Come to light, so what is the president going to do about them. Were also following the decision to leave u. S. Track sensation, Shacarrie Richardson completely off the roster for the upcoming tokyo olympics. Going to fire. Be careful. Richard engels exclusive report from inside a Fire Fight between Afghan Forces and the taliban. Well have the latest on that. Incredible reporting. We have Sam Stein, former aide for the george w. Bush white House And State department, elise jordan, and host of Politics Nation and president of the national Action Network, reverend Al Sharpton is with us this morning. Were going to begin with former Police Captain, Eric Adams, poised to become new York Citys next mayor after being declared the winner in a hotly contested democratic primary. The ap called the race for the Brooklyn Borough President Last Night after thousands of Absentee Ballots were counted. The numbers saw former City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia cut the lead to 8,000 votes. Wit
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Holocaust. And the u. S. Is reeling from a deadly weekend that with a dozen a Dozen Mass shootings as Gun Violence is surging across the nation. Lets go straight to alexandra field. Shes joining us from New York right now. Alexandras americas reopening is on an even faster track right now just days before the unofficial start of summer. Reporter a story told by numbers across the country and you have half the population having received one dose of vaccine. In four states theyre reporting about half the population has been fully vaccinated and perhaps most significant of all the number that tells the story of how effective these vaccines are, six states over the past week reporting fewer than one daily death on average. Its the feeling sweeping across the country. Its time for us all to be together. New York Citys public schools will fully reopen for Inperson Learning by the fall. Welcome back to school Los Angeles schools announcing the same plan. Some of the latest in an onslaught of
Gorsuch in the majority. But it was done on procedural grounds. That means the states that tried to sue dont have the right to bring the case, but there was no ruling on the actual merits of the case. Republicans Attorney General argued that without the original mandate, which was already struck down, the entire law should go. Beyond the legalese, the Real Life impact here is that tens of millions of americans will get to keep their Health Care Coverage and those protections for previous conditions. Democrats are hoping the third time is the charm. Today the supreme Court Decision is a Landmark Victory for democrats to defend protections for people with preexisting conditions. We will never forget how republican leaders embraced this monstrous way to rip away americas Health Care in the middle of a deadly pandemic. The aca is here to stay. And now were going to try to make it bigger and better. So for republican Attorneys General who sued, its a loss. But for many republicans in congre
king. memorial day holiday weekend, the dos and don ts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the vaccine rollout heading into this holiday weekend. to the right of your screen that s the floor of the united states senate, a key vote under way right now, will the united states senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection? we expect the answer to be no. but this key procedural vote is under way right now. it should wrap up any moment from now. democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. let s get straight up to capitol hill and our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. as it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. reporter: the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead there s a possibility that an outside commission could be created to investigate the janua