this is martin lewis saying this, many — metro.lewis saying this, many thousands _ metro. this is martin lewis saying this, many thousands of - metro. this is martin lewis saying this, many thousands of pounds l metro. this is martin lewis saying - this, many thousands of pounds these experts advised, he is giving a stark warning and the rising energy bills will be having an impact as the covid—19 pandemic. this is real apocalyptic stuff but i think he's making this spare warnings to try and get the leadership candidates to take action as quickly as possible and talk about civil unrest and people losing theirjobs and really horrible situation and, i think he is doing all guns blazing on this with these people were going to be in charge very soon. find with these people were going to be in charge very soon.— in charge very soon. and its reminder— in charge very soon. and its reminder that _ in charge very soon. and its reminder that we _ in charge very soon. and its reminder that we and - in charge very soon. and its reminder that we

martin lewis has been leadin: living. martin lewis has been leading from _ living. leading from the _ living. martin lewis has been leading from the front - living. martin lewis has been leading from the front and i living. martin lewis has been - leading from the front and calling for further government axis teddy make access and criticising the government for zombie government and the prime minister is about the change major decisions to make. decisions over what might be coming down the _ decisions over what might be coming down the track. it is palpable now. but i _ down the track. it is palpable now. but i think— down the track. it is palpable now. but i think what martin lewis is highlighting is that the energy market— highlighting is that the energy market and the cost—of—living crisis is something that we really have not yet grasped the scale of. energy bills have — yet grasped the scale of. energy bills have tripled over the last year. — bills have tripled over the last year, were not talking about rising, we were _ year, were not talking about rising, we w

the metro is leading with the cost of living crisis and a message from consumer champion martin lewisg action on energy bills from what he calls the �*zombie government'. the conservative leadership race is on the front page of the i, which says liz truss has softened her stance on �*handouts' for the cost of living crisis. her rival rishi sunak�*s economic policies come under scrutiny on the front of the telegraph, as it says taxpayers would pay an extra 30 billion pounds a year due to inflation and mr sunak�*s income tax threshold freeze. the financial times leads on the news that tory leadership candidate liz truss is backing the introduction of new powers for ministers to override city of london regulators — a plan that was first so, let's begin. wa ke wake up zombies, the consumer champion there's been posting a lot of stuff on social media and appearing on tv and the concerned about what's coming down the track and the lack of action by the politicians.— and the lack of action by the oliticians. ' :: :: , ., politicians. 100%, we had new estimates _ politicians. 100%, we had new

so, that's my record, i went and talked to martin lewis at the time about it as well. i said... what, shovelling money into deprived urban areas is wrong? there are lots of places that need to get investment where opportunity needs to be spread. yes, they exist in rural areas, too. they exist in small towns. it's notjust very large big cities that are the only places that require government support and government investment... mr sunak, when you talked about levelling up what the conservatives meant when they talked about levelling up... no, hang on... is we are going to give money, hold on, we are going to give money to royal tunbridge wells, not to wigan or sunderland or wolverhampton? hold on, we are doing all of that. but where have i been in the last couple of days, i can give you two examples. i was in the isle of wight. and they've been asking for on the isle of wight for a long time? recognition that actually providing public services in an island economy is different and they want that to be recognised. i've started working with them on that as a local governm

people like martin lewis are saying we will need warm banks _ lewis are saying we will need warm banksarliament should be recalled. untilthat banks. surely, parliament should be recalled. until that leader is announced, that needs to happen. they recalled parliament last august to talk_ they recalled parliament last august to talk about afghanistan, they recalled — to talk about afghanistan, they recalled parliament when the duke of edinburgh _ recalled parliament when the duke of edinburgh died. this seems so criticai— edinburgh died. this seems so critical and they simply don't have time _ critical and they simply don't have time to— critical and they simply don't have time to waste. labour have come up with a _ time to waste. labour have come up with a plan, — time to waste. labour have come up with a plan, they are talking about windfall— with a plan, they are talking about windfall taxes, but i feel that the public— windfall taxes, but i feel that the pubiic are — windfall taxes, but i feel that the public are all sitting here, waiting for action — public are all sitting here, wai

meanwhile the daily star reports comments from consumer expert martin lewis, who told the bbc that whatcalled a �*zombie�* government must provide more help. the daily telegraph claims one spark could �*cause destruction�*, with the met office warning of an exceptional risk of wildfires across much of southern england. and the yorkshire post shows a bridge emerging from a reservoir near ripponden as water levels fall, but claims yorkshire water isn't planning a hosepipe ban. the times splashes a new report from the policing watchdog, which says victims are being routinely failed being let down by the police�*s response to burglary, robbery and theft. and the express reports fears that a shortage of key medicines could be putting patients at risk, with many having to visit several chemists to get prescriptions. so, let's begin. energy firm threatened with new windfall tax. energy energy firm threatened with new windfall tax. energy companies energy firm threatened with new windfall tax. energy companies say fuel price rises are going to be told to increase investment or face higher taxes

the consumer champion martin lewis has said it is a zombie government, he says they need to wake up andd this morning the boss of octopus energy said he thought the government need to improve the offer of £400 which is on the table, calling for more to be done. as you were saying, there is a meeting taking place between ministers and energy giants tomorrow. so we will be waiting to see what is heard there.— tomorrow. so we will be waiting to see what is heard there. thank you ve much see what is heard there. thank you very much for— see what is heard there. thank you very much for that. _ our political correspondent nick eardley is at our westminster studio. hello, nick. iworrying hello, nick. i worrying times for households listening to these figures, these warnings. what are the tory candidates, the candidates for the leadership, saying on the matter? where do they stand? goad matter? where do they stand? good mornin: , matter? where do they stand? good morning, burak. _ matter? where do they stand? (13cm morning, burak. everyone is saying we need to deal with the energy price crisis

fuel poverty martin lewis of the mirror newspaper believes that the poor will be even more. this winter we are in for a financial disaster electricity bills will rise to 3.250 pounds in october and with a new rise in january. and it will be unbearable for 10 million people to face real poverty, even the tax cuts that the conservative candidates are talking about will not help, nor pensioners or the poor. the energy crisis has already drastically raised the cost of living in the uk as petrol and food prices are rising, while general inflation is rising. approaching double digits. electricity doubled in june never happened before. i don't think it's just a crisis, it looks like it will have long term effects the threat of putin turning off the taps will keep prices high for a long time to come uk gets relatively little gas directly from russia but the global market is such that even the slightest hesitation. son in europe are causing serious consequences british press previously supporting anti-russian sanctions now call them the most ill-conceived and counterproductive policy

consumer expert martin lewis agrees that the government should have given more and acted faster.is on the scale that we saw in the pandemic, and do not negate the mental health damage that is being done to people in panic now across the nation, and the political theatre of allowing the 26th of august to come, when we get the price cap announcement, with nothing firm in place is incredibly damaging. under pressure to act now, the chancellor is meeting energy bosses tomorrow, amid whispers of another windfall tax. whoever becomes prime minister on the 5th of september can look| at that, but we already - have the £37 billion in place. myjob now is to get it - into people's bank accounts, because that's where it really matters. - when the price cap rises, millions more households won't be able to pay in october. if you're struggling to afford your energy bills, don'tjust stop paying. although it might be difficult to make that phone call, contact your energy supplier because that gives you extra legal protection. they have to work out a payment plan with you, you may get access to ha

an impassioned plea from martin lewis.dent kevin peachey, laura mcgadie from the energy saving trust and richard neudegg — ceo of uswitch. get in touch with your questions by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or get in touch on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. to bring in one more tweet you have sentin to bring in one more tweet you have sent in to me, this is from sean, who says i feel so ill. 0ur edf energy bill currently stands at £700 a month before another rise. i am self—employed, earning around 25,000 a year and live with my disabled wife and disabled mother—in—law and two kids aged nine and 18. thank you for getting in touch with us. throughout the day we will try to pull together the best advice and ask questions about what is going to be done to help people with their bills. britney spears has released herfirst new music since 2016 — a duet with sir eltonjohn. # hold me closer, tiny dancer. # whoo—oo. the new song hold me closer incorporates three of sir elton's classic hits — tiny dancer, the one

martin lewis agrees that the government should have given more and acted faster.l crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic, and do not negate the mental health damage that is being done to people in panic across the nation and the political theatre oaf allowing the 26 of august to come, when we get the price cap announcement, with nothing firm in place is incredibly damaging. the government say a new prime minister will bring new plans, but help is already available. whoever becomes prime minister on 5th september can look at that, but we already have the 37 billion in place. myjob now is to get it into people's bank accounts, because that is where it really matters. when the price cap rises, millions more households won't be able to pay in october. if you are struggling to afford your energy bills, don'tjust stop paying. although it might be difficult to make that phone call, contact your energy supplier because that gives you extra legal protection. they have to work out a payment plan with you, you may get access to hardship funds and emergency credit if

martin lewis is saying this is a crisis on the scale of covid and it needs a response like that.a cancellation of the price cap. none of that will happen at the moment. we need to wait till the new prime minister comes in. we know rishi sunak wants to make payments to vulnerable households but he has not said how much they will be getting. liz truss has taken nothing of the table but she essentially favours the idea of tax hats and does not like hand—outs. that leaves questions about people who do not pay much tax already. we will wait to see what the new prime minister will do. the latest monthly performance data from nhs england shows that the health service is under huge pressure. a&e departments in england had one of their worst months ever injuly, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted. and the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. no beds on trauma, no medical beds, no surgical beds. this no beds on trauma, no medical beds, no surgical b

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as martin lewis said, this is a zombie government web as johnson is not doing anything in the two leadership contenders are not doing anything right now.- doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates _ doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates are - doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates are not - doing anything right now. the two l leadership candidates are not prime minister, they are not in a position to do anything. minister, they are not in a position to do anything-— to do anything. they can all get toaether to do anything. they can all get together now. _ to do anything. they can all get together now, this _ to do anything. they can all get together now, this has - to do anything. they can all get together now, this has been - together now, this has been suggested. rishi sunak, liz truss, borisjohnson, they get together now to help people now. hagar boris johnson, they get together now to help people now.— to help people now. how would that ossibl to help people now. how would that possibly work— to help people now. how would that possibly wor

martin lewis of the world's newspaper believes there will be poor and even more financial disaster awaitinginter. taza electricity will rise to 3.250 pounds in october and with a new rise in january. and it will be unbearable for up to 10 million people to face real poverty even the tax cuts the conservative candidates are talking about will not help pensioners or the poor, the energy crisis has already skyrocketed the cost of living in the uk, gas prices and food prices are rising, and general inflation. approaching double digits same electricity doubled in june this has never happened before. i think this is not just a crisis, it looks like it will have a long-term threat that putin will turn off the taps and keep prices high for a long time to come the uk receives relatively little gas directly from russia but the global market is such that even the slightest price fluctuation in europe causes serious consequences ill-conceived counterproductive policies in recent international history. despite the fact that it is impossible to criticize western sanctions, otherwise you will be given an

consumer expert martin lewis agrees that the government should have given more and acted faster.tional crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic, and do not negate the mental health damage that is being done to people in panic across the nation and the political theatre of allowing 26 august to come, when we get the price cap announcement, with nothing firm in place is incredibly damaging. the government say a new prime minister will bring new plans, but help is already available. whoever becomes prime minister on 5th september can look at that, but we already have the 37 billion in place. myjob now is to get it into people's bank accounts, because that is where it really matters. when the price cap rises, millions more households won't be able to pay in october. if you are struggling to afford your energy bills, don'tjust stop paying. although it might be difficult to make that phone call, contact your energy supplier because that gives you extra legal protection. they have to work out a payment plan with you, you may get access to hardship funds and emergency credit if yo

martin lewis, the finance expert, said last week the government needs to do something now.evere, but the question is how much can the government do to offset what is essentially a global problem? this is a problem facing governments right around the world. if you look at germany, for example, where the problem is more gas supply rather than gas price, people are being advised to take short showers, there are rules around swimming pools and heating. so what we're seeing are things being brought in in places like germany which seemed completely unbelievable. this is facing governments around the world, and the next prime minister has got an almighty in tray of crises and problems. the energy crisis, household bills and those terrifying numbers we're talking about is absolutely top of that list. i just absolutely top of that list. i 'ust want to focus i absolutely top of that list. i 'ust want to focus on i absolutely top of that list. i 'ust want to focus on this i absolutely top of that list. i just want to focus on this briefly. i absolutely top of that list. ijust want to

some would argue that even martin lewis has been i that even martin lewis has been coming up with thesere have you been? liz trust to sin a where have you been? liz trust to sing a windfall— where have you been? liz trust to sing a windfall tax _ where have you been? liz trust to sing a windfall tax is _ where have you been? liz trust to sing a windfall tax is a _ where have you been? liz trust to sing a windfall tax is a labour i sing a windfall tax is a labour idea, she is right about that, we announced that back injanuary of this year and it took the government managed to catch up with that. vat of energy bills, we announced that months ago, and the government has not caught up with that, today a strong announcement for a million people, the poorest people who are often using these prepayment metres, a very strong proposal today, and a set of detailed plans on monday, comprehensive plan to do with what is coming in the autumn. —— liz truss is saying. is coming in the autumn. -- liz truss is saying.— is coming in the autumn. -- liz truss is saying. yesterday nicola stura eon truss is

the financial expert, martin lewis, told the bbc that people are going to need more support.brought forward the announcement on energy bills, at that point they asked ofgem forforward guidance. it's published its forward guidance and they came up with proposals. there is nothing stopping them doing that again. we know almost exactly what is going to happen. within 5% now. we know the price cap rises i am talking about are accurate. that is coming. direct debits are going to start rising pretty much immediately on the 26th of august. before the 5th of september. as soon as we know best, as soon as the announcement is made from ofgem on the 26th of august, that crystallises the direct debits going up. our business reporter noor nanji explains what's behind the sharp increase in energy prices. a lot of this is global. and that is partly due to the war in ukraine. essentially what we have is rising wholesale gas prices. these have been soaring in recent months because russia has been restricting the flow of gas through an essential pipeline through germany and other central europ

public organization says that one in three british households over 8 million will face fuel poverty martin lewisere will be even more poor people. this winter we are in for a financial disaster electricity bills will rise to 3.250 pounds in october and with a new one will grow in january. and it will be unbearable for up to 10 million people to face real poverty, even the tax cuts that the conservative candidates are talking about will not help either the pensioners or the poor. energy crisis. already sharply raised the cost of living in the uk , gas prices and food prices are rising, while headline inflation is approaching double digits. electricity prices doubled in june like never before. i think it looks like it will have long-term consequences the threat that putin turn off the taps will keep prices high for a long time the uk receives relatively little gas directly from russia but the global market is such that even the slightest price fluctuations in europe cause serious consequences the british press previously unconditionally supported anti-russian sanctions now call them the most ill-c

will change, because again these groups are every day on the ground fighting for the dream of martin lewisher king junior and thirdly we know that america will once again, or perhaps for the first time, actually, be a place where all voices are heard and accounted for and protected, and where laws are passed that lift us all up, and don't limit us. >> let's hope for that, certainly, as we go forward for future generations. martin luther king junior the third, it's a privilege has peaked both, you thanks to speaking to us this evening. >> thank you. >> still ahead, president biden goes on offense, calling out trump republicans for who and what they really are. they really are ♪ ♪ this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved. 100% steroid free. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults who didn't respond to previous treatments. and cibinqo helps provide clearer skin and less itch. cibinqo can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections and do blood tests

also from that trusted voice money—saving experts, martin_ trusted voice money—saving experts, martin lewisr broadcasting papers today and into tomorrow — broadcasting papers today and into tomorrow warning about the real dire consequences of this. he says that people _ consequences of this. he says that people could die, basically, from the fact— people could die, basically, from the fact that they are not going to be able _ the fact that they are not going to be able to— the fact that they are not going to be able to keep their homes. it reattyiust— be able to keep their homes. it reallyjust underlines the lack of political— reallyjust underlines the lack of political intervention in this so far, drastically seeming like an absolutely crazy decision that we haven't _ absolutely crazy decision that we haven't really had any serious intervention in the last few weeks while _ intervention in the last few weeks while the — intervention in the last few weeks while the tory leadership race has been _ while the tory leadership race has been going on. it doesn't seem like it's going _ been going

here's martin lewis. this is a national crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic.ng events and do not negate the mental health damage that is being done to people in panic now across the nation and the political theatre of allowing the 26th of august to come when we get the price cap announcement with nothing firm in place is incredibly damaging. when i last spoke to you about, and we talked about potential civil unrest, there were 3000 people on the don't pay group. it's now 100,000 people. this is not something that can wait. we need to get firm decisions coming from the key parties. rishi sunak needs to say more detail of what he will do and liz truss needs to say more what she will do. and if it is just tax cuts and the green levy, then we are going to leave millions destitute and in danger this winter. and that cannot happen in our country. our correspondent tony bonsignore is with me, hello, agreement across the board, agreement that something must be done, and pressure on liz truss and rishi sunak to say what they are going to do and how they will do it. the

earlier the founder of money saving expert, martin lewis, told bbc breakfast that there is a desperate in and the new prime minister comes in and eventually we hear something, what tools can they go to? the eventually we hear something, what tools can they go to?— tools can they go to? the funny thint is tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually _ tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the _ tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy - tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy bit - tools can they go to? the funny thing is actually the easy bit is. thing is actually the easy bit is how you help. i am relatively agnostic, you could freeze a price cap, although that means people like me pays less for energy and i'm not sure that is what should happen you could put in a social tariff, something i have supported for years, you could take the main package of help and double every element and a little bit more and that would help cover some of these problems. actually, this is not about the mechanics, this is about the will. the issue is, w

here's consumer expert martin lewis.most tripled so eventually those rising costs will be passed on. perhaps a bigger concern right now is the prospect of blackouts in the winter. over the border in france, they have a slightly different approach — and seemingly a better result. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to limit the price rises to 4% this year — which is cushioning consumers from any wild swings in prices. we have also looked at the latest report, from the household energy price index, who have compared energy costs in capital cities, across 33 european countries. it said london was by far the most expensive, with home energy prices jumping 25% increase last month. jumping 25% last month. that's compared to an increase of about 1.5% rise in paris, and just under 0.4% in berlin. i'm joined now by dr carole nakhle an energy economist and the ceo of crystol energy. the programme. there is quite clearly going to be a lot of short—term pain. can you give us some hope? short-term

. >> in the book you refer to a bunch of different theologians, religious thinkers martin luther, c.s.er lewis, how it is their political and social climate of discontent compare with ours? how applicable are their words and their lessons for us today? >> one of the reasons i love things like this a festival remind people of the value of great books is one of the things you learn in a book or in a lot of the great books is people living in a very different place in a very different time then we do struggle with many of the same things. and so you read about is trying to abolish slavery in the unite. kingdom. he spends basically most of his adult life. he loses something like 20 times. has built loses in parliament. through persistence and a good group of people work with him he ultimately lives to see slavery abolished in the united kingdom. if you read the arguments back and forth at that time, right now i think how to take them so long to do with something that's obviously so wrong? we read the arguments back and forth and we see the world hasn't changed all that much. think about a c.s. lew

committed to civil rights since robert kennedy and the civil rights movement were filed, martin luther king and john lewis. so this is a historic day on every level. and you think about the fact that they have plenty of me overwhelming proof that these officers not jas was negligently execute and, and no not warrant but to make appointment. they also bad. oh warner that led to deadly conflict with that led to deadly consequences of this innocent black woman and knew they were like jennifer clock and the f b. i. agents who were working with the civil rights division. they made a point to acknowledge that they know they will fossil find the documents and that is critically important because they knew that those officers were likely rely on their falsified documents. that they would likely come to brianna's upon me, come to brianna's appointment, and kick in the door. they know that these fossil fat documents, this search war, would lead them to think that it was a dangerous situation that they were going to have guns drawn. and they knew that these false, so fide documents were likely to lead to serious bod

martin ticking and john lewis. we have to applaud this justice department forgetting guilty verdicts in the george floyd police killing, getting a guilty verdict in the lynch mob that killed ahmaud arbery and now getting these charges for breonna taylor, a black woman. we need to applaud them and remind people that is why we vote. >> all right, many thanks. again, our condolences to mary and margaret grier and -- thank you for sharing your story. always to our attorney general big crump, thank you for joining us again, as well. coming up, wnba star brittney griner remains in custody unjustly imprisoned in russia, after receiving a nine year sentence this week. we will have a update on efforts to bring her home. but first, my colleague richard louis with today's top new stories. richard? >> breath, good to see you. president biden, according to his doctor, tested negative for covid-19 this morning. the president experienced a rebound case of covid this week. he will be in strict isolation, pending a second negative

the metro leads with comments from consumer expert martin lewis, who has described the crisis as beingergy firms that cannot offer lower bills should be temporarily brought into public ownership. the picture is of a very dry hyde park in london, as temperatures soar. and the heat is the lead on the front of the telegraph. the paper says there is an unprecedented risk of wildfires in much of england. fire services are warning flames could spread to residential areas. and, one of the most read stories on the bbc website this morning is news of multiple shootings, which left one person dead and three injured on the isle of skye. a man has been arrested. something from the inside? yeah. the story rather intrigued me. i had never thought about it before. it is news about sponges, which might surprise you. it turns out sponges sneeze. , ., surprise you. it turns out sponges sneeze. , . , , sneeze. these are living sponges, not bathroom _ sneeze. these are living sponges, not bathroom sponges? _ sneeze. these are living sponges, not bathroom sponges? the - not bathroom sponges? the involuntar

those i outside the westminster bubble will have heard the warnings from financial experts like martin lewisouseholds are facing pressure and can we not amongst the three of us agree what can be —— can be done now to alleviate those pressures to then be enacted by whoever wins the contest? it's a common view we've heard from people within politics and outside of politics, like the confederation of politics, like the confederation of british industry who said, why can't borisjohnson sit down right now with rishi sunak and liz truss, because one of them will be the next prime minister, and agree on what to do, and in principle, that sounds like a great idea. the only problem is once it hits the reality of this leadership campaign, it doesn't really work. that is because rishi sunak and liz truss are slugging it out right now with incredibly different views of how to tackle this issue. rishi sunak is saying he wants to give payments and wants to cut taxes right now because he doesn't think it is the right time and he wants to provide more targeted payments towards the most vulnerable. liz truss

the metro carries a stark warning issued by consumer expert martin lewis that the rising cost of energylly. he's demanded what he calls the "zombie government" to take action. according to the guardian, borisjohnson believes his successor as prime minister is "certain" to provide more assistance with rising costs. the paper suggests his "unexpected intervention" will put pressure on frontrunner liz truss, who has been accused by rishi sunak of being "divorced from reality" on financial support. meanwhile, the daily express has thrown its support behind the foreign secretary to be the next prime minister. "in liz we trust" is the headline there. and many of the papers carry pictures of tennis star serena williams, who has announced plans to retire from the sport. she did not say it directly. but i'm sure that is what she means. she is the most successful singles player in the open era with 23 grand slam titles to her name. a big interview she gave to vogue magazine saying she is thinking about what the future is like without competitive tennis. and if it has been such a huge part of your

martin luther king junior was murdered, it was an uproar across the world. right? it will right, it's all right. people really? just like when george what do you want? me just george lewis. just a regular do. he was no freedom fighter. you know ange unit god sent down to give us the right to vote. just regular. do. but the way the she she was killed. it jolted everybody into action. ah, so we look back at the protest bird on by the black lives matter movement and we see this is attorney points in american democracy and in democracy more general with was in the death of george lloyd alone, who's that spark? the math approach has me that we saw when i defeated 2020. it was that death on top of a long term process of disenfranchisement and disillusionment on the part of the african american and other citizens that really thought that with what i think a lot of people felt was we're not gonna take it any more a, just a collective ceiling of enough is enough. ah, the racial wounds and divisions that still have not healed in the united states still have not been transcended in the united states. and it didn't. and with the civil rights legislation of the sixties and it didn't

lewis. john was beaten in the first march of selma and almost gave his life for the right to vote. martin luther king was there for the second march, to make sure it was successful. when people went to selma with john lewis for the march, for's memory of the march, people went and were touched. they spoke about it. how they went with john lewis to selma. and some of those same people voted not to continue the voting rights act. an act to give his name for. at this subcommittee, there's been 13 hearings for the last few years. voting rights for native americans, asian americans, disabled americans and other historically disadvantaged groups have once again come under significant threats in many parts of our country. the extensive record we have built from the hearings show that -- the top laws, producing opportunities for early voting, and closing polling locations and predominantly -- and other things. generally one, december 7 -- more they 440 bills had been introduced in 49 states in the 2021 legislative sessions. these are the most extraordinary numbers and that the center has seen sin

all who love peace all over the world martin luther king was shot and killed tonight in memphis, tennessee, and you hear gas coming up from the crowd. no, no. john lewis said the sobriety of his tone moves through the crowd like a way with his voice close to breaking. he spoke simply and honestly and extemporaneously. he said martin luther king dedicated his life to love and justice between failure and beings. he died in the cause of that effort. and it's difficult day and it's difficult time to the united states. it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. the country can move toward greater polarization black them on black people and white people among white filled with hatred towards each other or we can make an effort as martin luther king did to comprehend to replace that violence that standard bloodshed that has spread across the land with an effort to understand with compassion and love and in the course of the speech he mentions. because it appears at a white man killed. dr. king and if you if you want to be angry with all white men that you know, that's understandable, but i lost a brother and

martin element jim gillen, don newcombe ralph. branca. branca pee wee reese joe black honorary pallbearers willie mays joe lewis nelson rockefeller who robinson supported willie stargell pete. i mean just you know, you could just imagine what that scene was like. all right. he's 72 and like you were saying. it was only 90 days earlier in cincinnati that the world series. you know we cool. they've been trying to get jackie to come out make a public appearance and he had resisted and resisted. he finally went out and we all remember his last that last prophetic line. you know when he talked about he's pleased to be here today, but i'll be more pleased when i look at that. third base line and see a black manager and we are talking about that before we went on the air that here we are. you know, whatever how many every years 50 years later and we've got two black managers and i guess i want to ask you guys before we take questions. i'm sure that jackie were alive now. he might think that he'd been on this huge merry-go-round that you go miles and miles and miles in a circle and when you get off. you really are in the same place, you know, you rea

martin luther king junior national campus contract capitol. we invited some of the public officials in the community to come to this event. the only one who showed up was your friend john lewisjohn lewis is troubling us first or second term in the congress. and that is when i met him. honestly, i do not remember what he said that night. he gave a speech at our events, it was a long time ago. it was the ministry of his presence alone, the fact that he took the time to come and spend time and after words i remember him standing around and spending some time with us.as i had no idea that later on i would become his pastor. i will be the pastor of ebenezer baptist church. it was just kind of courage, the courage of the john lewis and amelia. one of the women, we do not lift those names up nearly enough. she was gas on that same bridget. i later met her. o hosea williams cross that bridge with john lewis. it is the faith that people like that who really did not have any reason to believe that they could win. we look back at the civil rights movement. and too often we speak about these victories. the voting rights law. t as if these were inevitable victories. they were improbable.

martin luther king junior was murdered, it was an uproar across the world. right? it was right. all right. people really just like when george what do you want? me just george lewis just a regular do. he was no freedom fighter. you know, angel that god sent down to give us the right to vote. just regular. do. but the way the she she was killed. it jolted everybody into action. ah . so we look back at the protest bird on by the black lives matter movement and we see this is attorney points in american democracy and in democracy more generally with wasn't the death of george lloyd alone, whose back bark the math approach has been that we saw when i defeated 2020, it was that death on top of a long term process of disenfranchisement and disillusionment on the part of the african american and other citizens that really cause that with what i think a lot of people felt was we're not gonna take it any more a, just a collective ceiling of enough is enough. ah, the racial wounds and divisions that still have not healed in the united states still have not been transcended in the united states. and it didn't. and with the civil rights legislation of the sixties and it didn