Qaeda Members Number in their hundreds, most assessments conclude, but its not how many, but who which is most telling. Key, is senior Al Qaeda here on an fbi wanted poster issued in 2019. An Al Qaeda veteran, he was in on 9 11 before it happened, said afghan officials. El misri, over six years moved around to different provinces, in afghanistan, something that senior afghan intelligence officials say would only have been possible if he had the assistance of top taliban officials, but he was in october tracked down to here, a tiny taliban controlled village that we can only see on satellite images. Afghan Special Forces lost a Soldier Raiding this compound, so fierce with the taliban resistance, and elmisri died of injuries here. When they went through his possessions, his computer, they found messages communicating with other Al Qaeda cells around the world, talking about operational matters, not necessarily attacks but also about how soon afghanistan could be a much freer, easier space for them to operate in. Then something curious happened, revealing a lot about Al Qaeda and afghanistans global connections, particularly in this case to syria. There were two rare u. S. Strikes on Al Qaeda cells in syria. 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What make this is event a spectacle, the fans bring the Indy 500 and elevate it to one of the best events in all of the sports. There are fans standing outside of the garage waiting to get autographs. It is such a great sight. Everything that weve been through in the last year or so, it is a step in the right direction and looking forward to getting back to normal. Reporter 135,000 fans sounds like a lot. And it is. But it is only 40 capacity here at Indianapolis Motor speedway. Typically it hosted 350,000 fans between the grand stand and the infield. The infield is 253 acres and the oval, you could fit Yankee Stadium and the roman Coliseum And Churchill downs and the Rose Bowl and the Liberty Bowl and the Taj Mahal and all inside and still have room so fans should have plenty of open spaces. This race dates back to 1911 loaded with traditions. Because the parade was canceled they held the spectacle of homes. 800 local families decking out houses and yards, a month long celebration to welcome out of town visitors and also a chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity, the best 33 houses got a visit from one of the 33 drivers in todays race. What a cool moment for some of the families that must have been at Indianapolis Motor speedway already buzzing, 135,000 expected today and the green flag is expected to way at 12 45. Boris and christie, back to you. Anything exciting that youre looking out for specifically . Reporter the roar of the vehicles for one. It is something when youre in person you feel it in your chest. But honestly, boris, im looking forward to Hearing Roars of the crowd and an exciting day here at Indianapolis Motor speedway. Things are getting back to normal. It is been a long time. I cant get over the White House and the Vatican City could fit this there. That is a great illustration because i never would have known otherwise. They have glamping in the infield as well. Let me tell you, i could camp, coy. Youre going to be here next year, all of us. Thanks, have fun today. And thank you all so much for starting your Sunday Morning with us. Make good memories this weekend. Always a pleasure to be with you, christie, Phil Mattingly hosts Inside Politics in just a few minutes here on cnn. [truck horn blares] vo the subaru forester. Dog tested. Dog approved. From Prom Dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less theyll miss. But even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for Meningitis B. Although uncommon, Up To 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. Now as youre thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing Meningitis B vaccination. 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