we re, following a couple of, live events that are about to get underway on a day that democrats could potentially make or break the president s political future. the white house briefing is about to start any moment, and the leaders of the house democratic caucus will be speaking after the party met behind closed doors we re following all the latest developments from the white house to capitol hill. and let s start there with cnn, chief congressional correspondent, manu raju. manu, tell us what you re hearing from lawmakers as they all get together today and talk about this yeah this meeting this morning, about two hours with the house democrats really airing out their concerns is a bit of an open mic session. members would go up express their concerns about joe biden as the nominee expressed concerns about donald trump taking back the white house and about how the party needs to come together for an order to defeat donald trump, all playing out in this private setting. th
republicans at every level, federal, state, everywhere, are putting in place step by ugly step all of the tools that they need to steal the next election and the one after that and the one after that. you get the picture? across the country 14 republican-led states have enacted 22 laws that restrict access to voting. and they re just getting started. at least 61 additional bills with equally restrictive provisions are snaking their way through 18 state legislatures. most of these laws just so happen to target communities of color, the elderly, people with disabilities and the young. and if that s not repugnant enough, some of these republican laws have stripped secretaries of state of their power, clearing the way for partisan control of state election boards and made it easier to overturn election results. take, for example, the partisan unconstitutional and undemocratic 2020 election inspection happening in arizona, which republicans across the country are keen on replicati
good-bye to me. joy reid is up next. i owe you 45 seconds. thank you. if you say hi to martin sheen and tell him i m a fan we ll call it even. you got it. a reidout tonight with something we haven t had in four long years, a president who actually talked tough to russia. president biden continues his clean-up diplomacy today, bringing america back into the international fold at today s nato summit in brussels. in a news conference following a very busy day he previewed what is undoubtedly today s event, his meeting on wednesday with russian president vladimir putin. i m going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses. and if he chooses not to cooperate, and acts in a way that he has in the past relative to cyber security and some other activities, then we will respond. we should decide where it s in our mutual interest, and interest of the world to cooperate. and see if we can do that. and areas where we don t agree,
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a funeral has taken place in myanmar for a young woman who s become a national symbol of resistance to miltary rule after she was shot during a protest against the coup. a passengerjet engine bursts into flames above the us state of colorado. debris fell onto homes below but the plane landed safely to the relief of crew and passengers. my daughter was sitting on the window, and i was just like, don t look! let s close it up and let s just pray. so that is what we did. wejust held hands and said some prayers. and a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant, using a machine to keep hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. every adult in the uk will be offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly under new plans to speed up the roll out. more than 370,000 people had their first dose of one of the approved covid 19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. t