spending. how will the president agend hit the wallet? we will talk to kaylee and congressman of florida, that s all ahead. a very busy day. it is. we begin first with house lawmakers now introducing two bipartisan bills that aim to hold china accountable for its role in the pandemic for the legislation would example shoul commission to investigate how this pandemic started and how families of victims to sue beijing. hello, and welcome to i m sandr smith here in new york. and this is america reports. i am in for john roberts fro los angeles, the bill has come is house republicans on the judiciary and oversight committee wants her own investigation into an nih grant that reportedly used taxpayer money to fund the institute of neurology studies on that coronavirus is. there are concerns over how tha chinese lab could be the source of that and eventually spread around the globe. congressman dan crenshaw callin out china s lack of cooperation and transparency earlier on
plus, a father on trial, cross-examining the son, that he s accused of trying to kill. we have some surreal scenes in court to share with you. and another sign things are slowly returning to normal. much of europe is rolling out a welcome mat for u.s. travelers. and speaking of getting things back to normal, some gremlins still to shake loose in our system. good morning, amara, it is saturday, june 19th. the very first juneteenth, national independence, now a national holiday. thanks for starting your day with us. sorry about the gremlins. i thought my coffee was working on this one. apparently i snoozed. my isb was out of my here. good morning. we start with images that lawmakers are trying to downplay and trying to distract you from. from january 6th by a mob stirred into a frenzy by the former president and his lies about the last election. even some parrot lies. it s important that you watch this and judge this footage with your own eyes. the latest clip shows
the world part one . from the garbage of the rich, apple cores. rats, rats, rats for dead. perfect for rat stew, rat pie, and the ever popular, ratatouille. nothing. nothing. i got absolutely nothing for sale. all right, kudos to our producer for that. that is comedy. it s hilarious. but the reality is serious. politicians are not voting for money to fix your roads and bridges or make corporations pay taxes or help for child care or make it easier to vote, reform the police. the stuff that politics actually can do, they are using the power they have now to try to make it so you can t vote to replace them with politicians you prefer. if you re not of the party, you basically won t count anymore. even if you do vote, so what? we don t have to recognize that. we will throw that out. the power belongs to us and it will always belong to us. and don t take my word for it. listen to the number two republican john thume, the worst assault on the capitol since the war of 2812,
deceptive tactics to secure a controversial interview with princess diana. her sons are speaking out. lawmakers on capitol hill are engaged a full-fledged mask-off. nanci pelosi ignores cdc guidance and sticking to her full mask mandate even for the fully vaccinated members. chris rock goes on offense against cancel culture calling it for unfunny and boring content. let s begin with the five-hour-old cease-fire in the middle east. the white house correspondent is tracking all the very latest and how the last 11 days of fighting strained u.s./israeli relationship. good evening, kevin. evening, shannon. this was quite the collaborative effort. at least for now, it appears to have have had a desired effect. the u.s. along with egypt and qatar and european nations are trying to get netanyahu to end the military campaigns. the white house chimed in as well. the temporary halt in hostilities hasn t eased tensions abroad to say nothing of tensions right here at home. i believe
you have now a total of 28 points. a 24 year old student from glasgow becomes the youngest ever winner of mastermind since the show started in 1972. he was really chuffed! borisjohnson will chair a cabinet meeting later as he attempts to shift the focus from a series of claims and questions over his conduct. among them is an accusation he said he would rather see bodies pile high than approve a third lockdown. mrjohnson and no 10 deny he said that, the prime minister described multiple reports as total rubbish . borisjohnson is also facing mounting pressure over the redecoration of his downing street flat. downing street refused to say whether mrjohnson received a loan from the conservative party to pay for renovations, but said any gifts or benefits would be declared in the ministerial transparency registers. the latest claims come after a bitter row between the prime minister and his former adviser, dominic cummings, who is accused of being the so called chatty rat w