during oral arguments in the 2013 case shelby county v. holder, justice scalia questioned the strong congressional support for reenactment of the voting rights act. he argued that the support was not attributable to the fact that we need the voting rights act. rather, he stated that he believes congress reenacted the "phenomenon called perpetuation of racial entitlement." this,s your reading of and your understanding of the history of the voting rights act? judge barrett: well, when i said that justice scalia's philosophy is mine, i certainly didn't mean to say that every sentence that came out of justice scalia's now for every sentence that he wrote was one that i would agree with. when i said justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, what i meant was that his jurisprudential approach as we talked about originalism and textualism is the same that i would take. i for the voting rights act, think that it was obviously a triumph in the civil rights movement. well, yourein: hted in myhile rig mind, my view is that we always need this. this is

arguments in the 2013 case shelby county v. holder, justice scalia questioned the strong congressional support for reenactments of the voting rights act. he argued that the support was not attributable to the fact that we need the voting rights act. rather, he stated that he believed congress reenacted the "phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement." this andour reading of your understanding of the history of the voting rights act? judge barrett: well, when i said that justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, i certainly didn't mean to say that every sentence that came out of his mouth or every sentence that he wrote is one that i would agree with. when i said justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, what i meant was that his jurisprudential approach to text, as we have talked about isginalism and textualism the same that i would take. as for the voting rights act, i think it was obviously a triumph in the civil rights movement. well, your question arises in -- of course, my view is that we owe it -- this i

and i think shelby county said that congress can still pass a new coverage formula now, articulating-- for preclearance. >> judge barrett, my question, however, is do you agree with chief justice roberts who said voting discrimination still exists, no one doubts that. do you agree with that statement? >> senator harris, i will not excellent on what any justice say an opinion whether an opinion is right or wrong or endorse that proposition. >> i'm asking you. do you call it a proposition or a fact? are you saying you does not agree with the fact? >> senator, i'm not going to make a comment. i'm not going to say that i endorse either the majority or the dissent in the case of shelby county. >> i just want to understand are you saying you will -- you refuse to dispute a known fact or that you refuse to agree with a known fact? >> senator, i'm not exactly sure what you're getting at with asking me to endorse the fact or whether any particular practice constitutes voter discrimination. i'm very happy to say that i think racial discrimination still exists in the united states and i think w

but as we all know in 2013 in shelby v holder a county in alabama sued to strike down section five of the voting rights act that required alabama to seek approval from the federal government before a state could change its voting laws. section five required that of a number of states that had a documented history of vote early suppression. now judge barrett i know many of my colleagues have asked you about this case but i think it's important we revisit it. by a 5-4 vote the court gutted the voting rights act and ended the requirement that states and low cats with a history of the discrimination get federal approval before changing their voting laws. the majority of the supreme court justices failed to understand that the success in combatting voter suppression, directly was a function of our ability to enforce section five of the voting rights act. so the success was due to the brilliance of section five of the voting rights act which gave us enforcement capabilities, and monitoring capabilities. as has been mentioned, just two months after the courts gutted the voting rights act, no

>> reporter: the moment shelby rhodes' son was rushed to the hospital with covid-19 is when the fear to visit him, that definitely affected my mental health. >> reporter: shelby has overcome a lot over the years, surviving a suicide attempt, living with ptsd. she's now a mental health a advoca advocate, but covid-19 lahas brought more. >> pandemic has brought more anxiety and fear and given me more anxiety than i think i've ever experienced. >> reporter: shelby is not alone, isolations, job losses, deaths, the pandemic continues to take a toll on america. >> at any given time in the united states, about one-fifth of americans have a diagnosable mental illness. it does appear that the rates of reporting of symptoms have increased from that baseline. so that we're seeing as much as 30 or 40% of americans reporting symptoms. this represents a two to three-fold increase over what you might have expected before the pandemic. >> reporter: you should get professional help if you need it. and there are additional ways to keep yourself mentally healthy. >> none of us are helpless against it.

. >> i told you about shelby hues. the single mom living a happy life with her 4-year-old boy kalan until the pandemic hit. shelby lost both of her jobs and then the edd cut off her benefits with no explanation. she and her son began living in their car. >> i tried to tell edd, too, i understand that i'm just another claim. i'm just another number, but to me, this is my life. i mean, honestly, i was heart broken. >> across the state, an overwhelming response. >> it brought become a lot of memories when i was a single mom. >> it just broke my heart to see her and her son in their car at night. >> i put myself in her situation and it was just one of those things that you just have to do what you have to do to help another mom. >> shelby told me about frightening nights alone and how kalan belonged to go to a swimming pool he had seen but could not have. offers of help came pouring in. >> you can tell her she can come here with her son and i have a pool and i saw he wanted to swim and i thought oh my gosh. >> patty in oak

shelby hues and her little boy were all smiles as they celebrated the new year. the single mom she made a good life renting a nice house in berkeley. calan made friends and shelley sold life insurance and waited tables on the side. when the pandemic hit, it came crashing down. >> i made a life for myself and now it gone just like that. >> shelby lost both jobs and edd denied her benefits. to this day they cannot explain why. >> i just started losing everything one by one. >> now this station wagon is their home. >> this is calan, my 4-year-old son. >> a boy's energy too big for a car. >> being in the car changed him a lot. he throws a lot of temper tantrums and stuff. he's never been like that before. >> calan doesn't know why he can't go home. >> he went from having his own room and going to daycare every day and seeing his friends and now to just me in a car or camping. >> shelby had applied for unemployment in march but she didn't earn enough from her waitress job to qualify. edd awarded her benefit from the contract job and she got the first payment. >> i got

now, shelby county is almost like immediately after shelby county came down states started making changes. 20 states enacted new restrictions on voting. and some of those restrictions have been horrendous. do you know how many polling places that have arbitrarily been closed across the country sin the shelby decision? >> i do not know, senator. >> it's at least 1600. now, following the shelby decision do you know how many voters were purged on voting roles? >> i do not, no. >> roughly 16 million. that's about 30 times the population of my state. the african americans are four times as likely to be disenfranchised. and now my borders are seven times more likely to wait in line for more than an hour than -- black voters wait longer in line than white voters. i mention this because this is a picture from dekalb county. look at the line. look at the line. i suspect neither you or i have ever had to wait in line like that to vote. in fact, the press reported that today those lines could be ten hours long. people talked about -- well, are we given racial entitlement. this is not entitlement for

welcome, shelby. good to see you again.on decided to make this film. >> we thought that there was somehow it encapps alated the real -- encapsulated the real story of race in america, where we are today, where things have evolved to. and we were fascinated by, again, by the fact that this young teenager was shot and killed. and instantly there was this huge reaction that this was the result of racism, this was the result of systemic racism, structural racism, so forth when the facts just didn't add up. and as time went on and there were many grand jury investigations, justice department investigations, it became clear that there was not a single shred of evidence that suggested racial animus had anything to do with the killing of michael brown. well, then what's the story? paul: that's the question. >> we wanted to see what -- look into that. paul: well, and you're -- the title is provocatively phrased, right? you don't say who killed michael brown, you say what. so what did kill him? >> right. the kind of liberalism that i

suzanne thompson spokeswoman for the shelby county election commission and she's joining us now. if what they are saying is true, would this be considered voter suppression? >> to me it's an act at

shelby's photo realistic aquatic fantasy invites us to suspend our disbelief and dive into a world in which nature and waste deal with pollution by entering into a secret natural symbiosis but the film doesn't spare us the harsh reality. it ends with a look at the ever growing forest of synthetic refugees it's gradually. suffocating operations and everything that lives in them. has rightfully won accolades the international student propels pascoe shelby's arts the appeal to save the seeds into the running for the best animated short in the main oscars competition. now it's no secret that the germans like their rules which some of which to be honest can be quite useful at times sometimes not for instance there are times when you can die almost alone so would meet the germans today here's our very own rachel stewart to explain a few quirky do's and don'ts to keep you on the right side of the law. what i thought i do you want to stay on the right side of the door in germany well there are a few things you probably didn't realize. every sunday is a quiet day the law states you can only do

during oral argument in the 2013 case shelby county v. holder, justice scalia questioned strong support for re-enactment of the voting rights act arguing that this support was not attributable to the fact that we need the voting rights act. rather, he stated that he believed congress re-enacted the bill due to a "phenomenon" that's called perpetuation of racial entitlement. quote end quote. what is your reading of this and your understanding of the history of the voting rights act? >> well, when i said that justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, i certainly didn't mean to say that every sentence that came out of justice scalia's mouth or every sentence that he wrote is one that i would agree with. when i said justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, what i meant is that his jurisprudential approach to text as we've talked about originalism and textualism is the same that i would take, and i think as for the voting rights act, i think that it was obviously a triumph in the civil rights movement. >> well, the question arises in my -- of

i saw alabama implement a voting rights law one day after the shelby county decision. in the preclearance state, almost 1200 polling stations have been shut down. places where people go to vote. millions had been purged from the voter rolls. for reasons that federal law says you can't be removed. i saw these states really doing whatever they could to remove american citizens from the voter rolls and to block american citizens right to vote. and the framing of all of this paul claims, assertion. he was the cofounder of the heritage foundation. when he said i don't believe in i don't wantnt, everybody to vote. because, frankly, our leverage goes out as the voting populace goes down. that is what i am seeing -- i .aw in 2016 in 2018. we are seeing it now in the midst of a pandemic. where states are not figuring out -- there are states that are going you have your right to vote and we will protect that and your safety in the midst of a pandemic. instead, we are seeing a version of the old jim crow days. if you are going to vote, you will risk your life to do so. by making

during oral arguments in the 2013 case shelby county v.der, justice scalia questioned the strong congressional support for reenactment of the voting rights act. he argued that the support was not attributable to the fact that we need the voting rights act. rather, he stated that he believes congress reenacted the "phenomenon called perpetuation of racial entitlement." this,s your reading of and your understanding of the history of the voting rights act? judge barrett: well, when i said that justice scalia's philosophy is mine, i certainly didn't mean to say that every sentence that came out of justice scalia's now for every sentence that he wrote was one that i would agree with. when i said justice scalia's philosophy is mine, too, what i meant was that his jurisprudential approach as we talked about originalism and textualism is the same that i would take. i for the voting rights act, think that it was obviously a triumph in the civil rights movement. well, yourein: hted in myhile rig mind, my view is that we always need this. this is the

shelby's photo realistic aquatic fantasy invites us to suspend our disbelief and dive into a world in which nature and waste deal with police by entering into a supernatural sin. but the film doesn't spare us the harsh reality. it ends with a look at the ever growing forest of synthetic refugees that's gradually suffocating narrations and everything that lives in them. has rightfully won accolades the international student oscar propels pasko shelby's arts the appeal to save the seas into the running for the best animated short in the main oscars competition. police here in berlin are investigating what may be the biggest act of vandalism against works of art in post-war germany more than 60 art works housed on burden's museum island were sprayed with what's been described as a colorless or oily substance a collection on the island includes items from antiquity such as the pergamon temple. some of the damage is clearly visible like on these egyptian side coffer guy on the 3rd of october a total of $63.00 artworks and artifacts in 4 museums were vandalized with an oily liquid investiga

shelby county was almost like immediately, after shelby county came down, the state started making changes. 20 states enacted new restrictions on voting. some of those restrictions have been her in this. horrendous. do you know how many polling places that have arbitrarily been closed across the country since the shelby decision? judge barrett: i do not. sen. leahy: at least 1600. following the shelby decision, do you know how many, how many voters were purged from voting rolls? judge barrett: i do not know. sen. leahy: roughly 60 million, that is about 30 time the population of my state. african-americans with felonies are four times more likely to be disenfranchised than other americans with penalty convictions. and non-white voters are now seven times more likely to wait in line for an hour than -- -- black voters wait longer in line than white voters. i mention this because it is a picture of dekalb county in georgia. look at the lines. african-americans make up the majority. look at that line. i suspect neither you nor i have had to wait in line like that to vote. in fact, the press r

it's called intellectuals and race and with shelby steele stop being guilty and then to how the westone. and with those western civilization so to say hey how to watch to see what is being built up and with that intellectuals with shelby steel steele. >> talk about race and obviously people talk about western civilization and christopher columbus they put into explaining slavery. and the good news that martin luther king senior new grandfather when you talk about in the book that is personal and interesting. so include in the bible? >> and then to ask questions we might just love that and then to say that should be the bible goes back to those values and principles and with those individuals and that would be miserable. people need to understand that you make that rate decision. and then the left is pushing against that. no law enforcement or nothing. >> will anybody be characterized in politics with the democratic party that you consider a hero? >> the kennedy for losing? [laughter] >> ironic. that is good. it easier question who is your hero? >> my grandfather first and foremost an

now, shelby county is almost like immediately after shelby county came down states started making changes. 20 states enacted new restrictions on voting and some of those restrictions have been horrendous. do you know how many polling places have arbitrarily been closed across the country since the shelby decision? >> i do not know, senator leahy. >> it's 1600. now, following the shelby decision, do you know how many -- how many voters were purged from voting rolls? >> i do not know. >> roughly 16 million. that's about three times the population of my state. african-americans with felonies are four times more likely to be disenfranchised. other americans with felony convictions. non-white voters are seven times more likely to wait in line than -- black voters wait longer in line than white voters. i mention this because this is a picture from the cobb county, georgia. look at the lines. african-american, look at that line. i suspect neither you nor i have every had to wait in line like that to vote. in fact, the press reported that today those lines can be 10 hours long. people talked abou

as for shelby, she's doing much better.done were treatment and hopefully she'll be in remission for the rest of her life. but she has a difficult fight still ahead. she has the braca 2 gene which causes a more aggressive form of cancer, so she has a few more surgeries but we definitely wish you the best. >> it was cool to see her eyes light up. >> lifelong 49ers fan. >> that's going to do it for right now. we'll back in just a couple minutes. terry, send it back to you. >> thank you both very much. let's check in with rob mayeda right now. we're not just talking about that we're going to get some rain. we're talking about some nice amounts, rob. >> northern california coast what's a little bit encouraging is both of our longer-range models as you look out over time just over my shoulder, there's the first one and the second going 2 for 2 in those medium range models. that builds some forecasting confidence, especially for the north bay. that's the location that stands to have the best chance for some rain as we head toward

where commissioners in shelby county had sued the justice department, saying that discrimination was law had outlived its purpose. butch ellis was the county attorney. >> i think the voting rights act made a tremendous change. i think you've got to give the voting rights act credit for some of the changes that's occurred through the south. there's also been a social evolution, that independently of voting issues has led to... better dialog between the races, and more compatibility between the races. it's just, the conditions that we were faced with in 1965 no longer exist. they absolutely do not exist. >> cobb: on top of that, ellis said, even making small changes like the location of a polling place, required time-consuming paperwork and costly legal fees-- a hardship for the county. >> it was. it w not just a bureaucratic burden. it was a financial burden. it was a practical burden, and it w an unnecessary burden. and it was just not justified by the facts. >> it's considered one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever passed. but by five to four, the u.s. sup

you just want babies to be safe. >> for shelby, the response is overwhelming. >> i lost it.en crying all night so thankful. like it's given me hope, you know, like it given me so much more than i've ever had in my entire life. >> i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> now, if you want to help, you can donate to the go fund me and so far about $8600 has been raised for shelby and her son. we set up a link to the correct account. make sure you give to the correct account with the go fund me page and that is at abc7news.com. you can also read the series of stories produced by the 7 on your side team about continuing problems at the edd at abc7news.com/7 on your side. >>> the economy is an important part of building a better bay area. in silicon valley, a gap between rich and poor has long existed and the pandemic is just widening that gap. abc 7 news reporter david louie looks at the problem and the challenges ahead. >> there already was a gap in income and food needs before the pandemic. a new analysis finds the gap is worse because of covid-19 and service workers losing their

♪ >> martha: writer and filmmaker shelby steele is focused on race in america for decades.a bold voice that is not always welcome in the current blm dominant look at the root causes of the conditions of black lives in our country today, so the subject of the new film sparked enormous controversy over what happened and what did not have been in the shooting of michael brown in ferguson. if you look at the trailer, keep in mind that amazon, which is owned by jeff bezos and who owns "the washington post," has declined to stream this movie on the platform, a move that "the wall street journal" editorial board is decrying, writing "by canceling important dissenting voices on such a vital subject, amazon is inviting a political backlash." watch this. >> what happened in ferguson was more about america, the same america that would explode in 2020. where every black was george floyd and every cop was derek chauvin. >> you can do better next time by doing the right thing. >> since the '60s whites have lived with the accusation they are racist. >> we were not part of white flight. >>

shelby's photo realistic aquatic fantasy invites us to suspend our disbelief and dive into a world in which nature and waste deal with police by entering into a supernatural symbiosis but the film doesn't spare. the harsh reality. it ends with a look at the ever growing forest of synthetic refugees it's gradually suffocating operations and everything that lives in them. has rightfully won accolades the international students propels cosco shelby's arts the appeal to save the seeds into the running for the best animated short in the main oscars competition. now it's no secret that the germans like their rules which some of which to be honest can be quite useful at times sometimes not for instance there are times when you can't dance or both along so we'd meet the germans today here's our very own rachel stewart to explain a few quirky dues and don'ts to keep you on the right side of the law. like i do you want to stay on the right side of the door in germany well there are a few things you probably didn't realize a band. every sunday is a quiet day the law states you can only do d.i.y.

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after shelby county, over a dozen states passed restrictive voting laws. i asked your spirit if voter suppression or discrimination currently exists. she refused to answer and pointed out the supreme court did not address section 2 of the voting rights act, but the supreme court has recently decided to take up this issue. provision, section 2 puts the burden on those challenging the voting law to show the supreme court would result in a denial over abridgment of the right of any citizen to vote. this makes it hard to prevail? wouldn't you agree? >> yes, senator. i completely agree. section 2 is not a substitute for the important protections. >> i think everyone should understand what burden shifting really will result in. there has to basically be a case-by-case reading of these laws to challenge if the law passed a state actually suppresses the vote. that is a pretty tough burden. requiredsion basically to show theirons provision did not suppress votes , is that correct? litigation has been more costly, more time intensive and more -- >> i think the supre

you just want babies to be safe. >> for shelby, the response is overwhelming. >> luis it.ing all night so thankful, like, it's given me hope, you know? it's given me so much more than i've ever had in my entire -- my entire life. >> michael finney, 7 on your side. >> is that not fantastic? it's a heartbreaking but just in the time that report aired from michael, the gofundme account has gone up about $6,000. it's around $34,000 now. so let's keep it coming. it's on our website, abc7news.com. for more political andedd stori the app on roku, apple tv, and android tv. go to california unemployment crisis section, we have a lot of answers from expert interviews and exclusive success stories all right there for you on demand. >>> as we approach the end of hispanic heritage month, we want to highlight the inspiring story of a latina who's engineering a new path to space for nasa. abc7 news reporter luz peÑa spoke to the mexican native who's also phasing way for more minorities to work at nasa. >> the moon is over 238,000 miles away. but when she was 7 years old, it seemed even f

. >> we first introduced you to shelby hughes last week. she lost both her jobs when the pandemic hit. when the edd cut her benefits without explanation, she and her son had to live out of their car. her story touched moms across the state. one woman started a gofundme that has raised more than $58,000. >> it's one of those things that you just -- you have to do what you have to do to help another mom. >> my husband and i just looked at our budget and we could afford to give her about $1,000. >> i have work available if it's a case of child care. i would not be above wanting to sit with her son while she's working. >> hughes saw her overdue benefits come in after our report. the edd issuing a statement saying we're so very glad to hear this case was cleared up for shelby hughes. we hate to see any claimant caught up in any kind of delay. >>> to show your support for shelby and share this story with your friends, head to abc7news.com/7onyourside. >>> a firefighter in the south bay is getting a lot of attention after sharing his emotional hom

since i didn't write shelby i can't really talk about it. anything i've written or talked about i would be happy to answer your questions. >> okay. all right. but, again, just seems to me you are went out of your way on this case and this is a case so real for so many people right now, and that while you can say it's a fundamental right, the issue is that this case and the voting rights act are so key, and let me just say why. we're talking about the entire foundation of our democracy here. for centuries americans have fought and died to protect the right to vote. so what matters is not just what you say about its being fundamental, it's what you do. states like south carolina, texas, north carolina, louisiana, tennessee, have policies that make it harder for people to vote and it's a real-world thing before the supreme court. back in may voters in wisconsin standing in line in the middle of a pandemic in homemade masks in garage bags just to exercise their right to vote, 70 of them got covid because we didn't know enough about it back then

you've already been asked about the consequences of the shelby county decision. it was totally foreseeable that you would have a lot of states passing voter restriction suppression, basically laws. do you believe, judge barrett, that voter suppression or discrimination in voting currently existed? >> senator hirono, we have the voting rights act that offers protection. and section 2 of the voting rights act which was not at issue in shelby county protects voters from any kind of measures that would discriminate on the basis of race. >> so you think that the justice department is pursuing aggressively those sections of the law? because we know that over a dozen states passed what i would characterize as voter suppression laws. so that is obviously happening. now in that case, justice thomas went even further because of the majority in shelby county left the framework for allowing congress to come back with formulas that would enable preclearance to occur. but justice thomas went even further. he said get rid of the entire framework. congress, you're totally out of

in justice ginsburg dissent in shelby where a 5-4 court struck down a key provision she described the right to vote as a fundamental right in the democratic system. i assume you agree with the concept of a fundamental right. >> yeah. the court is repeatedly, repeatedly said -- >> she wrote in the dissent that the constitution uses the words right to vote in five separate places. each of these amendments, this is still her talking, not me, contains the broad empowerment of congress to enact legislation to enforce the protected right. the implication is unmistakable. under our constitutional structure congress holds the lead rein in making the right to vote equally right for all u.s. citizens. do you agree with her conclusion that the constitution clearly empowers congress to protect the right to vote? >> well, senator, that would be eliciting an opinion from me whether they were right in shelby county and i can't express a view on that because it would be inconsistent with the judicial role. >> okay. so here's my problem. you go out of your way in the case that dick durbin was discussi

i didn't write shelby. i can't really talk about it. anything that i have written about or talked about i would be happy to answer your question. >> all right. but again, it seems to me you went out of your way on that case. this is a case that's so real for so many people right now. while you can say it's a fundamental right, the issue is that this case in the voting rights act are so key. let me say why. we are talking about the entire foundation of our democracy here. for centuries, americans have fought and died to protect the right to vote. what matters is not just what you say about it being fundamental. it's what you do. states like north carolina, louisiana, south carolina, tennessee have policies that make it harder for people to vote. it's a real world thing before the supreme court. in fact back in may when voters in wisconsin were standing in line in the middle of a pandemic in homemade masks, in garbage bags in the middle of a rainstorm just to exercise their right to vote, 70 of them got covid because we didn't know enough

. >> reporter: but for shelby county's administrator of elections linda phillips... >> i, state youre. >> reporter: ...the absentee deluge is a headache. tennessee law prevented her from opening the envelopes until this moment. and there were all kinds of surprises. >> this is the first time many voters in tennessee have ever voted a paper ballot and they did some really weird things to them. we had a large number of ballots where they would select a candidate and then they'd write the name in again. but therwas someone we couldn't fige out what they wanted. one guy voted for 14 people in a race for one. >> reporter: that vote didn't count, but bipartisan teams labored to determine voter intent as best they could. the tea leaf reading occurred in shelby county's election warehouse, where they store the voting machines they use in polling places. >> i think machines help voters do a better job. it eliminates a lot of the mistakes that we see on paper ballots and i prefer machines because they're just more accurate. >> reporr: maybe, but it is impossible to know that for sure. here in

you've already been asked about the consequences of the shelby county decision. it was totally foreseeable that you would have a lot of states passing voter restrictions, suppression, basically laws. do you believe judge barrett that voter suppression or disscrip nation in voting currently exists? >>> senator hirono, we have the voting rights act that offers protection. section two was not at issue in shelby county protects voters from any kind of measures that would discriminate on the basis of race, so that gives protection. >> do you think that the justice department is pursuing aggressively those sections of the law? because we know that over a dozen states passed what i would characterize as voter suppression laws. so that is obviously happening. now in that case justice thomas went even further. because the majority in shelby county left the framework for allowing congress to come back with formulas that would enable preclearance, but justice thomas went further. he said get rid of the entire framework. congress you're totally out of the picture. so, this i

shelby were also arrested, butut were released. brendan was not.s, the unparalleled julio rosa, was not arrested and he joins us now. julio, how do -- what do all of these riots have in common? >> well, basically all of these riots have been covered since minneapolis in may is that there's been an officer involved in a death with someone who is black. really, this hasn't been much of a natural story, but as you pointed to earlier, the reason why people are just finding out about it nationally is it happened back in february before george slowed and the officer involved is black. usually in the cases in minneapolis or atlanta, usually t the officers are white, and that's one of the aspects that adds to the outrage. in this case, as we mentioned before, the officer is african-american. >> laura: i really need to show this disturbing video shot, watch. now, julio, this is moving into now, julio, this is moving into the suburbs, is it not? >> it absolutely is. i know there has been a little bit of controversy for president trump mentioning suburbs and

the congress shall have power to raise and support armies but no appropriation of money to that use shelby for a longer term than two years. >> our amendment to end the war fills the obligations that we have under the constitution. >> mcgovern hadfield amendment that was sometimes referred to, who were they and what would this really have done it if you passed? >> to back it just a little bit, the president of the united states, richard nixon, had announced in november of 1969 the vietnamese program to remove american troops out of vietnam. the thought at that point was maybe this was the end of the war. actually it was good for me because i was a supply kirk and because they were not some pending -- sending clerks vietnam. i was sent to hawaii instead. a lot of us for either side of relief. but then instead of the war going down and reducing, it seemed to increase, to escalate. it seemed to be getting more violent. it seemed to be spreading into what to china, cambodia. that is why senator first -- senator cooper and frank church introduced the cooper church amendment to stop any american

rights act that offers protection in section two of the voting rights act, which is not an issue in shelby county, protects voters from any kind of measures that would discriminate on the basis of race. sen. hirono: do you think the justice department is pursuing aggressively those? past what iozens would characterize as voter suppression loss. that is obviously happening. case, justice thomas went further. of the framework allowing congress to come back with formulas that enable clearance, but justice thomas went further and said get rid of the entire framework. congress, you're totally out of the picture. this is the danger we are facing with your being put on the court. one more question. having three justices who worked on the republican side, bush v gore, you're one of those justices if you should be confirmed, creates an appearance of conflict involving a president who nominated you? and i would like a yes or no answer. >> answered that question before and said any question of whether there is an appearance of impartiality problem would be one for our justices involved to be consider

shelby parks, our field organizer. the state governor. [cars honking] i was just hanging out with him behind the stage. of course, or congresswoman for all she does. she is a fighter. senator jacky rosen and catherine cortez masto. they were going to be here, but they wanted to stay in d.c. they are fighting to bring home relief to nevada. they are fighting to make sure we take care of america. i want to thank you for hosting us today. i want to thank everybody for the work that you do. all right -- is this working? there we go. there is so much at stake in this election. there is so much at stake, and we have 32 days to get this done and we are going to get it done. here is the thing. this campaign, our campaign, as joe said, is about fighting for the soul of our nation. and when we talk about, when joe talks about fighting for the soul of our nation, it is about fighting for working people, ed -- it is about fighting for families, it is about fighting for children, it is about fighting for health care, it is about fighting for good unio

and shelby steele should be a mandatory reading for all white people. stop being guilty rather fight about it and realize you are destroying everything. how the left one is an important one and people should know why it is the best. people are pushing to get rid of western civilization across all universities. we need to make sure conditioning kids understand what bill to the west and why we fight to protect it. between those books, why the west one, intellectuals and race and shelby steele would be the first three books my kid reads when he's five. a. >> we talk about race and when people talk about the west and christopher columbus they like to put it within the context of exporting slavery, but they fail to also talk about the idea of spreading the good news, the good news that martin luther king senior and junior spent their lives dedicated to giving and you and your own life your grandfather had an interesting spiritual walk your self which you talk about in the book and i thought was personal and interesting. one of the books you want your kid to

not going to say that i enjoy seeing the majority or the dissent in the case of shelby county. eyou saying that you refuse to dispute a known fact or you free refuse to agree with - you refuse to agree with a known fact? judge barrett: i am not exactly sure if you're asking me to endorse a factor any particular practice constitutes voter discovered asian? -- voter discrimination? we have seen evidence of discrimination this summer. sen. harris: this commendation exists in america in any form? judge barrett: senator harris, there have been kasich, we talked in the hearing about the wisconsin case that went up to the corporate involving voting. i think anything, any opinion mean to signal't that i disagreemen with the statement either. these are very charged issues pray they have been litigated in the courts. so i will not engage on that question. during ais: confirmation hearing 2005, chief justice roberts was asked about the constitutionality of section ii, which she referred to earlier as the voting rights act because -- "i have no basis for viewing section ii as constitutiona

i have said before and i believe very strongly that the shelby v.der decision that got rid of the voting rights act was the worst decision of the supreme court since dred scott. i said that, i believe that very strongly because i know what the vote does for people of color and i know what happened here in south carolina and other states immediately after that decision when all of these onerous things were done to people's voting rights. that's what's going on right now. a massive suppress the vote effort made possible -- made possible by holder -- or shelby v. holder would not happen but for that supreme court decision. >> congressman clyburn, we will talk more about this when we have you on next. we are out of time. i appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. jim? >>> strong words there on that. i mean, that decision basically said there was no more need to protect voting rights and of course we're seeing this election not true. people with non-covid-19-related emergencies in utah aren't getting th

suzanne thompson spokeswoman for the shelby county election commission and she's joining us now.t they are saying is true, would this be considered voter suppression? >> to me it's an act at institutional level. this incident was the bad behavior of one poll worker, and we dealt with that swiftly and he was terminated. >> so how did you find out about this. >> a witness let us know about it and our operations manager immediately went over to the dave wells community center and talked to every one of poll workers individually so she could get an idea from everyone what happened. we were told that this one poll worker, the errant employee who was terminated -- and these are temporary employees. there's 21 fulltime employees. on election day we have 1500 of our friends and neighbors running the election. so i'm sorry, i digress. what was your question again? >> you're right. it takes a lot of people to temporarily put elections on. certainly poll workers are trained on what is and isn't allowed. we mentioned that varies from state to state. obviously this wasn't something of concern