John: first, democratic lawmakers from texas on the run and in washington, d. C. , today. Part of a second attempt to block g. O. P. Back to voting bills back in her home state. Hello, i m john roberts in washington. Sandra: good afternoon everyone. I m sandra smith. Democrats leaving texas yesterday. We saw the pictures. All coming after governor greg habit because the special assessment to debate on everything. He said that democrats that left the state could be arrested when they return. John: those low makers say that blocking the voting rights protect democracy and republican say that those bills would strengthen election security. Sandra: senior correspondent is live from austin, texas, with the very latest from there. Hello. It good to see you. Talk about a real impasse. Both sides have really dug their heels in. The lawmakers in washington, the democratic lawmakers say that they have every intention of staying put in running the clock out while the governor of the state, greg a
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You are mr. Sun shine. Bill: my sense is this is happening in private industry a lot more than we know of. And the payoffs are likely happening a lot more than we ve been told. Martha: what s going on with these ransoms? the latest attack is raising a lot of concerns of a potential beef shortage this time. Last time it was oil. This time beef. The hackers targeted jbs, the world s largest meat supplier. They hit the united states and australia on this particular ransom tour. The white house says it is engaging with russia on this matter telling moscow they must not protect those who are responsible. Russian hackers working and lurking around in the shadows there. Alissa reporting from greeley, colorado in one of those affected factories. Good morning. This is jbs s largest beef facility in the country and they had to cancel two shifts yesterday due to this attack. And one thing to keep in mind much of the beef and poultry production that happens in this country is automated. Which is w
Good morning, charles it s a weekend away for washington, for president biden after a week away in europe. The white house says next week, the president will be talking with democrats and republicans about the potential for an infrastructure compromise there s a group of senate democrats and republicans who were negotiating a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal, but there are significant disagreements, in particular, how to pay for it on one side you ve got democrats who want to increase taxes, on the other side you ve got republicans who want to use unspent covid relief funds. I, myself, do not think we should be taking money out of the pockets of people of unemployment or take money out out of the rescue package, because it s there for a purpose his own proposal, as you know, is a huge new package, $2. 65 trillion with $2 trillion of new taxes, particularly taxes on american businesses and american workers, which makes no sense coming out of this pandemic. Reporter: and to close the
you can still see the bullet holes behind me. well, today pope francis is here. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this busy sunday. because there are explosive developments in new york as governor andrew cuomo digs in his heels in the face of new allegations of inappropriate conduct. there are some legislators who suggest that i resign because of accusations that are made against me. i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn t elected by politicians. i m not going to resign because of allegations. anybody has the ability to make an allegation in democracy, and that s great. but it s in the credibility of the allegation. no, there is no way i resign. and now there are mounting calls from key democrats where cuomo s resignation despite his vow to stay in office. the state senate majority leader is telling cnn new york is still facing the societal health and econo