Are all stalling in the senate. Why . Current rules say the president needs all senate democrats onboard and at least ten republicans. Right now he cant get either of these two things, but he promised the nation he could. Now as frustration builds hes adding fuel to a Filibuster Fight on Capitol Hill and is taking a veiled swipe at members of his own party. I hear all the folks on Tv Saying why doesnt biden get this done . Well, because biden only has a majority of effectively only four votes in the house and a tie in senate with two members of the senate that vote more with my republican friends. But were not giving up. Cnn White House correspondent, john harwood, is with us, and the president s Remarks Today are expected to be about the pandemic and vaccinations, and also on infrastructure. One task may be more pleasant than the other. On the pandemic, the president will talk about trying to sprint to 70 overall Vaccination Rate with at least One Shot for american adults by the fourt
Is one of our legal breakdowns i want you to stay tuned for. We will get exactly into the man who decides the fate of Trump Org and potentially the fate of trump itself. Surgical general murphy. We begin with the two potential suspects of the probe i mentioned, donald Trump Jr. And eric trump. They actually have decided to do what many defendants in this Trump Orbit have done. Theyre subjects potentially, not defendants yet. But they are speaking out on television. This is significant because its the first time since the news broke that there is a Grand Jury impanelled, which is significant escalation of that case as it weighs charges. Now, charges may not mean anyone, right . You can always decide not to charge anyone. Or it could mean trump executives. Along with eric weisselberg. Don and eric ran the company in absent when Donald Trump was at the White House. Eric trump with some Sort Of window into the Grand Jury process. My father gets subpoena after subpoena. They attack us for d
Employees hard to find. We begin with a dire warning from the u. S. Government. Ransomware attacks are getting so frequent that they could cripple vital infrastructure if drastic Action Isnt taken soon. Experts say cyberattacks are up more than 100 compared to this time last year, and last year was busy. Hospitals, schools, police, transportation, gasoline, food, government no one has been spared. And a single successful attack can throw daily life into turmoil. Remember Colonial Pipeline that was hacked with an errant password. Suddenly millions of americans couldnt get gas, a jarring Wakeup Call for the biden administration. Jessica schneider explains. Reporter the biden administration sounding the alarm about the growing threat of cyberattacks. Fbi director Christopher Wray comparing the effort needed to combat this, to have the Fbi Approach the response to terrorism after 9 11. There are a lot of parallels. Theres a lot of importance and a lot of focus by us on disruption and preve
king. memorial day holiday weekend, the dos and don ts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the vaccine rollout heading into this holiday weekend. to the right of your screen that s the floor of the united states senate, a key vote under way right now, will the united states senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection? we expect the answer to be no. but this key procedural vote is under way right now. it should wrap up any moment from now. democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. let s get straight up to capitol hill and our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. as it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. reporter: the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead there s a possibility that an outside commission could be created to investigate the janua
Live. Plus, kim Jonguns Sister taking a swipe at the u. S. The new warning from nuclear North Korea. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start with Break News in our politics lead, and one of President Bidens top priorities about to die an ugly death on the floor of the u. S. Senate. In the next hour the senate is set to vote to advance a sweeping Election Reform Bill, the socalled for the people act. The bill would, among other things, make Election Day a public holiday, it would expand early voting to at least 15 consecutive days, it would ban partisan gerrymandering. Expanding Public Financing of campaigns, requiring many states to overhaul their voting machines. Tonights vote is nearly guaranteed to fail because as of now zero republicans support the legislation, though we should point out, this is not a vote to pass the legislation today, its just a vote to open debate on the act and begin amendments. Are there really not ten republicans who are willing to at least discuss