Tulsa, oklahoma. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all Around The World. We have reports this morning from dallas, jerusalem, miami, las vegas, tokyo and the White House. This is early start. Im laura jarrett. Jack with Christine Romans on set after 15 months. Back and vaccinated on the set, ready to go. Im Christine Romans. Its tuesday, june 1st, it is 5 00 a. M. In New York. We begin this morning with a move that is rocking the world of sports. Top Womens Tennis Star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open citing her Mental Health. Andy scholes joins us this morning. If Phil Mickelson or Rafael Nadal pulled out in the middle of a major or Grand Slam the earth would shake here. Tell us what happened with osaka. Naomi osaka said she never wanted to be a distraction to the French Open and she feels for her Mental Health the best thing is for her to withdraw from the tournament. Osaka won her Opening Match and spoke on the court afterwards but not with the media. The 24yearold has said last week she would not be speaking with the media during the tournament citing her Mental Health and the anxiety she gets from media sessions. Now, over the Weekend Osaka then was fined 15,000 for not speaking with the media and the four Grand Slam tournaments, the French Open, u. S. Open, australian opposed and wimbledon put out a joint statement saying osaka would face further consequences such as being kicked out of the tournaments for continuing not to speak with the media, the tournament citing the need for a fair Playing Field where all players have the same obligations. After that osaka withdrew from the French Open. She revealed after winning the 2018 french u. S. Open shes dealt with depression, doesnt like public speaking and was feeling vulnerable and anxious since arriving in paris. Osaka added when the time is right i want to work with the tour to discuss ways we can make things better for the players, press and fans. The president of the french Tennis Federation called osakas withdraw unfortunate and wished her the best but he did not take any questions. After her first Round Win last night Serena Williams reacted to osakas withdrawal. I feel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what its like. Like i said, ive been this those positions. We have different personalities and people are different, not everyone is the same. Im thick, you know, other people are thin, so everyone is different and everyone handles things differently. So, you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to in the best way that she thinks she can and thats the only thing i can say. I think shes doing the best that she can. Osaka was the highest paid female athlete in the world, said in that lengthy post that her original message could have been clearer and her timing may not have been ideal, but many think this could have been handled much better, christine, and not ended with osaka feeling the need that she would have to withdraw from this tournament. What a great talent. Shows you the physical and mental aspect of this sport and just the pressure under at that level. Andy scholes, thank you so much. All right. A revolt by texas democrats is ramping up the pressure on congress and the White House to take action on voting rights. A bill that was blocked in the Texas House just the latest example of the Gops Attempt to build on donald trumps lies about Election Fraud. But this isnt about 2020, their goal is to make it harder to vote in 2022 and 2024 and beyond. 47 states have introduced laws rolling back voting rights, 14 have already passed at least one. Democracy itself is in peril. Here at home and Around The World. What we do now what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. The Texas Bill would make it harder to vote by mail, it would ban after hours and Drivethru Voting that helped black and latino voters in the houston area. It also makes it easier for courts to overturn an election. Walking out last night here is the equivalent to us being on our knees begging the president and the united States Government to come up with a federal response. Believe give us a for the people act, please give us a john lewis act, please give us a federal response when it comes to elections in america. Many democrats are questioning how long Joe Biden can pursue deals with an opposition party. This walkout by texas democrats underscores how this deadlock in washington is making it easier for republicans to act on donald trumps Election Fraud lies to stack the deck in future elections. Now the Texas Governor is ready to take further action to get this Voting Bill passed in a special session. Democrats are quick to point out he never called Special Sessions over those deadly Power Outages last Winter Or Hurricane harvey or a series of shootings in his state. Ed lachb dare are is on the ground for us in dallas. Reporter while texas democrats were able to stop at least for now the Voting Bill that they describe as one of the most restrictive bills in the country, now all eyes are on the governor in the state of texas who says the Voting Bill issue is not dead yet, he will put it on the agenda of a special session, but its not clear when the governor is going to call texas lawmakers back to austin to carry out that special session. So the timing of all of this is very much up in the air. Democrats have been celebrating the blockage of that Voting Bill. It happened on Sunday Night in a late Night Maneuver where democrats essentially walked out of the State Capitol and there werent enough members on the House Floor to conduct business before a Midnight Deadline and because of that the bill died during this legislative session, but the governor of texas is vowing to bring this issue up once again. We delayed a Bullet Train to suppression, to voter suppression, and it was important to delay it so that we can shine sunlight on what this leadership is doing. So, yeah, inevitably we are going into a special suppression session, but everyone will see them do this in the daylight. Democratic voters and republican voters. Reporter again, its important to repeat here that republicans just dominate every chamber of government here in texas so it will be very difficult for democrats to stop this bill once again, but right now the focus is on exactly when the timing of this bill will be brought back for lawmakers to resume a debate. 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In Krakt Cal terms that should mean we should see the leader of the opposition going to President Rivlin between now and the deadline which is Midnight Tomorrow israel time and saying that, yes, he can get a coalition over the line. After that the speaker of the knesset will have Up To one week in which to call a vote and if more than half of lawmakers approve that government will come into being and the end of Benjamin Netanyahus era in charge will come to an end. The speaker is an ally of netanyahu and he could well take the maximum amount of time possible to try to allow for any possibility that that incipient Coalition Government doesnt come into being. This is a done deal but if it happens how does this change or not change things regionally . A lot of balls in the air including with iran of course. Reporter i think, look, on the iran front we were hearing from Benny Gantz the Defense Minister who would be a part of this Governing Coalition he spoke with members of the foreign press and maintained that the iran deal was a bad deal, that there needs to be more pressure on iran, more access to nuclear facilities and the like to make this deal a good one. I dont think there will be much disagreement among the potential coalition on that count. Like wise, with the Abraham Accords which saw israel sign peace agreements with a number of arab countries as well. They are just going to probably ignore the issues that divide them so dont expect progress on the palestinians, dont expect much Change Visavis settlements, neither more settlements or freezing settlements. 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It now sounds like Michael Flynn is advocating a bloody overthrow of the government he swore to protect. Flynn made the comments in an event attended by prominent peddlers of the collective delusion known as qanon. Qanon believers cast former President Trump as the hero in a fight against a satanic cult of democratic politicians and celebrities operating a Child Sex Trafficking ring. Im not making this up. It Sounds Nuts but this theory features this anonymous Government Insider called q who reportedly shares secret information about that fight, via crypt testify online posts. Sounds nuts but these ideas take root in american Culture And Spread in places friends and families go, churches, diners and spreading like crazy online. Donie osullivan reports for us. Reporter speaking at a conference attended by many believers in the Conspiracy Qanon over the weekend trumps former national Security Adviser appeared to endorse the idea of a coup in the United States. Have a listen. Trump won. He won. I want to know why what happened in Myanmar Cant happen he here. No reason. I mean, it should happen here. No reason. Thats right. Reporter now, flynn came out on monday saying that his words had been misinterpreted and that he was not actually calling for a coup, but across qanons Social Media this has been something that has been discussed for many months essentially since trump left office. There are some trump supporters, some qanon believers, who want to see trump reinstated aS President through a coup like The One in myanmar. Have a listen to some trump supporters i spoke to back this february. This whole thing with biden is just he is like a puppet president. The military is in charge, its going to be like myanmar, whats happens in myanmar, the military is doing their own investigation at the right time theyre going to be restoring the republic with trump aS President. Reporter of course, that is bizarre, chilling and frankly surreal to hear americans there talking about wanting to see a coup in the United States of america, but it just underlines how corrosive and potentially dangerous all of this talk about election conspiracies and the Big Lie is and continues to be. Christine and laura. Donie, thank you for your great work on this subject. It always surprises me sometimes the people who really believe this stuff. A major Hat Manufacturers are cutting ties with that Nashville Hat Shop owner, that woman selling yellow stars that said not vaccinated. The English Brand kangel says we feel strongly to give Hat Works Nashville the chance to change, however, the Shop Owner is not sincere in her apology. Three other hat makers, stetson, Tula Hats and gorin brothers have said they will stop doing business with hat works. Demonstrators gathered at the Nashville Store to protest what you are about to see. 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They are in one door and out the other and shooting other people. Unless the american people speak out it will be a hot bloody summer and we can thank elected officials for that. Police are making progress that that florida investigation. Leyla santiago reports from florida for us. Reporter a key piece of evidence discovered, investigators found the suv the suspects drove to the Banquet Hall where the shooting occurred. This comes as we learn more about what led Up To that shooting. Let me go ahead and show you the video, the Surveillance Video that walks you through it. A Nissan Pathfinder is seen arriving, three armed individuals get out and condition seconds they are running back. Thats just all it took was just seconds for lives to be forever changed and what you cant see in this video is that this was a pretty young crowd. Victims many of them in their 20s, one as young as 17 attending a private convert. Investigators say this was targeted and it stemmed from an ongoing rivalry between two groups. They even confirmed some sort of back and forth on Social Media was a factor here. They fear further retaliation. We have to get to these people and make this stop. This indiscriminate shooting into a crowd because somebody they want to target may be there, obviously is just a cowardly heinous act. People who would have the nerve, the audacity to shoot down a group of people in the community dont deserve to be in our community. They dont deserve to have freedom. They deserve to have the weight of the Justice System of the United States of america brought down upon them. Reporter you know, it wasnt just city Leaders E pressing frustration, the father of 26yearold Clayton Dylan iii interrupted the Press Conference clearly distraught over the loss of his son in that shooting. A reward now totaling 130,000 for any information leading to the arrest of those responsible. Christine, laura . Leyla, thank you for that report. The reward to find the killer in a suspected California Road Rage shooting is now more than 400,000. Sixyearold Aiden Leos was fatally shot as his mother was driving him to kindergarten. According to the California Highway at that troll the Suspects Vehicle appears to be a 2018 or 2019 model white volkswagen Sports Wagon with nontinted windows. A woman was driving with a male passenger. Its not clear which one was shooter. Lets get a check on Cnn Business it tuesday morning. Looking at markets Around The World to start a new Trading Month you can see gains in European Shares and mixed performance in asia. On Wall Street Stock index futures leaning up a little bit here. Blue chips are up now four months in a row despite inflation worries, stocks rose again in may. The dow was up nearly 13 this year, the S P 500 up 12 , the nasdaq is up 7 year to date. Solid evidence of a sustained economic recovery. 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When i go through these steps i also want people to recognize that this fits in line with the White Houses Guiding Ethos that they want to center Race And Equity in the middle of all of their major economic proposals. So today in tulsa President Biden will announce that the White House will use federal Purchasing Power to grow federal contracting with small disadvantaged businesses by 50 , which the White House says will translate to an additional 100 Billion over five years. The administrations jobS Package that americans jobS Plan they will spend 10 Billion from the Community Revitalization Fund to support civic infrastructure projects. 15 Billion will go to competitive grants targeted to neighborhoods where people have been cut off from jobs, schools and businesses because of previous Transportation Investments and it will also invest 31 Billion to support minorityowned small businesses. Now, these efforts are aimed to really help communities like Greenwood Community in tulsa, The One that was coined black Wall Street because it had its own functioning black banks, black restaurants, black hotels, sin nas, you name it and that was destroyed 100 years ago by that white mob. These actions the president takes will help communities like that propped up all over ought country. Notably absent, laura, is anything to do with canceling Student Debt loans. What many organizations say would be one of the most profound ways to really close that black and white racial Wealth Gap. Today in just a few hours we will see President Biden on his way to tulsa where he will visit the greenwood cultural Center And Visit with surviving members. Certainly an issue that he has tangled with progressives over white a bit. So itS Probably a Safe Bet most College Graduates dont remember their Commencement Ceremony but if this happened i bet you would. 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Blake, what, some 52 left to go here, whats the plan . Reporter time is ticking, laura. Assuming that the games do happen and the jury is still out we know there will be no foreign spectators allowed to attend the olympics but according to local media citing an unnamed source olympic organizers could allow local spectators into venues with proof of a negative pcr test. Olympic organizers maintain that the official decision on spectators will be made sometime in june and that at this time no concrete measures have been decided. If local spectators are allowed they could have the chance to watch the Softball Team from australia compete. Other than the the South Sudanese Track And Field team who have been here in japan since before the pandemic began, the aussie spirit as theyre known is the first international team to arrive in japan in preparation for the olympics, further sending the message that these olympic games will go ahead just as the ioc and japanese government have been saying for months. While the team from australia has been fully vaccinated, starting today the Vaccine Rollout for japanese athletes officially got under way. The japan Olympic Committee officials say 200 athletes received their first dose of the pfizer vaccine. As for the general population currently only medical workers and people over the age of 65 are eligible to be vaccinated but in an effort to reduce the burden on local Government And Speed up japanS Painfully slow vaccination program, later this Month Vaccinations will start being offered at workplaces and universities, but as of today, laura, still only about 2. 5 of japanS Population has been fully vaccinated. Wow. Still just at 2. Thats incredible. Blake, thanks so much. All right. The earth is set for a close encounter today. A huge asteroid expected to wiz past and this is close by astronomical standards. 4. 5 million miles. This asteroid is about 600 feet across, thats the size of seattles space needle. Theyve come even closer and recently another one passed just 12,000 Miles Away in april. A bigger asteroids have changed the course of life on earth like The One the scientists say wiped out the dinosaurs 66 Million years ago. Not forecast in this case, but still its going to wiz pretty close. All right. A sevenyearold boy in florida being called a hero after swimming for an hour to save his stranded family. He was with his father and fouryearold sister in the Familys Boat when they anchored on a river to swim but suddenly things turned. The current was so strong that my sister she usually hangs out at the back of the boat and she let go. So i let go of the body and i grabbed her. His father jumped in to help and told chase to swim to shore. An hour later floating on his Back And Doggie paddling to conserve energy he reached shore and ran to the nearest house for help. How did you get so good at being in the water and dealing with those kind of situations . I have no idea. Were here by the grace of god were here. I love that. I have no idea. First responders managed to rescue chases Dad And Sister who had drifted more than a mile and a half from their boat. That is good news for sure. For the fifth time in less than a Week Fan Behavior overshadowing the nba playoffs. Andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. Were still only in the first round but so far we have had a Fan Throw Popcorn on russell westbrook, throw a Water Bottle at Kyrie Irving and spit at trae young. Now we had a Fan Running on the court during the Wizards Game last night. You can see the fan full sprint out of the stand and hes going to run over to slap the backboard. He was then quickly tackled by capitol one Arena Security and removed from the arena. The Wizards Ownership Group releasing a statement saying the fan will be banned from the arena and charges are being pursued with police. Players and coaches want all of this nonsense to stop. Theres great fans in boston and New York and philly and d. C. , in utah, but theres some that need to just know, do you know what, stay home. Your thinking is barbaric. Stay home. We dont need you. We dont need your dollars. Just stay home. 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Pillar suffered multiple nasal fractures when he got hit with that ball and he is going to wear a facemask in the field and while running the bases for the next four to six weeks. You see the fans and teammates cheering him on. His teammates call him a warrior after the game and thats certainly what he is because, wow, coming back two weeks after that is rather impressive. Andy, nice to see you this morning. Thank you. All right. Finally this morning, the beacon is back. Phish Guitar List Trey anastisoi will play two shows at the Beacon Theater this month. They will be the first full capacity shows since the pandemic began. Concertgoers will need to be fully vaccinated. He performed an eight Week Residency at an empty beacon last fall with proceeds going to charity. Whats your favorite Phish Song . Yeah, no. Thats a no. Im not even going to try to Front Line that. Thanks for joining us this morning, everybody, from the set Im Christine romans. Im laura jarrett. New day is next. 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