greg abbot says this bill will come up again during a special session.mocrats in texas still be able to use the same tools to block it, as well? >> it will be interesting to see what democrats decide to do then. before i was in congress and became chair of the voting rights caucus here i spent eight years in the state legislature and understand the rules very well and the republicans have bent the rules over the years so they can pass racist pieces of legislation like this and the perfect example of that is that the texas senate used to have a filibuster rule. it was the two-thirds rule and you had to have two-thirds of senators present to advance any piece of legislation while the current lieutenant governor completely abolished the filibuster rules and raised it to where there aren't enough democrats now to block a bill and so we know that they can change these rules on a whim and if greg abbot does bring it back up, we are able to see some sort of tactic like that, but what i would tell greg abbot is he needs to do something about the grid and make su

reconciled with a senate voter suppression bill before heading to the desk of republican governor greg abbot, who has signaled he'll sign the legislation. meanwhile, republicans in ohio have introduced a bill that would put severe restrictions on ballot drop boxes and absentee voting. in international news, india reported nearly 4000 covid-19 deaths friday, with over 414,000 new infections -- breaking the world record it set one day earlie in india's southwestern state of goa, more than half of all people tested have coronavirus infections, one of the highest test positivity rates of the pandemic. japan has extended a nationwide state of emergency as infections surge less than 80 days before the start of the olympics. an online petition titled "cancel the tokyo olympics to protect our lives" gathered aeá quarter-million signatures in its first two days. meanwhile, a new study from the university of washington estimates the true toll of the pandemic is far higher than governments have reported. researchers at the institute for health metrics and evaluation say covid-19 has caused about 6.9 mi

texas governor greg abbot is expected to sign the so-called fetal heartbeat, bill which will face immediatecourt challenges by planned parenthood and the american civil liberties union. in ohio, the city of columbus has reached a $10 million settlement with the family of andre hill, a 47- year-old black man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in december. the officer, adam coy, has been charged with murder. this is andre hill's daughter karissa hill. >> he died on a 311 call, non-emergency. he was shot four times. after the four times, he was like on the floor. there were 22 officers on the scene. nobody helped my father stop -- helped my father. the money will not help with the pain of my deadline on that floor. amy: in the wake of andre hill's killing, the columbus city council also passed andre's law, mandating the use of body cameras and requiring police officers to give and call for aid if they cause any injuries. the mayor of jackson, mississippi, and a state senator representing the city have apologized for the massacre of students at jackson state college 51ears ago. o

. >> greg abbot quickly announced he would order lawmakers back to the state capital for a special sessionwever, he did not wh since one of the worst acts of racial violence in american history. the tulsa race massacre began on may 31st, 2021. excuse me. 1921. an angry e ty prosperous black neighborhood known as black wall street. more than 300 people were kill. anest mated 10,000 more lost their homes, and many businesses were burn. this morning on gma, abc's marcus moore is live from tulsa, talking to the descendants of survivors, and covering the tensions that remain a century later. >> when you walk through the greenwood district, you have no clue this was once a thriving block of black homes and businesses except for this. these metal plates engraved in the sidewalk. they have the name of the businesses that burned. . >>> instagram's employees claimed pro palestine skinian content wasn't being shown as often. employees say think don't believe the automated moderation was deliberate. the company says instagram will now give equal weight to both sides in the conflict, and instagram is o

republican governor greg abbot is expected to sign the measure after it is reconciled with a texas senatesion bill. meanwhile, republicans in ohio have introduced a bill to put severe restrictions on ballot drop boxes and absentee voting. at the federal level, the sweeping voting rights and election overhaul bill known as the for the people act goes before the senate's democratic-controlled rules committee tuesday, where it faces changes aimed at winning support from the lone democratic holdout, senator joe manchin, and republicans. for more, we're joined by mother jones reporter ari berman, whose article in the march/april issue of the magazine is headlined "the insurrection was put down. the gop plan for minority rule marches on." welcome back to democracy now! first describe what happened in florida, then go to texas come and talk about what these voter suppression los have at their core in th details. looks good morning. thank you for having me back. first off, the florida liza, kate of the georgia voter suppression law. it does a lot of things the georgia law did. it makes it a crime

governor greg abbot signed a so-called heartbeat ban into law this week.dictating if a fetal heartbeat can be detected a woman cannot have an abortion. a fetal heartbeat can be deteched even before a woman knows she's pregnant. this is happening at the same time the u.s. supreme court has agreed to take up an abortion case that could test the limits of roe vs. wade. i want to get to our expert. first, great having you here. appreciate it so much. this is the donald trump engineered supreme court with a very heavy conservative majority. do you think at this point it's fair to say in light of what we saw take place in texas this week that roe vs. wade could be in jeopardy? >> yeah. i mean the most lasting legacy of former president trump is what he did in supreme court, putting these three justices on the bench. a few week uzgo they agreed to hear a second amendment case. and supporters of abortion rights are nervous. they think this court is going to gut or limit roe v. wade. and the supreme court doesn't like to overturn precedent. they like to build it. t

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