We meet this Years Mercury Prize winner, Singer Songwriter Arlo parks, just 21 years old. In his most sweeping act yet, President Biden has set out a series of radical measures to get more americans vaccinated against Covid 19. It follows a surge in cases of the fast spreading Delta Variant. All federal government workers will have to be innoculated as will businesses with more than A Hundred employees. Mr biden expressed frustration at the Eighty Million americans who are still notjabbed, saying they were causing hospitals to become overcrowded and he appealed to them to get the shot. My message is this. What more is there to wait for . What more do you need to see . The vaccine has fda approval. More than 200 Million with at least one shot. We have been patient, but patience is wearing thin. And refusal has cost all of us, so please, do the right thing. Just dont take it from me. Listen to the voices of unvaccinated americans. Taking their final breath, saying, if only id gotten vacc
states, or under any state, who having previously taken an oath to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. now, donald trump, having incited an insurrection, and having tried to overturn the results of a free and fair election, in violation of the constitution, he is now constitutionally ineligible to be president again. it seems pretty straightforward. the question is how can that be enforced? well, we rarely invoke in court, this section three of the 14th amendment has been recently used to remove someone from office. and the case actually revolved around the january 6th insurrection. in september of 2022, following a lawsuit by a group of new mexico residents, griffin, this guy right here, was ordered to be removed from his position as a terrell county commissioner by a new mexico state court judge due to his participation in the insurrection. he was pre
it was the strongest storm to hit florida s big bend region in 125 years. now, tropical storm idalia is moving offshore leaving a path of destruction and massive flooding across the southeast. we ll have the latest on the devastation and cleanup still to come. another health scare for senator mitch mcconnell for the second time in two months the 81-year-old senate minority leader froze and appeared unable to speak while taking questions from reporters. the situation is sparking more questions about the top republican. and a tragic scene in south africa, 73 dead dozens more injured after a fire burns through a building full of families overnight. now rescue and recovery efforts are under way. i m boris sanchez with rahel solomon in for kate, sarah and john. this is cnn news central. this morning the road to recovery. after a once in a century hurricane, florida now beginning its first full day of cleanup as idalia now a tropical storm heads offshore. it s still packing s
for safety. the humanitarian crisis that started at the southern border is reaching further across the entire country. officials in at least two northeastern states now demanding that the biden administration step in. and a history-making mega millions jackpot. details on the single winning ticket in last night s billion dollar plus drawing. and we begin this morning with the results of a special election in ohio that could have national implications for the battle over abortion rights. ohio voters rejected issue one last night, a republican-led measure that would have raised the threshold of what it takes to amend the state s constitution to a 60% super majority. according to the ohio secretary of state, still unofficial results, 57% voted against the measure, 43% in favor, and while the word abortion didn t show up anywhere in the ballot, issue one would have applied to a referendum in the fall when voters will be asked whether to enshrine abortion protections in the
justice department is taking this language from defended trump very seriously. the special counsel team cited trump s truth social post in an immediate and pressing requests for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from making public any sensitive information turned over by the prosecutors. from that request quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. end quote. in response, trump s spokesperson put out a statement, claiming the post is quote, the definition of political speech. end quote. the implication that it is protected by the first amendment. the protective order that the quote is seeking, is in reference to trump s scheme to interfere with the 2020 election and that desperate temps to cling to power during the final weeks of his preside