gay player sharing his story and pledging to help the lgbtq community in a major way. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, june 22nd. free and fair elections and president biden s agenda to a certain extent on the line today when the senate votes on the for the people act. republicans are pledging unified opposition and the measure is certain to fail without 60 votes. the question is can it get 50 democrats. president biden meeting privately on monday with two moderate democrats who may hold the key to getting to 50 and also to the entire biden agenda at this point, senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. as of last night manchin says he does not know they will vote to advance the elections overhaul bill that s as you works to negotiate changes with fellow democrats. so if the democrats stick together with 50 votes and that s really a big if here, this could ramp up pressure on the filibuster to address not only voting ri
republican national committee censures the two republican members of congress january 6th committee members in part for participating in, quote, persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate discourse. is that how the republican party views the deadly violent assault on the capitol on democracy? the republican civil war over that dark day. that s ahead. and as the games begin, the chinese government cynically pushes an athlete from its muslim minority from lighting the torch, hoping you forget the genocide the chinese government is committing against that very same ethnic group. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. just in. former vice president mike pence moments ago directly took on his former boss, donald trump, and donald trump s outlandish, untethered claims about the election. take listen. i heard this week that president trump said i had the right to overturn the election. president trump is wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presiden
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hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a massive explosion has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after shelling cuts its external power. ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. , hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. haaland on target again for manchester city, who go top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his wo