grabs, all steeped in the insurrectionist former president s big election lie. in the new york times this morning, republican state lawmakers have introduced at least 216 bills in 41 states to give legislators more power over election officials. 24 have been enacted into law across 14 states. already, gop lawmakers have stripped secretaries of state of their power, asserted more control over state election boards, made it easier to overturn election results and pursued several partisan audits and inspections of 2020 results. the situation continues to deteriorate in texas where democrats have prevented the gop from making it easier to overturn the results of an election, but only temporarily, and in response to democrats efforts in texas, the republican governor, greg abbott, followed through on his threat of what is essentially extortion of the legislative branch. he s withholding pay, defunding the legislature, until they come back for a special session and pass republic
document outlining the agreements made between the leaders is expected to be released around midday today hour time. china is expected to be the main focus of the communique, however there remains disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back and on countering china s growing influence and power. the white house is calling biden s proposed plan to counter china, build back better for the world or b3w, which as the new york times notes is a play on china s bli, the belt and road initiative. biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a beach barbecue which as you can see is lovely, but before that was a day of sessions and meetings, including with french million emmanuel macron. he had a unique relationship with our former president which included a lot of brew ha ha, and endlessly long and awkward handshakes. macron s meeting with biden was a lot more subdued. we have to deal with this pandemic, covid-19, we have to face a lot of challenges, a lot o
what will be necessary to get that bill passed. democrats began rallying around the proposal in earnest after stacey abrams publicly promoted the compromise plan which includes making election day a public holiday, mandating at least 15 consecutive days for early voting, banning partisan gerrymandering, making automatic voter registration through the states dmvs and requiring voter id to prove who you are. it comes amidst sham audits such as the one going on in arizona. it continues to grow across the country. in mlg mlg conservative activists delivered several thousand petitions demanding a forensic audit. they were reportedly endescribed with bible verses and anointed with oil before being handed over. if one said if you wonder why we re doing it at the prayer rally, that s because we recognize it is a spiritual rally. he compared the 2020 election with the persecution of jesus christ. as noted by joss len benson a forensic audit is not a thing. with how to stop the ninja a
family. we ve been waiting for these for a while. they show how those who contributed to hunter s ventures were seemingly reward evidence with access to his father. bill: it all flies in the face of what the president and his staff have been saying on repeat. have you ever spoken to your son about his overseas business dealings? president biden: i ve never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. do they stand behind the comment he has never been involved or spoken to his son about his business? i ve been asked this question a million times. the answer won t change. the answer remains the same. the president was never in business with his son. dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill. she has been asked that question a lot. her answer did change slightly and we have noticed that. what did you find out this morning from the new records? good morning. the question is what was hunter biden doing to earn access to this money? republicans on the house
science fiction stories, but usually it s something less interesting than your imagination. i got to run. again, i am not proposing it. i am saying what people are proposing. don t get it twisted as has happened to me before. i want it to be god sfwlil a. that would be so fun. thank you. good to see you, all right? be well and blessed as they say and have a great day. see you soon. neil degrasse tyson. amazing. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. it is [ laughter ] we are laughing about the last segment. what is it? i don t know. boy. he is great. i love him. so glad you are with us. it is 8:00 in the east, 5:00 a.m. out west. kaitlin is on assignment. tomorrow she will be back. serious stuff to talk about. yes. an entire town still living in fear weeks after a train hauling dangerous chemicals crashed and burned, last night angry residents got the chance to confront the railroad ceo at a cnn town hall. i hope you watched