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night in america where democracy was on the ballot. first a stunning rejection by voters in conservative kansas. voters defeating an amendment aimed at restricting abortion rights and the result wasnt close. kansas is the first state to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. perhaps even more significant was the voter turnout here because nearly 700,000 votes were cast in tuesdays primary and that dwarfs the voter turnout in the states 2020 presiden...

false election claims like the former president. arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over rusty bowers in the gop primary for senate. bowers, you may remember, delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee in june. farnsworth had said of the 2020 election this is a real conspiracy headed up by the devil himself. thats a quote from the gop candidate there now. but it was the vote to protect abortion rights in kansas that could be a major recursor, a sign at least fo...

a chilling warning about the cost of trumps nonstop election lies. >> there is violence in the future. im going to tell you. >> and as soon as tomorrow, kids as young as six months old will be able to get their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. roughly 17 million children under five in the u.s. are finally eligible for the shot. well detail the administrations rollout. first, the travel nightmare. lets go to pete outside washington for us. whats the scene there and what is causing su...

in the federal gas tax. he is aiming for a decision this week as americans are clamoring for relief from record prices at the pump. and u.s. airlines are trying to untangle a holiday-weekend mess due to thousands of cancelled flights. with staffing shortages, and bad weather causing chaos. will air travel be a nightmare all summer? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, im wolf blitzer. yo youre in "the situation room." aides say the january 6th...

trying to reach you about your cars warranty." well, good news, the ftc is cracking down on the annoying calls. plus, waging war on misinformation. a new program that looks to train the next generation of public officials and journalists to stop one of the growing issues facing democracy. you are in the "cnn newsroom". up for you first tonight, president bidens physician says he is continuing to improve after testing positive for covid. we learned it is likely he is battling "the b...

this evening. >> justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! >> biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that...

thats a quote. they view it as part of their territory. thats why its a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what youre learning. >> so ill start with the response because thats the new information were getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don...

the state department works to find them. cnns barbara starr has the latest developments. >> reporter: it was in the fighting north of kharkiv where two americans went missing last week, less than 5 miles from the russian border. the u.s. government working with ukrainian authorities to find them. >> i have been briefed. we dont know where they are, but i want to reiterate americans should not be going to ukraine now. >> reporter: now this photo from a russian blogger has emerged of ale...

1,200 years. much of the country, though, is scorching. more than 240 million people will face 90-degree temperatures or higher for the next week. and theyve felt those blistering conditions in atlanta today at this juneteenth celebration. the thermometers there blasting into triple-digit territory. meanwhile, severe storms in north carolina knocking out power for a huge part of the state. nearly 70,000 customers are still without electricity right now, and thats just one of seven stat...

whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. its worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonig...