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21 GOP House Members Value Partisanship Over Capitol Police
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:17:05
Publish Date: 2021-06-16 05:15:00
Description:

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Fiona Hill, a former official at the U.S. National Security Council specializing in Russian and European affairs who helped prep Biden for the upcoming meeting, joins Don to give an insider look in to what we can expect. 

New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured the Department of Justice to consider false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger joins to discuss. Then, former Minnesota Senator Al Franken and Don get into the current threats to American democracy and his proposed plan for revising the filibuster. 

CNN White House Correspondent John Harwood and CNN Political Commentator Amanda Carpenter consider why 21 GOP House members made the decision to vote against honoring Capitol police officers for their heroic work during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Later, CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig joins to discuss the implications of a New York Times report that Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg could be charged this summer after a criminal investigation. 

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates and Don dive into the details of Trump’s allies’ emails asking the DOJ to consider false claims of a fraudulent election. After, Dr. Peter Hotez from the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital joins discuss the state of the coronavirus in the country as 14 states reach a 70% vaccination goal and as the U.S. surpasses 600,000 deaths from Covid-19. 

Finally, CNN Correspondent Brynn Gingras brings a report after videos show Ocean City, Maryland police kicking and tasing teens after stopping them to enforce a boardwalk vaping ban. 

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