Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers around the world. Im Fred Pleitgen right here in london and here is whats ahead on Cnn Newsroom President Biden remains defined as calls for him to step aside, grow louder, well tell you whos joining the chorus and what the White House has to say. Russia sentences american Journalist Evan Gershkovich too for espionage. Why washington called the conviction, quote, a sham and a cyber meltdown around the world from airlines to banks. Were learning what happened and how long it could take before things get back to normal our top story go u. S. President Joe Biden is vowing to stay in the race despite a growing list of fellow democrats telling him to drop out more than 30 democratic lawmakers are now publicly urging him to step aside. And that includes a dozen On Friday alone, a source says the president is quote, seething at former House Speaker Nancy pelosi. Since some of her close allies are joining the calls earlier legendary Journalist Carl
What that can mean for benjamin netanyahu s political future. And then heading to japan, a country under a state of emergency due to covid19. We ll look in store for the athletes once they get there. Flash point over voting rights in the u. S. State of texas, and we have seen dramatic developments unfold there in the past few hours. Just a short time ago the texas legislature failed to pass a sweeping measure of voting restrictions, a bill president biden has called wrong and unamerican. The measure would ban unsolicited mail in ballot applications overnight, and it bans drivethrough voting, and they were racing against a midnight deadline to get approval, and the republicans were left without the minimum numbers to vote, and the governor will start a special session to restart the process, and it was said the legislature was trying to restore confidence in the election process. Now, we can debate how much fraud occurred in the last election and democrats who have claimed fraud happene
U. S. Voting laws, there s been a dra dramatic late night turn of events in texas. The governor is making it clear the legislative fight is far from over. A source tells cnn house democrats received a text that read, take your key and leave the chamber discreetly. Adopt go to the gallery. Leave the building. That s what they did. Walking out and leaving republicans without the required number of lawmakers to cast an official vote. That s all it took to effectively block passage of the bill that would make sweeping changes to the state s voting laws. A measure would have curbed in mail in applications and banned overnight, sunday morning, and drive through voting. It would have expanded access for partisan poll watchers and made it easier for judges to overturn election results. Texas already has some of the most restrictive election laws in the country and democrats say this was just the latest attempt at voter suppression. We used all the tools in our toolbox to fight this. Tonight we
Life has returned, right? thank god we have returned and it has been a challenge, this last year has been a killer. Children going to work in north korean coal mines, and the state says they are volunteers and the human rights groups say they are victims. I m pamela brown in washington on this sunday. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. You are live in the cnn newsroom. It s great to have you along with us tonight. 389. That is how many bills with provisions that restrict voting have been introduced across the country just this year. That same tally by the leaning liberal center say they have enacted 22 new laws making it harder to vote, and in texas republican state lawmakers working to pass a law by the midnight deadline. This new law would ban drivethrough voting and ballot drop boxes and sunday morning voting and give more partisan p poll watchers, and republican u. S. Congressman of texas defended the new bill this morning on cnn. Now, we could debate
about what this investment means for her state. meanwhile, a rare day of protests expected in cuba today, but will demonstrators be allowed to take to the streets? nbc s morgan radford spoke to organizers in cuba about the intimidation tactics they are facing from the regime. at any moment, the judge in the kyle rittenhouse trial will deliver instructions to the jury. shortly after, the prosecution and the defense will give their closing arguments. and as the jury prepares to deliberate the case, kenosha, wisconsin, is on edge, with the governor putting 500 national guard members on standby. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, gabe gutierrez outside the courthouse. also joining me, nbc news legal analyst, maya wiley. gabe, let me start with you. you spoke with rittenhouse s mother ahead of closing arguments. what did she tell you? reporter: hi, there, jose, good morning. she says that knowing what she knows now that her son probably should not have gone to kenosha