rates. while at the same time, protests against the cuban government are reaching u.s. soil, as hundreds take to the streets in miami, many cut off from family members back home as cuba blocks phone and internet access. and we just got the latest inflation report for the month of june, with prices rising at the fastest pace in 13 years. consumers across the board are getting worried. we start this morning with this fight over voting rights, the focus of president biden s speech in philadelphia today, and the focus of a last ditch effort by texas democrats who officially fled their home state late yesterday to keep state republicans from having enough lawmakers to pass new voting rules. i have a great group to break it down. michael member lee in philadelphia, priscilla thompson, la tasha ground, from black voters matter, and assistant dean at the university of texas. walk us through this. texas state democrats are now in d.c. what happens. does this change anything or delay t
king. memorial day holiday weekend, the dos and don ts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the vaccine rollout heading into this holiday weekend. to the right of your screen that s the floor of the united states senate, a key vote under way right now, will the united states senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection? we expect the answer to be no. but this key procedural vote is under way right now. it should wrap up any moment from now. democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. let s get straight up to capitol hill and our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. as it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. reporter: the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead there s a possibility that an outside commission could be created to investigate the janua
up covid deaths and nursing home facilities. he claims he has done nothing wrong, but is facing bipartisan backlash. one state democrat, assemblyman ron mckim, says the governor bullied him and threatened to destroy him. when you get closer to the truth of the scandal, governor cuomo tries to implicate you in the cover-up, or threatens her livelihood if you don t lie for him. that s what happened to me. for 10 minutes, he berated me, yelled at me, told me in my would be over. i had tonight, not tomorrow, tonight to issue a new statement, essentially asking me to lie. juan: new york city mayor bill de blasio, he s backing up the idea that formal is a bully. that s classic andrew cuomo. a lot of people in new york state have received those phone calls. the bullying is nothing new. i believe ron kim, and it s very sad. juan: jesse, yesterday we were talking about what is the crime that he did. i don t think there s any question he made grievous mistakes, but is that th
go for it. bill: makes you think about election night more than two months ago when david perdue in georgia fell by 3/10 of a vote to avoid a runoff. this is the payoff. dana: a lot of republicans didn t show up to vote. that s what happens. more on this with newt gingrich in a moment. griff jenkins live in washington will they go it alone? i think they are. dana. happy friday. looks like a purely partisan path. history was made when vice president kamala harris cast the tiebreaker advancing the $2 trillion relief plan. the yays are 50, nays are 50. the senate equally divided. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted. this after 15 hours of vote-a-rama the republicans forced a majority to add amendments. more than 850 were filed. in the end 41 roll call votes were taken. among the ones that passed joni ernst to prohibit increasing the minimum wage during the pandemic. another blocking illegal immigrants from g
written responses to russia s demands in their ukraine. the secretary of state saying the ball is now in russia s court as tensions heightened between moscow and kiev. one california the first of its kind gun laws requiring canova s to purchase liability insurance and pay an annual tax. what it could mean for gun owners across the country. begin tonight with the story. global supreme court justice stephen breyer and what i am told is his eminent retirement. white house correspondent kevin corke has all the details tonight, including how the administration is responding to questions about seeking his successor. very interesting responses to that question. good evening. not long after it was reported that supreme court justice stephen breyer what in fact leave the bench at term s end, at least reportedly, white house press secretary jen psaki insisted that president biden would stand by his promise to nominate a black woman into the high court. critics of course and that stra