Its a Big Day. This afternoon an important speech from the president On Voting Rights and texas democrats catch a plane out of austin. They are running away to block a republican effort there to limit the ways people can vote. Plus new covid cases are climbing again. The Surgeon General says its possible well need covid Booster Shots but no change in the Vaccine Guidelines for now. And protests in Cuba Saddle the biden administration with another big Foreign Policy puzzle. Can the White House do anything as the cuban regime moves to crack down on demonstrations. First, Voting Rights. Theres no disputing the urgency of the issue. Whether the president can do much to turn the tide is a giant question. Texas is the latest battle ground. Dozens of democrats fled the state coming to d. C. In an effort to block legislative action in austin. The Texas Drama backs up the president s complaint. Republicans in state after state are taking steps to make it hard tore vote. But it also highlights a
The summer. All of this as the agency maintains they have made big changes. Tonight roughly a dozen newly released videos show rioters vicious attacks on police. In one Video Rioters are heard chanting our house. In another, a man in a Protrump Hat fights with Law Enforcement. And this footage captures the moment a rioter stole a Badge And Video from a d. C. Police officer. Six months later, Capitol Police say the agency is changing to adapt to the tHreat landscape. They purchased new equipment, offer new Training And Share intelligence with officers, something absent before rioters attacked the capitol. But officers tell Cnn Dayre worried the Changes Amount to marginal differences and feel theyre no better prepared today than early january. Since the insurrection, at least 75 officers have resigned. Providing security is done by people. Those officers have to be rested, trained, sharp with good information and wellled. When moral is bad, that makes it more difficult. Terry gainer is a
The withdrawal is moving at light speed. And so the taliban. Plus today a strong jobs report. 850,000 new hires. A big boom in hospitality. The Biden Economy Making Strides in repairing the pandemic jobs damage. And Brand New Cnn Reporting raises huge questions about the company some republicans keep. Photos and videos capture a January 6th Capital Rioter tagging along with republican house lawmakers on a trip to the border. And we begin right there with that new and important reporting from Cnns Team that just speaks volumes about the direction of todays republican party. A conservative Youtube Personality who took part in the riot at the capitol traveled with a group of House Republicans to the u. S. Mexico Border. If that isnt shocking enough, the republican members traveling to the border were skipping a House Vote In Washington that very day on creating a select Congressional Committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection. Our Cnn Editor of the kfile joins us now with this
Crime is an issue as a messy democratic primary ends with accusations and name calling. And rising prices, workers want to stay home, entire industries without customers. The economy emerging from 15 plus months of Pandemic Shock and it looks very, very different. We begin this hour with todays big Test Vote in the united States Senate. Voting rights is a critical piece of the biden and democratic party agenda. Even more so now that republicans from Coast To coast are moving to make it harder to vote. Todays attempt to win 60 votes to open a Voting Rights debate is a big deal on its own. Its an even bigger deal, because so much of the agenda is depending on the Senates Math and the senates mood. Lets get to manu ra ju. Democrats believe theyre going to lose the vote. They hope to keep 50 together, but even in the final hours, thats a question. Reporter no question about it. They hope to have unity, but yes, there is still the question where is Senator Joe Manchin who has long been the
thank you so much for joining me tonight. cnn primetime starts right now. hi, abbie. good evening, everyone. i m abbie phillip. thank you for joining me. this morning hunter biden woke up thinking he had a plea deal. tonight not only is he without one, but he is still under active investigation. now the president s son had expected to plead guilty to tax and gun possession charges after making a deal with the justice department. but the judge today raised some concerns about the deal, calling it unusual and tangled. in fact, at one point, she asked is it even constitutional? how prosecutors and biden s lawyers fought back and forth and eventually he changed his plea when the judge said she could neither accept nor deny the deal in its current form. so now ahead of his father s re-election run, no less, the politics just got messier. it is giving republicans a new reason to keep pounding on their investigations and to cry foul over the alleged sweetheart deal that the pres