For democracy. The country fell four short. A total of ninerepublican senators, as you see there, nearlyonetenth of all members of the senate didnt bother to show up and go on record against the legislation. Only one of them, senator pat toomey, of pennsylvania, said that he would have voted in favor of the bill. But, again, it would not have mattered. The Gop Fix was in. Senaterepublican leader, Mitch Mcconnell, vehemently opposes the commission. And he spent yesterday lobbying fellow republicans to vote against the bill. As a personal favor to him. A personal favor . Why would you need that . Republican senators, falling in line behind him. And trump, who, also, opposes the investigation. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called him out. Out of fear, or fealty, to Donald Trump, the republican minority just prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january 6th. This vote has made it official. Donald trumps Big Lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. Republi
Journal broke the story that according to u. S. Intelligence, in november of 2019, three researchers from chinas Wuhan Institute Of Virology were sick enough to warrant hospital care. It went beyond what the State Department had revealed in the final days of the Trump Administration when it said that several researchers came sick with symptoms consistent with covid. November is when many believe the virus began circulating around the city of wuhan. The latest in a series of revelations that have caused many who initially dismissed the Lab Leak Theory to reconsider. Among those is donnell g. Mcneil jr. A former Science Writer for The New York Times who recently published an essay titled how i learned to stop worrying and love the Lab Leak Theory. He credits a former colleague for causing his reflection. That former colleague is Nicholas Wade who, himself, wrote recently for the bulletin of atomic scientists. Wade does not come to a conclusion but says neither the natural Escape Theory n
Republican votes needed to pass. The Justice Department has now charged at least 450 people in connection to the attack capitol. And that insurrection left five people dead and 140 Police Officers wounded. Daniella diaz is live on Capitol Hill with us. Tell us more about this committee that the House Democrats are now hoping to put together. Reporter it seems very apparent that House Democrats, all democrats, are just not ready to move past what happened on January 6 just yet. You know, what happened yesterday came after months and months of deliberations between democrats and republicans to try to reach an agreement on an independent panel to investigate the attack on the capitol on January 6. And it failed. It failed to a vote of 5435. It didnt break the threshold needed to break the filibuster, the 60 Vote Threshold needed. And only six republicans supported this legislation along with the democrats. And i just want to name who they are. Mittromney, susan collins, rob portman, lisa
Redouble their efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, new cnn reporting this morning on exactly what that renewed push evntails. And it became a Rallying Cry in the wake of the murder of george floyd. Why cities across the country are now refunding the police after initially slashing hair bu their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Ir their budgets. Newsroom starts right now. Good morning to you on this saturday. Im christi paul. And im boris sanchez. You are live in the cnn newsroom. And we begin this hour cuing up the sound track to the unofficial start of summer. Americans On The Road again going places they havent been in a while. And whether it is the beach or a barbecue, both sounding great, and the cdc says if you are fully vaccinated, you are fully protected. Memorial Day Weekend is the first major holiday since the cdc said fully vaccinated people can drop masks, stop social distancing. We all know states have since relaxed their restrictions and well see what imp
Occurred naturally. The national institutes of Health And Dr. Fauci that there was almost no evidence that supported a natural Evolution Or Source of covid19. The data disproportionately stacked up as we investigated it was coming out of the lab for some supernatural source. Dagen house lawmakers are preparing to introduce two new bills aimed at china today. When establishing a commission investigating the origins of the pandemic, the other allowing americans to sue beijing. Republicans are pressuring President Biden to hold China Accountable. The evidence i think strongly suggests that this virus escaped from one of the two institutes of virology and wuhan, china. The chinese government responsible for unleashing the worst pandemic in a century on the world. We need to hold China Accountable instead of rewarding them and need to be held accountable financially for what they have done to the world. Dagen dan bongino, to you first. Senator cotton was talking about that Virology Lab and