Connection beginning with the gops nonstop attacks on our democracy. Unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on January 6th, dont be fooled. Today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. Theyre still happening but theyre unfolding in slow motion. This time not only through violence but through policy as well. Now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. Thats according to the brennan center for justice. Its not just bills. Gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the states 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. And in texas republicans nearly passed Senate Bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any Election Result based on Nothing But Hearsay from partisan pole watchers. It does other awful things too. Democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bill by literally walk
fight for higher wages for workers. thanks for being here, everyone. big developments and growing fears that europe is closer to the brink of war. this morning, the state department is reducing personnel at the u.s. embassy in kyiv, ukraine, starting with the departure of non-essential staff and family members. nato allies sending additional ships and fighters, a move kremlin is slamming as hysteria. president biden is considering deploying several thousand u.s. troops to the region to mark a major escalation from him. secretary of state tony blinken now is also warning that if a single russian unit enters ukraine, it would trigger a swift, severe and united response from the u.s. and europe. we have every angle covered on this rapidly developing story with reporters in ukraine, russia, and washington at this hour. let s begin with cnn s matthew chance in kyiv. matthew, what is the latest there? reporter: the latest, kate, it s been quite a strong reaction from the ukrain
not only that, he s been criminally indicted twice so far, he could face multiple trials in between campaign stops during primary season next year. essentially, on top of all of that, he appears to remain in control of the narrative and the eject cherie of this race. take for example the ways that those have responded to the criminal indictment last month, and how those responsive has a vault in the weeks since. have a promissory quickly made a pledge to pardon trump. tim scott said that the indictment is, quote, a serious case, but with serious allegations. at the same time, he condemned president biden and the justice department, alleging that they were targeting and hunting republicans. more interesting is how the talking points of a vote for trump s own former vice president, mike pence. shortly after the public learned about the indictment, pence said that he was, quote, deeply troubled but that no one is above the law. then, after the indictment was unsealed, he told cn
in philadelphia police say a heavily armed gunman wearing body armor went on a shooting rampage through the city streets. five people killed, two children included, including a 2-year-old toddler. investigators say the suspect had an ar-15 style rifle, handgun, police scanner and multiple magazines of ammo packed in his body armor when police officers arrested him in an alley. now, the hunt is still on for suspects in baltimore after two people were killed and 28 wounded during a block party. we have team coverage on all the latest developments and the former police chief charles ramsey is standing by. first, we start with danny freeman in philadelphia. danny, what more have you learned about the suspect there? reporter: well, we still have a number of questions about the suspect, especially the question of why this suspect decided to open fire. a residential community in southwest philadelphia yesterday evening. what we know is that the suspect is in his 40s, was taken i
politicsnation. today from essence festival in new orleans. tonight s lead, justice not served. less than a week after the nation marked the first anniversary of roe s reversal, our conservative majority supreme court handed down a series of regressive decisions. collectively ruling against young and vulnerable people in a diversifying nation. on affirmative action, decades of transformative tools for underrepresented, specifically black kids seeking a higher education. the court left them to their own devices. on president biden s plan to apply a modest relief to suffering student borrowers, the court ruled that the administration had overstepped its bounds. and on lgbtq rights, the court insisted that the right to deny business on religious grounds can be protected as freedom of speech. president biden yesterday after days of responding to these judicial attacks on social progress, laid the blame for this week s decision at the feet of conservative lawmakers and the justice