hello, i m katty kay in washington, david eades is in london. is this the moment israel bids farewell to its prime minister of the last twelve years and ushers in a new coalition including an arab party for the first time? there is, officially, one more hour to go for this potential coalition of eight opposition parties stretching across the political spectrum to strike the deal that will take benjamin netanyahu out of government after four elections in just two yea rs. extraordinary enough that it brings together such an ideological hotch potch of parties and that it could be headed initially by the leader of the right wing yamina party, naftali bennet, who once served under netanyahu. throw the united arab list or raam party into the mix and it really would be a coalition of unknown quantity. anyone but bibi might be their slogan. let s cross to jerusalem now and speak to our correspondent yolande knell we do sojust we do so just as they re pointing out a line to
month of action, pushing congress to fight back against voting rights restrictions. but that is not all. biden also tapped vice president kamala harris to lead the administration s efforts to restore voting rights. the new role for the vice president comes as the administration condemns efforts by the republican-led state legislatures to pass dozen of restricting voting laws in the wake of the 2020 election. despite frustrations with gop efforts to make voting more difficult for many americans, the president still has hopes of working across the aisle, specifically on infrastructure, and this afternoon biden will host republican senator shelley moore capito of west virginia keeping, at least, his intention of negotiating in a bipartisan way alive. let s bring in cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, you ve heard more and more from democrats who are becoming impatient with the president s efforts, not just on frfl infrastructure, but certainly on voting rights. w
announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. great to have you along. thanks for joining me this hour. so u.s. senate republicans have blocked a crucial bill that would establish a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection on capitol hill. only six republicans sided with democrats in friday s vote. but just a few short months ago, many republicans were adamant that a 9/11-style commission into the capitol s security was needed. their position now shows just how much of a grip former president donald trump still has on much of his party. last week one republican senator even downplayed the attack as a peaceful protest. hang mike pence! rioters there demanding that then-vice president mike pence be hanged. that doesn t sound very peaceful. house democrats now actively considering launching a probe of their own. ryan nobles has more on where things stand right now. reporter: it may have taken a little bit longer than expected.
expectations with national security adviser jake sullivan saying he doesn t expect any significant outcomes. and merrick garland announcing a new plan to target domestic terrorism, with an executive committee. attorney general janet reno originally created the executive committee in the aftermath of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing. we have now, as we have then, an enormous task ahead. and later this hour, i will be joined by the brother of danny fenster. we will hear from the family about the fight for danny s freedom in myanmar. starting us off this hour, monica alba and keir simmons in moscow. monica, let s start with the priorities from the white house perspective. what are they, going into the summit? and how will the white house measure progress? reporter: they re not bracing for a big breakthrough. that s absolutely correct. so essentially, one thing the u.s. and russian presidents agree on is that relations are at an all-time low point. the white house views this
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