Some of them have been open for 19 hours. That was much longer than planned and an effort to boost Voter Turnout. Now, besides dealing with domestic crises, irans next president will help decide whether the 2015 nuclear deal can be revived. It is a Position Raisi is said to favor. The executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft and the author of losing an enemy obama, iran, and the Triumph Diplomacy joins me now from fairfax, virginia. Good to see you. Im curious. What does the Leaderships Decision to basically, you know, rig the Candidate List basically to push such a hard line, someone literally under u. S. Sanctions. What does it say about the direction you think the leadership wants to go in terms of relations with the west . Well, i think primarily this has not been about the relationship with the west. Its about who controls iran for the next decades. The hardliners are now in control of the judiciary t. Through a rigged election theyre in control
President elect before the official results were made public. Lets go straight to cnns Fred Pleitgen live in tehran, a Landslide Victory for the hand picked main candidate, no surprise, i guess, take us through what this means for iran and for relations with the u. S. Well, i think there are several factors, first of all, kim, i do have to say this was really a very important and certainly most probably a pivotal election for iran and i think we will see, we will see iranian politics, move much further towards a conservative trajectory, and it has been the past eight years, and of course the past eight years, with the administration, a moderate government here in iran and Foreign Policy and western capital, with the Foreign Minister under the administration, it is a well known commodity. What you have in this election here is you have a victory, as you pointed out very much a Landslide Victory, he won 17. 8 million of the votes counted so far. Thats about 62 . That is a lot. And certai
Good morning. And welcome to your new day. Were thrilled that you are with us. It is saturday, june 19th, juneteenth, amara. That is right. Good morning to you, boris, how are you doing . Doing good. I dont have any Apple Juice to be honest with you. Im running on Water And Beef jerky. Beef jerky . Your Morning Routine is interesting Apple Juice, beef jerky, im just a coffee girl. We begin this hour with Police Departments across the country, hoping there will not be a repeat of Gun Violence spiking. Already this year, there have been over 280 Mass Shootings in america. According to data compiled with cnn. Cnn defines a Mass Shooting incidents in which four or more people are shot, not counting the shooter. And data shows roughly 40 increase, compared to this time last year, and 65 more Mass Shootings compared to this point in 2019. Theres also a concern about how brazen the violence is getting. And this morning, were getting a look at a shocking attack in New York. A young man and two
Children nearly getting hit in the process, trying to protect one another, diving for cover there, as the gunman continues firing. Polo, that Shooting Video is difficult to watch with those kids in Harms Way trying to help each other. It is a terrifying video to watch. Were sharing not only because nypd released it hoping to generate tips, but you can see the bravery of a 10yearold girl. Let me walk you through this video. You see a masked gunman on Thursday Evening charge towards an individual in red, and police believe this was a gangrelated shooting, and then opening fire. Just within inches of that muzzle flash, you see the 10yearold little Girl Pullet her 5yearold brother down towards the grounds and uses her bod i dont to shed her Little Brother from those bullets. Incredible to say they were not injured, at least not physically. Obviously that will certainly take an emotional toll on the children. As for the shooting victim, were told he is in Table Condition as investigators do
scandal is just the beginning. you have obstruction of justice, perjury charges. so many different levels of federal corruption here that need to be brought against the governor as well as his second in command and others. this is just the tip of the iceberg. harris: also in focus this hour a water and now food crisis in texas. the state s agricultural commissioner joins me on the challenges in recovering from this week s massive storm. plus 30,000 asylum seekers are being allowed back into the united states after the biden administration rolled back another trump immigration policy. we re live at the border. and i ll talk with big tech censorship with the interim ceo of parler. it is back online. first let s get to our top story. new york state assembly republican leader barkley called the cuomo controversy one of the most alarming scandals we ve seen in state government. he joins me now. assemblyman, you know, i m so curious about what the next steps are. how close are