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Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gives a passionate response after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called for a vote on an amendment that would punish local jurisdictions that defund the police.
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The second-largest school district in Florida voted to defy Gov. Ron DeSantis and require masks for students despite his threat to withhold the salaries from school leaders who impose mask mandates.
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A former US military base is now in the hands of the Taliban as the future of Afghanistan is unclear. CNN's Clarissa Ward reports exclusively from what remains of Combat Outpost Andar in Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
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As former President Donald Trump prepares to make remarks at CPAC, Jim Acosta takes a look at his recent activities, including a trip to the border and a speech at his New Jersey golf club, and concludes that Trump is pretending to play president while also playing the victim. #CNN #News
The US Geological Survey said it's likely that casualties are "high" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti Saturday morning.
"High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread," according to the USGS.
Haiti's Civil Protection told CNN there have been fatalities and damage.
The earthquake was about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 10 kilometers deep, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
"There are reports of significant damage to homes, roads, and infrastructure," American Red Cross spokeswoman Katie Wilkes said.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was participating in "embarrassing Covid theater" by wearing a mask and face shield on his trip to the Philippines, where masks and face shields are government-mandated.
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CNN's Clarissa Ward is in Afghanistan after the government collapsed and the Taliban took over the country.
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Lilly Geisler goes to a lot of trouble to recycle. So she left CNN a voicemail asking: How much of my recycling actually gets recycled? John Sutter travels to Muncie, Indiana, to find out. See more from our "Let's Talk About the Climate Apocalypse" series.
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Explosive revelations in an upcoming book obtained by CNN detail the final days of former President Donald Trump's term. According to excerpts of "I Alone Can Fix It," Ivanka Trump spent hours attempting to convince her father to call off the rioters behind the January 6 Capitol insurrection. CNN’s Victor Blackwell, Alisyn Camerota and Jamie Gangel discuss.
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In an interview with CNN's Kate Bolduan, Maricopa County GOP official Bill Gates talks about the threats election officials have received for refusing to push Donald Trump's big election lie and support the baseless Arizona election audit.
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President Joe Biden tried to build a narrative around competency based on his history in public service during the 2020 campaign, but his first term has been complicated by several issues that call that campaign promise into question. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza examines how Biden’s handling of Covid-19, Afghanistan and other policies have weakened the President’s approval.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.cnn.com/world/live....-news/afghanistan-ta
https://twitter.com/MalikRoxk/....status/1427204600302
Read the Full Transcript of President Biden’s Remarks on Afghanistan
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/0....8/16/us/politics/bid
Remarks by President Biden on the COVID-19 Response and the Vaccination Program
https://www.whitehouse.gov/bri....efing-room/speeches-
Biden will wear mask indoors where new CDC guidance applies, calls on all Americans to do the same
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/2....7/biden-to-wear-mask
White House says US will fall short of July 4th vaccination goals
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22..../politics/white-hous
How Americans View Biden's Response To The Coronavirus Crisis
https://projects.fivethirtyeig....ht.com/coronavirus-p
US saw a two-decade high in border crossings in July
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/12..../politics/us-mexico-
Biden Approval Drops to 50%, Lowest for Him to Date
https://news.gallup.com/poll/3....52733/biden-approval
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CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Bill Gates about his divorce from former wife Melinda French Gates after 27 years, and asks Gates about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein -- one Gates called a "huge mistake."
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing increased calls for him to take action to address the state's surging number of cases and hospitalizations from the coronavirus. A day after President Joe Biden called he and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott out about their response to surging Covid-19 cases, DeSantis fired back and mocked Biden's comments.
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CNN's Clarissa Ward reports on the hurdles Americans and Afghans are facing trying to get to Kabul's airport as Taliban fighters attempt to block access with gunfire and violence. This is a reupload of a previous video that has been updated to correct an editing issue.
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Maskless supporters packed a Phoenix theater for a chance to see former President Donald Trump as Covid-19 cases in the area have more than doubled due to the contagious Delta variant. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
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CNN's Jake Tapper presses Secretary of State Antony Blinken on President Joe Biden's handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Fox News in a written statement after the network reported that an Associate Press investigation found only 182 potentially fraudulent ballots out of 3 million votes cast in Arizona during the 2020 presidential election. Former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt shares what has surprised him the most about the reaction from Republicans and Trump supporters that Fox News called Arizona for President Joe Biden.
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Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) took issue with reporters asking GOP lawmakers if they were vaccinated, and said reporters should be asking the Democrats if they are vaccinated. A CNN survey found that 100% of Democratic lawmakers on Capitol hill have been vaccinated.
Meanwhile, cases of Covid-19 are skyrocketing among the unvaccinated as the Biden administration continues to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation.
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CNN's Donie O'Sullivan talks to attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas as former President Donald Trump's shadow looms over the gathering. Later, conservative ****yst Bill Kristol talks to CNN's John Berman about how the conference has become the true refection of the Republican party.
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CNN's Randi Kaye attempts to track down Dr. Joseph Mercola to find out why he continues to spread misinformation about Covid-19 and the vaccine.
This is a new version of a previously uploaded video.
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The Pentagon announced that more than 3,000 US troops will be deployed to Afghanistan as the Taliban continues to gain ground.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was participating in "embarrassing Covid theater" by wearing a mask and face shield on his trip to the Philippines, where masks and face shields are government mandated. Meanwhile, Louisiana is among the states with the worst vaccination rates and is seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases. CNN's Miguel Marquez visited a hospital in the Bayou State and spoke with patients who explained why they hadn't received the vaccine.
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Warning: This video contains disturbing images. Video shows people clinging to the fuselage of a US military aircraft as it taxied at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. CNN has reached out to the US military for comment.
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CNN's Brianna Keilar presses deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer on when the nation can expect to hear from President Biden following Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, falling to the Taliban. #BriannaKeilar #CNN #NewDay
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday.
Abbott, a Republican, is fully vaccinated against the virus, his office said in a statement, adding that he is tested daily and this is his first positive result.
He is currently isolated in the governor's mansion and is receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment, the statement said. Abbott is in good health and not currently experiencing any symptoms.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) confronted Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over his comparison of the Capitol insurrection to a tourist visit.
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CNN's Sara Murray looks at the key role that Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) played in pushing Trump's big lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
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CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta answers viewer questions about the Delta variant and the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. CNN's Manu Raju reports.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he will resign, one week after the release of a report by the state attorney general that found he ****ually harassed 11 women, ending his decade leading the state and heading off a potential impeachment by New York's Democratic-led legislature.
Cuomo, the son of another three-term governor, said his announcement would take effect in two weeks, when he will hand over the reins to his deputy, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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CNN's Anderson Cooper talks with author Andrew Sullivan about mask mandates and his new book "Let It Rip."
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CNN's Don Lemon visits the hospital where he was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as the facility becomes fills up with Covid-19 patients who chose not to take the vaccine.
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As Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Georgia and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) are expected to attend this year's Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, CNN's Donie O'Sullivan hears what Iowans have to say about it.
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Twitter suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for one week after posting another misleading tweet. Violating the Covid-19 policy five or more times can result in a permanent ban from Twitter.
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Former Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron discusses Tucker Carlson spreading disinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines.
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CNN's Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on the GOP's rhetoric of how the Biden administration is handling the border crisis.
#BriannaKeilar #NewDay #CNN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is now threatening to withhold the salaries of school officials who are violating his order, which banned mask mandates in schools. CNN’s Natasha Chen has more.
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President Joe Biden admitted that the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban retaking control happened more quickly than the US government had anticipated, leading to the ongoing crisis playing out in front of the world.
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President Joe Biden speaks about US military evacuations of American citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and vulnerable Afghans as chaos continues around the Kabul airport.
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CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, where hundreds of people wait for flights to evacuate the country after the Taliban's takeover.
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CNN's Laura Coates and Dr. Cedric Dark discuss Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's false claim during a recent interview on Fox News that Black people were to blame for the recent wave of coronavirus cases.
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