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Its a whole new world out there. lets not keep it waiting. tomorrow, president obama talks one on one with anderson cooper. >> you write, our democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of a crisis. are we still just teetering on the brink, or with we in crisis? >> a candid conversation. >> looking back as president, did you tell the story of race in america uf, do you think? >> &son cooper we know how much you count on us... ...and thats why were here 24/7... ...and on the road maintaining a...

>> yeah, brian, because its all on the line. listen, we need to pass an infrastructure bill. we have crumb. ing roads and bridges, but our democracy is crumbling. its teetering on the edge. i think theres a lot of energy in washington among elected officials. first of all its a remarkable pence. its like hes saying donald trump and i didnt say eye to eye on the fact that he instigated an assassination attempt against me. its unbelievable to say. what were seeing all around the country in washing...

Commission because they fear trump, or because they want to move on from 2020. they are blocking a january 6th commission because they agree with the underlying ideological claim of the rioters, which is that democratic electoral victories should not be recognized. david, a journal question. it is about your party. it is about members of your party. would you like to see a little more urgency? a little more attitude and anger these days? >> yeah, brian. because its all on the line. listen, we ne...

Of the united states has declared our very democracy is in peril. >> yeah. today was a very striking speech. i dont recall and i dont think theres been a case in history a president has been so blunt in a speech about our countrys racial warts. i could be wrong. leaned in that aggressively about issue of racial equity in speech like that before. remarkable speech. to your point, with covid, knock on wood, on the downslope, biden does face a real choice here. legislative focus is on the infrastru...

Wood on the downslope there is obviously hes legislative focus right now on infrastructure bill. in terms of prioritization he thinks a lot of pressures from different constituents about what we should be looking into. there is the whole issue of the january 6th commission, voting rights legislation thats happening across the country and response to these restrictive laws in the states. the notion that democracy may be teetering towards autocracy and how he handles that. would he juggles really ...

You cannot leave those kind of fingertips on the side of a tub trailing down. >> the bruising to sarah. >> i think both the defense and the prosecution put up good arguments about that. that thats teetering on a razors edge with me. >> at the end of the second day, they took their one and only vote. they had a verdict. a blast of calls went out. the kists grabbed a stunned ryan. >> we immediately jumped in the car, ryan said i cant believe theyre back so soon, im worried. >> when everyone was ba...

Optical illusion leaves Eiffel Tower teetering over ravine  20 May 2021 - 19:34 A man poses on a giant artwork by French artist JR installed on the Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Reuters PARIS - An art installation has created the optical illusion that the French capitals Eiffel Tower is perched precariously over a rocky ravine. The artwork, by an artist who uses the pseudo...

Teetering on the edge of a stay-at-home order. le. >> we are teetering on the border of going to red. it is up to all of us to make sure that we dont. >> reporter: and tonight, with temperatures feeling like triple digits across the south and west, the battle against the virus growing more brutal. more people are escaping the heat indoors, where the risk of spread is higher. and some testing site hours now changed after painfully long waits. there is not a single appointment available in the ent...

>> thats right, theyve got all day. in the short term, the big question is, as jake just laid out, whether or not theyre going to acknowledge the elephant in the room, whether or not they are going to talk about and even try to explain away this big news about john bolton, especially given the pretty dramatic case that they made on saturday, well received among especially the kind of teetering republican senators, that the case can be made there is no firsthand knowledge of this quid pro quo. we...

Trouble in colorado. tom tillis, iowa, also a state thats teetering. david purdue in georgia. so two georgia seats up. are those -- when you talk with staffers for those senators or with those senators are they angry at mcconnell for putting them on the blocks that way? >> ive actually heard a lot of praise for mcconnell with the way hes been handle the situation with pelosi. they think hes been doing it kind of smart and they think pelosi gave him ammunition to run on it. but i was having conve...