good to be with you, i m katy tur. the 118th congress is in a league of its own when it comes to legislating. i would call it little league but even toddlers get a lucky swing or two. this group of lawmakers is on track to become the most unproductive in history. in the year it has been in power, only 35 bills have been passed and signed into law. the fewest since the great depression. it s been particularly bad in the always somewhat unruly house, but the republicans with their divergent interests and painfully slim majority have been especially unproductive, and yet last night, the lawmakers in the lower chamber did something extraordinary. they passed a tax bill that benefits both families and businesses with a giant bipartisan majority. 357 to 70. more than 3/4 of the house. democrats and republicans, all of them together. expanding the child tax credit, and restoring a set of expired tax breaks for certain corporations. and yet the senate is now saying, nar, not the
rogue, we ll explain how it may complicate things for the d.a. what a nightmare. come on. literally. wow. president joe biden is back at the white house this morning following his momentous, three-day trip to eastern europe. before he left, the president took time once again to reassure allies that america will not tolerate russian aggression into nato territory. we ll also play for you president biden s comments on vladimir putin s decision to pull out of a nuclear arms treaty with the u.s., and we ll show you how former president trump turned his trip to east palestine, ohio, into a branding operative. well he didn t throw paper towels, did he? not paper towels. he brought trump-branded water bottles. did he throw it? i don t know. pallets of trump-branded water. it s just tap water, guys. so fascinating week. i ve got to say, historic. people are going to remember, an american president going into a war zone, risking his life to show support for t
Former president attends his younger sons high school graduation. For moment it looks like House Republicans would lose control of the floor because so many republicans have going have been going to see Donald Trumps trial. President trump is unjustly not allowed to speak. The judicial system has been westernized. This is a scam, a sham, a show. That courtroom is depressing. One of the most depressing places a better my life. Michael cohen is the prosecutions star witness. Hes the only one that testified the former president has advanced knowledge of the plan to pay off daniels. Is there any sense that you can believe anything Michael Cohen says . The defense will finish cross tomorrow. Good evening, once again bid we are now 172 days away from the election. It was a pivotal week in former president s new york criminal trial. Star witness and ekstrom fixer, Michael Cohen, took the stand and faced heated Cross Examination Were Trump Steen questioned a key part of his testimony. Meanwhil
that is tonight for the last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. at this hour, breaking news. the supreme court strikes down a trump era ban on bump stocks. if you see a person firing one of these next to someone firing a submachine gun, you cannot tell the difference. president biden releasing a statement calling on congress to ban bump stocks. president biden at the g7 summit in italy today. much of the attention focused on what he said about his son, hunter s, federal gun conviction. coming from the proud of my son, hunter, he is over, could addiction. the president has previously said he would not pardon his son, but tonight he went even further on commutation. a congressional pep rally, of sorts, for the congressional nominee speaking to lawmakers behind closed doors. a show of hands for anyone in the room who hung out with a felon today. i am with them 1000%, they are with me 1000%. i think it must be so humiliating for them.
honoring the heroes of the past. but they call to arms for the future president biden talks about the sacrifices at normandy and parallels to ukraine s fight against russia, as he promises president zelenskyy, we re not going to walk away from you and defying the united states a new cia assessment suggests is israeli prime minister for benjamin netanyahu may ignore pressure from washington to set a post-war plan for gaza, even as his own grip on power may be in jeopardy. plus liquidating an empire built on lies, right? bring conspiracy theorist alex jones may be forced to sell info wars in order to pay off that one-and-a-half billion plus dollars he owes to sandy hook families we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here cnn news central we begin this hour with a high-stakes speech from president biden in france as he makes the case for freedom and the future of democracy, making that case at pointe-du-hoc in normandy were 225 us a