Legislative session right now. But this will not go far. They will not have a quorum, it seems meaning that they dont have the votes to really do any work. And that is because in an extraordinary move overnight, a majority of the states democratic lawmakers left texas and are now in washington, d. C. In order to block republican efforts to pass new voting restrictions. The democratic lawmakers are now vowing to remain out of the state until The End of this Special Session, which could mean weeks out of the state. It comes as President Biden will be delivering a highly anticipated speech on Voting Rights today. Cnns Dianne Gallagher is live in washington following the texas lawmakers as they plot the next move. So diane, what is happening . Reporter so the texas lawmakers who flew on the private planes leaving the state of texas in the effort to deny quorum which is about to happen, watching the House Floor right now to see when they will reconvene. That is their first accomplishment of
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the january 6 select committee officially subpoenas former president trump demanding documents and testimony. the move coming as trump ally steve bannon is sentenced to four months in prison for defying his subpoena. also tonight, president biden makes a new pitch to voters and a new prediction as well. he claims the momentum republicans are seeing will tilt back to the democrats in the final days before the midterm elections. and ukrainians removed last bodies from the largest mass grave found in a key eastern city. this as ukrainians is accusing russia of planning to attack a critical dam to create a large scale catastrophe. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story tonight. the january 6 select committee truly historic subpoena of former president donald trump. cnn justice correspondent evan perez is digging into details for us right any. so what is the
and elsewhere have been clamoring for the justice department to unseal the affidavit. and president trump could reveal the documents that he has as well. that would be transparency. meanwhile, an attorney for rudy giuliani said the former new york city mayor is now a target of the criminal investigation into possible 2020 election interference in georgia by former president trump and others. giuliani is a former personal attorney for trump and last week was ordered to testify in person before a grand jury handling the case. that is expected to take place tomorrow. giuliani was subpoenaed last month but his legal team delayed his appearance, citing health concerns. and the former cfo of the trump organization is expected to plead guilty as early as this thursday in a criminal taxes case. the charges against allen weisselberg are tied to his indictment by the manhattan district attorney s office investigating former trump s businesses. but terms of the expected deal were not
Go to the polls today have several elections that they re going to be voting in and an entirely new way of doing it. so the ranked choice system is going to come in play when you talk about the house race to succeed don young. three republicans there, among them several household names here in alaska including nick bellich and sarah palin. we ve been on the campaign trail and we ve seen the democrat mary peltolla and we ve not seen sarah palin who is keeping a low profile on the ground here. but she s relying on the role former president. someone who endorsed her and as i ve been on the ground asking voters and candidates alike, here what does it mean to have hissen dorment. here is what they told me. watch. but she also has the endorsement of president trump, how important is that. up here what people care most about what alaskans think.