this has been a big week that continues to be busy this weekend in the fight over democracy in america. duelling democratic priorities are jockeying for attention on capitol hill. first, we ve learned tonight that three texas state lawmakers have tested positive for covid-19. they left their state to try to block passage of new voting restrictions there. these are considered break-through cases since all three are vaccinated. their group is in washington to push the white house and democratic leaders in congress for action on voting rights. the ideal outcome for them is federal legislation to counter the bills that are on track to become law in texas. so far their efforts have yet to bear fruit. case in point, more than a dozen of the texas democrats met with senator joe manchin on thursday. here is what he had to say about it afterward. it was a very informative meeting and it s basically that we ve all come to a total agreement that what we want is basically to prot
4th celebration when the president proudly hailed progress in the fight against coronavirus. we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. that s not to say the battle against covid-19 is over, we ve got a lot more work to do. reporter: and now that sounds like a dramatic understatement with august just around the corner and a dramatic spike in covid cases and limited progress on vaccinations. after refusing to say the word mandate for months, the president now acknowledging he asked the justice department to see if it was legal for businesses to require the vaccine. the answer, he said, is yes. and they can. local communities can do that, local businesses can do that. it s still a question whether the federal government can mandate the whole country, i don t know that yet. reporter: and white house officials are telling us that a national vaccine requirement is not on the table at this time. but, jake, notice the wiggle room that is being
stability between europe and the u.s. after trump berated the allies including merkel and threatened to pull out of nato. with that and the backdrop of nato, there are shocking comments attributed to the chief of staff mark milley in a book by washington post reporters. in the excerpts from i, alone can fix it. obtained from nbc news, milley said that listening to trump was like reading orwell s 1884 that evil is good, and good is evil. but it was january 6th, he said, see you in d.c., he wrote to the followers, be there and it will be wild. but milley said that trump was stoking the unrest hoping to evoke the insurrectionist act, and then milley had a head s up from a former defense secretary that all ten living secretaries of defense had reached the same conclusion. he saw parallels between trump s rhetoric of election fraud and adolf hitler s insistence at the nuremberg s rally that he was the victim and their savior. and he said, this is the gol pel of the fuhrer, and
favor. milwaukee won by six. milwaukee needs to get a win in phoenix. tremendous night for women s hoops, too in preparation for the tokyo olympics. facing the wnba all stars last night. a treat for fans who normally wouldn t get this game in an olympic year. and dallas guard led the way for the all stars hitting five threes and put up a game high of 26 points on the way to mvp honors. the all stars won by eight. sue bird summed it up afterwards that team usa learned they aren t a team quite yet. team usa seeking historic seventh-straight gold medal when they begin their olympic campaign against nigeria on july 27th. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, july 15th. we re beginning with explosive revelations about just how close american democracy came to the edge. jaw-dropping excerpts from a new book about the aftermath of the 2020 election. so the excerpts obtained by cnn are from the upcomin
to a test. first by the pandemic, then by a desperate attempt to deny the reality and the results of the election. with recount after recount after recount, court case after court case, the 2020 election was the most scrutinized election ever in american history. in every case neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement in administrate. the big lie is just that, a big lie. and america, if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the constitution, you try again. you don t call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because you re unhappy. it s not statesmanship. that s selfishness. the president s been under pressure from members under his own party to make a speech like this, but his rhetoric cannot overcome the reality that two democratic bills meant to expand the voting rights currently have no pass to get to his desk. and today s address gave no mention calling for an end to the filibuster, the rule calling f