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Because i was terrified that i would lose my job and my reputation, because it would have been turned on a, she slept with a player. Because i know that thats what he told his teammates. Obviously didnt say, i raped her. Im sure, i cant imagine that they would have been thought that was okay. So he told some others. I was terrified to tell anyone that some wrong version would come out and i would have my reputation it has come out now. I cant prove, and so i would just be the subject of a lot of negative vitriol and ultimately he would not face any consequence. Kat, i know this was difficult. Its so important that you spoke out about this, that you tell your story and we really appreciate you joining us this morning to tell it again. Thank you. One more thing. Two things. One, i really have been just heartbroken by the volume of women who have reached out to me from friends to strangers to other reporters to say this has happened to them. Its an astonishing number and it breaks my heart. So i hope more people feel comfortable coming forward to tell their stories in some way. And secondly, also there are things that people as individuals young women can do. If your friend makes a joke, oh, she must have slept with that player. Say, thats not actually funny. You can help in ways small and big. Good point. Kat obrien, thank you so much. New day continues right now. Im john berman alongside breyona key letter. A Voting Rights bill blocked by one lawmaker who thinks she could lose her seat because of it. Plus ivanka trump and Jared Kushner now distancing themselves from the former president. Brandnew cnn reporting on whats driving them away. And the political surprise could make buffalo the first city in 60 years to elect a socialist mayor, and she is standing by to talk with us right now. Will a judge decide to free Britney Spears . The pop star set to speak out in court today as she tries to take charge of her own life. Good morning to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. It is wednesday, june 23rd, and Senate Republicans say no to extending early voting. No to reforming Campaign Finance laws. No to nonpartisan redistricting, and probably even more important, no to the even debating any of those issues. Thats despite the fact that moderate joe manchin gave republicans what they demanded onds key issues like voter i. D. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said it is up to individual states to sort it all out, claiming there is really nothing to see here. Theres nothing broken around the country. The system upheld very well during intense stress in the latter part of the previous congress. Theres no rational basis for federalizing this election, therefore, theres no point in having an Election Debate in the u. S. Senate about something we ought not to do. Its bizarre logic because if its nothing that is broken, why are so Many Republican states commi committed to or blocking rights . He said it upheld. According to the Brennan Center 14 states passed 22 laws limiting voter access. We know there are so many more out there attempting to. Nothing is broken as the minority leader claims. Why conduct an embarrassing sham of an audit in arizona . Why all the lies about Election Fraud . Republicans sure seem determined to fix something there. Joining me now is democratic congresswoman Sharice Davids from kansas, the only democrat in congress who could easily lose her seat in partisan redistricting that would have been addressed in this bill. Well get to that, congresswoman. Who do you blame . For this bill failing to even get a debate in the senate . Well, its good to be here to talk about this. Its so important. I am so disappointed in my republican colleagues in the senate for continuing to block the will of the people. There are so many people in kansas who have reached out to me to tell me that they want to see the for the people act passed. And obviously you all said it yourselves. It is a huge failing on their part to even bring such an important issue up for debate, particularly when they are across the country, the Republican Leaders across the country are trying to trying to inhibit people from voting, trying to suppress the vote. And its true in kansas, were still trying to dig ourselves out of the Voter Suppression issues that chris komak got us into. Just then, just the republicans, no blame on democrats, joe manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and others who block the filibuster, no blame on the administration which supports what youre after here, but there are some who suggest joe biden could have been out there working harder on this. Well, the Democratic Party and i know the folks in kansas, the democrats that ive been working with have been pushing for this since before i even got elected. This was the for the people act was something that i was a strong proponent of to be at the top of the Priority List when i got to congress in 2018. And or 2019. And i think that what were seeing is really just obstruction from the republicans in d. C. , and then, you know, in states like kansas where we have republican super majority that is really trying to suppress the vote. It is clear to me that the republican electeds right now are really just trying to stop people from voting. Obviously nonpartisan redistricting was part of this. Republican states and democratic states. Thr lets be fair. There are some states that districts republicans out as well. You could easily be part of redistricting. The republicans in your state arent even trying to hide it. List tone what some of them said. The republican bill gives us four republican congressmen, it takes out Sharice Davids in the third. We can do that. We can draw four republican congressional maps. Do you think thats inevitable . No, i dont think its inevitable. I do think this is some of the most the way that theyre being so blatant about it, its insulting to the people, to the voters in the state of kansas, and frankly across the country. You know, i think that nonpartisan a nonpartisan independent Redistricting Process would be a win for the people. And i think that, you know, we can talk about individual members of congress, but really, at the end of the day this is about making sure that our democracy is strong. This is about making sure that the American People, all eligible voters are able to exercise their freedom to vote. Congresswoman Sharice Davids, we appreciate you being with us this morning. Thank you very much. Thank you. Obviously this is just one part of a hugely important week for President Biden in terms of his domestic agenda. Im joined now by cnn political director david chalian. Look, david, one of the questions i wanted to ask Sharice Davids, its good to you as well, what can democrats do about this . At this point in the federal level, theres nothing they can do. No, youre right. Well, theres one thing they could do. They could decide collectively to end the filibuster and then they would be able to pass this on 50 votes alone. That is something that was thats within Democratic Power to be able to do in the United States senate, john. But obviously joe manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have made clear publicly they are not on board with that idea. Democrats are doing what theyre doing. Theyre trying to take this now to the people to vote. Youre right. This is a big week for bidens legislative agenda. And issue number one, and Everything Else sort of pales in comparison inside the Biden White House right now, is this infrastructure bill. And you know these talks have been going on all week long in a bipartisan nature. Biden white house aides up on capitol hill meeting with a group of ten senators. White house aides say we will know by the end of the week most likely if a bipartisan infrastructure deal is in the cards or not. Pay attention to that. Weve been discussing Voting Rights. That went down in flames yesterday. The path forward totally unclear, other than to try and take it to the voters in the midterm election. Also youre going to see the agenda turn to policing. That is in the balance this week. Tim scott, the republican senator who is working with cory booker and house member karen bass on this issue, john, he says they must reach a deal by tomorrow if its going to get done at all. He thinks theyre very, very close. Others have said there are still major issues dealing with qualified immunity and other things to work out there. On guns, were going to see President Biden and attorney general Merrick Garland today address this issue along with the uptick in crime across the country. Guns and more largely crime is going to become a more present issue for this administration. And we talked about the filibuster, which is not an issue. Its just a Process Piece of this that this debate will go on in democratic circles about how you move the rest of this agenda forward. All of those things are so interesting. There are five things there. One is actually the biden agenda, the thing he said he is going to work hardest on is infrastructure. Thats the one that Everything Else, in a way, everything flows downhill from there because thats where he proves wants to prove he can get something done. Im not saying he isnt supportive of the other thing. He told us thats his priority. And its in two parts, right. If they get this bipartisan dillon traditional infrastructure, roads and bridges and tunnels, a, thats going to accomplish the goal of bipartisan ship biden said he really wants to accomplish, and it will spend new money, of course, on those things. But then its going to leave all that Human Infrastructure Biden also said is a priority. Whether its child care or Health Care Matters or other middle eastes of the biden agenda. That is going to be a much larger package in the fall and that is going to be something democrats have to do on their own. Both pieces of the infrastructure are the goal for the Biden Administration for the rest of this year. David chalian, great to see you this morning. You, too. Thanks so much for joining us. Sure. The race for New York City mayor hangs in the balance this morning. Right now erik adams is in the lead. Hes got quite a lead actually. Andrew yang says hes out after a disappointing fourth place finish overnight and cnn political analyst john avalon is with us. What are you tracking here . Because of rank Choice Voting, this isnt over. Adams does have a strong lead but hes got to hit 50 . Rank Choice Voting just happened in new york. There are going to be tabulations about peoples second and third choice. Adams is in the poll position. Maia wiley, in second place followed by catherine garcia. Andrew yang now out. As the votes come in, its more likely yangs and garcias votes would go to adams. A lot of the stereo types about deeply democrat big cities, new york is, 71, are not defactor far left particularly in a crime of far left. That was, andrew, Eric Adams One issue. The turnout is low. 750,000 people harry says it could get up to 800 or 900,000. Still pathetic. Which would be higher than any other democratic primary theyve had theyre. June is earlier. I respectfully disagree. Its the lowest in 50 years. You have to remember there are 3. 7 million democrats registered in the city. 750,000 turning out is around 20 . Thats not robust, especially because there is effectively not going to be a general election because donald trump killed the republicans in the city. New york city had 20 years republican independent mayor rule. Rudy giuliani and michael bloomberg. This city of 8 Million People to be determined effectively by 800,000, thats not great. Thats just not great. Rank choice can make it more representative, but this turnout is not what it should be for determining the strong mayor of americas largest city. 67 of the first place votes went to the more moderate candidates. 67 . Thats a pretty telling number. Certainly is. John avalon, thank you so much. Great to see you guys. Buffalo, new york, is on the verge of a big political upset this morning. This is the fascinating political story were tracking. Cnn has not yet projected a winner in buffalos mayoral race, but self proclaimed socialist is declaring victory over incumbent mayor byron brown in the democratic primary. He was going for his fifth term, by the way, and she would be buffalos first female mayor and the first socialist to lead a big city in the u. S. In decades. And india walton is joining us now. India, you declared victory. Its a little too early for me to say congratulations for you, we have not projected your win so we are still awaiting that officially. You are very much on the verge of victory here. When we go back and look at how this was covered, you know how it was covered. You were called the long shot. Now youre being called the upset. Were you surprised by the outcome . Not really. We set out about a year ago to do exactly what we did. We knew that this race was going to require help from outside of our local geographic area. We knew that we needed to garner National Attention to challenge a 16year heavily entrenched incumbent. And the people spoke. And so, you know, as you are a selfproclaimed socialist, youre very aware this has become a big issue politically. Lately republicans use this label as a political cajole and it makes sense they do because at the polls it works. There is a negative view on socialism. Historically what Socialism Means is putting the means of production in the hands of the people. The profits as well. It seems to be more in modern times used for not being profits for, you know, Say Companies Versus for the people. What are your plans for buffalo . How do you plan to use socialism and implement it in buffalo . My plan is to put our resources into community, into neighborhoods, and govern in a deeply democratic way that the people who are governed have say over the decisionmaking process and how resources are deployed in our community. How is that going to be different than the way mayor brown is doing it right now . Its a complete 180. We have lived through decades of the trickle down theory, believing that if you build it, they will come. And we have not built anything, many things at all for the folks who have stuck out economic downturn, population and job loss in the buffalo community. So we are looking forward to doing things differently, and im so excited that we are ushering in a new era of Progressive Leadership in buffalo, new york. And again, as we await the outcome here, there is still absentee votes that need to be counted. But youre on the verge of a victory here. Youre on the radar of folks today that you werent yesterday, and so i want to discuss your personal story because its amazing. You had your first child at 14, and you moved out of your family home. When you were 19 you had twins, and all of your children had medical issues, and you didnt have a car. You would take your babies with, i think, supplemental oxygen in the case of one of them, on the bus to their followup appointments, many of them, of course. And yet you became a nurse. And now you are on the verge of becoming the mayor of a big city. That story would foreclose the opportunity of this for so many people. How did you do it . Just believing that anything is possible. And what you set your mind to, you can do it. And were never alone. Were not built to be islands. And the myth of rugged individualism is a lie. And by Building Coalition in community, anything is possible. I owe everything that i am, every victory to the people who have been so faithful in supporting me, in believing in my leadership, and really building me up. This is incredible. Well, were going to continue to follow the results here as we are waiting for the final outcome in this mayoral race in buffalo. But india walton, thank you for being with us today. Thank you. Up next, strained relations in the trump family. New cnn reporting on the growing gap between the former president and his own daughter and soninlaw. President biden speaking just hours from now about the surge of Violent Crime. Cnns don lemon talks us joins us to talk to us about that, and many other things youll want to know about. And the free brittnee Movement Comes to a head with the superstar speaking for herself later today. Piano Playing here we go. [john legends i can see clearly now] make your reunion happen with vrbo. Your together awaits. Vrbo new this morning, increasingly strained relationships within the trump family, this is a fascinating story. Cnn learning that the two people closest to the former president during his time in office, ivanka and his soninlaw Jared Kushner, they actually have been distancing themselves from trump and his constant grievance about the, quote, stolen election. Cnn White House Correspondent kate is here with the details. Why is this happening, kate . Reporter as you said, this is clearly a former president who cannot move on, who continues to talk a