Approval. Plus, where we stand as a nation. One year after the murder of george floyd. With jamele hill and adam sewer. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. With a huge new story. Out tonight from the washington post, recently confirmed that the ap appears, reporting in the manhattan district attorney has now convened a grand jury that will hear evidence in the criminal case against donald trump. The grand jury is expected to decide whether or not to indict the twice impeached acts president. That s according to two people familiar with the situation. This indicates the investigation of trump and his businesses has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. The post reports also suggests that vance believes that he is found evidence of a crime. If not by trump, then by someone potentially close to him or by his company. Some prosecutors see a grand jury in order to present evidence and hear from witnesses. And the prosecutor so chooses to ask
joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i m rosemary church. just ahead, president joe biden orders 200 million additional vaccine doses, but can he achieve his am bichbitious goal beating back the pandemic. plus, a new vote shows republicans may be unwilling to convict president trump. we ll take a closer look at what democrats might do next. and 100,000 dead. the uk confronts a devastating toll from the coronavirus pandemic. good to have you with us. well, the u.s. is on a wartime footing against covid-19. and president joe biden will make a major offensive with the purchase of 200 million more vaccine doses. a white house official says the u.s. is increasing its order of both the pfizer biontech and moderna vaccines by 50%. the goal is to have enough to vaccinate 300 million americans, raising the numbers on this map significantly by the end of the summer. but getting the order in is only the first hurdle. right n
we start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russia s presidential election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. he had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87% of the vote. but there was defiance in the form of large queues at some polling stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. at least 80 protesters were arrested. his widow yulia navalnya cast her vote at russia s embassy in berlin. there were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. in london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. from moscow here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confide
hello and welcome to newsday. we start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russia s presidential election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. he had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87% of the vote. but there was defiance in the form of large queues at some polling stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. at least 80 protesters were arrested. his widow yulia navalnya cast her vote at russia s embassy in berlin. there were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. in london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. from moscow here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s pres
an exit poll has suggested that, as expected, president putin is heading for a landslide win, taking nearly 88% of the vote. the final day of voting saw large queues form at some polling stations, in an apparent show of dissent. allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. there were no protest chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. a rights monitoring group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the russian embassy in berlin to vote. she was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. after voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. she also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. a russian election official says more than eight million russians cast thei