Manchins move to block legislation. Can anything anyone stop him . My conversation with his colleague senator bob casey. Plus, the capitol riots as one. Its a Gob Smacking Headline and not wrong. Also, Reality Winner was first major whistleblower of the trump era and she paid a big price. Also to her family about the fight to set her free. And Nastali Bennett is set to become israels Prime Minister. Ill go oneonone with a top adviser of his. Good evening. Shamefully theyre now being aided and abetted by at least two democratic senators. Joe manchin of West Virginia today announced hell be voting against the democrats sweeping election reform bill known as the for the people act. The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and it should not be about parties or politics. Least of all, protecting this righting which is a value i share should never be done in a partisan manner. The problem is its being done in a partisan manner. The 389 bills as of mid may in 48 states which basicall
Nye. Good evening. Im mehdi hasan. It was the biggest question in the country this week, that liberals, conservatives and those in between seemed to be asking. Is america a racist country . It started when tim scott, the only black republican in the senate made this his battle cry in his partys response to the president s address to congress on wednesday night. Hear me clearly. America is not a racist country. Its backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. Senator scotts rather unambiguous message on the thorny issue of racism in america put the first black and south asian Vice President on the spot and Kamala Harris, like a good politician, also denied that america is a racist country. I believe that we need to first of all, no, i dont think that america is a racist country, but we also do have to speak truth about the history of racism in our country and its existence today. Joe biden was also asked about racism in america by nbcs craig melvin. I watche
Be acquitted. Which is one reason democrats appeared not only intent on trying to impeach his bad acts but their legacy as well. More from jeff zeleny. Senators and america, we need to exercise our common sense about what happened. Reporter the house in the meantime team rested its case tonight, urging senators to he knew they were coming. He brought them here, and he welcomed them with open arms. Reporter on their phefinal of arguments the prosecutors zeroed in on the president s words and actions, saying he showed no remorse and must be held responsible for his conduct. You dont have to take my word for it Tat Insurrectionists acted at Donald Trumps direction. They said to. We were invited here we were invited by the president of the United States reporter colorado congressman diana degette, one of the Impeachment Managers seized upon to stories of one rioter after the other who said they seized the capitol as his direction. Trump would be very upset. No, just say we love you. Hell b
In this clip he recounts the aneurysms that mr. Biden suffered in 1988 following his failed run for that years president ial nomination. And how it impacted his life and political career. You have to member joe biden was forced out of the race in september of 87 by a series of revelations, none of which individually were kind of minor and almost laughable when you look back at them. But by the time they were digested from the great long snake of the press corps, it was biden have been drummed out. And he really did not come out speaking again until 1988 the first part of the year. I was february, the first time hed been out talking on a college campus. It went to the university of rochester as a matter fact. Host were there . Guest no i was not i was in New Hampshire with all the good members of the pack. And joe gave a speech at the university of rochester. And then he asked questions for several hours. When he got back to his motel room all the sudden bang he got hit by a brick hit h
Arraignment this week. Shes facing charges of allegedly luring young girls for sex. In pit lane, eight cars crashed as they came in to fuel up during nascars brickyard race. One crew member suffered a leg injury. The race was delayed about 10 minutes. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 6th. We do say good morning on this day after the Holiday Weekend. We do begin this half hour with the growing struggle to curb the coronavirus spreading across the country at an alarming rate. As infections surge from coast to coast, large crowds turned out to celebrate the fourth of july weekend with many people failing to wear a mask or keep their distance. And there are new figures on just how much people of color are disproportionately impacted by the virus. The New York Times reports that black and latino americans are three times more likely to be infected than their white counterparts, and nearly twice as likely to die. Abcs alex presha has more. Reporter as several states are