Includes universal vote by mail, more Polling Places and protections against Election Meddling among many other things. And in a rare move, Vice President harris presided over the senate vote. Just goes to show that it is important to democrats. The bill was cosponsored by every democratic senator except joe manchin who did vote yes to at least start debate on the bill. That gave the democrats a united front but little to show for their efforts on a key priority. This vote im ashamed to say is further evidence that Voter Suppression has become part of the official platform of the republican party. The republican leader uses the language and the logic of the southern senators in the 60s who defended states rights and it is an endefensible position for any senator. So what now . Cnn has learned that democrats have georgia on their minds, pushing new legislation and spotlighting gop efforts at the state level to make it harder to vote after the growth of mailin voting this 2020. Mean team
A, quote, cancer to the Republican Party. Question is, will we see action against her in the house . And a key day in the second impeachment of donald trump. Today is the deadline for his formal response to the charge against him. Question is, whats his defense . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has some fond memories of bayside high. Weve really missed you, screech. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 2nd. Well start with the news. Its looking more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hours in the oval Office Yesterday to pitch their much smaller 600 billion package. But the message from the white house is that it doesnt meet the moment. Senator Susan Collins said the meeting was very productive and cordial, but when it comes to striking a compromise, the s
Think youre going to have another election in this country if you dont have one where we win. Certainly not one thats meaningful. More rhetoric by donald trump over a rally in ohio over the weekend. Well bring his incendiary remarks straight ahead. And it comes as mike pence takes a stand against his former boss. Well show you what pence said about his former president and january 6th. And, meanwhile, President Bidens campaign is reporting one of its strongest fundraising months in almost a year. Well look at whats driving the large hauls of campaign cash. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, march 18th. We hope you had a nice st. Patricks day. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we begin this morning with a race for the white house where donald trump delivered another divisive speech over the weekend, this time while stumping for an ohio senate candidate. Just outside of dayton, the 2024 republican nominee kicked off the rally on
World. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom heres a guy is kicking off his general Election Campaign in the road up with Marjorie Taylor greene dueling rallies in the Battleground State of georgia, with President Biden land, donald trump trying to motivate their supporters, will look at the hot topic driving both candidates on the road, immigration and Border Security. Plus time is running out for a Ceasefire Deal between israel and hamas by ramadan, President Biden avra says the deal is still possible. Were live in cyprus with look at when the two sides could come to an agreement and were hours away here in the us for the biggest names in hollywood to take to the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards will go home with the covenant oscar live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber we begin with the race for the white house and another set of nominating contests. Now, just two days away on saturday President Biden and republican president ial candidate donald trump, he
Today, in a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that its not up to states to bar trump from their ballots under the 14th Amendment, so he gets to stay on the ballot in colorado, where the primary is tomorrow, maine, and illinois. They cant kick him off either. This decision is significant because the Supreme Court has never had to rule before on whether or not states have the power to disqualify a candidate, even an insurrectionist. This outcome is not necessarily surprising. The moment most legal experts heard the Oral Arguments and, specifically the back and forth with the justices, most of them predicted the court wouldnt take the step of barring the republican front runner from the ballot, that they would find a way out, and they did. Now, would a different outcome have sent a stronger message that you cannot foment an insurrection and be allowed to run for federal office . Yes, it would have. Would it be better for the prospects of president bidens reelection if donald trump go