Fact is it is happening. And if it s happening anywhere in this country, that should alarm you. A new report from the brennan center for justice reveals that 18 states have enacted at least 30 laws this year that make it harder to vote. And it s only july. Republicans in texas are actively trying their hardest to adages even more restrictive voter laws to the list. But for the moment they ve been held off by a brave group of democratic state legislators. They ve been in washington, d. C. Nearly two weeks trying to foil the republicanled legislature s effort to pass a bill making it harder for potentially millions of texans to vote. The governor greg abbott threatens to airports the lawmakers upon return, arrest them for fighting for voting rights, every one of them with whom i ve spoken are willing to face arrest because that s the new civil disobedience in america we re at a turning point and now is not the time to stand by while republicans attempt to kill democracy by a thousand cut
december 14th is the day already marked in the history books. it s the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. december 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. but when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 coronavirus deaths right here in the united states. also marks the first day of the vaccine rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. these images of front line health care workers and residents of nursing homes are filling our televisions today and providing a real-time solve to our pandemic-weary nation. friday s late-night approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcast
moscow on alert. ukraine says that they are not responsible for an overnight drone attack in russia. this as kyiv is rocked by a third wave of russian strikes in just 24 hours. at least nine people injured including a 1-year-old child after a mass shooting at a popular florida beach. a suspect is still on the run. also terrifying moments on a carnival cruise ship rocked by a storm near charleston, south carolina. a look inside the ship during the frightening voyage. these major developing stories and many more right here on cnn news central . this morning ukraine says it is not them. denying it was directly involved in a series of drone attacks on moscow. a plume of smoke could be seen rising over the city today. despite ukraine s denial, russia is pointing the finger directly at kyiv. and saying two people were hurt and several buildings damaged in the attack. want to show you another video, this is actually what one person caught the moment a drone flew over th
started. a new era on capitol hill. house republicans are back in charge but are they capable of governing? it doesn t matter whether we have a 30 or 5-seat majority. we ll use it in the manner that the american public wants us to. welcome to inside politics sunday. thank you for spending new year s day with us. we begin in politics as we begin with most questions than answers. what will the legislative priorities actually be? at the white house can president biden beat back the economic head winds and will he be able to maintain momentum from the string of 2022 wins? where we begin today on the campaign trail. what will the 2024 republican primary field look like? can whoever run succeed where the 16 candidates 2 cycles ago could not? many potential candidates have been dropping hints for months. all my focus is on the midterm elections and will stay that way for 20 days but after that we ll think about the future. now that the midterms are over i ll have more to
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newsroom starts right now. our top story, u.s. president donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former attorney michael cohen. the president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top campaign advisers and russians. according to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. there are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. trump and his advisers have said mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. here are just a few examples. did you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. donald trump jr. put it all out today. did you he know the time that they had the meeting? no, i didn t know anything about the meeting. let s focus on what the president was aware. nothing. it must have been a very unborn meeting because i never h