Governors in brazil refuse to reopen businesses defying the orders of a president accused of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. And fears of a 2nd wave of infections in lebannon prompts a 4 day nationwide lockdown. Welcome to the program of garda stands president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence ashraf ghani has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other groups after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks. All but. Part of the will inspire. And from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and to tax and frets from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering Afghan Security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. But the taliban denies its behind the attacks and its accuse the government of creating obstacles to peace us secr
Offices of prominent kremlin critic saying the volley he says is part of a coordinated campaign against him coming just days after one of his close allies was construed conscripted to a remote arctic base. We start off in india the Worlds Largest democracy is in the grip of widespread unrest over a new Immigration Law that critics see as anti muslim it grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if theyre not muslim and his Prime Minister Narendra Modi says its a way to offer asylum to persecuted religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but many of indias own citizens are outraged and these 25 have died in protests across the country. A sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to new rent since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a battle for indias constitution to look at what were seeing is that youre not so. Different here i guess and. Also argue. If this is implemented in the rest of the country 40 percen
twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on democracy and architecture. but it s not just trump. we know that he is a symptom, not the disease itself. every time i get a subpoena, my polls go up. reports were grand jury. it s all bowl to. it s all stuff. you can see the crowd, there but more than 2000 people stood in the wind and rain to cheer that trump rant. to cheer the subpoenas. the grand juries, the man
minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
of building. have a good weekend, my friend. see you next week. all right, we are now the unofficial start of the 2024 presidential campaign season, six months out from 2024, and in a confluence events this week, yesterday in fact, rex exactly two and a half years since the january 6th attack on the capital. it s humbling for our country, for our democracy, that the twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i don t know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trump s role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both of the two majority political parties respect the system and stand up for democracy. we know where donald trump stands on demo