It is wednesday, june 2nd. It is 5 00 a. M. In new york. Good morning, everyone. President biden starting to pull off the gloves, slowly but forcefully. He is beginning to push forward on several fronts where his restraint until now has frustrated his party, racial inequity, infrastructure, arctic drilling, the remain in it mexico policy. All in just the last few days. And, of course, Voting Rights. Sfwh at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary on a white mob Massacres Hundreds of residents in tulsa, biden said he is tapping Kamala Harris to lead the fight against republican efforts to make it harder to vote. The president vowed to fight like heck to protect voting from gop assault. This second right is under assault with incredible intensity even though i got started as a public defender and civil rights lawyer. With an Intensity And Aggressiveness that we have not seen in a long, long time. It simply unamerican. Democrats fear bidens low key approach on voting thus far puts fa
Welcome to the lead, everyone. Im jake tapper. We begin with our Health Load and President Biden coming before the cameras this afternoon to real the nation to engage in a, quote, all of america sprint. The president wants to get 70 of u. S. Adults at least one Covid Vaccine shot by the Fourth Of July. That number, according to the cdc, currently stands at nearly 63 . I promised you wed marshall a wartime effort to defeAt This virus and thats just what were doing. The more people we get vaccinated, the more success were going to have in our fight against this virus. Now part of bidens new plan includes free Child Care for those getting vaccinated, extended hours at pharmacies, free rides to vaccination sites, and a national educational Push Touring throughout the south and midwest. So far just 12 of 50 states have met bidens goal, mostly on the east coast, but what is most important from a scientific perspective is the share of people, not just adults, who are fully vaccinated, and tha
They smear and try to clear. Weve seen this through Justice Department by Donald Trump, whether it was the reason he was impeached for trying to go after Vice President biden at the time, or just other efforts you this the mueller investigation. I support Chairman Schiffs call for an Inspector General report. To not only this conduct but other conduct corrupt by Donald Trump and those who work for him. Also a group of bipartisan ten senators announcing they have reached an agreement on an infrastructure deal. The White House wants to take a look at i. And President Joe Biden meet with key allies at the G7 Meeting ahead of his crucial summit next week with russian president vladimir putin. So theres a lot to get to. I want to get to this bombshell Breaking News with Ow Two senior legal analysts, laura coates, both former federal prosecutors. Good evening, boy, oh, boy, here we go. This is what cnn is learning. That the fbi sought meta data on more than 100 accounts, one request for data
So heres our Breaking News. The Trump Justice Department seized records from apple for data from the accounts of democrats on the house intel committee, including congressman Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell. As prosecutors investigated leaks of classified information. I spoke with Congressman Swalwell just a few minutes ago. I was notifnotified, don, bye that they did seize my records. Its wrong. This is what they do. They smear and they try and clear. Weve seen this through the Justice Department by Donald Trump, whether it was the reason he was impeached for trying to go after Vice President biden at the time or just other efforts, you know, through the mueller investigation. And i support chairman schiffs call for an Inspector General report into not only this conduct but other conduct that was corrupt by Donald Trump and those who worked for him. Also tonight, a big development on capitol hill. A bipartisan group of ten senators announcing they have reached an agreement on an infrast
The brave men and women of the u. S. Cp protected you, the members. Those are the words of an anonymous Capitol Police Officer expressing profound disappointment with republican leadership for opposing an independent probe that would get to the bottom of happened on january 6th. At least 140 Police Officers were hurt that day, two later died, yet 175 republicans targeted themselves are looking the other way. Despite broad Gop Opposition the measure to form the commission passed In The House, 35 republicans voted in favor. Here is one of them. If it had not been for the brave capitol and metropolitan policemen and women that day, who knows how many of our heads would have been swinging on those gallows that were constructed on the east front of the capitol. The fbi releasing two new videos showing violent assaults on police by the capitol rioters. Now the senate will have to graham with this question, was the extraordinary violence and a near overthrow of the government enough to merit