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good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, july 13 look, who s back? look at that big smile. i think you guys know, it is good to be back. thank you so much i m amara walker. here s what we re working on for you this morning. president biden meeting in a doozy asteroid crowd. he is charging forward with his embattled campaign and got a big show of support during a rally in the must-win state of michigan, the president s new message too leery voters and stepped up attacks on republicans looking rival donald trump. but did you hear about this in the alec baldwin case and new mexico judge abruptly throws out the actors in voluntary manslaughter trial for the rust movie set shooting. how this opens up the door for the convicted armor to be set free. that s coming up temperatures and frustrations are rising in houston hundreds of thousands of people are spending another day without power as potentially deadly heat sets in, we re going to talk to one expert abou ....
simone biles, perhaps the greatest gymnast of all time and maybe the best athlete on earth right now, announced moments ago that she will not compete in tomorrow s all-around gymnastics competition for team usa at the olympics. usa gymnastics says she s withdrawing to focus on her mental health. and she has their support. this is a move that comes one day after biles pulled out of the team competition following a stumble during a vault. coy wire is joining us now live from tokyo. coy, tell us what does this mean for tomorrow s competition? yeah, brianna, jade carey will take her spot in the individual all around and the highly anticipated events of the summer games will now go on without the athlete that everyone wants to see. the individual all around simone biles could be the first woman in 53 years to repeat at the olympic champ and means that biles who is already the most decorated american gymnast ever will miss out on at least one more potential medal that she ....
historic winter storm leaves millions without heat or water. i ve been here for about 30 years and i ain t never seen nothing like this. you re just trying to savage around to see who has food. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. 358 days ago the united states reported its very first confirmed covid-19 death, but by tomorrow it will likely report another number, 500,000. half a million dead, that is one in 660 americans, it s more than any american war except for the civil war and modelers expect to exceed that milestone by the summer. the good news, and there is good news, is that the number of daily new cases has plunged over the last six weeks. still high, but at the lowest level since october and 13% of the country has received at least one dose of the vaccine. president biden has been in office now for just about a month, but vot ....
just minutes ago the president signed a number of executive orders on the climate including a ban on gas and oil development on federal land. and an increase in conservation of land and water. the president committed to basing the country s climate policy on facts and science. not hearsay and conspiracy. he declared unequivocally that the climate is an issue of national security. a sentiment that is previously called bizarre. the stakes on climate change could not be any higher than they are right now. it is existential. we use that word too easily and throw it away. but we have a big agenda in front of us on a global basis. president biden is deeply committed, totally seized by this issue, as you can tell by this executive order. of course executive action can only go so far and these orders do little to curb the existential threat that is a warming climate. as the new york times put it this week, the programs and proclimations are supposed to signal that climate c ....
that, says he plans to listen to the evidence in former president trump s impeachment trial. one day after voting to question its constitutionality with 45 other gop senators. that vote has democratic senator tim kaine warning that the trial could slow down important measures like president biden s economic rescue plan. kaine is now suggesting that a bipartisan censure of the former president could happen. to do a trial knowing you ll get 55 votes at the max seems to me to be not the right prioritization of our time right now. speak with democratic senator tammy baldwin about those comments and more in just a minute. and one hour ago president biden signed executive orders to make climate change a national security priority. suspending new leases for oil and gas development on federal lands. and holding a climate summit on earth day this year. it s about coming to the moment to deal with this maximum threat. in my view we ve already waited too long to deal with ....