Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Im boris sanch. Im amara walker. Rising Gun Violence. As the country hits a vaccine milestone, there are worries out there that one variant could spark a new wave of cases. Thank you for starting your saturday, June 19th with us. The very first juneteenth national independence day. Now an official national holiday. Happy june tteenth, boris. I cant believe you eat that. Ill send you some of the good kind. We begin this hour with images that some lawmakers in congress are trying to downplay and distract you from. They are from January 6th. And they are a brutal reminder of the violence carried out by a mob that was stirred into a frenzy by the former president and his lies about the last election. Yeah. The latest clip shows a rioter taunting, stalking, and hitting Law Enforcement. It was disturbing enough it moved a judge to keep the man in jail pending trial. The judge saying, quote, if any crime establishes danger to the Community And Disregard
Looms over congress doorstep. It is crunch time for the democrats and their For The People Act, the sweeping Voting Bill that would make many changes to rules regarding Voting And Campaign finance. It passed without republican support in the house and, next week, it faces a showdown in the senate. Voting restrictions passed in key battleground states this year. Under the bills pronponents, some would curve those states laws. Here is a look at the bills main features. It all looked to be a lost cause. As republicans have called the push a partisan takeover of elections. But enter the Senate Compromise Leader Joe Manchin has signaled he is open to negotiation. Here are some of the big issues in his Partys Bill he says hell support. Declaring Election Day a public holiday. Mandating at least 15 consecutive days of early voting for federal elections. Banning partisan gerrymandering and making Voter Registration Auto at dmv. Here is what manchin is asking for. Requiring identification to vo
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