live pictures of the event at the national constitution center in philadelphia.speech as soon as it begins. >>> a white house official tells cnn the president will layout the, quote, moral case for voting rights. there is president biden at -- this is the last hour. that's him at joint base andrews. he will be heading to philly soon. he also will launch a pressure campaign against voting restriction laws enacted by mostly republican-led state legislatures across the country, fuelled by the big lie that donald trump did not lose the election, though he lost by 7 million votes. since the november election, state lawmakers have passed 28 laws in 17 states that restrict ballot access. this is according to the brennan center for justice. >> president biden's speech comes after senate republicans blocked even beginning debate on a sweeping federal election reform bill. that was just a few weeks ago. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is in philadelphia. kaitlan, what else is the white house saying about the speech that is coming? >> reporter: well, a l

from the national constitution building a philadelphia, this is a little less than half an hour. pres. biden: that is an awful lot of friends out there, please take a seat if you have one. i used to be important, the chairman of the board of this place, and jeffrey rosen allowed me to do that, but thank you all for being here, i truly appreciate it. governor, mr. mayor, i thought you are a great mayor, still think you are with your judgment is even stronger, but all of you , my good friend. al sharpton, how are you, pal? it is great to see you. [applause] i am going to get in trouble here because i will recognize my congresswoman from the state of delaware. [applause] and, her sister who used to run my office, stand up. folks, good afternoon. this is a serious subject that i would like to talk about today. i am hill -- here at philadelphia in the national constitution center where this story of we the people began. it is a story that is neither simple nor straightforward. that is because the story is the sum of our parts, and all of them are fundamentally human and being human is

i am here in philadelphia at the national constitution center. city and the place where the story of we the people began. the story that is neither simple nor straightforward. that is because the story is the sum of our parts and all of those parts are fundamental human, and being human is to be imperfect, driven by appetite and ambition as much as by goodness and grace. but some things should be simple and straightforward. perhaps the most important of those things, the most fundamental of those things, is the right to vote. the right to vote freely. [applause] the right to vote freely and fairly, the right to have your vote counted. the democratic threshold is liberty. with it, anything is possible. without it, nothing. and for our democracy and the work to deliver, this is a test of our time. is what i am here to talk about today. just think about the past election. 102-year-old woman in arkansas who voted for the first time in the very spot she wants picked cotton. in 94-year-old woman in michigan voted early in her 72nd consecutive election.

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you love our nations constitution? do you love our nation's borders?i need each and everyone of you to wake up every morning and ask yourself the question, "what will i do today to make america stronger and safer and more secure?" i need you to say, what can i do as a proud citizen to do my part to make sure the country survives and thrives for another generation? and i will leave you with this thought -- the most powerful force that we have -- we don't have all the money, folks. jeff bezos has all the money. we don't have the media, we know that. education, although we are taking it back. we don't have journalism. we don't have the legal profession. the deck is stacked against us pretty good. but there is one thing that we have, than it is the same thing that sent our american ancestors across the plains to settle the west, to win victory in every great american battle, the same thing that inspired the law men on the frontier to establish law and order, it is the same thing that has willed our patriots to victory in every generation, and it is the spi

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president biden goes to the national constitution center in philadelphia, a big speech on voting rights, the members of -- democratic members of the texas state legislature in d.c. to push that issue and to not be in texas to avoid a quorum on that texas law, but s-1 the for the people act all but dead in the senate, at least doesn't seem to have the support to move on its own. do you see that balancing act there? >> well, i wish parties would stop doing these kitchen sink bills where they put everything but the kitchen sink in so if there are individual aspects of any of these pieces of legislation that people will hate. rather than pick each one, one at a time, run them threw up and down each provision and i think you have a better chance of getting things like that through. now, i'm going to alienate both democrats and conservatives because i think both sides have gotten a little bit over their skis on this whole set of issues of fraud on one side, suppression on the other that on the one hand and i will talk about this more in just a second there is very, very, very, very little vot

of course, he will be doing so at the national constitution center in philadelphia. as you said, the birthplace of democracy. he will be talking about how states across the country, some 17 states since november alone have passed new restrictive voting laws. of course, fuelled by the big lie. there's no question he'll be talking about the problem. the bigger challenge is what is the solution? we know, of course, this legislation has been stalled on congress. there are not the votes because of the 60 votes required in the senate because of the filibuster. i'm told one thing he is not going to do this afternoon, the president, is call for filibuster reform. this is something that he believes that a senate democrats have to work out on their own. senators have to work out on their own. that's the question. some civil rights leaders are really urging the president to more forcefully denounce the filibuster. but there are limitations to what the white house can do on this. what he is trying to do is certainly raise public concern and essentially rally support and troops f

birthplace of american democracy where he delivered a speech on voting rights in philadelphia's national constitution center. >> just think about the past election, 102 year old woman in arkansas who voted for the first time, on the very spot she ones picked cotton. 94-year-old woman in michigan voted early and in person in her 72nd consecutive election. you know what she said? she said this election was the most important vote that we have her hat. >> president biden had a message for the loser of the last presidential election. >> in america, if you lose, you accept the results. you follow the constitution. you try again. you don't call facts fake, and then try to bring down the american experiment just because you're unhappy. that is not statesmanship. that's not statesmanship, that is selfishness. audits, recounts that were conducted in arizona, wisconsin, georgia it was recounted three times. it is clear, for those who challenge the results and questioned the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards. the big lie is just that, a big

down. >> andrea, i'm just literally a few blocks away in my office and we'll walk down to the national constitution center, and a perfect setting for this historic speech on voting rights. i think the president has been forceful and it was in congress to do our job when the house representatives did our job, and it is now time for the senate and in my view, voting rights are a lot more important than preserving some arcane that the founding fathers would urge in the first place. i would under my colleagues to do everything we can to protect the right to vote before it's too late. >> thank you so much, texas state representative ann johnson and congressman brendan boyle, thanks to both of you. joining us now for more on all of this, in philadelphia, i should say, nbc white house correspondent mike menially awaiting the president sxoe good to see both of you. you've been a lot of reporting on what the president will say under considerable pressure before the august recess. they haven't even written the john lewis act. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. as we've seen this issue of voting rights itself

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i'm here in philadelphia, the national constitution center, the city and the place where the story of, the people, we the people began. it's a story that's neither simple nor straightforward. that's because the stories, the sum of our parts, and all those parts are fundamentally human, and being human is being -- is not being perfect, driven by appetite as much as goodness and grace. but some things in america should be simple and straightforward. perhaps the most important of those things, the most fundamental of those things, is the right to vote. the right to vote freely. [applause] the right to vote freely. the right -- the right to vote fairly, the right to have your vote counted. the democratic threshold is liberty. with it, anything's possible. without it, nothing, nothing. and for our democracy, and the work, and our people, it's up to all of us to protect that right. this is the test of our time, what i'm here to talk about today. just think about the past election. a 102-year-old woman in arkansas who voted for the first time on the very spot she once picked cotton. a 94-yea

then president biden speaks on voting rights at the national constitution center in philadelphia. after that, a house hearing on the pros and cons of police using facial recognition technology. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. ♪ >> broadband affords for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions, building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. announcer: charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. ♪ announcer: members of the u.s. house delegation from texas joined tech system aquatic state legislators to talk about the state's special legislative session to vote on republican voting bills. texas state democrats have fled their home state to prevent a republican legislature from having a quorum to conduct business. this is about half an hour. republican legislation from having a quorum to conduct

that balancing act and go with a different issue voting rights. , president biden goes to the national constitution center in philadelphia, a big speech on voting rights. democratic members of the texas state legislature in d.c. to push that issue, to not be in texas, to avoid a quorum on the texas law. but s1, the for the people act, all but dead in the senate? it doesn't seem to have the support to move on its own. do you see that balancing act there? guest: i wish parties would stop doing these kitchen sink bills where they put everything but the kitchen sink in so their individual aspects of individual legislation that people will hate, and rather take each one one at a time, up or down come -- up or down, each provision. and have a better chance of getting things like that through. i'm going to alienate both democrats and conservatives right here because i think the -- i think both sides have gotten a little bit over their skis. on both sides of the issue, fraught on one side, suppression on the other, that at the one hand there is very, very little voter fraud in this country. just look at th

this week we retreated to dazzling displays joe biden gave a speech of the historic symbolic national constitutionr in philadelphia he chose the city where the declaration of independence was signed you'll remember that the document produced by what democrats describe as white supremacists trying to entrench their power, joe biden was warning the very future of the american democracy was now in apparel. >> the 21st century jim crow assault israel, it's relenting the assault on free and fair election is a threat, literally, i said before we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war, that is not hyperbole, that is the civil war. gerry: what could the threat to democracy become a no hyperbole it turns out his republican led states to tighten the rules how they conducted elections, texas banning drive-through voting or voting in the middle of the night are requiring you to show id before you get a mailing vote just is required to show id before boarding a plane or baseball ticket. according to the president this represents nothing less than a return to jim crow the most

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the president insists that he acted in line with the nation's constitution. studies at the council on foreign relations, if he thinks this is a coup. it's a very, very good question. the president certainly has an assumed executive power — something that he previously shared with the prime minister — and has suspended the parliament for at least 30 days. that seems kind of like a coup, but of course, a coup is in the eye of the beholder, so he claims that everything he has done is perfectly legal and is consistent with article 80 of tunisia's constitution, where as his opponent, the parliamentary speaker, rached ghannouchi, who is the leader of an islamist party called ennahdha, has called it a coup d'etat. given time frames are often crucial here, how quickly do you think some kind of stability could resume if, indeed, it can? well, it is a very good question because tunisia is quite a divided society, and as you are lead—in report suggested, there were a large numbers of people on the street hailing saied's effort to consolidate power in his hands. and enna

and an indigenous leader in chile is about to start drawing up a new national constitution. her people hope that it will bring them new, legal and cultural rights, but not everyone is happy. ah, i bring golf is good to have you with us despite rising numbers of new corona, virus cases. in the u. k. the last pandemic restrictions there will soon be history . today, british prime minister boris johnson, laid out a 5 step plan for britain to emerge on july 19th from the toughest restrictions imposed on society their since board. more to this includes scrapping rules on mask wearing and social distancing. many people, however, are not convinced. 24000 new cases of the virus are reported on sunday. that's the highly daily total since february, yet johnson insist now is the right time to live restrictions. we have to balance the risks, the risks of the disease, which the vaccines have reduced, but very far from eliminated. and the risk of continuing with the legally enforced restrictions that inevitably take that toe on people's lives and livelihoods on, on people's health and men

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the president insists that he acted in line with the nation's constitution.udies at the council on foreign relations, and also a columnist for the magazine foreign policy. thank you for coming on the programme. my pleasure. programme. m leasure. , , ., my pleasure. the first question is, is this my pleasure. the first question is. is this a _ my pleasure. the first question is, is this a coup? _ is, is this a coup? that is a very good question. the president certainly has an assumed executive power — something he previously shared with the prime minister — and has suspended the parliament for at least 30 days. that seems kind of like a coup, but of course, a coup is in the eye of course, a coup is in the eye of the beholder, so he claims that everything he has done is perfectly legal and is consistent with article 80 of tunisia's constitution, where as his appointment, the parliamentary speaker, rached ghannouchi, the lady of an islamist party called ennahdha has called it a coup d'etat. given time frame is often crucial, how quickly do you think some kind of

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saied has been accused of staging a coup, though he insists that he acted in line with the nation's constitutionver the govenrment�*s handling of the covid outbreak. marina daras has the latest. a young democracy plunge into a constitutional crisis. after a day of protests on sunday against the mismanagement of the pandemic, president kais saied suspended parliamentary activities for 30 days before dismissing hichem mechichi, the head of government and interim interior minister. translation: first decision, freezing the functions - of the parliament. the constitution does not allow its dissolution, but it allows the freezing of its activities. second decision, the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of all deputies. third decision, the president of the republic will take charge of the executive power with the help of the government, which will be headed by a new leader appointed by the president of the republic. some tunisians support the decisions, but others strongly criticise them. heading this pushback is the speaker of parliament, rached ghannouchi, leader of the islamist—inspired party e