where there is a sense of mounting pressure for president joe biden to bow out of the race ahead of next month s democratic convention. the washington post reports former president barack obama believes biden needs to reconsider a second term and the new york times now reports that biden may be considering the possibility that he needs to leave the race. chris, last night if you are following along with the scripted remarks that were advanced to us of j.d. vance, there was an ad lib. he made about kamala harris. i saw that. that was not just happenstance. that was clearly, i think, trying to account for a potential future where joe biden is not actually the nominee and i sort of wonder whether you think we will hear similar ad lib. s or plain scripting from donald trump tonight. i am very curious. it is not that hard to talk about the biden-harris ticket. this is the most uncertain and volatile political situation that i have modern american politics. probably sin
first, the latest news. the prime minister has said that the king s speech marks the start of a rejection of what he called the snake oil charms of populism and the beginning of a national renewal . he was speaking in the commons after the king had laid out labour s plans for its first months in office. growing fears that another war may erupt in the middle east as israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah keep trading fire across the border. police in thailand say six vietnamese nationals found dead in a luxury hotel suite in bangkok on tuesday were probably poisoned with cyanide in a suspected murder suicide case. authorities are investigating possible motives. the prime minister of bangladesh has warned that those responsible for the death of six people in a wave of student protests will be punished regardless of their political affiliation. many oppose a law under which a third of civil service posts are reserved for relatives of bangladesh s independence fighter
pledging blanket amnesty for all in afghanistan while vowing that no death will be caused to anyone outside of afghanistan by the taliban and that there will be no violence against women. already we re seeing some violations of that. in turn, the taliban is calling on the international community to respect its core values. of course, that is a tough sell considering the scenes what we have been seeing outside of the kabul airport. we do want to warn you, this these are disturbing images, but this is what is going on. a photo journal ist for the los angeles times capturing wounded pictures of wounded afghans after taliban fighters used lethal weapons for crowd control. photographer marcus llam telling cnn s anderson cooper that this violence was indiscriminate and one taliban fighter fired his weapon into the crowd while smiling at another taliban fighter as if it were a game. let s go live to kabul and to cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward. i think what we
even larger, more progressive bill through reconciliation. that s a special filibuster proof maneuver that requires a simple majority for passage. in other words, without republican support. meanwhile, the senate continues to work on voting rights. the judiciary committee met saturday with a former trump d.o.j. official and a key city in afghanistan just fell to the taliban. that will be of key concern to the senate foreign relations committee where my first guest is a member. joining me now is senator jeff merkley of oregon. senator merkley, thank you for coming back to the sunday show. you re welcome. good to be with you. all right. let s start with infrastructure. will i understand senator haggerty of tennessee raised objections, i think put a hold on proceedings because he wanted to go back to regular order. will things get back on track today? yes, we re in a 30-hour period before our final vote from being held, a simple majority vote on the substitute amendmen
one of the world s greatest footballers, lionel messi, is leaving barcelona after more than 20 years. the international olympic committee says it s ordered two belarusian coaches to leave the athletes village to protect the rest of their team. greece has been plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis, according to the country s prime minister. days of heatwaves have turned the country into a powder keg and he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames. as mark lobel reports, villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as villages like these burn, the greek prime minister is urging extreme caution. houses can be rebuilt, he says, trees can regrow, however human life cannot be replaced. but abandoning your home is never easy in your 70s. translation: leave and go where, and let my house burn? if we had left, this place would have burned. we told the women and elderly and kids to go, and whoever was able