thank ou, sir. jonathan, associated press. thank you. sir. us _ jonathan, associated press., sir. us intelligence _ jonathan, associated press. thank you, sir. us intelligence has- jonathan, associated press. thank you, sir. us intelligence has said l you, sir. us intelligence has said that russia — you, sir. us intelligence has said that russia try to interfere in the last presidential elections and that russia _ last presidential elections and that russia groups are behind acts like solar— russia groups are behind acts like solar winds and some of the ransomware attacked you just mentioned. putin is a news conference is now excepted no responsibility for any misbehavior. your_ responsibility for any misbehavior. your predecessor opted not to demand that putin _ your predecessor opted not to demand that putin stop these disruptions, so it is— that putin stop these disruptions, so it is something concrete can muster. — so it is something concrete can muster, but you achieved to date to prevent _ muster, but you achieved to date to prevent that her remitting again and what th

met yesterday with the associated press leadership. he said it was to restore the relations and explain to them why the israeli military struck this multistory building that not only hosted the associated press offices but also the al jazeera offices in gaza. as you noted, the people in that building were given an hour to evacuate the building before it was destroyed. the israeli military and the israelian ambassador is saying it was destroyed because hamas was using it to disrupt israel's iron defense system saying that hamas was using the media as a shield. they also say this building was holding -- hosting important r & d development for hamas and purposely using a building that was hosting media offices as part of thur operations and that is why the israeli military saying they struck down this building. . this is just a statement. we have not seen any sort of formal evidence about this. this is the first time we're getting an actual explanation from the israelis about why they struck this building. as you noted, it was condemned w

when israeli strides hits a building and gaza, which house al jazeera, which has the associated press and other local media outlets, it was destroyed. luckily no injuries or loss of life as these ready military did give a warning prior to the strike to alger, unless to our team there they got out with what little equipment they could. but the building was brought to the ground. israel claimed they were mass elements within that building. there is 0 evidence of that's viewed very much by ourselves and by the associated press as an attack directly targeting the media that was made the 15th so 151618 days ago. maybe a little bit more than that and now in the neighborhood have checked it out with so much attention began. we see these pictures happening please? events happening again, the media targeted a journalist from our own ranks taken away by israeli forces on the phone for us neuro de palestinian political activist with some well reaction to what you're seeing though you've lived and worked in the territory for many, many years. what's the reaction to what you've thing? well, to be

the building in garza which housed al jazeera is office, as well as that's of the associated press and other local media was targeted by israeli forces during the bon barb and of garza. now, in that instance, our journalists were told maybe about half an hour to an hour beforehand that the building was going to be hit and managed to get themselves out. no loss of life, no injuries. but the loss of the entire building is what happened. only an hour or so later when it was hit in this really as strike. so just think about that. the fact that it's already out of the or, and other media outlets have been the target of these already forces. in recent times, this was in may, i'm just trying to measure the exact date that it was, but you know, it's only maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago that this happened in garza. and then in the last few hours in the neighborhood of check it off. what we see is an emergency or a journalist, in this case, giovanni godaddy from our sister channel al jazeera arabic being targeted by israeli forces. again, hold up the hum, 8 out 0 english correspond on the line. now, how

i've told the associated press these asian soldiers brought medical teams from traveling to the sea. yvonne has condemned the u. s. seizure of 33 media websites, calling it a breach of freedom of speech, washington phase, the size, finally, sanctions against iran, and acute these new sites of spreading that information. and the us secretary of state, it's crucial that libya holds national elections in december. as the only way to ensure peace and stability, antony blinking made the comments ahead of a conference in berlin, which is to reduce finance in the african countries. in spain, 9 cuts land separate. his politicians and activists have been released from prison . they had been serving sentences of between 9 and 13 years over cas lonia failed independence in 2017 by prime minister federal sanchez pardon them on tuesday in a gesture in that fostering dialogue about the regions future. critics had called for sanchez to step down over the pot is arguing they undermine spain, unity in hong kong, the pro democracy newspaper. apple daily has confirmed. it will shut down operations by s

i told the associated press but soldiers blog to medical teams from reaching the scene on tuesday. it's happened during some of the most intense fighting. the conflicts integrate began in november, not knows who carried out the attack. hippa, morgan has moved from godaddy from sudan near the border field here. the flu, thanks to look at it as bad as strike. also billions in the town of northwest the great capital mickely and then is offensive that has been launched by the green people's liberation from the life which the government has been fighting since november. both events are likely to result in more people being displaced. the un has already said that more than 2000000 people are internally trapped inside a great, i'm more than 5000000 are in need of military and a for survival. 70000 people have cross into sudan godaddy, and let's say they're spread across refugee camp here. but people who are integral are in dire need of many, perry and assistance, and you may have relief supplies and the situation is still getting worse. it's worth know, think that this comes just days aft

that's the associated press. we'll check back with that poll and other results from that poll as well. are you resuming your pre pandemic activities? cnn, one of their economic pieces yesterday said -- had this headline, the u.s. economy is never going back to normal. they write in this piece that the u.s. economy has come a long way since last year's devastating down turn. but a return to norm almay not be possible. the back to normal index created by cnn business and moody's analytics stands at 93% as of june 18. a new pandemic era high. the index is prized of 37 national and seven state level indicators that track metrics such as consumer credit, unemployment claims, job postings, domestic he air travel. the latest reading write cnn that america is inching closer to normalcy but the last mile will be tough. various states have done away with restrictions, life as it used to be hasn't demrifully resumed. 202-748-8000. if you are under 35. 2302-748-811-8001. 35 and 60. over 60, 202-748-8002. if you had covid or

the "associated press" says authorities are investigating each case, but some of the victims include elderly people, homeless people, and a farm worker. the dangerous heat is moving east. yesterday it caused rolling blackouts in spokane, washington. several thousand people were affected as temperatures hit a record high of 109 degrees. as danya bacchus reports, the hot weather is also impacting the east coast. >> reporter: whether you live on the east coast -- >> caribbean, looks like caribbean. >> miami. >> a stove. >> reporter: or in the pacific northwest -- >> ever been hotter than this? >> no. >> reporter: it's painfully hot. >> heat is a stress on the body. it's a stress on the mind. it is uncomfortable to be hot for long periods of time. >> reporter: roads are buckling near seattle which set an all-time heat record on monday at 108 degrees. president biden even weighed in challenging climate change skeptics after portland, oregon, hit 116 degrees. >> 116 degrees, but don't worry, there's no global warming. it doesn't exist, it's a figment of our imagination. >> reporter: most p

which report will be killed. dozens of people, health workers in the village of coca told the associated press that soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene that some of the wounded were taken to treatment in the regional capital mckelly 30 kilometers away. but many more believes to be trapped in the village. hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple daily has printed its last edition, that's been the pressures in spacing imposed to national security law. several of the newspapers top executives have been arrested and its assets, frozen. libya foreign minister says thousands of mercenaries could be out of her country within days. representatives of libya's government have been meeting world leaders in berlin. tried to establish security ahead of national elections in december, bristles, environment minister ricardo salish has quit. a criminal investigation is taking place into whether he obstructed a probe of illegal logging in the amazon rain forest. it followed the federal police raids, toggling him and other officials, and the anti virus software pioneer john mcafee, has been v

health workers in the village of those i told the associated press, the soldiers blocked medical team from reaching the brazil's environment minister. ricardo sally has quit. a criminal investigation has taken place as to whether he obstructed a police probe of illegal logging in the amazon rain forest. before station has served since president julia wilson aerotech office in 2019 will there be a path towards finding last thing piece has received a big boost. the country's foreign minister says mercenary is could be out of the country within days. she said, progress had been made, it talks with world leaders in germany, their exit as part of a plan to reduce violence ahead of national elections in december, atom, or any reports for berlin. the berlin conference was marked by promises to help libya transform into a democratic and stable country. we have a responsibility, particularly in this moment, to demonstrate that democracies can deliver to actually see libya. hopefully take a course of security, freedom, independence, backed by the international community. the conference co hoste

take the example of 22 year old emily wild, recently hired by the associated press to work in arizona. 4 days after the israelis blew up the eighty's offices in gaza, wilder was fired pro israel elements online, had publicized some of wilder's pro palestinian social media posts from her college days. the best defense for those who want to defend israel for bombing a p. i is in effect, accused of being in bed with her and then you just start searching for dirt and he decided to throw a young journalist who by the way, jewish, just to throw her under the bus. it's pretty breathtaking. the suggestion is that if you are an activist and the part of all right, i mean you can't be a journalist, reports objectively. the truth at the end of the day is that everybody has biases. and all you can do is be honest about these biases. so that we understand where the reporting is coming from, what shape that this idea that you must exclude anybody who has a history of advocating for policy and human rights. while people who have much more nefarious histories of being participants in an illegal occupa

that's all the associated press. that soldier is blocked, medical team from reaching the scene. people in hong kong are flocking to newspaper sounds to get a final edition of the.

i mean we, we have talked about associated press building being bomb, just like our office where the bomb in gaza. so we are talking about the rights of journalists. and yes, especially, i'll just thank you mo and shara, our senior political analyst with us from paris today watching the same pictures that you've been watching of an al jazeera journalist, being arrested by is ready forces in the neighborhood, have checked it off for no reason. certainly no good reason. they claimed that she was the one harassing security forces herself. this what the police had said that she was apparently assaulting a female soldier there which is easily disproved by the pictures that you've seen. and that's the charge claim has already been dropped. so now we wait for her release from that police station. there is no indication of when that will happen. unfortunately, i want to take you back to an earlier conversation i had with maddie. i'm a fi fi, she's a palestinian human rights activist. someone who has been arrested herself by as ready forces. she says these ready government is simply trying to

to grain beach and house workers in the village to go, i have told the associated press that soldiers blocked medical jews from reaching the southern african nations have agreed to deploy forces to mozambique at a meeting in my put up the most unpleasant capital in april on hoops installed the town of palmer in the north, killing dozens of people. and displacing times of iran says it stopped and attempted the act of sabotage against the building of its atomic energy organisation. it comes out to the u. s. c's, 33 media websites with links to iran on tuesday to hong condemns the move, calling it breach of freedom of speech. the us previously sanctioned lines, revolutionary god and state media outlets, making it illegal for them to do business with americans. or how much mastery is an associate professor of media and cultural studies at the institute for graduate studies. and he says the u. s. is trying to send a message to around the new president either him or i see. well yeah, i mean, the short answer is the, i think it, i think it can backfire. but the united states has a history of

hadas gold, cnn, jerusalem. >>> and in a statement on tuesday associated press said israeli authoritiesn that the building housed our bureau was destroyed because of a hamas presence that posed an urgent threat. we have yet to receive evidence to support those claims. >>> much more on cnn including brazil's supreme court could soon decide the fate of the copa america tournament. those details and more ahead. tony here from creditrepair.com, taking to the streets to talk about credit. what's a good credit score? go. 600. maybe, if you're trying to pay thousands extra in interest rates. can your credit score impact your job? ooh, i know this one: no. oh no. is credit repair expensive? isn't having bad credit expensive? my man. cut the confusion, get started with a free credit evaluation at creditrepair.com. >>> well, if the white house press corps are late in arriving for president biden's trip to the uk they will at least have a pretty good reason. their charter flight which was due to leave tuesday night has been delayed by cicadas. official -- airline officials say the bugs, the beatle

those i told the associated press that soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene. people hong kong are flocking to newspaper sounds to get a final edition of the pro democracy newspaper. apple daily. it's been under pressure isn't facing national security law came into force. apple daily's top executives have been arrested on to johnson frozen diego pollen. moore from hong kong. very emotional morning year in particular for supporters or for apple daily. and supporters of democracy. apple daily was the on the democratic newspaper. it was critical of the authorities not only here and in china, it was, it would only make headlines where other papers are often afraid to because it's censorship because they may lose advertising. but apple daily never had any of those issues. and it became one of the most popular papers in hong kong for years. libya, as for minister, says, thousands of mercenaries could be out of her country within days. representatives of libya's government have been meeting world leaders in berlin to try to establish security of national elections in

how for workers in the village of took olga have told the associated press news agency that soldiers bronk medical teams from traveling to the c. a. ron has condemned the u. s. seizure of 33 media websites, calling it a breach of freedom of speech. washington says the science violates sanctions against iran and accused of spreading this information. meanwhile, iran says it stopped and attempted active sabotage against the building of its atomic energy organisation doesn't entail on with more that the officials are remain very tight lipped about the details of this attempt at attack on a building which we understand to be in the city of carriage, that's just west of the capital terror on the attempt to attack took place on early wednesday morning. we still don't know what form the attack took, but the officials have said that they have managed to foil the attack and they are still investigating and looking for perpetrators. course this is not the 1st time we've seen this kind of attempt to sabotage and the previous time we saw such an attack that was successful was on the nuclear side

in ethiopia, northern te gray region health workers in the village of to go go, have told the associated press soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene. this attack also happened during some of the most intense fighting since the conflict began in november. early i spoke to marson cloud. he's a visiting senior fellow in the department of war studies at kings college london. and he says, the evidence suggests the ethiopian air force is responsible. the frankly, nobody else who could have done it. the air try and air force is not operating in the area. the to grants have no air force. who else could have done it? it must have been an ethiopian jet. i don't think that will come as any surprise to anyone. basically, the 2 grand have been on the defensive ever since. the war began in november. they were 1st driven after weston gray, then they were driven off of the capital mckellar. and now they have begun to take back some of the areas that they lost. they are fighting gays. both ethiopian and era trained forces are trained for you may recall have been coming in from the north. the e

foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, and jonathan lamier, white house reporter for the associated press. great to have you there covering this g7. andrea, what's on the agenda today? what's the president's message going to be on china? >> importantly he's trying to rally the g7 summit leaders against china. and argue that china is being aggressive, that china has been militarizing, that china has been pressuring nations, using covid vaccine diploma cydiploma. the g7 announcing the 1 billion, but that's far short of what the world health organizations say is needed to vaccinate the world by 2022. china has been aggressive on many fronts. the problem that president biden has on all of this is that he differs with some of his closest allies here. the others, france, germany and the uk even are trying to develop trade relationships with china. so rather than competing with china, they're trying to become partners with china, much more so than the u.s. but that's the main message he's giving today. an aggressive message against china, trying to rally all of them. trying to take the lead on t

health work is in the village of to go, guy have told the associated press that soldiers blocked medical teams from traveling to the scene. it's unknown who carried out the attack. the us secretary of state says it's crucial that libya holds national elections in december as the only way to ensure peace and stability and the brink and made those comments ahead of an international conference that is underway in berlin, which aims to reduce violence in the north african country representatives from the transitional government, taking part along with key foreign players, including united states, russia, turkey, and egypt. we share the goal of the sovereign stable unified, secure libya, free from foreign interference. it's what the people will be deserve. it's critical to regional security as well for that to happen. national elections need to go forward in december. and that means urgent agreement is needed on constitutional and legal issues that would undergo those elections. and the october 23rd cease fire agreement has to be fully implemented, including by withdrawing all foreign forces

it makes it possible for me -- to the 112 associated negro press. this was something -- she to great pride in this great pride. . >> we would like to thank our panel for an excellent discussion. [applause] thank you for being here tonight and as well as c-span for their coverage. next, california state university professor andrew stolen or talks about his biography of author and journalist randi schultz, who covered the hiv aids epidemic with the san francisco chronicle. shilts died of aids in 1984. andy reid's books and indianapolis posted this event. >> good evening and welcome to andy reid's books. for those that are not familiar with us we are a nonprofit and independent bookstore and a direct source of revenue for the nonprofit organization andy reid's. our mission is to promote and improve the literacy and english language proficiency of adults and central indiana and we seldom -- all ages, special orders for customers and host multiple events a week. we are largely volunteer run and our inventory is primarily made up of book donations for

health workers told the associated press soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene. people in hong kong are flocking to newspaper stands to get apple daily. it has been under pressure since beijing's national security law came into force. the top executives have been arrested and assets frozen. reporter: very emotional morning for supporters of apple daily and supporters of democracy. apple daily was a democratic newspaper. it was critical of the authorities not only here but in china. it would boldly make headlines where other papers were afraid to, because of censorship. apple daily never had those issues. it became one of the most popular papers in hong kong. >> libya's foreign minister says thousands of mercenaries could be out of the country within days. representatives have been meeting world leaders to establish security at of national elections. >> one and a half years ago, libya was threatened with collapse. we saw social tensions and divisions. today we are at a critical phase. we can speak with a unified voice and say we will not return to war. the crimina

health workers in the village b associated press soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching the samesome of the wounded were taken for treatment 30 kilometers away, many more were believed to be trapped. this comes during some of the most intense fighting since the conflict between the army and regional forces began in november. the president says forces entered several towns in the past few days. we have more from sudan. reporter: there are two things to look at. the airstrike and offensive by the liberation front which the government has been fighting. both events are likely to result in more people being displaced. u.n. has said 2 million people and 5 billion are in need of aid. 70,000 people have crossed into sudan, they spread across camps here. people are in dire need of assistance and supplies. the situation is getting worse. it is worth noting this comes just days after the parliamentary elections. if anything, people are expecting the situation will get worse. they are expecting more displacement and refugee say they are concerned about relatives trapped in the region, becau

which reportedly kill dozens of people, health workers in the village of to go, that's all the associated press. but soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene. people in hong kong are flocking to newspaper stands to get a final edition of the pro democracy newspaper apple daily. it's been under pressure since basing national security law came in for us. apple daily's top exec .

we reported how the obama administration was wrong to go out to the associated press, the new york timesong, they're both wrong, democrats would have more credibility on this issue that the raging on twitter with more credibility on the issue if they didn't abuse their own surveillance powers to go after fox news in the associated press. be obama's department of justice that went after our journalist, that was wrong, this is wrong now and that was wrong then then you here on the corner of the adam schiff going nuts over this and it was adam schiff that would after democrat going after republican devin nunes during a russian investigation. the little credibility on the issue but spying on people is wrong in enforcing third parties to give the handover of information that is also wrong, they should not be forced to do that there is a process for this place that our judicial system. elizabeth: congresswoman nancy mace, thank you for joining us. >> thank you as always. elizabeth: coming out of the bottom of the hour, more e-mail servicing join hunter biden trying to cash in on his father's n

. >>> according to the associated press, all covid deaths are people who were not vaccinated. they suggest vaccines are highly effective. daily deaths could be near zero if everyone got their shots. similar numbers for break through infections for fully vaccinated people. >>> our consumer team showed us how to sign up for california's new digital vaccine records. we heard from a lot who couldn't get it to work. >> we went to work to figure out how to help you get it done. here's how. >> reporter: when we made our first video about california's covid-19 vaccine qr code, we knew there could be difficulties. people who tried and it didn't match. the first dose listed fine but the second dose shows na which means no record of it. what do you do? in the interim, carry your vaccine card. let's talk about how to fix your account. first, contact the state. when you get rejected, there is a troubleshooting link. if you didn't click it the first time, try it again and click it. otherwise you can call the state. the number is 833-422-4255. both ways the state will take information about

in an interview with the associated press just weeks before the last u.s.nd nato troops leave afghanistan, ending their 'forever war,'hamid karzai said extremism is high and they are leaving behind a disaster. 'the international community came here with a clear objective 20 years ago of fighting extremism and bringing stability, but they failed,'he said. still, mr. karzai, who had a complicated relationship with the u.s. during his rule -- a soldier said they need responsibility for their own future. he said 'they will be better off without our presence. they need to look after their own lives. we don't want to continue with this misery and indignity we are facing. it is better for afghanistan that they leave.'" troy is next up in brownsville , pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. in reference to the drought in california, i had an idea. the mississippi river dumps about two miles wide in the ocean. can we put pumps, giant pipes pumping freshwater to california, where it is more water to feed the crops and water wherever you need to water? ther

according to sources who spoke to the associated press, pelosi is weighing four options.to be considering appointing a speak committee. joining me now, "the boston globe" columnist and co-host of the sisters podcast and congratulations on your recent wedding, kimberly. hours speaker pelosi considers other options to investigate the january 6th capitol riots. reports indicate that americans are torn to look into the insurrection or come to terms and simply move forward. that certainly what we are hearing as the republican main talking point during the debate over this commission. what do you make of this sort of split opinion over what for such a dark day in our nation's history? >> yes. i think it shows that the messaging from republicans in an attempt to just put it behind them and move forward and pretend like it didn't happen is working. it has to be clear the importance of looking up what led to january 6th isn't just about january 6th, although that was a horrific attack on our government, but it's. what is ongoing. it's what is happening right now. we don't know the

that's the associated press. we'll check back with that poll and other results from that poll as well. are you resuming your pre pandemic activities? cnn, one of their economic pieces yesterday said -- had this headline, the u.s. economy is never going back to normal. they write in this piece that the u.s. economy has come a long way since last year's devastating down turn. but a return to norm almay not be possible. the back to normal index created by cnn business and moody's analytics stands at 93% as of june 18. a new pandemic era high. the index is prized of 37 national and seven state level indicators that track metrics such as consumer credit, unemployment claims, job postings, domestic he air travel. the latest reading write cnn that america is inching closer to normalcy but the last mile will be tough. various states have done away with restrictions, life as it used to be hasn't demrifully resumed. 202-748-8000. if you are under 35. 2302-748-811-8001. 35 and 60. over 60, 202-748-8002. if you had covid or

our first question will come from alex jaffey from the associated press. >> thank you both for taking questions. madam vice president, you just spoke about this. you've spoken about this in the past, the need to combat direction of root causes of migration. but given president jean matea's record on the issue, his corruption to reformers in the nation, has he given you any commitments that he will not try to interfere in anti-corruption efforts in the nation? and what makes you believe you can trust him as a partner on that issue. and president jea matae, what do you say to critics who don't trust you? what's the answer for the u.s./mexico border? i wonder if you can respond to that as people don't think you're taking that role seriously. what do you respond to that and when will that come? >> the president of the united states recently issued a very clear statement about where we as the united states stand on this issue. it is unambiguous that we will look to root out corruption wherever it exists because we know it is not in the best interest of a democracy. the president speaks --

the associated press reporting that huge numbers of election officials are either quitting or retiring early all over the country, and that there's, quote, no shortage of job opening for local election officials in the key states of michigan, pennsylvania, or wisconsin. so the question is, now that those positions are empty, who is going to fill them? joining us now, a local election official in the great state of michigan, barb byron, clerk of ingham county, michigan. barb, thank you for joining us tonight. thank you to you and people like you across this country who make elections work in this country. the idea is that these are necessary positions. they are a manifestation of civic duty. but we're doing things across the country that are causing people to back away, to not want to do this. have you seen any of that where you are in michigan? >> unfortunately, i have. many clerks have decided to retire or not run for re-election. and it is a direct result of the attacks they have seen, the unnecessary criticism that they have received just doing their job. most clerks, most election

health workers in the village of to go got told the associated press that soldiers blocked, medical teens from reaching the theme, hong kong pro democracy newspaper, the whole daily has printed its last edition, has been under pressure since beijing imposed a national security law. several of the newspapers top executives have been arrested and assets frozen. anti government protest is in thailand, back on the streets after a 6 month break due to the cave in 1900 pandemic. the rallying and bang call demanding the resignation of the prime minister. will say what more transparency from the monarchy and an overhaul of the constitution? libya as foreign minister says, thousands of mercenaries could be out of her country within days. representatives of libya as government of a meeting will leaders in berlin to try and establish security ahead of national elections in december. for those environment minister ricardo shallow sh has quit. a criminal investigation is taking place to determine whether he obstructed a probe into illegal logging in the amazon rain forest. his resignation follows poli

we've reported on how the obama administration was wrong to go after the associated press, the new yorkis is wrong. they're both wrong, right? and democrats have more credibility on this issue. they're raging on twitter, but they'd have more credibility if they didn't abuse their own power to go after fox news and the associated press. and you're right, it was obama's department of justice that went after journalists, right? i mean, that was wrong. this is wrong now, that was wrong then. and then here over on the other corner of the side of the road you've got adam schiff going nuts, and it was adam schiff that went after republican devin nuÑes during the russia investigation. so they really have very little credibility on this issue. but this is wrong. spying on people is wrong. i think allowing or forcing third parties to hand over your information, that's also wrong. businesses shouldn't be forced to do that. there's a court of law, a process already in place in our judicial system. elizabeth: congresswoman nancy mace, thanks for joining us. it's good to see you. >> thank you, as alw

"the associated press" reports, the local-election jobs are being vacated, as trump's false claims of fraud persist within the gop. and provide a platform for his loyalists to launch campaigns to become top-election officials in several-swing states. that report, from voting rights groups, says the 2021 state legislative season may, ultimately, prove to be a turning point in the history of america's democracy. these are the ingredients for a democracy crisis. leading off our discussion of that crisis tonight is ari berman, senior reporter for mother jones. he is the author of "give us the ballot, the modern struggle for voting rights in america." also joining us, know joenae ne. tonight, the naacp legal-dufs fund has been fighting these battles for as long as the naacp legal defense fund has existed. this chapter, that we have arrived at now. where we are -- where we're -- where we are dealing with the aftermath of voting. what secretary of states will be allowed to do, or not be allowed to do. those changes in these election laws are things we've never seen before. >> that's right. t

before finally being sentenced to 7 years in prison. little's files also include a dispatch from associated press reporting, the exclusion of mich ivy. a former olympic champion turned coach from his club for having intimate relations with several under age athletes. one of them later became his wife. usa swimming only excluded him in 2013 sean hutchinson, george kidney jack nelson, charles or robbers. the roll call goes on us a swimming covered up dozens of cases. you know, if you were just some average coach here in indianapolis and you got arrested from west and kids, they would kick you out of swimming very simply. if you are a good coach, however, somebody like sean hutchinson, they handled or ever do, or rick earl or mic, dr. be fill in the blank. if you are a successful coach that produced metals and money for them, they handled your claim differently. they sent your claim to a board of review maybe, or they just whitewash the whole thing as long as the metals and money keep coming . they don't care. metals are crucial to the federation financial success and to win metals unique good coach

i was assigned to vietnam by the associated press as a correspondent with their saigon bureau and i arrived there in saigon and june of 962 at that time, saigon still had the atmosphere of a french colonial city. when i arrived in saigon, i checked and at the caravel hotel, that was a residence where a p star, those who were in and out of the country, always stayed the war, then was between north and south vietnam. but as it intensified, american presence in saigon grew. the 1st 400 u. s. military advisors checked into the rex hotel. but some stayed at the caravel enough to interest the journalists there. what was interesting to me as a journalist, that in the hotel the caravel were staying there were crow cut, young americans in the bar, and walking around in the restaurant of it. it turned out that they were american soldiers on leave, from the, from being military advisors in the country side. clearly things were moving along to me as a journalist to indicate that there was a real story. at that time and side on our nets, journalistic intuition was spot on in 1963 south vietnam was in di

i was assigned to yet by the associated press. and i arrived june at 1962. the caravel hotel burst under the headline in november 1963. when there was a number to recruit 8, which led to the assassination of the president and his brother. over a 24 hour period, the center of saigon was a war zone. the press retreated, in effect that the caravel hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we were saying was from the care of me. ah morning allow government al jazeera as a, you know, i me hello, i'm marianna marquee in london, our main story, delta very continues to cause a seat rise and cove infections around the world. south africa, the president has just announced confir restrictions as a nation attempts to stem a surging 3rd wave of the virus, or gatherings on the sale of alcohol will be banned for 2 weeks from midnight. schools will close from wednesday at 9 pm curfew will be enforced in an address to the nation. so around the process that the rapid spread of the delta variance is very serious. and current measures.

health workers in the village of to go told the associated press that soldiers blocked medical teams from reaching the scene. hong kong pro democracy newspaper, the apple daily has printed its last edition has been under pressure since basing impose the national security law. several of the newspapers top executives have been arrested and its assets frozen. i don't think the rainy weather reflects how i feel. i'm quite sad because it's a newspaper. i've been reading since i was young. jumping on the water, if i pull daily cancer vide then there is no press freedom. if such a persistent organization can also lose its voice, i think other media organizations will also be scared that the news has always been screened. all the papers have the same news on the front page. it's only apple daily that talks about the truth. and the reality. protest is in thailand have ball all back on the streets after a 6 month break. due to the coven 19 pandemic, by rallying in bangkok, demanding the resignation of the prime minister, demonstrators are also calling for more transparency from the monkey and

the media building that was destroyed by his ready air raid on the 15th of may which house the associated press. and of course, al jazeera, he said you will try its level best to address the humanitarian needs in gaza as soon as possible. we need, he said, a political situation. not just for garza, but for the occupied palestinian territories. we need all groups to agree on a consensus based government. the palestinian authority needs a democratic mandate. we need to make sure the siege of a blockade of garza ends soon. this is an opportunity, he said, and we need to grasp it. let's move on. at least 2 people have died. in the fascination attempt on a uganda minister gunman sprayed a general consume. but while my last car with bullets killing his daughter and the drive up that happened in a suburb of the capitol come parlor while mala who was injured in the attack, is the minister of works on transport. and the former army commander for ivory coast president lawrence bag bow is expected to go home later this month. after spending 10 years in exile the decision and follows his acquittal on charg

. >> a new poll from the associated press shows a majority of americans are going back to bars restaurants. sports games and traveling but concerns over infections are still lingering in. some people just aren't quite ready to join large crowds of people or ditch their masks altogether about 34% of people polled believe restrictions were lifted too quickly while others say reopenings didn't happen fast enough. >> this is our 4th stadium in 2 weeks. so we're so happy that this will back. it has been 2 long years without it still taking me my head around >> is we don't know if people are still getting covid that covid is still around like it hasn't gone away. it's >> increasing vaccinations across the country have slow down coronavirus infections and deaths. the cdc says 53% of all americans have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. >> still to come, oakland as we know, it's been losing teams. the a's could be next to leave. we'll explain the new push to gain a team in the town. >> and we all know, you know, coffee can help get you through a long day and now there's a new shop

terry edison was the senior associated press correspondent on the 16th of january, 1985. he was kidnapped on his way to the commodore hotel. 3 years into his detention. his kidnappers released this photo of him wearing a commodore hotel t shirt designed by yusef and his owl for his journalist guests. anderson was the 1st journalist to be kidnapped in beirut. would be the last to be released in 1991 . several different groups carried out the hostage taking but the most prominent was islamic jihad. so i wouldn't advise any foreigners to stay here the moment while the situation so dangerous. in november 1985, such the special envoy to the british archbishop of canterbury, terry wade arrived in lebanon to negotiate hostage releases. he stayed at the riviera hotel, but often went to the commodore to meet journalists. on the 21st of november, fighting known as the battle of the flag between different left wing allied lebanese militia, controlling west bay route reached the commodore hotel. the cherry weight was trapped inside with dozens of local and foreign journalists, includ