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Russian—born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for the economist. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. canadian by birth and nationality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva. us presidentjoe biden has had a busy week, encompassing multi—national diplomacy with g7 and nato and a b...

Spate of mass shootings in cities across the country. cnns natasha chen has the details. >> victor and alisyn law enforcement agencies across the country are struggling with similar problems of gun violence. as of june 16th the number of gun deaths in the u.s. so far this year, not including suicide is about 19% higher than at this point in 2020. and about 38% higher than this point in 2019. thats according to the gun violence archive, which also tracks mass shootings with at least four victims....

International correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. there are canadian by birth and nationality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva. us presidentjoe biden has had a busy week, encompassing multi—national diplomacy with g7 and nato and a bi—lateral with vladimir putin. more than once, in the folksy style honed by five decades in americas national politics, mr...

There are folks on both sides, the advocates for police officers, those who are calling to defund the police and to redirect their budgets, that seem to have their bumper sticker slogans. when you look at the issues and what it means to actually limit work weather cops can go, compared to the spike in crime, raises serious questions and tells you how dicey and how nuanced this issue truly is. >> yeah. none of this is easy. josh campbell, thank you so much for that perspective. >> thanks. okay,...

Evidence allegedly proving his innocence. >> moments like that the, propelled former owendo police chief on to joe bidens short list for vice president, many in the democratic party have urged her to make a statewide run for governor senator. last, week congresswoman demings said she will challenge marco rubio for his seat representing florida in part because she says, quote, too many times marco rubio did not show up. when he did show, up he did not have enough courage to fight for florida. con...

Investigation into the spate of revelations over the last, say, ten days of this kind of dragnet the department of justice was running on phone and e-mail data. in what that say, was a leak investigation, or at least appears to be. what do you think of that announcement by the chairman? >> well, chris, its great to be back with you. and look, we have an obligation to investigate. you know, congress works on behalf of the american people. and the american people have a right to know the full exte...

Were left with a much more kind of, you know, weakened set of tools but it was still important that the justice department be able to defend voting rights then when we were seeing a spate of laws being enacted after the shelby county decision. i think which is pernicious about the moment were in now, is not only the series of laws getting enacted and states around the country that are curving voting accesser, but theyre doing so on a basis of, you know, complete lack of evidence for why they may...

Department of justice as a cudgel to go after them. >> reporter: the white house reeling from leaks. >> simply put these leaks hurt our country. >> reporter: a former official says they never approved anything so sweeping and that only a single staffer was under investigation. they say they dont know what apple turned over, although they know it was megadata. in response to new state laws seeking to restrict voting and to spate of audits. >> we are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter a...

A surge in anti-semitism. more than double this may compared to may 2020 as nick watt reports. >> we feel unsafe. >> reporter: a hole cut in the fence, this on the synagogue door, a swastika and slur. three weeks ago a rock smashed through the window of another synagogue in the same city. >> sadly its a new reality were living and weavers seen this rise across america. >> reporter: in the bronx there was a spate of attacks on synagogue, stones also reportedly thrown at volunteers trained by a gr...

Time, not past bills that have become law. >> go to the issue that the "new york times" has raised, inadequacy in both bills, neither do anything about how votes are counted and what the states are going to do after the polls close because georgia has rewritten that, texas is trying to rewrite that. and rewrite it in a way that makes it look like it might be possible for certain states to overturn the will of voters and declare the loser the winner. >> this is probably the most dangerous thing w...