welcome to our viewers in united states and all around the world, it s tuesday, june 1st. so how far are you willing to go to protect the vote? that s the question some democrats are asking this morning. in texas, democrats in the legislature there blocked a new restrictive voting bill by essentially walking out. depriving the republicans of a quorum needed to pass the bill. now that victory could be temporary as the republican governor greg abbott will soon call a special session to make it law. but some democrats are around the country pointing to texas, this is what we need to do, pull out all the stops to keep these laws from passing. and president biden, they suggest, isn t doing enough to help. now for his part the president did condemn the texas bill as an assault on democracy, calling it, wrong and un-american. and he offered up this warning democracy itself is in peril, here at home and around the world. president biden also called for a federal voter protectio
resilience, and infrastructure, we create opportunities for everyone. that s the heart of jobs plan i proposed here in the united states. president s $2.3 trillion tax and spending plan is still being argued over on capitol hill. phase 2 is on the way with a potential price tag of another $1.5 trillion for what the white house is calling its american families plan. to be laid out at next wednesday s joint session of congress. there is pressure from the left with progressive lawmakers call on the administration to spend at least $700 billion on universal child care, quote: we believe this is a generational opportunity to invest in affordable qualities care for all children who need it and we urge you not to let it go to waste. one potential way to pay for the massive spending plan is raising taxes on higher income earners. and republicans are concerned. if they want to do home health aides and expand medicaid and raise your taxes and all the things that the president wants
derek chauvin murder trial is getting started soon. we re reporting live from brooklyn center, minnesota. good morning. you can see right now poils and national guard are here in tactical gear protecting the brooklyn center police department. it was the target of rioting and demonstrations last night. 5 to 7 miles north of downtown minneapolis. this area has been on edge as the chauvin murder trial is happening. set to resume in 30 minutes. the state is getting close to wrapping up its case. this situation started around 2:00 yesterday afternoon when officers stopped a car for a traffic violation. during the stop police say they learned the driver, 20-year-old daunte wright, had an outstanding warrant. his girlfriend was also in the car. they tried to take write into custody but he got back into the car. unclear why officers ended up firing and shooting and killing that man. the car traveled a little bit and crashed. police say there is an independent investigation underway
likely be a long and painful investigation. the owner of young s asian massage was remembered as loving and unselfish. a mother of two kids, including an 8 month old daughter. the atlanta journal constitution is reporting that yong a . yue was excited to be working again. in all, eight people died, and we want to make sure that you see them here on your screen. six of them were asian women. the church attended by the suspect released a statement yesterday condemning the killings and, quote, the strongest possible terms, adding, quote, no blame can be placed on the victims. cn cnn s natasha chen is in atlanta this morning. what are you learning? reporter: it is a very difficult time for these eight families, as you can imagine, and some of them have a very difficult time talking about this. people are grieving in different ways. and they re also processing why this might have happened. and, of course, that s what a lot of the community is responding to, the investigation a
time in the show last night when the new york times published late-breaking news about the republican congressman who is probably the most high profile fanatical trump supporters in congress, republican congressman matt gaetz the times published the news that he s under investigation by the u.s. justice department for very serious allegations of child sex trafficking. now, i swear i m not going to spend more of my life than i need to following every twist and turn in this somewhat nauseating story, but because we gave you the sort of back story and context on this last night, i feel the need to update you tonight. because the sheer bizarreness of this story continued to advance across the court of today and tonight at what appears to be an accelerating pace. this started off weird it s getting deep space weird. all right, first of all, there s this guy local republican elected official in seminole county, florida. his name is joel greenberg he s relevant to the story beca