the front door of the white house. yes the insurrection failed, but has democracy prevailed? the american democratic attack seems to continue to be attacked and stress testing. it is decided what is in the corridors of power. they voted to acquit a braisingly the senators respected 77 million votes fewer from the 57 senators. just last week the parliamentarian overruled the president. the senate majority leader, and the senate budget chair, and decided that the covid bill cannot include a $15 minimum wage because of the rules of reconciliation. the only reason that democrats even went down this odd path is because of a filibuster. they were explicitly elected to enact. is this what democracy looks like to you? as for the house of representatives, as the new york times reports this weekend there are signs for an aggressive drive to further gerrymander districts. they could you redistricting alone to flip half of the seats needed to get control of the chamber without having
that much is clear after his speech today closing out cpac in orlando. he spoke for well over an hour hinting at running again in 2024 as a republican. mr. trump says his political journey is far from over. the rhetoric has remained the same as when he was in office. after over a year of dealing with the pandemic he still referred to covid-19 as, pardon the term, the china virus today. comments like this could be contributing in part to the rise in hate crimes against asian-americans. we ll discuss that with actress and comedian margaret cho in just a moment. here in new york governor andrew cuomo is under fire after a second former aide accused of him sexual harassment. today his office called on the state attorney general and the chief judge to appoint an independent investigator. governor cuomo has apologized for any inappropriate speech. he denies touching or propositions anyone. white house press secretary jen psaki weighed in this morning. president biden has been con
reporter: just so they can kill the sons of other mothers. cnn international editor nick paton walsh is live for us in ukraine. nick, start with this referendum vote. officials say that some ukrainians are being forced to vote. how is that being done? reporter: yeah. some of this is clearly because of the implied pressure of being occupied by a military force of russia or in terms at time the direct pressure that appears. at the moment, ballot boxes are being brought to people s homes, suggestions they walk to polling stations. there is a great confusion on how this would play out, thought in in-person voting would happen on the last day. it appears to be much more haphazard and people are simply being asked to put their mark on a piece of paper. none of this of course is anything relow temperaturely approaching democracy and being, done under the pressure of military occupation. probably the middle of next week there will be a round endorsement, an extraordinary high p
a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says those text messages were erased after, after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased as part of a device replacement program. it is important to note that the messages were erased only after they had been requested by the inspector general. and the inspector general also points out in this letter that her office has been repeatedly rebuffed while trying to obtain these records. a spokesman for the secret service responded to the release of this letter tonight, saying we take strong issue with these categorically false claims and he will be responding in detail shortly. well, it s been two and a half hours since that tweet and we have not seen a more full statement now from the secret service. you will recall that the secret servic
investments. plus, the latest in presidential politics as donald trump all but confirms that he is going to run for president again. what he says about the timing of his official announcement. and the u.s. secret service accused of deleting messages related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. we ll have the agency s explanation. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, july 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. former president donald trump s bid for the white house gain seems all but certain. in an interview, in my own mind, i have already made that decision. he says the only thing left to decide is whether to announce before or after this november s midterms. trump told the magazine that a benefit to announcing before november would be to potentially clear the republican field, saying quote, i think a lot of people would not even run if i did, because if you look at the polls, they don t even register. that of course, is actually not