Now and ask about the bosley guarantee your House Solomon in New York is cnn this is cnn Breaking News hello, im Jake Tapper live at the site of the Republican National Convention in milwaukee, wisconsin, where the state of our union is deeply shaken. We begin this morning with our Breaking News. Former President Donald Trump is safe and a 20yearold Shooter is dead after a shocking Assassination Attempt on the former president in pennsylvania yesterday afternoon, former President Trump described the attack in his own words, revealing that a bullet had ripped through the upper right part of his ear saying, quote i knew immediately that something was wrong in that i heard a whizzing sound, shots and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place unquote. This morning, former President Trump added quote, it was god alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. He added, it is more important than ever that we stand united. This was the closest paul on
Finally is planning on using the bully pulpit and making his case directly to the american people to focus attention on the most important issue of our time. The future of american democracy and the defensive our voting rights. Today the white house announced the president will speak in philadelphia on tuesday about what his administration will do, quote, to protect the sacred constitutional right to vote. Biden at a civil rights leaders who pushed him to do more and take a more urgent stand in support of the democrats sweeping election bills. Federal legislation is the only surefire way to protect our right to vote from dangerous anti democratic republicans in state houses across the country like indexes, where republicans are again pushing to pass incredibly restricted voter laws. It s the top priority upstate special session currently underway. Today, texas senate democrats unveil their own voting legislation and called for a public hearing on their bill which would expand a vote by
Quick refresh what happened to him on january 6th. Take a look images of him, authorities rushing hyim to a secure area and his family being rushed to safety. Outside there is a makeshift gallows and chanlts of hang mik pence. Hang mike pence! okay. That was more than five months ago and now that anger has gone away for some. Mike pence appeared in the faith and freedom collision summit today and in years past it s kind of the audience that would have welcomed him. Today he did get applause but also was booed and people continually interrupted his scripted remarks screaming out the word traitor. It is great to be back with so many patriots. D dedicated to faith and freedom and the road to the majority. And i want to thank my friend for those overly generous words. Traitor! traitor! he knows me well enough to know traitor! tra traitor! i m a christian, conservative and republican in that order. In case you have any confusion why they are screaming traitor at mike pence not because he co
The formervice president certainly understands that, or he should. And after today, especially. Before we show you what happened to him today, here is a quick refresh of what happened to him on january 6th. Take a look. It s images of him, authorities rushing him to a secure area. His family is with him, too, being rushed to safety. And outside, there was that makeshift gallows. And from some of the insurrectionists, chants of hang mike pence. Hang mike pence! hang mike pence! hang mike pence! okay. So, that was more than five months ago and today, a reminder for many supporters of the former president, none of that anger has gone away. Mike pence appeared at what was billed as the faith and freedom coalition summit today. And in years past, it s kind of the audience who would have welcomed him. Today, he did get applause. But he, also, was booed and people continually interrupted his scripted remarks screaming out the word traitor. It is great to be back with so many patriots. Dedicat
Union general rode into gal va t texas, rode in and told africanamericans they were indeed free. Moments ago president biden tweeted juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and the promise of the brighter morning to come. It is the day of profound weight and power. Let s get straight to nadia romero who joins us from tulsa, oklahoma, an important cllocati, especially on juneteenth. This comes less than a month of events commemorating the race massacre. Walk us through what is happening today. How is tulsa marking juneteenth? reporter: good morning, boris and amara. This has been such an important time for tulsa residents to have national spotlight and people talking about them and what s happening here. I ve been here all week and there have been multiple moments where i ve gotten chills thinking about the massacre, but also thinking about the resiliency of this community to come back and rebuild time and time again. You know, it was freed enslaved africans who were ensla