Election law that would install some of the most rigid voting restrictions in the Country And Cement the state as one of the hardest in which to cast a ballot. Democrats in the Texas House of representatives walked out before a midnight voting deadline, which denied republicans the quorum that they needed to vote on the legislation. The republican governor of texas, greg abbott, who is up for reelection next year, has said he will call a special session to get the bill passed. The legislation democrats blocked, Senate Bill 7, would add new restrictions on absentee voting, give more authority to partisan poll watchers, ban early voting on Sunday Mornings, which is when many black churches encourage souls to the polls immediately after Sunday Morning services. The bill would also reduce evidence requirements for overturning an election, Ban Drivethru Voting and ban 24voting, which was used for the first time in 2020 in harris county, home to a growing number of democratic vote. After tex
right on the scene. boris sanchez and pete munteen are here with the latest and another tragic day at the capitol just months after another officer was killed there. what are you learning about officer william evans who died yesterday? yes, fred. officer evans was known as billy and 18-year member of the force and well known to lawmakers and staff and members of the press as well. he was revered as all-around good guy and father as well. some of those closest to officer evans shared the grief with cnn and this is some of what they said. it is, you know, incredibly sad and just surreal, you know, to know that billy died, you know, serving our country, and doing something that he loved so much. above all, he just loved life and he loved being a dad, and he loved to be a part of the u.s. capitol police. it is surreal to know that i just literally talked to him and shared a laugh a couple of days ago and now he is gone. it is shock ever since and it is fighting back tears a
who investigated president biden s mishandling of classified documents, a man named robert hur is grilled by house members on the capitol. concluding nothing president biden did was worthy of prosecution, but that did not stop republicans in congress from making a four-hour circus out of mr. hur s testimony today. that s because today s hearing wasn t actually about matters of law. it was about scoring political points. the only reason joe biden accidently taking classified documents with him when he left office, and the only reason that matters at all is because donald trump woefully, willfully, purposely took documents with him when he left office and then tried to obstruct justice to cover it o all up. these two cases are not the same, but just don t take my word for that. here is special counsel hur reading from his own rt on the matter. unlike the evidence involving mr. biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of mr. trump if proven would present serious alig
is. any given moment gaffes, literal, physical, fools and other embarrassing moments have plagued joe biden forlause] more than half of the women in my administration are women . oh, we ll talk about the strength of the dollar right now. all pretty toe curling, as we might say, across the pond.curln it does seem, though, that biden s party may have finally had enoughy ha top democrats are having quiet conversations on the sidelines on who could replace him on the democratic ticket. that s according to a stunning new reporon who could cnn sources have toldce the network that the physically demanding campaign trail c will only accentuate biden s age to voterll s. president also lags in fundraising, his campaign often raising just a few hundred a few thousand dollars from grassroots emailews. when president biden announced his third run for the presidency, he promisethirdd would be a bridge to the next generation of democrats. but now, according to many of these operatives who
and around the world. just ahead on scnn newsroom former president trump was indicted thursday night in the special counsel investigation into the allegeds mishandling of classified documents. it is kind of scary out here. the orange begins to di disperse, there is a bit of wind in the atmosphere to try to push this around and not make it so conce concentrated. i m fortunate to enjoy a close relationship with president biden and we just happen to have seen each other quite a lot. that is not always the case with busy leaders. it also friday, june 9, 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta and in washington, d.c. where the u.s. j justice department indicted former president trump. trump faces seven counts including violations of the espionage act, conspiracy, obstruction and making false statements related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left the white house. fbi agents seized about 100 documents. prosecutors claim documents were likely concealed or r