Live. Plus, kim Jonguns Sister taking a swipe at the u. S. The new warning from nuclear North Korea. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start with Break News in our politics lead, and one of President Bidens top priorities about to die an ugly death on the floor of the u. S. Senate. In the next hour the senate is set to vote to advance a sweeping Election Reform Bill, the socalled for the people act. The bill would, among other things, make Election Day a public holiday, it would expand early voting to at least 15 consecutive days, it would ban partisan gerrymandering. Expanding Public Financing of campaigns, requiring many states to overhaul their voting machines. Tonights vote is nearly guaranteed to fail because as of now zero republicans support the legislation, though we should point out, this is not a vote to pass the legislation today, its just a vote to open debate on the act and begin amendments. Are there really not ten republicans who are willing to at least discuss
a lifesaving delivery we talked to doctors in senegal about the challenges of getting coronavirus fact seems to its most remote villages. ecuador s police release dramatic video from inside prisons where they re struggling to bring gang rights under control. so that facebook says it has banned me and most military from using its platforms social media giant says it is a necessary response to the military coup and the violent crackdown on protesters there is a heavy police presence in gang gone by so much as if you know arrested at least 3 protesters have been killed in weeks of rallies denouncing the coup and demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi so let s speak to our correspondent who joins us from bangkok across the border in thailand so what pressure will facebook s actions you think have on the military. well nic it will be some pressure because so many people in myanmar get information news from facebook this is part of the reason part of the reason fo
brisbane leads the race to host the 2032 olympics in the 1st time the i.o.c. has chosen a preferred city. so facebook says it s banned mammals military from using its platforms and social media giant says it is a necessary response to the military coup and the violent crackdown on protesters there s a heavy police presence in yangon where some marchers have been arrested at least 3 protesters have been killed in weeks of rallies denouncing the coup and demanding the release of the elected leader and sounds who cheat let s speak not scott correspondent joins us from across the border in the thai capital of bangkok and so scott the military had been using facebook to get its message out so what pressure will this blocking have on the military one wonders. nick it will put some pressure on them i would say a fair amount of pressure actually that s because a lot of people in me and more because of the infrastructure and its recent connection and use of social media recent connect
. also more violence at one of 3 prisons in ecuador where riots broke out killing at least 79 people. and declaring victory over poverty china s president says it s reached its goal of stuff to get out by 2021. month into the program the drive to end the quote a virus pandemic is picking up speed new research shows that the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe cases of covert 19 and it could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week the single shot banksy has been tested in the u.s. brazil and south africa studies show it s highly effective in combating the aggressive variance europe s inoculation program is also gathering pace e.u. countries are set to discuss vaccination certificates for their citizens as part of efforts to stimulate travel through the summer and the fact that his vice president of vaccine research and development blue willow biologics he says the johnson and johnson job could be a game changer. going
regulators say johnson and johnson s single dose to obama s vaccine is safe and effective. and how much with all the supporters manchester city continue their on beat and run. back to a nail in the champions league to clinch that 19th consecutive win in all competitions. welcome to the news hour we begin with warnings of an attempted coup in armenia the prime minister nicola passion yan has fired his military chief after the army called for his resignation he says that call amounted to a coup attempt urging his supporters to gather in the capital you re yvonne he s been facing protests and calls to step down robin for syria walker is joining us now from tbilisi robin what more can you tell us about the situation in armenia. well nick is hoping that he s going to be able to pull out large numbers of armenians to republic square in the center of yerevan which is where all demonstrations in the past were if close in support of him when he came to power a few years ago in the so-