Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good morning to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world, im john berman. Side by side with Brianna Keilar this morning. It is wednesday, august 11th. We do begin with breaking news. It happened just moments ago in the u. S. Senate and is a big victory for President Biden and his domestic agenda. Topping off 24 hours of big 24 hour for this agenda, and a sign that maybe theres a possibility for the path that he has set going forward. After an all nighter, senate democrats approved a 3. 5 trillion Budget Resolution paving the way for democrats to pass the plan without republican support later this year. The measure passed 5049. It was a Partyline Vote following a lengthy series of amendments. The budget lays the Ground Work for a sweeping expansion of the countrys social Safety Net and would allow democrats to fund their battle the climate crisis, fund some healthcare initiatives, Education Measures and it would also increase ta
Frustrations calling the suspension a badge of honor and adding that left wing cretens at youtube banning me for a video saying clothe masks don t work from peer articles. this comes right after congresswoman marjorie taylor greene was suspended from twitter yesterday for falsely claiming that vaccines are failing and ineffective. both twitter and youtube say suspensions are consistent with each company s policy. anybody using them should know that. those are readily available for anybody including senator paul and congresswoman marjorie taylor greene available for their perusing if they should choose to do so. for rand paul, though, one more strike would mean an additional ban for two more weeks. two more strikes could result in a permanent ban, brianna. whitney, thank you for that. whitney wild. new information just into cnn about how parents feel about masks and vaccines. and it s pretty revealing. i ve been pouring over the numbers, harry. i ve been pouring over them.
People whose families live there, close friends live there and it s just so ironical that this is all being done in the name of personal liberty. i mean, doesn t liberty end when you start causing active harm to the others around you? and in this case, the u.s. by opting not to mandate vaccines in my opinion is hurting not just its own people but it s hurting the global economy, it s hurting the entire idea of vaccine equity and hurting countries and country men and women like mine who want those vaccines and need those vaccines. it s a fascinating look at your column about the u.s. from an outside perspective. we appreciate you sharing it with us this morning. barkha dutt, thank you. thank you. we have new cnn reporting about indicted trump organization cfo allen weissleburg. federal prosecutors suspect weissleburg lied in testimony during their former hearing of
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman. side by side with brianna keilar this morning. it is wednesday, august 11th. we do begin with breaking news. it happened just moments ago in the u.s. senate and is a big victory for president biden and his domestic agenda. topping off 24 hours of big 24 hour for this agenda, and a sign that maybe there s a possibility for the path that he has set going forward. after an all nighter, senate democrats approved a $3.5 trillion budget resolution paving the way for democrats to pass the plan without republican support later this year. the measure passed 50-49. it was a party-line vote following a lengthy series of amendments. the budget lays the ground work for a sweeping expansion of the country s social safety net and would allow democrats to fund their battle the climate crisis,
New york governor andrew cuomo is stepping down p in two weeks, unable to overcome the fallout from the damming state attorney general report that detailed sexual harassment allegations involving nearly a dozen women. this morning, there are questions about cuomo s future and the legal liability he may face once he leaves office. joining us now cnn political commentator errol louis, and carolyn. how surprised were you that the governor left the way he did and what happens now? i was a little surprised. it only became clear about halfway through his 20-minute speech, oh, he s leaving. we knew he was going to put up a fight. we knew he wanted to put up a fight. he had a lot of time, frankly. the assembly is moving towards impeachment a pace a month from now they would have to make a hard choice and hard votes and