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>> also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trumps efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. well explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trum...

bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. lets begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. >> reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral coun...

want the plant back, with everything it had? or what youre going to have. i will be dumbfounded if you find anybody other than for pure sentimental reasons saying id rather have a coal plan. ill end by telling you another quick story. when we move from scranton, when coal died in scranton, everything died in scranton. and my dad wasnt a coal miner. my great grandfather was a mining engineer but my dad was in sales, and there was no work so we left to go down to delaware. i told you whe...

internationally understand this abroad he will do what he can to smooth over hard feeling withs the saudis and encourage them to loosen the spigot when it comes to oil production at the same time. domestically, though, theres a heavy price to be paid. the price of criticism from both the political left and the right that what hes doing is essentially shuffling over to the saudis hat in hand while tamping down domestic oil production here at home. not exactly a real picnic when you cons...

hello, welcome to bbc news at downing street. borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but it was now clearly the will of tory mps that he stand down. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful and when they hea...

reportedly involved federal agents spending most of the day at mar-a-lago was related to classified information that trump took with him when he departed the white house in january of 2021. an attorney for the former guy told nbc news that trump and his team had been, quote, cooperative with fbi and doj officials every step of the way, unquote, but then added that the bureau, quote, did conduct an unannounced raid and seized paper. "the new york times" reports that it wasnt the first t...

members of congress were arrested at an abortion protest for blocking traffic. they were warned three times to move, including you alexandria ocasio cortez who you see getting arrested by capitol police. and here is what member ilhan omar taking the same position. both have their hands behind their back acting like they were handcuffed, but the handcuffs were invisible. you can see for yourselves, they were holding their hands behind their back seemingly to appear they were handcuffed ...

the same to declare a climate emergency. here we are. we dont know why the white house stopped short of making this emergency declaration on climate today with of course president biden standing in front of a once-fired coal powered plant being converted into an offshore wind manufacturing facility. theres speculation a tough time to roll out that announcement amid high gas prices and recession fears and since can it be used as a legal basis to drop oil and gas drills. congressional r...

for sean. a rare moment of bipartisanship, as we speak both democrats and republicans agree joe biden is not up for the job. 88% of americans believe the united states is on the wrong track. meanwhile confidence in the office of the presidency is at an all-time low. just 23%. bidens overall job approval is also at an all new low, and according to "politico," many top democrats are wondering if biden can rise to any moment. but today during a rambling speech in ohio, biden touted his bo...

languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. im sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. >> john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. >> sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massac...