police have made 35 arrests after members of the environmental group, insulate britain, blocked more roads today. demonstrators were dragged out of the way by angry motorists in essex, but immediately returned to join the protest again. jon donnison reports. tempers at boiling point today. moved out of the way!- tempers at boiling point today. moved out of the way! move out ofthe moved out of the way! move out of the way- moved out of the way! move out of the way. some moved out of the way! move out of the way. some drivers - moved out of the way! move out of the way. some drivers took i of the way. some drivers took matters into of the way. some drivers took matters into their of the way. some drivers took matters into their own - of the way. some drivers took matters into their own hands. i matters into their own hands. this kind of direct action has been going on for more than a month. today they reduce the ugliest scenes so far. produced. the activists complain
it s a question we ve asked before. are we past the worst of it? or is there the possibility of another wave coming? we ll address that today. plus, the latest on the 18-year-old student facing charges after opening fire yesterday during a fight at his texas high school near dallas. also, developing overnight, a federal judge blocked the enforcement of the strict, new abortion law out of texas. we ll look at where the legal fight goes from here. and the dodgers walk it off in l.a. last night beating the cardinals in the bottom of the ninth. it was a late night, willie. walk-off home run for chris taylor. highlights in a minute. meanwhile, republican and democratic leaders appear to be heading towards a deal to lift the nation s debt ceiling. minority leader mitch mcconnell offered a fix to work on a more permanent solution. msnbc s white house correspondent has details. reporter: what could be a short-term solution to the looming disaster, top republican mitch mcc
covid like those living in long-term care facilities or frontline workers like doctors and teachers. that last bullet at center of an unusual move by the cdc director. dr. walensky right now holding a covid briefing defending her decision to go against an advisory panel s controversial vote to not include frontline workers in its booster recommendation. president biden this morning backed the cdc director s decision and urged americans who can to go get boosted now. let s get right to the white house. jeff zeleny there. jeff, the plans for the president to speak today came rather last minute, it seemed. it did, ana. of course, the president reacting to that overnight decision from the cdc. this is something the white house in fact has been awaiting for quite some time. they, of course, thought this week was the week on the calendar that all americans would receive booster shots. that, of course, did not happen because of the series of recommendations that started last week
celebrates her platim jubilee, 70 years on the throne, with a surprise announcement. we re live in london with a closer look. u.s. officials now believe russia has assembled about 70% of the military force it needs to launch a full-scale invasion of ukraine. the latest satellite images show russian forces gathering strength in belarus. some are positioned less than 50 kilometers from ukraine s northern border. france s president heads to moscow on monday to pursue a diplomatic solution. emmanuel macron spoke saturday with nato s secretary-general and the british prime minister, who want the kremlin to understand that nato isn t divided about the russian threat. cnn s melissa bell is standing by live for us in kyiv. melissa, heading into that meeting with putin, the message from france, uk, and nato is unity, right? reporter: unity and strength and preparedness to react should anything further happen, kim. but there is this deep belief on the part of the french president t