million to a pair of georgia election workers that a jury concluded he defamed after the 2020 election in our out of, this world lead right now two astronauts who are stranded aboard the international space station spoken a video interview today, the boeing starliner spaceship that took the two to space has been plagued with problems and cannot bring them back home right now despite seeing no return ship, the pair s spirits could not be higher literally higher ultimately, they say they trust their team. and the science to bring them back you can follow the lead on x at the lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode a lead you to listen to the show whence you get your podcasts, the news continues now on cnn, i ll see you tomorrow hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states all around the world and everyone streaming us on cnn max, i m rosemary church just ahead president joe biden hosts nato leaders at the white house as the cause of democrats some suppor
desantis and local leaders as well as local and federal leaders put politics aside in the aftermath of last week s deadly condo collapse. good morning and welcome to morning joe it s friday, july 2nd. along with willie and me we have msnbc political analyst claire mckasskill, eugene robinson, and white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire. mika has the morning off. that was a nice moment. we ve seen a few moments. we never want to overread into these moments and if we do, we certainly will hear about it, people suggesting that we re somehow hopelessly naive. but it is important for americans, it is important for the world to see the president and the governor of florida sitting down, being polite with each other, agreeing with each other that they re on the same team, that they re working together to alleviate the terrible pain, the terrible suffering that these families are going through in florida. we also saw it earlier this week when we saw mitch mcc
holding us back is us. more specifically, some of us. more specifically, some of us in certain areas, with very specific politics. the proof. of the 25 states with the best-vaccination rates, 17 of the governors have a d in front of their name. where trump got the most votes, you see the most hesitancy. we re going to go this to this in detail with the wizard of odds later. but the question is, if you look for those in congress who are fighting this progress. messing with vaccines. vaccine passports messaging. you will find party of trump members. raises a question. is the willingness to frustrate the fight of a pandemic illness a major symptom of poison politics that is literally making us sick in more ways than one? few people understand the state of play, better than our first guest, tonight. former-republican governor, actively now working to help vaccinate america. new jersey s chris christie, good to see you, gov. good to see you, chris, thanks for having me. all
your son s fine. thank you. there was something in the road. it s okay. you re safe now. i m chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. the virus is in retreat. cases are down, across the country. 57%, this past week, from a month ago. six states report an average of less than one covid death, per day, over the past week. why? big raisin is that half of the 50 states have now fully vaccinated at least half of all adults against covid. but only half the states. turns out, the only thing holding us back is us. more specifically, some of us. more specifically, some of us in certain areas, with very specific politics. the proof. of the 25 states with the best-vaccination rates, 17 of the governors have a d in front of their name. where trump got the most votes, you see the most hesitancy. we re going to go this to this in detail with the wizard of odds later. those but the question is, if you look for those in congress who are fighting this progress. messing with vaccines. vaccine
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