To fans back in their seats, cheering together again. From families pressing hands against the window to grandparents hugging their grandchildren once again. We begin there with the president s optimism about the country s covid future, and the question of whether pandemic progress both on the public health and economic fronts will translate into any political momentum for the broader widen agenda. Bbqs and baseball with families and friends and fans made this extended holiday july 4th feel normal. The president telling a crowd outside the white house sunday the virus no longer controls our lives. But there are new warning signs in the pandemic data and in some polling numbers that suggest getting over the final covid hurdles will be a stubborn challenge. With me to show the reporting and insights, lauren fox, articlette signs and molly ball. There is no disputing thank you for sharing your holiday. I should say that up front. There s no disputing the numbers. Let s look at january 20t
Raising fears of a civil war. H here s president biden hours ago. I met with the afghanistan government in the white house. I think they have the capacity to be able to sustain the government. We know as many as 1,000 u. S. Troops will stay in kabul to protect the embassy. And since 2001, more than 2000 u. S. Service members have died in afghanistan. More than 20,000 wounded in action. Cnn ease anna corn is live in kabul for us. What is the latest reaction there to this threat of potential civil war and president biden s confidence that the afghan government is prepared to handle it? anna, unfortunately the people of afghanistan do not necessarily share his optimism. They do not believe that the government and the armed forces can protect them which is why we are seeing this mass exodus of afghans from this war ravaged country. They know what s coming. At least they fear what is coming which as you mentioned yshlg potential civil war, if not outright taliban rule. And we re seeing the
pride month. i m seeing rainbows everywhere, but the sky. let s talk about war. would you rather we do trans? all right. that is later in the show. war is a great topic. it s so great no one wants to talk about it. it is like bringing up 9/11 at a baby shower. yeah, that landed. that s proof. we re sending billions of dollars of weapons to ukraine, you wouldn t know it judging by the press. someone winds up with that issue prosecute. what if russia bombs a shipment? we can talk about that after world war iii. who is winning or loses and none of it makes sense. do we care? we love to talk about war, war on of po erty, war on drugs, not real world. it is half a world away, those people talk funny and the view never talks about it. i don t get to make fat jokes. 401(k), don t check until you cash it out. it is worth pointing out amidst silence, there are two men speaking up, saying the war has to end. the moment you say that, somebody will call you a putin puppet, to which you
it s part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. what would have become of my mother and those other protesters of a local journalist wasn t there telling the story? and now is no different. but thankfully, my mother s story was told she got to complete her degree of delta state and continued on the florida a and m and got another degree and then for the last 45 years, has worked at a historically black colleges and educator and administrator and . one of those many black colleges, they need a little bit more funny. you got a 20 on your joke. setting that down to one of the black colleges. uh to my mom. i said, thank you for everything you ve done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree. and to see an opportunity to grow, you know? my mother s journey may not have even begun, if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history and real time. and i don t know how to ever repay my mom for w
government is corrupt, elections are rigged and that people who hold different political views are bullies. up first, the investigations into the january 6th insurrection. the justice department asking a judge to reveal who is paying lawyers representing members of the oath keepers, and if that person is the former trump attorney and conspiracy peddler, sydney powell. the january 6th committee faces a will they or won t they moment? oronado attacking the credibility of what some of what hutchinson testified to earlier this week. specifically, he denies telling hutchinson that donald trump lunged for the steering wheel inside the presidential suv after being told on january 6th he could not go to the capitol and could not join the rioters. hutchinson stands by her committee, and the committee says they are they are deciding whether or not to bring him back under oath and in public. do they want to hash this out in public or see it as too risky. reporter: there s a lot of