told president biden just the second catholic u.s. president met with the pope for an unprecedented 90 minutes. he also sat down for a fence mending discussion with french president emmanuel macron. biden telling president macron the u.s. was quote clumsy in handling that nuclear submarine deal that caused a diplomatic upa uparrow with the long time american ally. it has put his agenda on hold. for how long we ll see. also today, though, republican congressman adam kinzinger, outspoken republican critic of donald trump announces that he will not run for reelection. i stand in awe at the courage of the other nine members in the house who voted to impeach a president of their own party. knowing it could be detrimental to their political career. most importantly, though, i admire those everywhere that put their country above their party. joining us now, gloria borger, cnn s chief political analyst, and astead herndon, national politics reporter for the ”the new york time
we begin with breaking news. one of the biggest names in the nfl has resigned after a series of newly released emails showed him frequently and over several years making homophobic, racist, and misogynistic comments. overnight jon gruden announced his resignation from the raiders hours after the new york times published details from emails gruden sent over a period of seven years. they were discovered in an nfl workplace misconduct investigation into the washington football team. they showed gruden denouncing female referees, the drafting of a gay player, and the tolerance of players protesting the national anthem during the national anthem. gruden said he never meant to hurt anyone but he did not exclusively apologize for the disparaging comments. joining me live with more on this, omar? jon gruden one of the biggest names in the nfl, one of the highest paid and all this is unearth. the new york times and wall street journal reviewed emails from gruden showing he use
state, including private employers. this is another act of resistance to public health measures and just a few minutes ago, two major companies said they will not comply with the governor s orders. cnn s nick watt has the latest for us. nick? reporter: well, victor, there are a bunch of big names based down in texas, at&t, oracle, dell, exxonmobil, and we have been wondering all morning, will they comply? well, we just heard from american airlines and southwest, they say they will not comply with the governor. they will continue following the federal law, which says that they ve got to mandate vaccines for their employees. now, governor abbott had already said that government entities in texas were not allowed to mandate vaccines. today, he just went a step further, a big step. in texas, governor greg abbott just doubled down. now no one, not even private companies, can mandate covid-19 vaccines for staff or customers. vaccines, he says, must always be voluntary for texans.
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