Biden plans a big speech this week on Voting Rights. Is that enough . Democracy is under vigorous, vicious and sinister attack. Billionaires in space. Richard branson will make history when he launches into space about an hour from now. Im going to enjoy every second from the beginning to the end. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to Inside Politics sunday. With republicans advancing Voting Restrictions in states across the country, President Biden is facing intense pressure to act on the defining political issue of this year. On tuesday, he will give a speech on Voting Rights in Philippouf Philly to counter new State Laws that make it more difficult to vote and this week, Vice President Kamala Harris touted a 25 Million investment in the democrats Voter Registration and turnout efforts. Where the legislature is Hell Bent on making it difficult for us to vote, were going to have to start rallying now to think creativity about how we registe
Strategy. Comes less than a week after the Omicron Variant was first identified in south africa and on a day we learned what had been expected that omicron is here. We knew that it was just a matter of time before the first case of omicron would be detected in the United States. And as you know, we know, i have been saying it and my colleagues on the medical team and others have been saying it. We know what we need to do to protect people. Get vaccinated, if youre not already vaccinated. Get boosted. That first patient, a traveler from south africa, who is now in california is said to be isolated and experiencing mild symptoms. Dr. Fauci joins us in our next hour for a Special Cnn Covid town hall. Right now, i want to go to Cnns Kaitlan Collins with her new reporting there the white house. So what are the president and his team doing tonight in response to this firstknown case . Well, anderson, ever since South African Scientists last week told them they thought that this could be a mo
Right now, i want to go to Cnns Kaitlan Collins with her new reporting from the white house. So what are the president and his team doing tonight in response to this firstknown case . Well, anderson, ever since South African Scientists last week told them they thought that this could be a more concerning variant than some of the other ones that you have seen, the president and his team have basically been meeting nonstop. Whether thats within the agencies, people meeting and talking about how they are going to respond to this. Or the president meeting with his medical team directly. They have had hours on ends of meetings where he has been peppering them with questions about the data here, the timeline of when they are going to know more to those big questions, like how severe of disease this could cause or whether or not it evades vaccines because the president has been clear that he wants to know more. And of course, anderson, today it was the day that his medical team delivered him
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i don t agree with his i think it s outrageous. what i m calling for is for the israelis to call for a cease-fire. trace: breaking tonight, it sounds like president biden s ironclad support for israel is now at the melting point. after biden issues his biggest criticism yet of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s handling of the war on hamas, calling his approach outrageous and a mistake. and the timing of this widening rift could not be more problematic because iran is threatening a direct attack against israel as retaliation for a strike in syria that killed several iranian commanders. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with what president biden is saying now about his commitment to israel. good evening kevin. reporter: good evening trace. they say president biden wants to have it both ways but simply can t. keep in mind in the wars early moments, biden bout unflinching support for israel, even flying to tel aviv to publicly hug the pre