cover of episode Soon: key senate vote on sweeping election reform bill; NYC voting now after chaotic final 24 hours of mayoral race; Officials: Biden will miss July 4 goal of 70% of adults with 1 shot;

Soon: key senate vote on sweeping election reform bill; NYC voting now after chaotic final 24 hours of mayoral race; Officials: Biden will miss July 4 goal of 70% of adults with 1 shot;

2021/6/22
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Key vote expected to fail tonight on election reform bill; Manchin will vote “yes” on advancing election reform bill; Dem senator thinks some in GOP may vote with Dems tonight; WH braces for defeat on election reform: “the fight is not over”; Sinema, Manchin restate opposition to gutting filibuster; Dem rep: Biden need to “lead out front” on election reform; WH rejects criticism from progressives that Biden should be more vocal on election reform bills; VP Harris to preside over senate for tonight’s vote; 

NYC mayoral race: how ranked choice voting works in big test; It could take weeks to know who won NYC mayoral primary; Senator faces questions over private beach club membership; 

Biden repeatedly called vaccine deadline a “goal”; Now that they won’t meet it, White House says it was “aspirational”; Biden admin turns focus to 18- to 26-year-old vaccine holdouts; One-on0one with Dr. Anthony Fauci; Fauci: “I don’t’ see any big deal” if nation misses Biden's goal of 70% with one COVID shot by July 4; Fauci: we will reach 70% goal by second or third week of July; 

HHS: 14k children housed in temporary facilities, hundreds in custody 60+ days; Testimony reveals dire conditions for migrant children at border; Migrant child says staff made them wear same clothes for 15 days, spend most hours on their bed; 

Kim Jong Un’s sister downplays hope for better U.S. relations; Kim Jong Un’s sister: U.S. will face “disappointment” if it tries to “seek comfort” from Kim’s new call for dialogue; Kim Jong Un says North Korea should be prepared for “dialogue and confrontation” with the U.S.; 

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