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all right. it s monday, june 17, right now on cnn this morning, president biden and donald trump are looking for a boost to their campaign war chests ten days out from the first presidential debate hundreds of vacua is strong winds fuel fast-moving, fire near los angeles, plus israel s military announces a tactical pause in rafa to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. yet, the prime minister of criticizes the move 5:00 a.m. here in washington 5:00 a.m. here in washington. here s a live look in new york city and good morning everyone. i m on a roger kasie hunt has the day off. it s so great to be with you. president biden and donald trump holding dueling campaign events over the weekend, which is ten days to go into the first presidential debate of 2024. of course, right here on cnn for donald trump, he went to detroit decor black voters, but also throw red meat to his base in an event run by a hard right group, by didn t meantime, hard now with movie stars joining b ....
benjamin: you can let freedom ring, just not too loud. a north dakota man facing potential fines over the sound of his american flag. fox and friends first starts right now. everybody s working for the weekend everybody s working for the man jillian: we made it through the week, fox and friends first on friday morning. benjamin: good morning. i have done it, there we go. jillian: jillian is one of my greatest friends. no harm there. good morning. benjamin: a pleasure to be with you today. it is a busy day. the house has approved two immigration bills creating a pathway to citizenship for millions. the white house press victory slips up and calls the migrant surge a crisis. carley: we learn one high profile official is headed to the border today. a charged atmosphere for immigration reform is two measures past the house yesterday. the first is the american dream and promise act. it applies to the so-called dreamers who came here as children, creates a 10 y ....
voting rights legislation. senator warnock s whose state was at the center of calls by trump was on the floor. watch. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. since the january election, some 250 voter suppression bills have been introduced by state legislatures across the country from georgia to arizona, from new hampshire to florida. using the big lie of voter fraud as a pretext for voter suppression. the same big lie that led to a violent insurrection on this very capitol. the day after my election. make no mistake. this is democracy in reverse. rather than voters being able to pick the politicians, the politicians are trying to cherry pick their voters. i say this cannot stand. the legislation the senator is promoting there takes direct aim at institutional barriers to voting and create national standards for voter registration. according ....
kind, mental relief. not everyone is able to breathe easier as questions over whether americans who needed help, the most will get it. we ll already know that black americans are not getting the vaccine in a way that s proportionate. coming up, we ll talk to a doctor who says it s not just fear widening that gap but lack of communities having access that they never had it to begin with. i also get into a gap in priorities in washington because even with his response getting high marks from the american people is already clear that just as when biden was last in the white house, republicans will have no qualms about extending american suffering if it means shortening a democrat s reach. double that if he s black or at least black adjacent. but this time they have two obsessions, biden and our former president, who is in no legal position to lead them to electoral redemption right now and may not ever be. as the tentacles of various civil and criminal investigations tight ....
congress and in moments he will sign it into law. this as vaccines are being delivered to americans with the goal of having enough vaccines for all adults by the end of may. nearly 1500 americans are still dying on average each day to a disease that didn t have a name just 15 months ago. i m going to turn now to chief cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins. kaitlan, before you get into the details of the president s speech tonight, tell us what you know about this signing event. reporter: well, so this was a bit of a change. we were not expecting president biden to actually sign this bill until tomorrow when they were going to have a signing ceremony at the white house with all the lawmakers. but now the president says they got this bill last night earlier than going through those procedural motions up on capitol hill, so he wants to sign this as quickly as possible so it can go into effect. you ll see this in about 30 minutes or so. we re going into the oval o ....