Good morning. It is sunday, may 23rd. I m ali velshi. Any day an independent commission could investigate the january 6 insurrection and attack on u. S. Capitol. If that vote takes place, it is expected to fail. Since right now zero senate republicans stand in support of it. Just 35 republicans in the house voted for the commission. Which would be bipartisan. And based on the the famed 9/11 commission. The crux of the gop argument was summed up by marco rubio who said the commission is a partisan joke and quote, about damaging republicans. Well finding out the truth about what happened on january 6 isn t actually partisan or shouldn t be. And the investigation isn t about damaging republicans, it is about finding facts and it just so happens to be a fact that the insurrection and the attack on the capitol was undertaken to extremists by the republican party and president. Rubio said there is no coverup. We already know what happened. But do we? because just days ago ron johnson publicl
world s ability to recover from the pandemic. world s ability to recover from the andemic. ,., ., world s ability to recover from the andemic. ~ ., , ., ., masks are no more at least for vaccinated americans. the cdc says those who ve had theirjabs can take their masks off anywhere, anytime. indoors or out. we have all waited for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. and i ve been speaking to the godfather of shock rock alice cooper on his return to his hometown of detroit where he has just recorded a new album. hello i m laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london. israeli forces are massing on the border with gaza as the military considers plans for a possible ground invasion. israel has continued its air strikes on gaza where people say they endured the worst night since the 2014 war. at least 83 people are reported to have been killed in gaza since monday. seven people have died in israel. palestinian militants have conti
weapons ban. it saved lives. no matter how long it takes, we are going to get these passed. we are not going to give up. and that s not the only difficult policy area that biden is pushing in. this week he touted his $2.2 trillion comprehensive infrastructure plan. he emphasized its importance and says it is in the best interests of the american people even if republicans in congress won t support it. a recent poll shows a majority of americans support the plan. 62% of all voters think it is a good idea. 42% of republicans can get behind it. infrastructure is traditionally thought of as roads, bridges, tunnels, things like that, but biden is looking to redefine it. he is expanding its breadth to include things like access to clean water, internet, stable child care and even care for the elderly. it still depends on roads and bridges, ports and airports, rail and mass transit, but it also depends on having reliable high-speed internet in every home. because today s high-sp
he was shot while lunging at officers with a knife after ramming his car into a capitol check point barricade and the two officers. the suspect was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. the motive is under investigation. this comes at a continued tough time from the capitol police force, less than three months since the insurrection. officer brian sicknick died at the hands of trump sympathizing domestic terrorists and sadly two other office ofs died by suicide in following weeks and now two more officers are suing the former president for inciting the insurrection attack, adding in court docks the former president is responsible because trump inflamed, encouraged, directed and aided and abetted the insurrection mob. there are more arrests as well including a california man who alleged aattacked a police officer with a stun gun while other attackers chanted, quote, kill him with his own gun. these are the types of people the former president continues to defend. senator rob por
be met with a cost that will be severe. here at home, after biden s domestic agenda takes a hit again, the president is now considering changes to his economic strategy, including breaking up the build back better plan into what he called chunks. will senators manchin and sinema get on board? and a brand-new report released just moments ago, states with weaker gun laws have higher rates of firearm-related homicides and suicides. we have those numbers ahead. but we begin with what by all accounts could be an impending invasion. joining us now is cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson live from moscow and cnn national security correspondent kylie atwood at the state department. nic, let s begin with you on the latest, that russia says that it would welcome another call between biden and putin. of course, this coming after president biden saying yesterday that he would be open to perhaps another summit between the two leaders as well. what more are we hearing?