Californias election to recall democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. President biden just joined him at a Campaign Rally in long beach. Newsom needs a simple majority to hang onto his job and his nearterm political future. Tonight they offered this message to voters. Racial justice is on the ballot tomorrow night. Economic justice is on the ballot tomorrow night. The eyes of the nation are on california because the decision youre about to make isnt just going to have a huge impact on california, its going to reverberate around the nation and, quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. Republican Front Runner and conservative Talk Show Host Larry Elder seems seems already seems to be using, i should say, the trump 2020 Campaign Playbook trying to cast doubt on the integrity of the election even before its decided. Elders campaign is promoting a website thats already making the false claim that, quote, statistical analyses used to detect fraud in elections held in Third World nations such
High the floodwaters went. Im surprised by that in what otherwise you would not assume could generate a Water Height that went up in some cases almost to the windows of the homes, literally over your head. That is pretty amazing. Meanwhile, as the president traveled to New Jersey the taliban overseas announcing the formation of a new government in afghanistan with several acting ministers. Were going to take a look at what this means. And also were going to talk with a afghan singer, Songwriter And Tv personality who was able to flee her homeland. Were also following two big stories from texas. Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that puts sweeping new restrictions on voting despite democratic efforts to block that legislation. And the Justice Department vowing to protect people who seek or provide abortions and fight back against that new Texas Abortion Law which is the most restrictive in the nation. Were going to talk about all of this with texas democratic representative. We begin t
An eye on that stop with you so if you keep pictures of the president , thats what were watching. But were going to start today with the Republican Partys full embrace of Extremist Policy views that completely ignore the views and priorities of a majority of texans. Today its Voting Restrictions, fueled by fears of voter fraud, even though texas investigated the 2020 Election Result and found no fraud. No fraud in any of the measures they today banned. But facts be damned. Governor abbott this afternoon signed into Law A Restrictive Voting Bill that democrats in the statehouse held up for weeks. Many of them fleeing to washington, d. C. , to rally support for federal legislation. The Voting Restriction Law now set to take effect in texas, Targets Ballot Access measures disproportionately used and needed by voters of color. Procedures particularly popular in Harris County, thats home to the democratic stronghold of houston. The new law will also make it much more difficult for disabled
condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
o connor says that the quencing of the president s results have returned and it is most likely that he has the ba.5 variant, that is the variant that a large portion of the country is currently experiencing when they contract covid. so for the time being, the white house says that the president s symptoms continue to improve. of course, the last time we saw president biden was yesterday, when he appeared virtually at that meeting with his economic advisers. he was supposed to be spending the week at his home in wilmington, delaware, but instead is here at the white house and the message from the white house continues to be that the president continues to carry out his work, as he is now in his second full day of isolation due to this covid-19 diagnosis. dr. kevin o connor says he will continue to isolate according to cdc guidelines. and again, while the president remains in isolation there at the white house, it is still the case that dr. jill biden is in delaware, and they