Redouble their efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, new cnn reporting this morning on exactly what that renewed push evntails. And it became a Rallying Cry in the wake of the murder of george floyd. Why cities across the country are now refunding the police after initially slashing hair bu their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Ir their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning to you on this saturday. Im christi paul. And im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. And we begin this hour cuing up the sound track to the unofficial start of summer. Americans On The Road again going places they havent been in a while. And whether it is the beach or a barbecue, both sounding great, and the cdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you are fully protected. Memorial Day Weekend is the first major holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks, stop social distancing. We all know states have since relaxed their restrictions and well see what imp
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 Top Womens Tennis Star Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open citing her Mental Health.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
What that can mean for Benjamin Netanyahus political future. And then heading to japan, a country under a State Of Emergency due to covid19. Well look in store for the athletes once they get there. Flash point over voting rights in the u. S. State of texas, and we have seen dramatic developments unfold there in the past few hours. Just a short time ago the Texas Legislature failed to pass a sweeping measure of voting restrictions, a Bill President biden has called wrong and unamerican. The measure would ban unsolicited mail in ballot applications overnight, and it bans drivethrough voting, and they were racing against a Midnight Deadline to get approval, and the republicans were left without the minimum numbers to vote, and the governor will start a Special Session to restart the process, and it was said the legislature was trying to restore confidence in the election process. Now, we can debate how much fraud occurred in the last election and democrats who have claimed fraud happened
Fight. An uproar in brazil. Tens of thousands of protesters calling for the impeachment of President Bolsonaro for how he has handled the pandemic. Good to have you with us. A Battle Over Voting Rights in the u. S. Is being waged in texas with a dramatic pause in the fight just a few hours ago. Texas democrats foiled a sweeping republican measure for now, at least. The bill would Ban Unso listitted mailin ballots, and expands access to partisan poll watchers. Republic republicans in the Texas House were up against a midnight approval, and democrats walked off the floor leaving them without the minimum number of members to vote. The governor has indicated he will call a special session to restart the process. When this bill came to the floor we thought we would be able to have a real serious conversation, a real conversation, because this bill affects every person in texas, including republicans. We were told time and time again by the Secretary Of State our elections were safe and secu
U. S. Voting laws, theres been a dra dramatic late Night Turn of events in texas. The governor is making it clear the legislative fight is far from over. A source tells Cnn House democrats received a text that read, take your key and leave the chamber discreetly. Adopt go to the gallery. Leave the building. Thats what they did. Walking out and leaving republicans without the required number of lawmakers to cast an official vote. Thats all it took to effectively block passage of the bill that would make sweeping changes to the states voting laws. A measure would have curbed in mail in applications and banned overnight, Sunday Morning, and drive through voting. It would have expanded access for partisan Poll Watchers and made it easier for judges to overturn election results. Texas already has some of the most restrictive election laws in the country and democrats say this was just the latest attempt at voter suppression. We used all the tools in our toolbox to fight this. Tonight we pul