as gerald seed puts it, the political system will have shown that it is incapable of reversing the problems that produced the violence in the first place. severe partisanship, distrust of the other side and a new problem of questioning election results. instead of capable, read unwilling, it s not a failure of the system, it s obstruction of certain members of it ahead in the senate. mitch mcconnell who has been working hard to kill the measure had this to say about it earlier. we all saw what happened. we were witnesses. we were under assault by the insurrection, so we know what happened. if we set up the commission, i think that the basic goal of our democratic friends is to keep relitigating, in public, what happened back on january 6th, rather than getting to a quick solution through arrests of those who did it and security adjustments to make sure that it never happens again. now, before getting to what senator mcconnell left out, he lobbied members to vote against t
block it as a personal favor to him. a new warning tonight from the department of homeland security that white supremacists may try to target events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the tulsa, oklahoma, race massacre. president joe biden set to visit tulsa to honor the victims. and qanon congresswoman marjorie taylor greene off the rails tonight at a rally, hitting a brand-new low, comparing democrats to nazis. let s get right to capitol hill, cnn s ryan noble joins us now. good evening to you. we re waiting on that vote. what s going on? what is the holdup? what s happening? reporter: well, the holdup has nothing to do with the 1/6 commission, don. this is actually the bill that came before it on the legislative calendar, which is a bill they ve called the endless frontiers act, which is actually a bipartisan piece of legislation designed to make the united states more competitive with china. but it is a massive bill, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars,
terrorism. that s not all. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan. outfront tonight, we are standing by for a key senate vote on a commission to investigate the riots, one of the worst attacks on the u.s. capitol since the war of 1812. and that vote all but expected to fail. republicans are confident that they have the votes to block it. block it, despite a bipartisan group of former homeland security secretaries issuing a last-minute statement, urging senators to put aside put politics aside and support the commission. this is a commission that, remember, was negotiated by republicans and democrats. one that republicans had said was necessary in the days after the riot. so what changed? well, for one, president trump. some republicans are scared of upsetting the man who incited the riot. and for others it s about power. they believe the commission s findings could get in the way of winning back the majorities in 2022. mitch mcconnell is said to h
passage of a restrictive new voting bill. the caucus chair joins us live in a moment. plus, a former u.s. spy tells us why the attack that gave him so-called havana syndrome is the most terrifying experience of his life. and florida governor ron desantis on a collision course with cruise ships over covid shots. will it sink his vaccine passport ban? and memorial day for military families in america. why they mark this day very differently than civilians, especially now that america s longest war is ending? good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is monday, may 31st, memorial day. breaking overnight, texas democrats going to extremes to block a restrictive republican voting bill. how? well, they walked out of the state house before a vote could happen. the measure would have made it much more difficult to vote by mail and would have empowered partisan poll watchers while making it easier to overturn election results. this fi
after that brazen move by belarus forcing a jet line for land to arrest a dissident journalist on board that flight. president biden calling the flight s diversion escorted by a fighter jet, quote, a direct affront to international norms. the european union agrees imposing new sanctions overnight. this is an attack on democracy, this is an attack on freedom of expression and this is an attack on european sovereignty. this outrageous behavior needs a strong answer. senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is live for us in berlin. fred, with he see these new sanctions and we re getting our first look at the journalist since his arrest making a statement. his supporters possibly under duress, what more are you learning? reporter: his supporters saying they believe it was definitely under duress. this happened on a social media channel, a pro-regime social media channel in belarus where roman protasevich is seen sit ago at table, essentially being saying that he is