It is not, however, sadly unprecedented. The new laws they are pushing are based on the election lies still being told by the former president and we got word that the man in maralago has word he will soon return to office. Trump has been telling a number of people he expects he will be reinstated by august. Keep in mind, there is no such thing as a former president being reinstated and even if there was, he won t be. The image of a former president milling around in his florida club talking to anyone about phony election results and imaginary ballots is rather sad and pathetic. It has real world consequences. Republican politician pres hopio be noticed are trying to enact laws based on his lies. Limiting voting. Curtailing investigation into the insurrection. Some followers of his, now selling qanon merchandise online and repeating qanon favored slogans at times supports a coup against president biden. Why a myanmar style i want to know why what happened in myanmar can t happen here.
Day and what happened between election day and the attack. So that s where we left it last night with the expectation that a vote approving the commission would come wednesday tomorrow. Today pretty much on queue, surprising nobody but still shocking some. This is the representative from massachusetts. We have some members from congress who are basically saying what we saw and experienced didn t happen. I mean, enough, i ve had it. I mean, i talked earlier about talking to staff members and people, talking to capitol police and people that work in the cafeteria traumatized by the attack on this chamber. This was the vice president of the united states was a target. It is pathetic and, you know, i m sorry for venting but, you know, i m worried about this institution. Leader mccarthy has not commented on camera but did put out a statement outlining his objections chief among them the focus of a bipartisan commission investigating the attack on january 6th won t be on lots of other things
Then it s on to geneva for the g7 and the nato summits. All here in the next eight days. There are meetings, highprofile meetings scheduled with british prime minister boris johnson, queen elizabeth and russian president vladimir putin. These meetings run the gamut. And the president is going abroad as his agenda here at home goes nowhere. After weeks of negotiations, the attempts to find compromise with republicans on infrastructure, the president pulled the plug yesterday. Every one of his key priorities now hitting road blocks. Let s start with john. All right. This is a big high stakes trip. Let s discuss what it means, what it signifies. I m joined by jim sciutto, anchor of newsroom. As the president heads in just a few minutes overseas, how does the world see joe biden and the united states? what does he need to do here? well, part of this is a reset because trump, america first, was so much about go it alone. By the way, not just deemphasize alliances like g7 and nato but straig
Next week at the center of news with alexi navalny and the political movement. If that sounds like a lot, there is the small matter as the presidencys it of saving democracy. I believe we re at an inflection point in world history. The moment where it falls to us to prove that democracies will not just endure but they will excel as we rise to seize the enormous opportunities in the new age. We have to discredit those who believe that the age of democracy is over as some of our fellow nations believe. So there is that. And there is everything back home stalled legislation on infrastructure, police reform, voting rights and investigating the insurrection that s let s not forget was barely five months ago. As he s prepping for the g 7 and nato summit, russia summit and the rest, he s left the chief of staff behind in washington to deal with congress and said to be working the phones himself. So plenty to get to tonight on both sides of the atlantic. Let s start off with cnn kaitlan collin
Leadership and legacy. After leaving the white house, president obama mostly stayed out of politics. Though, last year, he did campaign for president biden. The former president, and formerfirst lady have signed production deals with netflix. They both started podcasts, and mr. Obama has continued his work with the program he launched, while he was in the white house called my brother s keeper. It s now part of the obama foundation. Its mission is to provide support for what it calls pathways of opportunity to young men of color. It s a deeply personal mission, for president obama, who grew up hardly knowing his own father. And who, by his own account, didn t find his way until his late teens. He writes about this, as well as how he balanced governing with being a husband and dad in his recentlypublished book a promise land. We dropped in a high school where he was visiting with a young men who had been part of my brother s keeper to talk about their lives and the challenges they face.