our discussion is hosted by the american bar association. want to focus for a minute on the proper role of the courts in the voting arena. as she has reminded us, we, last year saw a sitting president who refused and to date, continues to refuse to acknowledge the outcome as legitimate as the number 20 election. part of it was running to courts. state court, federal court, seeking to overturn the outcome of the ballot count presented by election officials. many, including myself consider those attempts to be legitimate. yet, here we are, six months later and certainly, we know the state legislation has been enacted or will be enacted in our court system. the establishment of constitutional rights in the area. we could potentially intervene there. the legislation i mentioned in my opening is enacted. you can see as we saw with the shelton county. the attempts to challenge those federal exercises and legislative authorities in those areas. with in i on this, it decision coming at the end of june and one of those late decisions by the supreme c

our discussion is hosted by the american bar association so i want to focus for a moment about the role of the courts in the voting arena. as sherilyn hasn't -- has reminded us, we had a sitting president who refused and continues to refuse to acknowledge the outcome that has been legitimate. he was running to courts, state court, federal court, seeking to overturn the outcome of ballots as presented by election officials. many including myself consider those attempts to be legitimate. here we are six months later and certainly we know that state legislation has been enacted or will be enacted will end up in our court system is an extension of the voting rights act in establishing constitutional rights in the area. similarly, the federal legislation, if that is enacted, we can almost inevitably expect as we saw in the shelby county decision will challenge legislative authority in the area. with an eye onbernovich coming at the end of june, a big change potentially no challenges under the voting rights act to vote denial provisions. i want to ask each of you to talk about that courts the

later, a discussion on voting rights from the american bar association. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas discusses the situation of the u.s.-mexico border. the secretary announces that more than 212,000 migrants were stopped at the southern border in july, and increase from june. this is about 40 minutes. sec. mayorkas: good afternoon, and thank you very much for >> good afternoon, thank you for being here today. i am here to work with community members, leaders, and law enforcement personnel. i especially want to recognize and thank the men and women of the united states border patrol, who were doing absolutely heroic work in the service of our nation, and to uphold our laws. under the leadership of president biden we are doing everything we can to provide them with the resources they need to do the work in the way they feel most proud. i want to introduce to you raul ortiz, with more than 29 years of service in the united states border patrol, chief ortiz will become the chief of the border patrol effective saturday. i also want to introduce the department of homelan

later, a discussion on voting rights from the american bar association. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas discusses the situation of the u.s.-mexico border. the secretary announces that more than 212,000 migrants were stopped at the southern border in july, and increase from june. this is about 40 minutes.

the american bar association was reconsidering recommendations for him. and the number, a great number of law school deans and professors wrote including the dean of yale law school. but it did not matter. it is similar to clarence thomas in 1991 when he referred to the high-tech lynching and the racecar in his confirmation hearing was when there are politics the republicans were not going to peel off as long as donald trump did not peel off. and donald did not. if the man was charged with sexual misconduct, birds of a feather flock together. donald trump was behind this. brett kavanaugh, now on the court we have had years to see what kind of justice he is, trump gets another appointment to the supreme court we had just come out of eight supreme court we are looking at when this fall in which they are going to be huge cases including involving abortion, involving gun rights. with a majority. what has that meant and what is it going to mean going forward? >> i think is still a work in progress. one of the interesting things it was frustrating is a lot of c

students and law clerks to prevent evictions is and several legal services corporation, and the american bar association and the national law housing project have joined the commitment to immediate action and thursday we will have a emergency rental training program held by the pro bono alliance to help. with that, darlene, why don't you kick us off. >> in afghanistan, there were at least 300 citizens looking to get out, and can you tell us about the numbers waiting to get out, and down to 150 or down to zero? >> yes, i know my state department colleagues will have a more specific up to date number, but let me give you an upto date number. of those self-identify as americans wanting to leave the country since august 14th, we have confirmation that 6,000 have been evacuated or otherwise departed. this number is going to likely grow as the outreach and the arrivals continue, and we have continued to provide updates on the assessments. in august 14th, there were 6,000 americans in afghanistan who wanted to get out. so as we knew at the time, there could be an option of the people who registered had already

more have comm committed students and law clinics and the legal services corporation, the american bar association and the national housing law project have joined the commitment to immediate action and on thursday, we will join a nationwide emergency rental assistance program training held by the association of pro bono counsel and law firm anti-racism alliance. darlene, kick us off. >> thanks, jen. switching to afghanistan, as of yesterday, there were about 300 u.s. citizens who were still there and wanted to get out by the deadline. do you have an update on that number? are we still looking at 300 waiting to get out? >> absolutely. well, i know my state department colleagues will have a more specific up to date number but let me give you an update of where things stand at this point. of those who self-identified as americans in afghanistan considering leaving the country since august 14th, we have thus far received confirmation that about 6,000 have been evacuated or otherwise departed. this number will likely continue to grow as our outreach and arrivals continue and we have been providing, as

membership comprised of 200 state assisted and nonprofit law schools approach -- approved by the american bar association. we supplied resources to expand access while working to increase affordability for the value, increase affordability and value for the benefit of aspiring lawyers and ultimately the society they serve. as has been mentioned, reform is necessary to address the negative consequences resulting from what is effectively judicial failure to adapt to legislative changes over the last 30 years. effectively, however, by remaining static in spite of the legislative changes, the test for undue hardship is more from what could be arguably an appropriate asis for analysis in the application of the law to an openly strict and un-easy access of the law for those who successfully navigate procedural hurdles that serve to frustrate the underlying goals of the bankruptcy code and higher education act. . in this proposal today that we have been pushing for almost seven or eight years, it appropriately balances the interests represented by the discharge of student debt and bankruptcy and it is little di

all of them have found at least well qualified unanimously by the american bar association in many cases, certainly in others very positive reports as well. i want to continue bringing these women and men to the floor of the senate. i pleaded even this morning with the majority, senator schumer, who has the toughest job in the world trying to move all the things we want to do on to this calendar and off again. i thank him for his cooperation. and, mr. president, i'd like to say a few words on a separate topic. i listened carefully to the senate republican leader this morning, senator mcconnell. i struggle to understand one aspect of his speech. he referred to the notion of helping those who are facing eviction as some form of socialism. what we are doing of course is to try to make certain that all of these people have a roof over their heads, and some of them are going through extraordinarily difficult economic challenges and extraordinarily difficult public health challenges. the money that we're sending their way is not just for them obviously, but also to benefit the landlords, the p

bar and put in your address on nbcbayarea.com. >>> nonsense, that's how the family of an east bay man describing the cause of death. angelo quinto died. a condition known as excited delirium. even the american association has questioned whether it is a valid diagnose. >> reporter: diagnoses that you may not have heard about. that's the diagnose of an antioch man who died, excited delirium. back in december of 2020, quinto's sister dialled 911 fearing about her sister. >> the officer and the detective told me that i did the right thing when i called. antioch police denied they pinned him to the floor. he lost consciousness and died three days at the hospital. >> if it was the right thing, they would not kill my brother. >> we know this is asphyxiation. >> reporter: the coroner ruled quinto's death was an accident. >> i can sleep at night. they also spent most of their time fighting to reform the department including advocating for a mental health response team. antioch police have not commented on today's finding. >>> he's promising to get every american home. it comes as he faces mounting criticisms for the chaotic operation. the president says evacuation flights have started after an eight hour pause

american of 70 76 is finally complete. -- 1776 is finally complete. got less use. have a wonderful afternoon. -- god bless you. have a wonderful afternoon. >> no justice. no peace. >> as the 79th president of the national bar associationot keep silent. today is the date we will not go backwards. we demand justice at ballot boxes for black and brown people. today is the day, 58 years ago, our bold and fearless predecessor stood as we stand today called called and out police brutality in alabama and decried the lynchings in mississippi, called segregation and jim crow. dr. king dared to share his dream, and because of 400 restrictive voting bills, it is turning into a nightmare. enough is enough. we are sick of police brutality and white supremacist. the national bar stands with and thanks rev. al sharpton, martin luther king iii, and all of the parties that work tirelessly to convene this march today, because there is much work left to do. enough is enough. enough of these brazen attacks against our god-given and constitutional affirmed right to vote. enough of the voter suppression. where is the justice? as black lawyers, we stand ready to fight in the halls of congress. we stand prepared to argue in the courtrooms. w