state. but that did not work. instead, what they decided to do is the missouri ethics committee in the house decided they would open an investigation into the allegations. the allegations that one of their newest members had physically and sexually abused his kids. and sure enough, the house ethics committee found in their investigation that those disturbing allegations against representative roeber were, quote, credible. the missouri house finally voted this april, just a few weeks ago, to finally kick him out of the legislature. so now at least the alleged fake covid cure lady facing dozens of federal criminal charges, at least that republican state representative in missouri doesn't have to sit next to the accused pedophile republican state representative anymore. that little very special seating corner for missouri republican state legislatures that's had a little bit of a turnover, at least. but oh, look, here's a new one from just last week. this is another republican state representat

a state. moreover, d.c. has special constitutional status that grants d.c. residents three electoral votes in presidential elections. we cannot just legislate over these constitutional provisions. further, when maryland authorized the session of nearly 60 miles of its territory to the federal government, it did so for the purpose that congress may accept this land for the seat of government. when congress formally accepted the role by legislative act in 1790, we explained that the land was accepted for the permanent seat of the government of the united states. marilyn gave up this land and we accepted it so that we could create an independent federal governmental district, making d.c. into a separate state violates its own compact remade over 200 years ago with maryland. and we would be trading a state that comprises of less than 6% of the next smallest day, rhode island. a better option, in my view, would be to retro a large purse -- portion of the district to maryland. it's a perfect way to

the state was violating a traditional separation of church and state.ision of the first amendment. now, we have a number of other decisions. that should be of help to us. cantwell against connecticut. >> cantwell versus connecticut. a case far removed from the crowds of broadway. but like the miracle, it revolved a religious issue, and a licensing requirement. also tense feelings. in 1938, russell cat will and ordained minister for the group known as jehovah witnesses went from door to door in various towns, including new haven. >> what can i do for you? >> aye mr. cantwell, i represent the watchtower society, i am calling to play a recorded bible lecture for you. it will take about four minutes. >> i don't know. >> it's of interest to all religious people, it is free, i'm sure you will enjoy it. >> well, i guess so. >> the recording used by mr. cantwell prince pet exits from a book, the book enemies was an attack on various religious doctrines and organist religion in general. >> the publisher is now exhibit to the people. to enable all presents that -

and its states. second point i would like to talk about in a draw for is the new coverage formula proposed area i believe it's the same formula that's been aroundsince 2014 though i'm sure it's changed some . the new formula actually sets up a incentive system so that activist groups will go around targeting jurisdictions and replaces the previous data-driven metric for determining coverage under section 5 which was struck down in shelby. shelby, it's important to note wasn't struck down because itrelied on data . it was a question whether or not the data was adequate enough based on 1965 to reauthorize section 5 in 2006 so the problem with the coverage formula proposed in hr four is it shifts away from a data-driven measure to something called a voting rights violation or voting violation . that is very broadly defined and at the committee made, there are a lot of reasons why jurisdictions will settle a voting claim brought against it without any consideration as to the legitimacy of the claims. the

in my state, texas. and certainly not partisan political actors with an agenda here in washington, d.c. madam president, i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the measure. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to -- i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 172. the presiding officer: the question is on the measure. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, deborah l. bo

coach few, the state of washington does not have a state statute. could you take a minute and tell us how that's going to affect your recruiting or how that is affecting your recruiting? >> i mean, it's -- in some ways it's impossible to project, but, i mean, in many ways it isn't. it will never be the same. we recruit nationally, even internationally. and, you know, to not have the ability to compete on some sort of a level playing field with people that can provide monetary gift or endorsements or things like that would put us at a disadvantage that we could not make up. i don't think the story of gonzaga playing in two international games would have happened if this was around prior. >> mr. gilmore, you seem to be outnumbered on this panel 5-1, and i'm sure you're equal to that task. your response to coach few, i guess, would be that's a decision that the duly elected leadership of the state of washington made and we ought to see how this plays out. i want to give you an opportunity since it seems five members of the panel have another view. woul

this state is crushing it. it's unbelievable.applause] we are ranked the safest state in the nation, the strongest economy. we're the only state in the country where less businesses closed in 2020 than a 2019. that's really amazing. when the feds gave us the cares act money, we didn't keep it in the government. we pumped more dollars out to businesses and citizens and relief efforts on the ground at a local level at a personal level to prop them up and keep them surviving through tough economic times because we knew in good management were playing the long game. the result is we get to reap the benefits. sometimes i think people don't realize how far ahead of the game america is when you talk about covid. the world still has a crisis going on. we are so inflexible, but where the strongest economy and safest state. this is the place to be. [applause] it doesn't happen by accident, it happens with a lot of hard work. it happens with the right attitude, looking at metrics and accountability and management. i have a good team. i want

already the state department encouraged u.s. missions abroad to fly the pride flag with the lgbtqi foreign policy to affect and move the needle on human rights around the world. i'm delighted to be joined by secretary of state antony blinken to hear more about biden administration's priorities to protecting the lgbtqai community. he served with president barack obama and before that president obama's national security advisor. this event is hosted by the atlantic council which through the lbgti and lbgti foreign fellowship and proceeding throughout the foreign affairs and national security community. the event is co-hosted by glifa, the lgbtq plus group for u.s. state department and foreign affairs agencies working for nearly 30 years to ensure lbgti employees can serve with pride and dignity. we welcome the confident #acfrontpage. mr. secretary, before we begin our discussions, your opening remarks. >> and jonathan, thank you very much. first of all, happy pride, everyone. i'm happy to be part of this conversation and thank you

economic conditions varied wildly from state to state. property owners in those states which are shut down should not be forced to subsidize those state and local politician choosing to shut they are businesses, close schools and ruin livelihoods. regardless of the intended beneficiaries of morer toa, the eviction morer toa aloud many who were not even impacted financially to live rent-free throughout the past year. data from the national multifamily housing council showed only a minimal increase of 2.2 pert centage points in late renltal payments in jewel of 2020 versus jewel of 2019. despite the relatively small increase in the number of people making rental payments latemark local governments chose to preemptively issue morer toa throughout the pan democrat ig. the near cleat eeradication of eviction coinciding with only a slight rise in those making delinquent payments strongly suggests it aloud many who were not experiencing hardship to live rent-free with no immediate personal consequences. these moyerer toa produce ripple effects.

red states and blue states, that is what i would prefer.ystem in my country, it's notjust fox news. it's online, it's talk radio, and it is very radical. qanon, the conspiracy theory that says a cabal of child sex traffickers is running the world government... it's bigger than some religions. and we shouldn't ignore that. that's a big problem in our society has to deal with overtime. i believe putting forward the belief america should be a multiracial, multiethnic democracy where people from all over the world can share an international identity. that's fundamental. i'm not willing to compromise on that. we are out of time, but it's going to need a really short answer. is america fixable? can it be the america you always dreamed it could be? yes, because america has always been a contest between these different stories. american democracy is doing the work of trying to live up to the story that we tell about ourselves, and i think we can do that. we've done it before, we could do it again. ben rhodes, it's been a pleasure talking to you. th

states can voluntarily join. it is now up to 30 states. more states will be joining this year. it helps states identify when people move in when they might have an eligible voter that is not registered yet. it helps them get eligible voters on the list and helps them identify people who might have moved. because of that, two thirds of all voters live in a state that is a member of eric, we have the most accurate voter lists we've ever had. we will have more accurate lists in 2022 and 2024. keeping those lists clean and accurate, it's an aspect of integrity and access. it's important because we just saw an election where the losing candidate used perceived differences between the states to try and leverage the idea that voters couldn't trust the results in states with they didn't like the outcome. if you look at ohio, georgia, florida, they are almost identical. widespread early voting, drop boxes, election day voting, paper ballots. the only difference between ohio and florida and georgia is the outcome. that's why we see the attempts to leverage these perceived differences to

right now 12 states out of 50 have reached that threshold. 12 states out of 50 have 70% or more of their adults vaccinated. the overall rate in the country as of today is not over 70%, it's 62.8% according to the cdc. so this month is the big push to get us over that line. to get over 70% of adults in the country vaccinated within the next month. and this is interesting. this didn't get as much attention today from president biden's remarks but they're asking americans to volunteer this month to help get more of our fellow americans vaccinated. they set up a website at we can do this at hhs.gov. if you go there, there's a whole bunch of different things you can sign up for there. you can sign up to be trained on how to talk to your family members and neighbors about the benefits of getting vaccinated. you can sign up to do a phone bank to ask them if they need help arranging a vaccination or need questions answered about a vaccination. you can register to help at a vaccination event in your town. all sorts of stuff. we can do this.hhs.gov. it's interesting, there's not very many things i

in their own states. something michigan secretary of state warned republicans against trying specifically. meanwhile they're actually right wing militants plotting more aggressive measures as well. the daily beast published this high opening interview with a conservative share of eastern washington state who has been outspoken in his condemnation of far-right extremism's which he sees around him. he says, quote, what happened on january six is the worst thing i think i've ever seen happen in might nation because of that threatens the entire stability of this nation. we will live through ten years of these hard times because that's a cycle of these things, and we're at the very beginning of this thing. so that point, the people who faced a severe consequences have been the targets of harassment, threats are the election officials who have done their job. reuters had this great report that as recently as april, the wife of georgia's republican secretary of state who stood up to donald trump received a text

with seven states, now up to 30 states in 2020. more states are going to be joining. it helps states identify when people have moved within states, identify when they might have an eligible voter. and it helps them get eligible voters on the list and identify people who might have moved. because of that. because of two thirds of all voters live in a state that is a member, we actually have the most accurate voter lists we have ever had, and are going to have more accurate lists as more states join. keeping those lists clean and accurate is absolutely an aspect of not only integrity but access. is really important because we just saw an election where they using candidate used perceived differences between the states, take perceived, to try and beverage the idea that voters cannot trust the results in states where they did not like the outcome. if you look at election law in states like ohio, georgia, there must identical. . widespread early voting, election day voting, paper ballots. yet, the only difference between ohio and arta a

and ratifying the sea, given the state of affairs between the united states and china and in particular in the south china sea as well as the very rapid ae ae myrrh skwrupbts we are seeing in the ocean -- >> my own judgment, senator, and this is not something we have had an opportunity to talk about with the president, so i want to reserve that as a caveat, and my own judgment is the united states would be extremely well served by ratifying the law of the sea treaty. this is something that is not only my judgment but it has been the judgment across the board by our military leadership, uniform and civilian, for many years. as we are trying to uphold international law and as we are trying to uphold the rights and responsibilities of different countries when it comes to the use of the sea, we're in a very significant competition and challenge with china, which is repeatedly abusing and undermining the rights of other claimant's. those rights are grounded among other things, in international law and the law of the sea, and it makes it challenging for us when we are pushing back on china wh

a state. the constitution's admissions clause grants congress the authority to admit seats into the union, including washington, d.c. following the 13 colonies, all 37 states were admitted by congress through this constitutional authority. states were added -- not added solely because of a particular industry or the size of its landmass. states were added to include the people. the constitution's district clause poses no barrier to admitting d.c. as a state either. the district clause, maximum size of 10 square miles, not a minimum. s-51 retains a federal district, as required by the constitution. it encompasses the unpopulated areas the federal presence, including all of the house and senate office buildings, the capitol itself, the supreme court or the white house, the monuments and museums on the national mall, and all other federal buildings and land. the people of america, when they come to the nation's capital, will still find all of the great monuments and museums that will make up thei

it does damage to the united states. it does damage to the state of israel. i'm proud of my legislative efforts to defend israel for over three decades, and i would argue that the facts that these efforts have been bipartisan speak to the strength of the u.s.-israel relationship. both republicans and democrats share a long track record of working together to defend israel's right to exist in legislating accountability for u.s. taxpayer dollars spent overseas, but we have to do the work. and i do believe there are senators who are genuinely interested in working towards that goal. the truth is we already have a number of laws and regulations in place regarding the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian relief. as written, this bill, by way of example of why we have bills go through the committee so they can be worked on, seems intended to ensure that nobody in gaza could ever receive any of this support. the language is written so broadly that, for example, before delivering clean water or water infrastructure, the president would effectively have to certify that

back in the united states, the u.s.onference of catholic bishops is seeking to prohibit president biden and other catholic politicians from receiving communion over their support for reproductive and abortion rights. the bishops move came despite advice from the vatican not to push for such measures. president biden is the second roman catholic president after john f. kennedy. in california, governor gavin newsom is that to announce his estate will pay off all the past due rent that acutely did during the pandemic. california will use its unexpected budget surplus in federal stimulus money to finance the $5.2 billion program . it is still unclear whether the california will ban evictions of people with unpaid rent past june 30. across the u.s., over 11 million people are behind on their rent and could face eviction from their homes when the federal eviction moratorium expires at the end of the month. in texas, new report on the impacts of the pandemic inside prisons reveals at least 18 people who had been cleared for pa

today, most states of legalise cannabis on some level but the restrictions vary from state to state.state transportation, sales and cultivation more complicated and it fuels a black market across the country. after the fiasco in new mexico, many chinese investors lost their life savings. but a new opportunity is on the horizon. for irving and his clients, it was an obvious choice to move to oklahoma, the hottest weed market in the us today. it's kind of a wild, wild west. 0klahoma didn't set any limits on the number of licences they would issue, you can drive down the street and find dispensaries all around us. jane and vic grissom obtained one oklahoma's first licences and run a dispensary outside of oklahoma city. we have three containers we grow in, some of these grow houses are 10,000 square feet. last year, 0klahoma issued more grow licences than any other state. nearly 10% back of its population are registered to use medical cannabis. the big—leaf plants tend to be indicas, they relax people and the thin—leafed plants are sativa, they give you energy and focus. oklahoma is know

plus arizona secretary of state katie hobbs on the ongoing undermining of democracy in her state and senator bernie sanders on what happens now with joe manchin did what joe manchin does. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. these days, the most optimistic thing you can say about the state of american democracy. it's perilous moment is that hasn't given out yet. but it's enemies are plotting out in the open we see it every day and they will not stop until they either are successful, some of them are put in prison. i truly believe that. the leader of the nation's anti democratic faction made his reemergence at the north carolina republican convention this weekend where he once again falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him. >> that election would go down as the crime of the century in our country is being destroyed by people who perhaps have no right to destroy it. >> now his rambling speech was basically an after thought. he did not in a position to pull the strings like he was in for so long, this was a republican event not in the loo

it was stated by state-by-state and then effectively is bypassed the federal consensus and said there is no slavery anywhere in the nation. so, i think too much has been made of the amendment they recognized it as a meaningless of any particular principal that had been accepted. >> you certainly touched on this previously but a little bit more detail they had to be compensated. who would pay that compensation? >> i started to get at this on the question randy asked me earlier. lincoln believed in compensation of the states that abolished slavery and may be at the rate of $300 per slave, but i don't think that he believed the government should be giving slaveholders money. a state could take the compensation funds and say we are going to build a railroad with of this or build schools with it so it wasn't specifically framed i think mostly to go to the slaveholders but he wasn't willing to say that. he holds out compensation as one of the incentives to get the states to abolish slavery and he's still advocating in early 1865 when he is not sure they have enough states to get the amendme

if states went to mismanage state elections, that's up to them.e will hear from madeleine in virginia who says don't change things. caller: if 36 states approve a voter id, what is the problem with the other states that don't think we should have voter id? it is to protect everyone. i've never had to go any farther than one mile to vote. why is it 36 states approve a voter id? host: when you say don't change things, you are saying keep everything as is? what do you mean? caller: why do the other states not want voter id? it is for our protection. we should keep voter id. why would people be against it? 36 states already approved voter id. host: we appreciate all of you who contributed to the conversation. coming up, we will talk about the budget release from last week with the american action former president. we will discuss the economic recovery in the policies of the by diminished ration. later on, we will hear from the friends of the earth senior program manager. she will talk about the president's economic policies. that's coming up when wash

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some states do that, some states don't.course, if this bill passed, every state would the have the choice of going ahead and doing that or having two sets of voter rolls, one for federal elections and another one for nonfederal elections. that, of course, makes no sense at all, and what this bill anticipates is that no matter what states wanted to do, this is a provision that they'd have to adopt. there's another way to get that done -- go to state legislatures and explain the value of having that change, if that change needs to be made. this bill restricts the ability of states to maintain accurate voter rolls. many states, states with democrat governors and democrat secretaries of state and democrat legislatures, have worked hard to see that they had a system in place to where you would periodically check and see if the people who are registered to vote are still where they registered to vote from. you know, our state -- i think a lot of states -- if you move to another county and register to vote there, you're supposed t

or you find in places like texas, louisiana, mississippi, and other states, many of these states hadlegacy of slavery. and jim crow. you find it far more dangerous for black people to be pregnant and for women generally to be pregnant and particularly for black women. we know these laws do not protect women's health. they do not purchase serve their dignity at all. instead, sadly, it has been a death sentence in many ways. i do not use that lightly. we take seriously the narratives of people who have died, including that data that comes from these very state health departments. it is the tragedy. one only needs to look at the data produced in the state of texas by government. in the state of mississippi. in the louisiana. to confront exactly what i'm sharing with you and what i presented in my written testimony. chair blumenthal: thank you very much. i have questions i'm going to ask other witnesses. i want to turn out to senator feinstein. sen. feinstein: inc. you, mr. chairman. i am really sorry we have reached this day here. i remember the time well, when abortion was essentially

it was a war against the united states by 11 southern states including my state. when the union finally won the war, both sides buried their dead, four million slaves were granted their freedom by the passage and ratification of the 13th amendment. in 1864, each state was granted the privilege to donate two statues of deceased persons to be displayed in this capitol that depict the history of their state. these statues are now known as the national statuary hall collection. approximately 10 of these depict men who volunteered to fight against the united states in the civil war. all of these statues were donated, many decades after the war. like many other statues around the country honoring members of the cop fed rat states of america, particularly those erected in the south, these were not donated and installed in the capitol until the 1900's. during the height of the jim crow era. many americans see the timing of their placement to intimidate african-americans. we must not continue to honor these combatants by allowing their images to be displayed in this capito

a chain of hostile steps lead to us issue a list of from friendly states with the united states and the czech republic. and so far, but this is not a matter of our initial attitude towards them. it's just the response to the actions. what actually, what all the topics touched on there by maria to kind of a are in the full interview, which is available on artesian cheap channel. so then a busy day for me which does run until the weekend in st. petersburg. and of course, we will be across all the main talking points here. and artic me my gruesome details have emerged with high bodies donated for medical research and france are being used. charlotte uminski has more now on corpses being sold for military experiments and crush tests. it's new or tale that many thought couldn't become any gramma in 2019 either merge that the bodies that had been donated for medical research had in fact been left to decay and unsanitary conditions here. and what was the center for body donations that the former perez dick university described as being nude decomposing with maggots in a room infested with wrap

over the weekend, washington state became the 13th state to reach the milestone of 70% of adults with at least one shot. i spoke with governor inslee, who conveyed that despite their great progress, the continued work needed to move the state back to normal. he, after all, governs the state where most of us witnessed the first major coronavirus outbreak last year. and i conveyed our complete support for the steps he is taking with regard to how he is managing the public health actions to bring the state back in as safe a way as possible. now, every state has the ability to do what has been done in these 13 states, but there is no doubt that it takes work. that's why last week we launched the national month of action to help more states reach that milestone and get more people vaccinated. over the weekend, volunteers across 45 states completed more than 500,000 phone calls, door knocks, or texts. the first lady and dr. fauci visited a vaccination clinic in new york city, where they met annette, a 92-year-old woman who was there because her grandson convinced her and drove her to get th

the secretary of state and through the state department said, sure. we will now recommend you to receive a waiver. but the ultimate decision is made by the attorney general. the attorney general -- general john and mitchell in the nixon investigations has no. he refuses to grant a waiver but i do is i tell a bit of that story, outraged by academics that call this censorship. say that this is is an enrichment of academic freedom, damages the reputation of the u.s., all the damage as i've said before an attack elated, but in 1969 we should not be returning to the days of mccarthy-ism under these provisions whatever you still doing a 1969 excluding a scholar like earnest mandel? what is interesting, -- intriguing, what makes this case so important is the challenge, the legal challenge to his exclusion. would i explain and earlier chapters, during the war on anarchy, i mentioned before about the alien immigration act of 1903, that was the first ideological exclusion law and the united states. the supreme court, in a case in 1904 upholds the exclusion of a

the united states has a role. that spells out united states will support the specifics and it is in organizations in russia. at the same time, the russian federation was labeled as an adversary. they have said publicly they will stymie the development of russia. what kind of organization, the united states and the west, will be supporting -- if we are an adversary? it is clear the united states like in the 1930's, we have labeled them as foreign agents. is your label as a foreign agent -- does not preclude you from operating in the country. if it is an extremist organization, that is a whole different story. the organization in question has called for riots and public disorder. it has openly instructed people how to make molotov cocktails. do use them against law enforcement. it called for [indiscernible] america just recently went through a grievous chain of events after a certain african-american individual was killed and an entire movement, the black lives matter movement appeared. i'm not going to going to det

you have separation of church and state, but also an ongoing conflict between church and state. that is an interesting development. >> indeed. thank you for emphasizing that conflict, which has led to precisely the education that you described. michael, i am eager for your response to adam liptak's article. his statistics said that there was a 35% increase in rulings in favor of religion. liptak accorded scholars saying that this had a partisan balance, that not a single judge appointed by democrats cited with religion, well 66% of judges appointed by republican stead. he accused elena kagan of accusing the court's conservatives. i believe you have a different take on these recent decisions. how would you account for them and why do you think they are correct? >> i am very skeptical of counting cases this way, because the only way to know -- you have to compare this to the background culture and what is going on. one of the things that is happening in the united states with their increasing ideological polarization is that that has spilled over also into questions of religion. t

states. to legislation, there is no can abroad. the view taken is to privacy law. in fact, the reason really a right to privacy in the united states. it's just is just goes perhaps against again, that constitution. well, if you'd like to dig a little deeper into any of those stories r t dot com, it's a solid starting point is always fresh content, lively discussions to be fun. there are 2 seasons, me the the the ah, ah ah, ah. hello and welcome to cross dock. we're all things considered. i'm peter labelle, after the shooting bite and some european leader such as germany's merkel and frances macro called for renew dialogue with russia. the baltic states in poland said not so fast, thus there is no consensus within the e u on how to move forward. the ball remains in brussels court the the cross talking russia e u relations. i'm joined by my guess, john laughlin in paris. he's a university lecture in history and political philosophy in nashville. we have thomas schwartz, he is a professor of pol

sections of the state. and so, now, we're going to continue to watch over 200 million people across the u.s., really, deal with record highs going into the weekend daytime highs. they will continue to roar, across california, all the way into the desert southwest. look at yuma, today, 118 degrees. so, this heat is not backing off. the feel-like temperature, in most spots, in the triple-digit territory. humidity is very low, along with the winds, now, starting to pick up the fire danger will increase, across the high plains, intohe t starting to really feel that heat. back in the upper 90s. >>> tracking the tropics it looks like we are going to see flooding rain across louisiana. we will talk about that coming up. >> okay, janessa, thank you. >>> the future of the nba might be in the hands of the youngest ball brother hornets guard was name the league's rookie of the year. the third-overall pick in last year's draft averaged nearly 16 points and six assists per game. he led charlotte to the play-in game, the

some states like my own state of missouri have not had the preclearance formula. our republican-controlled state government is making clear it is committed to surgically suppressing the vote, including predominantly black communities. the voter id laws have dis-incentivized thousands of people from even trying to vote. we cannot solely rely on section two of the dra which prohibits discriminatory laws. it is reactionary and can only be used as they implement the voting laws instead of protecting those rights on the front end. the shelby decision made clear those are not enough. and it is because of these debates that the john lewis road -- john lewis voting rights advancement act must come with hr one, as miss nelson mentioned, we cannot rely on the courts to retroactively fix these issues. we have to stop voter suppression before it happens. for those of us in missouri not covered by the preclearance formula and those who live with -- live in states with a pattern of this, for these reasons i call on this committee to urgently pass this legislation. can you brief

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in his state. and fulton county georgia, the judges deliberating on whether to allow an audit of their 147,000 ballots. democratic state lawmakers in those states and all the people in the country have been watching this is all on voting rights. 480 of them signed on this letter to congressional leadership pleading with them to pass federal voting rights legislation. some of those texas democrats who walked out of their own state house to kill that restriction voting bill have been on capitol hill for pushing for federal action. arizona's democratic secretary of state herself the target of threats and harassment and vitriol right? called out her own state senator democrat kirsten sinema for refusing to get rid of the filibuster that stands in the way of passing this voter protection law. because full democratic unity is the only way to get this done. senator raphael warnock, pastor, the same churches were martin luther king jr. spends oh time working on these issues along with preaching before bein

not just a blue state or purple state, but every state. red states will be hurt. >> yeah. >> and the scenarios for the next decade are harrowing, for both the democratic party and maybe more importantly, democracy itself. i don't think anyone wants to see an america that a lack of success on senate bill one would mean. it would be a terrible america. >> i think what you're saying is exactly an undeniably right. it is harrowing. it is a threat to both the democratic party but democracy itself. i don't understand why he doesn't sigh sooe that. dose say in his op-ed that he believes fellow democrats are being hypocritical. a bunch of democrats signed a letter defending the filibuster. i believe you were one of them. >> right. >> now you support, rightly in my view, reforming that filibuster. >> some of us came to different conclusions at different times and maybe some are still arriving, i hope, at that conclusion, that the abuse of the filibuster, the 60-vote rule, was never the intention of it. as your chart indicates and i think the myths

the secretary of state.rm conspiracy theory is used to ridicule good ideas. >> others dead set against it. >> somebody like him being in charge of elections holing a seat like secretary of state is one of the most dangerous things to happen to democracy. >> we want to give him a chance to explain his believes. so we waited outside the state house. >> he dodged us. we waited for 12 hours. >> he's one of the last cars in the parking lot. now the security for the legislature is driving his car away. >> 2,000 miles away in michigan. a first time school board member is under fire for social media posts saying q anon-confirmed by trump and they can delete social media but never break our spirit or stop what's coming. god wins. posted over a flaming q. with we the people are pissed off. >> as a high school student and first time voter, he did home work and discovered the deleted post. >> what is education? it's hard to follow what she does believe. it's hard to separate truth from fiction. >> he and others want her

that's reserved to the states by the constitution of the united states of america. i would firmly oppose any effort to hand texas's constitutional rights to regulate and conduct its elections to the federal government. a one size fits all federal mandate won't i'm proven public confidence in our elections it will be seen for what it is in a transparent way, a partisan political takeover, a coup d'etat really of the way that our elections are run. >> and our opening question for you this morning is what voting reforms do you support? some reaction on social media and via text, that line is 202-748-8003. bob in hometown, illinois, says this. he sends this message, support voter id, photo id, not mailing everyone on an outdated list a ballot or harvesting makes it harder to cheat, that means noncitizens, no flowery names on bills make them fair. naddi in michigan i like the idea of not having any dark money in an election. i know for a fact that where i vote they will not allow poll watchers at all or any kind of intimidation that was happening up in lansing, michigan.

he's exile to the united states. he's a news paper man and uses his platform as a journalist to popularize his pro-slavery views, and this was confounding to northerners abolitionists the rest of the world who already associate slavery as an opposition to values of self-government and freedom and rights, of course, so what mitchell does is by making his pro-slavery case. he says there's an there is an alternate case to be made that these deluded self-comparisons that white southerners are making are not yet quite outside the bounds of the way that nationalism was understood and the 19th century and mitchell actually does then go on to directly draw the same comparison that native born white southerners were as well. he was quite out spoken in claiming that it was the confederacy that fought for the same he had fought for maryland so again, we from our perspective certainly recognize that he was not correct in this that the confederacy was fighting against value such as freedom and inequality and natural rights, but m

it helps states identify when people moved between states, move within their states, identify when they might have an eligible voter who hasn't been registered yet. it helps them get eligible voters on the list so they can contact them and try to get them to update their information. because of that, because two thirds of all voters live in a state that is a member of eric as of 2020, we actually have the most accurate voter lists we have ever had. and we are going to have more accurate voter lists in 2022 and 2024 as more states join. keeping those lists clean and accurate is an aspect of integrity and access. it is really important because we just saw an election where the losing candidate used perceived differences between the states, really, fake perceived differences to try to leverage the idea that voters couldn't trust the results in states where they didn't like the outcome. if you look at election laws in states like ohio, georgia and florida, they are almost identical. whid spread male voting, widespread early voting, drop boxes, election day voting, paper ballots, et cetera.

the united states is back. we feel very strongly about the cohesion of nato, and i for one think that the european union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity. it has a lot to do with the ability of helping europe handle not only its economic issues, but provide the backbone and support for nato. we are very supportive. host: your reaction to hearing the president of france there, with president biden, praising him for having a president that is in the club. does that give you confidence or not? from south carolina, democratic caller. go ahead. caller: yes. i think it gives me a lot of confidence in joe biden as president. i think he is capable of handling foreign affairs. we need someone to be able to mediate and be equal with our foreign countries. we have dealt with foreign countries in a disruptive way for a long time, and i think president biden has the confidence, the intelligence to handle foreign affairs, whether it be russia, france -- he has that confidence. that is all i have to say, thank you.

the constitution allows states to craft laws but congress can overrule state laws. in practice, states have had the preeminent role in elections and only in specific instances has congress stepped in, the result being american elections are extremely decentralized." when was the last time there was a major federal intervention in national elections? >> we're going to leave this discussion. the u.s. house about to come in. it's part of our long time commitment to bring you gavel-to-gavel coverage of congress. a number of veteran and consumer product safety measures. we'll take you live to the house floor on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: will you pray with me. god our creator, redeemer and friend, we offer to you all that we have and all that we are this day. our cares and concerns. our anoinses and aggravations, our fears and frustration, our tempers and entanglement as well as our hope and happiness, our self-confidence, our strengths and our service. we ask that you wou

of from friendly states with the united states and the czech republic and so far. but this is not a matter of our initial attitude towards them. just the response to the actions. the weather will lead topics touched on there by maria to kind of are in the full interview, which is available at the moment on artesian channel. so then another busy day at the academic for infant petersburg, which runs until the weekend. and of course we will bring you the highlights and the main talking points as they come up here, ona to me now evidence has a merge that confirms the grizzly details of high donated bodies is sometimes used in france. the comp, reports of corks is being sold for use of military experiments and also crush tests . charlotte davinsky as more in the story, it's new or tale many thought couldn't become any grimma in 2019. to merge that, the bodies that had been donated from medical research had in fact been left the decay in unsanitary conditions here in what was the center for body donations that the former perez dick university described as being nude deco

when you add them up. 42 states, trending down, five states holding steady, only two states reporting more new covid intexts today, but looking back at a week ago. the map overall is improving dramatically. here's another way to look at it. a month ago, a month ago, 27,219 cases was the average, we're at 16,239 right now. that's where we were a month ago. go back to the beginning of the year, five months ago in january 215,000 new infections a day, way back to july 2020, we were higher than this, the first time, way down now, way down since a long time ago, if you look at the vaccine snapshot, well, this is why the cases are down, why hospitalizations are down, because 41% of americans, more than 136 million americans are fully vaccinated. more than half, 51% of americans now partially vaccinated. that's one reason the case count is down. deaths are down, hospitalizations are down. if you look at it from this perspective, though, the vaccine rollout has slowed some, right, this is the fall of the yellow line, that's the averages, right now the united states is averaging 615,000 people