john lewis. fannie lou hamer. lou hamer. yeah, what i say hamer probably but that's what people usually say. john lewis, diane nash, julian bond and stokely carmichael. stokely was my man. you know, we're going to don't take that the wrong way, but stokely and i were friends to the end, no matter what you've heard about him. and i'm the person that got him into the deep south with the freedom rides. yep. i want to talk about that. so so you've seen it all. you've experienced it all. very few people have had the courage or the impact to. try to change a country the way you have. so i want to i want to talk to you about. oh, i want to say also that i am a white, southern owner and proud of it. robert lee is my homeboy, and i'm the mother of five ordinary sons. i survived a lot. yeah, yeah. well, okay okay. anything else you want to say before? get to the question that i'm to ask you. go back to you and we're going to cut off the coffee after this cup for sure. okay. tell about the significance of the title. it's called get bac

he started with john lewis. when john lewis name, i said john you never voted for a defense bill. [laughter] he dids eventually vote for one i'll tell you about in a moment. under deress but none the less he did it. ray made this decision. the secretary of the navy will tell you this who made this possible today has said, the one thing about being secretary of navy, if you have aspirations politically, be secretary of the navy, because you can name ships and you don't have to report to anybody. not the president, not anybody. but of course, president obama appointing ray knew that. robert f kennedy attorney general, the father. we have- [laughter] i want to make clear that distinction. i spoke at the commissioning that. and we have john lewis our hero in so many ways. [indiscernible] a slave who talked to presidents about endsing slavery. now we have harvy milk. when you are in san diego for this that and the other thing, you see a big ship that says harvy milk on it. let me talk about what these ships are. these shapes make helped during world war ii. they supply the other ships,

just talk us through those and the reasons that john lewis are doing this.uite an anxiety inducing experience. so i think if a candidate has the ability to read through those questions beforehand and properly prepare or certainly reduce some of those levels of anxiety. and i think from a diversity point of view, which is a very hot topic currently, it will just allow any business, you know, john lewis in this situation, to attract a more diverse pool of candidates where it isn't always about who's the quickest thinker or who's the who's got the gift of the gab or whatever it might be, butjust someone who's had some time to think about it. so, yeah, i guess from the level of levelling the playing field, providing some more transparency, and i think from a candidate experience point of view, it would be a good thing. you are watching bbc news. two teachers who were injured in a stabbing at a school in south wales on wednesday have issued a statement, saying it is 'difficult to comprehend' what happened. fiona elias and liz hopkin also said they wanted to thank

the freedom to vote act, the john lewis bill . same exact thing. the fourth when i would add is a commission on reparations which could never get the support in the house of representatives to be adopted. there is unfinished business on our each and up. -- agenda. every one of these items i've discussed when explained to the american people generate 60 to 70% support. when they understand it beyond talking points. when they understand it beyond divisive rhetoric. when you tell them specifically what they do they have almost universal support. we cannot allow ourselves to be mesmerized into a mindset that what we want is something only we want. there is a broad coalition of people that support but if we do not raise our voices and say this is a priority. if we do not challenge those that won't commit to our vote, if we do not use our platforms and leadership to tell the community why this is important and why these things are on the ballot in 2024, shame on us. this is the work that we have to do. let me close because our call to action is clear. ou

i see america where, with your help, i sign the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights act into law, were assigned the george floyd justice in policing act into law, or make roe v. wade the law of the land again, and we can do that. i see a future where we give hate no safe harbor, call out the poison of white supremacy. i see an america where the economy grows, and where the wealthy finally began to pay their fair share of taxes, where working people have a fair shot with childcare care, elder care, paid leave. we're the only nation in the world that does not have paid leave. i see a future where we save the planet from the climate crisis and our country from gun violence. my administration just yesterday expanded background checks. but that is not enough. banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, we did it once and have to do it again. i know we can do this. i am more optimistic about our future. we just remember who we are, the united states of america. we come out of every crisis stronger than we have gone into it, and there is nothing beyond the capacity

and excited labout meeting john lewis and having his kids' pictures with john lewis, a thrill of his. he posted a it and found out quickly that in donald trump's republican party, doing what i did, what a lot of republicans used to do -- john lewis was a great friend of mine, that that is not so easy to do in the days of trump. >> ono, it's not. and i think what johnson realized is that the ideas no longer counted. but the months that i followed him, spoke with him and spoke to others around him, in shreveport, on the house floor, i think he sort of assumed that of all the stories his speakership could have assumed, the one where his closest friends and closest former allies would be his most outspoken opponents. i don't think bhe saw that coming to a degree and struggled to make sense of that. the upshot is that maybe the ideas weren't the point in the republican party and it was just always an attitudinal thing. that you were willing to fight in a way that they deemed strong enough. >> good morning. it's willi. congratulations on your piece. whatever your feelings on speaker johnso

king died, daddy addressed a crowd organized by john lewis and on that terrible night, he said, what we need in the united states is not division. what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice towards those who still suffer in this country whether they be black or they be white. joe biden every decision is informed by his love, his wisdom and his compassion towards those who suffer. that is why we are so happy today to pledge our unwavering support to president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. god bless all of you, god bless america. and please welcome president joe biden. [cheers and applause] president biden: have a seat -- if you have one. what an incredible honor, what an incredible honor. what an incredible honor to have the support of the kennedy family. john wright junior, thanks for those kind words and thank you for carrying your family's civil rights legacy and your son who is doing a hell of a job on our campaign. ke

john lewis has come under increasing pressure in recent years. recently announced a return to profit. a brazilian supreme courtjudge has opened an inquiry into elon musk after the multi—billionaire said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform x that thejudge had ordered to be blocked. mr musk posted on the platform that the restrictions had been lifted because the court order was unconstitutional. if x fails to comply with the order, it will be fined around $20,000 a day. there was a lot of optimism around the world particularly in the us last week and it was of the idea that interest rates could start to fall. remember, so many are reading the mood music coming from central banks around the world. that has sorta been the start for a new week. let me quickly show you what is happening in the us, if i can. but thatis happening in the us, if i can. but that is in asia. we will keep a close eye on more for you a little bit later. see you soon. some breaking news at this hour in the case of the murdered footballer cody fisher on box

king died, daddy addressed a crowd organized by john lewis in the largest black community in indianapolison that terrible night, he said what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer in this country whether they be black or they be white. joe biden's every decision is informed by his love, his wisdom, and his compassion towards those who suffer. that is why we are so happy today to pledge our unwavering support to president joe biden and president kamala harris. god bless all of you, god bless america, and please welcome president joe biden. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: please have a seat. mom and dad, hope you are listening. what an incredible honor. i don't want to become emotional, but what an incredible honor to have the support of the kennedy family. thanks for those kind words and for carrying on your families legacy. your son is doing a helluva job on our campaign. he's helping us win pennsylvania. kerry, that was t

why on earth would choose head would you choose to head up a company john lewis, company like john lewisadn't got a background retail so the background in retail? so the interesting though interesting thing, though about this know, this this study is, you know, this idea that if had more idea that if you had more diverse the boardroom, diverse people in the boardroom, it mckinsey big it was a mckinsey study, big consultancy, it's just consultancy, and it's just absolutely been taken as gospel. but the interesting thing is this new research, mckinsey wouldn't share how they got to their conclusions with this. the two professors who did the new research now that to me rings a great big alarm bell. if you're confident in your research, why wouldn't which wouldn't you tell them which companies studied ? so these companies you studied? so these guys to s&p 500. guys just went to the s&p 500. america's 500 biggest listed companies, and obviously got very different results . very different results. >> isn't it isn't it the on >> but isn't it isn't it the on the board , the white fat cats, the b

why on earth would choose head would you choose to head up a company john lewis, company like john lewis hadn't got a background retail so the background in retail? so the interesting though interesting thing, though about this know, this this study is, you know, this idea that if had more idea that if you had more diverse the boardroom, diverse people in the boardroom, it mckinsey big it was a mckinsey study, big consultancy, it's just consultancy, and it's just absolutely been taken as gospel. but the interesting thing is this new research, mckinsey wouldn't share how they got to their conclusions with this. the two professors who did the new research now that to me rings a great big alarm bell. if you're confident in your research, why wouldn't which wouldn't you tell them which companies studied ? so these companies you studied? so these guys to s&p 500. guys just went to the s&p 500. america's 500 biggest listed companies, and obviously got very different results . very different results. >> isn't it isn't it the on >> but isn't it isn't it the on the board , the white fat cats, the

voting rights, the freedom to vo the john lewis voting rights advancement act did not get done. this is essential. what have fun? limited what really happened. so melanie we were in the trenches on this siobhain it was right before you join the coalition. we were working with the executive branch and members of congress on the john lewis voting rights advancement act. we had gotten it to the house. and all of the sudden they are in the senate. we had 48 commitments. forty-eight commitments we had 48 hard commitments. all we needed was for two members of the united states senate to agree to create an exception one time for the filibuster. we worked on those two members. you know their names one is from west virginia, he is retiring. the other is from arizona she is running for reelection. we talk to them and worked very hard to persuade them to grant this exception. let's beat candidate. let's be clear. let's be unvarnished. let's not mince words and did not happen. they block the passage of the jon louisville. the republican blockade was there but we knew it was there but we kne

>> i think the embracing and engaging of the john lewis voter restoration act that congress is refusing that bill would protect and preserve the right to vote for everyone and create a fair set of circumstances, as opposed to gerrymandering that still takes place, as opposed to very strict restrictions in my own state of georgia. you cannot even bring someone water because the voting system is not working properly, where you have so many voters standing in line. voting should be a very easy process. i think we ought to be voting with our phones. we have been doing all kinds of things with our phones. why would we not be able to vote? we need to make it easy to vote, not more difficult. caitriona: just one final question, marking the legacy of your father's assassination, his legacy lives on through the family, but how were these anniversaries for you personally? he did not have very long with him at all. >> yes, you are absolutely correct. the way i characterize it as i -- is i have a large quality of time, but a small quantity of time. dad was just like our buddy. he took us swimming,

she quoted john lewis. democracy isn't a noun. it's a verb. >> when i get something handwritten it stands out. what does she write on them, and who is she sending them to? >> well, what she does is she has contacts with political organizations across the country. they will send her a list. they'll say, hey, we have an election coming up. this is the election. this is the cause. here's a list of voters' names. here's a list of voters' addresses. would you write them, asking them to register, to vote, to get friends out to canvass. she's following what they have asked her to do. >> yeah. >> and so, you know, she'll do that. she'll get other people to do it. as you said, 400,000. >> we're watching her write and the volunteers. is it something like, dear raj, dear garvin. >> exactly. >> it's personalized. >> there's dear robert right off the front. you want to know s it working? >> that's the million dollar question. >> i'm going to ask you. when you get a text message on your phone from somebody campaigning, delete it. >> right away.

the john r lewis act and the freedom to vote act. both of which we call on congress to pass. the right to vote preserves every right that we hold dear. it is an effective, nonviolent means of expressing our will. protecting the right to vote should not be a matter of partisan politics. it is the duty of all elected officials to honor and protect the sacred act that has enabled them to serve. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much ms. nelson. senator warner will take my spot because he has to leave and is chair of the intel committee. he has some interest in protecting our elections and we will turn it over to sit secure. we all use paper ballots.secure. to protect every vote and enshereef eligible votes. where they will affect our for ballots and have audits and security in place to protect every voice and ensure every eligible vote and only eligible votes are counted. where misinformation and foreign threats will affect the elections there ai and multiscale attempts to fool voters about the rights in an effort to cause confusion and chaos and

hearing on that this morning in the judiciary committee with senator warnock to talk about the john lewis voting rights bill. we also need basis federal standards like those contained in the freedom to vote act that i lead along with many of my colleagues including the democrats on this committee. i will not give up until they become the law of the land because i believe we truly need to have federal voting rights protections for the citizens of this country. i want to thank our witnesses for being here and i look forward to hearing the testimony. and to prepare for our elections. and i will now turn it over to ranking member fisher. >> good afternoon and thank you, chairwoman for holding this hearing and thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. and three states conduct an election and one week after super tuesday, we will hear from state and local election officials from across the country. and about one of the most fundamental aspects of our democracy. the administration is a free and fair election. we look forward to learning about how jurisdictions are preparing for the

everything else, with emphasis on increasing minimum wage, the work that we need to do to pass the john lewis voting rights act in states like north carolina and so many in the south and around the country trying to restrict people's access to polls. i helped write the george floyd justice in policing act, we need to get that passed. >> carley: democrats want to win north carolina because it was former president trump's weakest win in 2020, they fill it is within their reach. that is why she's there and been there four times now. then you hear about her, what she's promoteing and she talked about a few things. she spent time talking about voting rights, do you think that will sway any voters? >> kaylee: no, it is in line with claims about how this election is about saving democracy itself. that is a very difficult pill to swallow, when the act same party is using most undemocratic means to keep opponents off the ballot, efforts to keep trump off the ballot and dnc is filing lawsuit to keep r.f.k. jr. off ballots. it does not add up here and this election is unique in several ways and voters h

i see an -- with the john lewis voting rights in the wall.ned the george floyd justice completion act into law. where we make roe v. wade the law of the land again. and we can do that. >> here's the thing, this finds biden losing support among black men in particular. those polled across several swing states say they were definitely, or probably going to vote for donald trump. let's compare that to the 12% of the vote he got in 2020. would you think is driving this? and what does biden need to do differently? >> look, i don't think black voters are going to vote for him in large numbers. i disagree with that poll. i think president biden needs to continue to talk about the records that he has accomplished. like the rate for the black americans in history creating millions of new jobs for black workers, capping the insulin caused at $35 a month for seniors on medicare, and allowing them to negotiate prescription drug costs. i think now the contrast is clear. i think he will overwhelmingly win to support the victory. the reality, this president

if they did, they would not block the passage of the john lewis voting rights act. they would not go into states and fundamentally restrict the rights of americans to be at the polls and vote. but that is what they've done over and over again. i don't know necessarily think we should even get distracted by that because abortion is the issue. women are the issue here. and what we know is what they're doing is deeply unpopular. the chaos they've thrown the country into with the maga supreme court, with donald trump proudly pushing and claiming responsibility for ending roe, that is really the thing that we're dealing with now. and i think that the -- we will once again show that the will of the people will be on the ballot with the arizona abortion rights amendment. you know, other states across the country that are putting this on the ballot, and i do believe it will turn out a tremendous number of people. and we will codify those laws in states. but we just have to be clear if donald trump gets back in, if republicans keep control of the house and senate, they will

sixties that paved the way for new freedoms forwa blacks in women's across the country dr king and john lewisn show and defend every position. i think there is a lot of particular young people he protest today i may agree if their position who don't understandheir what dissent and protest is. the young lady bless her on the like she does agree of " death to america whatever you agree with you have to defendd your positioyon second they shoe quit working where they are im, would've fired them as well givg every righhtt to disagree of google's positions in anything t they do if you want to be an employee of google you either need to quit the job and agitatk and talk about what they should be doing we had a group of people we did jessie on the shos they sent a letter how theyt didn't agree witthh what thet wa president was doing quit.he they were interns. everybody's entitled t o their positioned t we live in a county people believe they can disagree a summary and still work there f and put their finger in the face and fist in the face of those they work for.ight you've every right to do thate b

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king and john lewis, tyrus, dr.stokely carmichael, a comrade and wanting freedom and more opportunity for african americans and women at others, but he said you can do it that way. dr. king came to my hometown of memphis and was assassinated. people forget he was there a week before and he came back a week later because a week before he came, jesse, there was violence in the streets and he said, i can't be associated with this. we have to come back and do it peacefully. if you can't teach and impart and we do protesting peacefully, any democrat or republican, i heard a democrat say something the other day, plotting people protesting, we applaud peaceful protesting. we applaud not threatening other people because they don't look like us, because they practice a different religion. to your point, tyrus, anyone who says they are hamas, mayor adams, the new york mayor had it right earlier, there something going on in the city, a coordination, they should all be arrested. and if we are wrong, err on their side of being w

these decisions about voting rights in the decisions about changing the john lewis bill and making all of these decisions, that is about judges who have been put on by donald trump, yes, but also, it's about judges you can put on that follow the law and are highly qualified, and even the> decision, which you know, lawrence, with your legal aptitude, which is about allowing agencies to make decisions about the percentage of particles in air pollution, some of these judges that donald trump put on, or are judges out of his ilk, they actually have said oh, agencies shouldn't do that. we should have congress and the judges make those decisions. you can see where this is rolling if he is allowed come back and put these judges on. >> senator amy klobuchar, thanks for joining us tonight. joining us now is congressman allred, democratic candidate for senate in texas this year. congressman, i know you know the story told in that video by amanda and of course she was at the state of the union address. all of texas should know that story by now. donald trump fully supports what happened to her be

king and john lewis, they would gladly have gone on piers morgan's show and went to answer every questionbut they were on able to get those opportunities. particularly young people who protest today who i may agree with their position or their cause, who don't understand what dissent and protest is. that young lady, bless her heart for going on the show, i disagreed with her, it sounds like she does agree with "death to america" but whatever you agree with you have to be willing to defend your position. number two, they should quit working where they are. i would have fired them, is also. you have every right to disagree with google position on anything that they do but if you want tof google, you probably can't do that, but you need to quit the job and then get outside and agitate and talk about what they should be doing. we had a group of people in the white house, i saw biden, we talked about this on a show, jesse on the show, and judge, they sent a letter saying how they didn't agree with what the president was doing -- quit. >> dana: they were interns. >> harold: quit. everyone is en

voter in march onashington, key leaders were john lewis diane nash, dawes, smith, roberson and stokely carmichael. right. they train local people to lead their own movement, which is corporate participatory democracy. right. so again, they're kind of taking on like ella baker is kind of grassroots led leadership. right. right. and so, again, this kind of activism throughout the state of north carolina is activism is in larger numbers. in the mid 1960s. right then 1967 movement, 500 people are marched in charlotte area to back the rice that college students from local kind of institutions barber scotia college jcc too. some students from little big white institutions live with some college as well right in that kind of charlotte area. this is an image of boycotts and demonstrations at in durham ad howard johnson's right so this is a very large it happened hundreds and hundreds of participants participated in this these are more examples of thisarr movement happening the mid 1960s. right. a majority student activist. right. so again, larger numbers than in 1960. and then this is a pictur

john lewis, the great civil rights leader, used to have children touch his head and touch it and there had been beaten so many times. when i see campuses call for militarizing a campus, it is wrong and it only creates an escalation of the problem because this is like an arab spring in reverse going on here. these students at columbia, when they are being arrested, are triggering kids at yellow or brown and now they are on that working together. the communication world has changed since 1868. state, 1970, you heard someone was shot, you knew a kid at kent state, and directed it to see if your kid was all right. today, regarding instant information and new ways. everybody has to act responsible. you are allowed to protest, you are allowed to dissent. no swearing or anti-somatic remarks are allowed. and, the presidents have to show some spine. in the degree of it is a very big deal to cancel a commencement. >> a lot of these kids are the covid-19 kids. i heard that in the piece from maya eaglin. some of these kids didn't have a high school graduation. a demand there didn't have a college

king died, daddy address to crowd organized by john lewis in the largest black community in indian ounces now, not terrible night he said, what we need in the united states is not division what we need in the united states is not hatred. what we need in the united states is not violence or lawlessness but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice towards those who still suffer in this country, whether they'd be black or they beep light joe biden's every decision is informed by his love, his wisdom and his compassion towards those who suffer that is why we are so happy today to pledge are unwavering support to president joe biden and president kamala harris. god bless all of you. god bless america and sees welcome president joe please have to see if you have one m did credible, honorehat an credib honor i don'wantecome em an incredible honors to ve the support of the kenne fami? john white junior thanks for those kind words and for carrying on your family's civil rights legacy d so i youron, caitlyn o wadoing a hell of a job in our camign is helping us win

we have copied john lewis, and i have seen all of the questions in advance.f youngsters voting tory continues to drop and drop. could this be the last ever conservative government >> i don't think it will be the last ever conservative government i think we are seeing, interestingly, young men moving to reform and young women moving to reform and young women moving to reform and young women moving to say, the greens . so moving to say, the greens. so young people are not fans of the conservatives at the moment, but i think, i conservatives at the moment, but ithink, i hope conservatives at the moment, but i think, i hope that after this general election, when the tories get wiped out, they may learn some lessons. there is a very small, unlikely world where maybe they get so kicked that reform ends up taking over and ends up becoming the more dominant party in the conservatives. we can say rest in peace, but i think that's unlikely. i think the conservatives will come back, but it may be a decade or so before we see them again. >> can i just put some facts in t

hearings that got a lot of press was the it was when the truman committee summoned the labor leader, john lewis, to testify before committee. he was head of the coal miners union. he was threatening or is throwing out hints at the time that coal miners might walk out and strike most of the labor unions had agreed to forego any strikes during the war, but lewis was feeling like the roosevelt administration had not lived up to some of its promises. so this was going to be a dramatic showdown in the senate. lewis gave as good as he got before the truman committee. it was widely publicized. and across the country, it's just one of many, many, many very, very dramatic and power popular hearings that. the truman committee held in washington and around the country. so the media covered the truman committee pretty heavily. yes, truman love to say that he did not like care about the press and he didn't really worry about the press. a lot. often that would come in a letter to his wife, bess, right after he had just very clearly detailed all the appearances he had made in the media that like a lot of poli