but one which stands out for the christie democrats and their allies, the christine social union from bavaria, one points behind the social democrats. and the reason for that, some people say is because of the activity of anger, the medical over the course of the last few days she's appeared at rallies with om in. lush, she's appearing at one specifically right now in munich, in bavaria, which is the last, as it were, pitched way for her to be seen with arm and lashes, but also with the conservative leader in bavaria, the prime minister of area. marcus, they've been in a sort of be a whole scenario where i'm going to michael drinking beer and appearing not really to enjoy the taste of it. the flavor of it, which in some ways, mimics the way that her party has reacted to the choice of party leader of chancellor candidates. many conservatives don't really want lashley to be the chance for the candidate to do anything about it now, but they wanted marcus and they would say that with mark is that are in charge than their problems would be over. one pulse suggested some time ago that said

germany said a f, a news channel is put, the social democrats in the lead with 26 percent ruling christine democrats and 2nd, 24 and a half percent of the vote. 30. the green party was 13.9 percent. and then the pre democratic party with $11.00 built in for germany party has gone a 10 and a half percent according to exit polls with the left party only just passing the 5 percent threshold. what does that mean? well, germans on sunday weren't directly choosing a chancellor. they were electing members of the bundle target is they who will then pick a chancellor to lead. what in practice is usually a coalition government hbo to receive 2 valid papers. the 1st was for choosing a candidate in the electro district. there are 20909 such constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot paper that was 1st selecting a political party with $47.00 of them vying 4 seats only policy su, managed to get 5 percent of the nation wide vote. are able to enter parliament. no single party is expected to secure an absolute majority. meaning coalition towards our inevitable policies correspondence in berlin to oliver breaks do

the ruling christine democrats believe to be 2nd place. this is, according to the latest poll, 24.5 percent of the vote for them. 3rd come, the green party was $14.00. and then it's a free democrats with $11.00 milton germany policies gone at 10.6 percent. and the last policy only just getting past 5 percent threshold if you all clear on how things work in terms of this vote, let's explain for you that germans were not directly choosing the chancellor. get up privilege will go to the members of the bundle that c voters were electing today . and then we had to go about taking the chancellor to lean water is definitely going to be a correlation government to get to the ballot papers for candidates in their electron district, $299.00 switch constituents. second for electrical policy. they vote for one of the $47.00 parties going to see only policy to get around. the country will be allowed to end to parliament. following the election for us is our correspondence. peter oliver, he's in berlin. i'm going to borrow. want on trump's favorite phras

medical successor is party chief of the christine democrats. as to where he stands. he's a defender of medical immigration policies which have tightened on site rules in recent years. and he wants germany to maintain a strong and independent foreign policy, but he has also suffered a number of gaps during his pre election campaign. a cd you party member max also told us that medical made it for catastrophic decisions during 16 years of health. germany is very well liked in the world or it's because it gives a lot of money to always is in the forefront of don't our conferences. it always agrees that it raises from, from the u degrees in the us on many things. so in that sense, we are still liked, but we have lost much of an industrial base. the country is countries in decline. we have and not less done for catastrophic decisions in her under her watch. this was the energy, the complete change in energy policy, which we call an event in 2011. then there was of cost the euro. this asked the failed measure to, to save the euro, which ended in disaster in a deep depressio

and how phase and ortho journalist and for a politician for medicals, christine democratic party, the violence when he tried to get it con, go on like this. we have total stagnation in german politics. we can't get any problem solved anymore. we have a failed cobra policy. no solution when the flood happened problems everywhere, the country is stagnant and frozen, and the big parties are also stagnant guns. there's no more progress to that is the cool problem that don't do anything any more. i was in the talk myself for 18 years . it's completely wrong about that. we no longer want the professional politicians who go into the bundle and then stay there for 50 years and whose only goal is to be reelected. they get elected whether they are chancello or presidents. the same was in america or france. they date, they are elected, they only think about reelection, not about the fate of the country. we want people who for the good of the country above their own interest, and of course that is not easy to achieve. but there is a way, don't allow more than 2 terms. then you get a completely di

really, christine democrats are in 2nd place and 24.6. 3rd come the green party with 14.4 percent and then is the free democratic party on $11.00 alternative germany of gone, the 10.7 percent left party only just squeezing past the 5 percent threshold. now in terms of how things work regarding this vote germans today, we're not directly choosing a chancellor. they were electing the bond, just talk. and it is those members who will go about picking a chancellor lead. what impact is usually a coalition government hbo to receive to ballot papers? now the 1st of them was to select the candidates in the district. there are $299.00 such constituencies. the 2nd ballot paper is for a political party. there are 47 of them that only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide are allowed to enter parliament schedule correspondent in berlin, who's following this tight race speech oliver we we seeing what looks like what everyone expect to the coalition, but it's very hard to predict this point, what form of coalition? how do you see things? well, things are about as tight as they can

with the ruling christine democrats, in 2nd place a 24.2 percent of the vote. thirds is the green party with 14.7, then come the pre democrat party, we will let them point 8 alternative germany. garnering 10 point one on the left party, only just getting past the 5 percent threshold. now in terms of how things work regarding this germans today would not start choosing a chancellor. they were like team members of parliament, the buttons talk and those members will go about picking a chance little lead. what in practice has always been a coalition government. each photo receives to ballot papers, the 1st is for a candidate in their electron district, $299.00. so the constituency exists around the country. the 2nd ballot is where a political party, $47.00 of them vying for safe, but only parties who get more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide will end to parliament. the. okay, let's go live to correspondent in germany, pete oliver. good evening. we thought that was going to be interesting and judging by the exit polls is looking extremely close. do you think that one party stands a chan

christine democrats finish 2nd with public support for them. dropping to a historic low majority calls from within the c t a for leadership to step down after that poor showing 3rd place came the greens and he now see them as potential king makers in upcoming coalition talks. correspondence to oliver is in berlin with a full breakdown of the vote and what it means for germany. these preliminary result results are written, they usually fairly accurate. we won't get the official result for a little while yet. but what it shows is the social democrats, how would they select, should they want it in the turn that they've collected, the most amount of votes. it doesn't mean that they directly get to form a government just yet will have more not just let wild german politics never as simple as that, but yes, when it comes down to clear winners and losers, the winners have been the social democrats picking up almost 26 percent of the vote when you look at the fact that just before the summer, this year, they were pulling it 10 percent lower than not. but this is one of the biggest comebacks in

now the 25, the christine democrats, lois still them that they used to get far into the 30s. sometime in the forty's that shows you how the electorate is looking at all these parties and isn't particularly convinced. and then few is that shot seems to be the best of a bad job as it were. but clearly there are 2 days ago, maybe these rallies today will change people's opinions and only really know what people think on sunday evening. indeed dominic k enough or some, but, and thank you. russia's election commission is rejecting accusations of widespread vote rigging the specified results. so united russia retained its power in last week's parliamentary elections. a group of defeated parliamentary candidates and the supporters say they will try to overturn the results, which they insist is fraught with corruption. but smith has the license for moscow . a 2 thirds majority in the state duma for united russia. but that is only part of the story opposition candidates, particularly in moscow, want the electronic boat, a one to the electronic vote. i know the 8 of them in seats in th

i'm here with christine pelosi, member of the democratic national committee. christine, is it a good night for california. it's a great night for california because gavin newsom remains our governor and more important. it's a victory for signs masks. >> vaccines and what we're learning is there a lot of people who are still in pain but tonight we said yes to science and yes to governor gavin newsom and no to the recall. okay. so you worked really hard you're actually for a couple nights. running the phone banks. you're getting a good sense of what people wanted to know about and maybe some of their gripe, some of their hopes. what are you hearing and did you have faith that tonight was going to come down for her new son. we're hearing a lot from people who are upset about the shutdowns. they were upset about small businesses being closed. their public school kids like mine being home from school. but they also saw that the tide was turning and that gavin newsom's leadership in fighting the delta variant really turned the tide. you could say that covid gotten in

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democratic union. and in bavaria the christine social union, they look likely to drop around 9 percent of what they put back in 2017. i mentioned the christian social union in bavaria for on 32.5 percent. if that comes in around that, well, that would be the lowest numbers date posted since $949.00 farrah thought the conservative block set for hops at worst, ever showing in the bone the stag. they have spent the last 16 years in power with angela merkel at the helm. it's now looking unlikely, or looking, uncertain whether that will be a part of the next government us. all. this is nick neck race. this election is an exceptional situation. a president. we don't have any certain outcome, any certain figures, but we can already say that we can not be satisfied with the results. and yet the outcome of elections still unclear this will be on top of your current. yet sean sagen, while germany is all about coalitions when it comes to who rules the country. so let's have a look at some of the, the mathematical possibilities based on how things look at the moment the grunge coalition is between the feds right i

member jerry nadler who represented the ground zero area, chairing the meeting, christine todd whitman being questioned by democraticsmember debbie wasserman schultz. before we go to break and hear the story of joe zadroga, whose name is on the law -- i don't think you know the details. juan, your comment on what christine todd whitman was saying and the information that was being suppressed from the highest levels, nadler would go on to say that she and america's mayor, mayor giuliani, should be tried for criminally negligent -- criminal negligence? juan: i think it is important to recall the role of rudy giuliani as well because you see the epa was a monitoring agency. the federal agency that should have assured the protection of all the people at ground zero was osha. the occupational safety health administration. osha deliberely did not enforce its standards for working on a dangerous site like that because giuliani insisted that he was in charge. he was the incident commander on the pile, and he maintained his control of all information and all activity at the pile long after what should have been a rescue oper

about the big spending package that has to do with the biden agenda that democrats -- >> ryan, thank you so much for that. christinecan you just explain in layman's terms what happens if congress does not raise the debt limit? >> reporter: 50 million senior citizens would not get a social security check or it would be delayed. the child tax credit going into people's bank accounts would be stopped. and you wouldn't be able to pay the troops right away. this is paying america's bills. it's really dangerous to play with this stuff. and washington sometimes uses the debt limit and its process -- you'll hear republicans talk about they want to constrain future spending by not raising our credit card limit. this is money that's already been spent. these are bills that have to be paid. america doesn't default on its obligations to its citizens and certainly to its creditors. so this is very -- it's so important. it can sound like washington process. >> really everyday people will suffer. >> reporter: real world examples. you have the treasury secretary moving money in the bank accounts making sure people are paid. we've

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senator joe manchin but from the other so-called moderate senator arizona christine cinema, who quite frankly is a more conservative democrat than a moderate one. the new york times is reporting that cinema has privately told colleagues that she will not accept any corporate, or income tax rate increase to pay for democrats human infrastructure spending package. now less our my colleague spoke to cinemas colleague senator maisy vilano from hawaii. >> i hope that she changes her mind let's put it that way, you know. we need to hear from both person and know what parts of the build back better program do they not like so that we can start talking about the parts that they do like and we can do those parts at least. >> and that's the problem, they're not being clear about what they don't. like they're just saying that they don't like it. there's a lot on the line here and right now biden's approval rating are underwater. and it's nbc news is john allen note, the president needs a win, perhaps to. not just that the honeymoon is over for the president, but the marriage between biden in the public is on the rocks. the only way to

. >> let's talk to christine from middleborough, massachusetts on the democratic line. caller: i wanted to say i am a lifelong liberal, i'm 69 years old. absolutely not in anti-vaxxers. with that being said i do have family that have been harmed by vaccines, a grandchildren with seizures and one permanently deaf in one ear. so what i'm calling to say is there really does need to be more scrutiny to the vaccine industrial complex and i don't want people to be afraid of what i'm saying. remember, it is the experts, the doctors, scientists, the pharmacologists that gave us the opioid pandemic. host: we are talking about 9/11 right now. do you have anything to say about the legacy of 9/11? caller: please let me finish. host: let's go to joe who is calling from prichard, west virginia on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. the legacy of 9/11 in my opinion is we understand at least $2 trillion and possibly as much trillion dollars was expended. numerous american lives, disabilities. it created a vacuum to allow the tech companies to change america forever b

democrats is waning with kirsten sinema and joe manchin over one basic question. what is it they want? cnn's kaitlan collins reports from the white house. >> reporter: good morning, christinespite the two meetings president biden had at the white house on tuesday with those two moderate democratic senators who are at the center of these intense negotiations over the path forward for his agenda, there is still no clear agreement between the two sides, and they are still deeply divided over what that path forward should look like even though they are running up against some time lines, including that vote that house speaker nancy pelosi has said they will have on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on thursday. that's now something that a lot of house progressives are threatening to vote no on because they don't say that they have firm enough commitments from manchin, from sinema, from those moderate democrats on what that price tag is going to look like for the bigger reconciliation package. that'sed one that's expected to be the social policy bill that also addresses climate change. the democrats have been arguing about for several months, but now the time lines

christine, thank you. >> right now this has boiled down to a battle between moderate democrats between joe manchin and kyrsteninema. joining me now to discuss this and to debate where things stand, former senior manchin cot. i want to understand where each side is. jonathan, let me start with you. as someone who has worked for joe manchin, why won't he just say what he's for? why won't he say what he would support and where he would reach agreement with the rest of the democrats? >> i think he has said that. i think he said, i want to look at all the programs, i want to see how we're paying for them. i want to see the long-term impact we're having on the economy. what he's not saying is here's a top line number we can spend enough money on and we will shove the problems in there. he wants to do this in a responsible way because he knows this will have a lasting effect on the country. there is no reason for him to say, oh, i will only take this top-line number. he wants to see how we're going to pay for it. he doesn't want to add to the debt, cause problems to the economy. i think he is doing this in a reasona

christine, thank you. now the leaders of the u. s. india, australia and japan of hale, their solidarity as democratic nations in a new alliance that seem to counter china present. biden hosted fellow members of the quote group at the white house. they mostly focused on vaccine production, climate change in cybersecurity. it's biden's latest effort to firm up us leadership in asia. after forming a new defense pat with australia and britain. not most of us come here and just very including catalonia is plumber president is released from jail again, if you get a chance he'll be expedited to spain and fire fighters retreat from intensifying volcanic eruptions on the island of palmer in the canal. it's more of a it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. hello, good to see we have an intensive, fine weather maker in the bathing calls. so in the days ahead, that's going to throw some heavy rain toward the indian states of westbank all end of disha flash flooding will certainly be a big concern. getting instruct with them heavy rain for the northwest of ind

christine abizaid. as lawmakers dug into terror threats emerging 20 years after 9/11. 12 democrats asked about cyberattacksnatural disasters, and reopening the northern border. republicans hit mayorkas hard on the southern border. >> are you happy with your progress? >> senator, we need to do better. >> do you bear responsibility for the crisis in del rio? yes or no. >> what we are learning from our interviews with individuals is they are receiving false information and misinformation from the smuggling organizations. >> so, in other words, it's someone else's fault? >> on afghanistan, abizaid warned the u.s. must closely monitor isis-k and al-qaeda in case they develop faster than predicted. while director wray took fire from senator rob portman on reality of the leadership. >> does it concern you are that the haqqani network leader whose name is haqqani is now the acting secretary of the interior of afghanistan? >> it certainly concerns me. >> he is on your most wanted list, isn't he? >> i believe so. >> but, bret, director wray says the greatest threat to our homeland right now are lone actors as the ag

. >> let's talk to christine from middleborough, massachusetts on the democratic line. i wanted to say i am a lifelong liberal, i'm 69 years old. absolutely not in anti-vaxxers. with that being said i do have family that have been harmed by vaccines, a grandchildren with seizures and one permanently deaf in one ear. so what i'm calling to say is there really does need to be more scrutiny to the vaccine industrial complex and i don't want people to be afraid of what i'm saying. remember, it is the experts, the doctors, scientists, the pharmacologists that gave us the opioid pandemic. host: we are talking about 9/11 right now. do you have anything to say about the legacy of 9/11? caller: please let me finish. host: let's go to joe who is calling from prichard, west virginia on the democrat line. good morning. caller: good morning. the legacy of 9/11 in my opinion is we understand at least $2 trillion and possibly as much trillion dollars was expended. numerous american lives, disabilities. it created a vacuum to allow the tech companies to change america forever by going

christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin, though, in washington where democratsre scrambling to keep the government open after republicans blocked the ibm to fund the government and stave off default. with less than 72 hours on the clock, the senate is in a political standoff that could lead to a crisis if no deal is reached. the gop senator said they desperately need flood relief attached to that bill voted no. >> if it had any chance of passing, i would have voted yes because i need it in my state. on the other hand, he was cynical of senator schumer to attach relief for disaster victims to something that he knew wasn't going to pass. leveraging their pain, leveraging their pain for something they can do quite easily. >> the ramifications of a government shutdown here would reach far and wide, from the cdc to the fda. remember, we're still in the middle of a pandemic. the pentagon, homeland security, national parks, housing, even the smithsonian museums all facing major shutdowns. >> democrats have option to move past republican obstruction, separate being the

christine senators, really, i think posturing for the cameras looking to campaign as in the future. they're really trying to play the blame game here. now you see democratic senator say, look, this is done from small, he made a deal with the taliban. he said a deep withdrawal. he developed her demoralized the afghan army when he made that deal. not including the african government republican say, no, this is on joe biden. he did a date specific withdraw. he, if there's time for, for the chaos that we saw at the airport, they're saying that it hurt america's credibility across the globe. what we're not seen is really any answers the military. obviously, this is the 1st time the brass has been open in public before the senate committee, and they have said that there were clearly intelligent failures. general mark, millie said that he believed that because they pulled advisors out of the units 3 years ago. they couldn't actually tell how willing the military was going to be to actually fight. but at the same time, he's facing questions now that no one's enough get a chance. can you really protect the homeland? here's what he had to say. but we must continue

christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin, though, in washington where democratscrambling to keep the government open after republicans blocked the ibm to fund the government and stave off default. with less than 72 hours on the clock, the senate is in a political standoff that could

democrats about infrastructure and domestic plans. deadlines converging on each other. but most importantly, this has implications for every single american family. christine romans with them >> washington sausage making but this is kitchen table economics for everyone. deep uncertainty over how all of this will play out. budget reconciliation, bipartisan infrastructure. what's at stake? a cradle to grave remake of the american economy that would lower your child care, give you free community college, paid maternity leave, paid sick leave, hearing aids paid for by seniors. infrastructure, new high-speed internet, new airports. the wear and tear on your car, your next flight. there is bipartisan support. but republicans are so opposed to the biden shoe man agenda they are not raising the debt creel. it is playing with fire. the treasury department would have to pick and choose which to pay and when. federal payments to millions could be halted. social security checks could stop for nearly 50 million seniors. troops wouldn't be paid. critical monthly tax payments could stop. even an accidental short default would risk a financial crisis and cost the governme

christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. about 28 minutes past the hour here in new york. time for our top stories to keep an eye on today. high stakes legislation with deadlines colliding on capitol hill. democraticrs are trying to pass the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion spending bill. on top of all of that, congress also needs to fund the federal government to avoid a partial shutdown and possible default. >> what could be a seismic political shift in germany. preliminary election results show the left leaning election party narrowly surpassing chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats. >> the fbi in florida sunday returning to the family home of gabby petito's laundry. the family's attorney says agents asked laundrie's parents for personal items to help with dna matching. meantime, the public memorial service for petito was held at her home in long island. >> there was a push on at government to do anything else in there. >> a department of homeland security whistle-blower said the trump administration covered up evidence of russian election med meddling. >>> four teens in pennsylvania have been charged with plotting attacks on a high school. polic

christine romans. it's time for the top stories to keep an eye on today. >> he doesn't have my vote on $3.5. chuck knows that. th it's not acceptable to me. >>> democratice are scrambling to unite their party to pass a historic expansion of the social safety net. they hope to advance it in tandem with a separate trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure package. >>> it may take a lot more vaccine mandates to end this pandemic, according to dr. fauci. last week president biden announced mandates for businesses with more than 100 employees, 63% of the eligible population in the u.s. is now fully vaccinated. more on this in a moment. >>> north korea claims it successfully test fired new long range cruise missiles over the weekend. the kim regime said the missiles had been in development for two years and serve as a deterrent. >>> stephen breyer has a warning for lawmakers. don't pack the court. >> if any party can do it, i guess another party can do. if you start changing these things around and people will lose trust in the court. >> the 83-year-old justice went on to say he doesn't intend to die on the court. his words, not mine. some liberals want him t

christine romans. let's begin with you, laura jarrett. we are here together with a story that begins in washington. a mad dash to salvage a key part of president biden's economic agenda. democrats at other democrats. can barely reach agreement with republicans on anything except baseball. so, last night as the nation careens toward a government shutdown, democrats and republicans took to the field for their annual match up. the democrats need a close

christine. it's a major loss for the president after firstly a rough couple of days because a pathway to citizenship is a key part of his agenda. it's something he ran on. it's something he and democrats thought they would be able to get past in this democrats only social spending net expansion package and that would be passed with 51 votes, all democrats plus vice president harris as a tiebreaker. in a statement this morning a white house spokeswoman tells me it's deeply disappointing but we fully expect our partners in the senate to come back with alternative proposals for the parliamentarian to consider. democrats say they will go back to the parliamentarian with other options saying they can get something on immigration passed in this democrats only spending bill because if they cannot get it done, if they cannot convince the particle la men taryn to include something in these, something on immigration is not going to get done knowing all they have to do with the debt limit and those things. anything outside of this spending package is going to take 60 votes, meaning republicans, something democrats don't have. this is not the only problem the president has to face waking up this

christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. it is 30 minutes past the hour. time for our top stories we're keeping an eye on today. >>> the ability to avert a government shutdown and the debt ceiling, democratsf the biden agenda. more on all this in just a moment. >>> texas governor abbott digging in over the fight over reproductive freedom. the bill comes after texas passed a law banning nearly all abortions. >>> the faa asking u.s. airlines to take a more aggressive action to combat a rise in unruly and violent passenger behavior during this covid-19 pandemic. more than 4300 passenger incidents have been reported since the start of the year. officials say nearly three quarters have been mask related. >>> happy meals will soon be a little greener. mcdonald's plans to phase out happy toys in meals by 2025. the fast food giant will offer toys from plant-derived materials. the move will cut the amount of plastic it uses annually in those meals by 90%. >>> i am done. i've listened to you talk about what, ten blocks and two years. i've been a wonderful audience and i ask you about my marcus and all i get is -- >> some sad news overnight. actor willie garson best known for his role on sex in the

democrats did help republicans raise the debt ceiling when republicans were in control of congress. it's been republicans who really have used this as a leverage point. pau a lot of americans, as christine clearly explained, hear this and think, oh, we're spending more money. we don't necessarily want that. when, as you succinctly pointed out, is not necessarily the case. what is plan b? republicans, mitch mcconnell is out there saying, no, we're not going to vet for this. they're saying, well, i hope they actually will do it. there's no evidence that is the case. there are also a lot of questions about, okay, where are democrats going next? >> part of this, mitch mcconnell is saying, look, you want a big spending bill? i'll attach it to something people can connect to, right? also, you want to spend your time doing other stuff, like these dual infrastructure bills? i'll eat up some time with this stuff. >> right. and i'll try to make it harder for you to actually execute on this big plan that i am opposed to. there are also some other smaller consequences for putting the debt limit in the reconciliation bill. one of them is janet yellen, the fed chief, doesn't want to do it that way be