thompson. ms. thompson: i do not recall any at all, debbie. ms. wasserman schultz: i don't recall hearing any either. so it's helpful to have you underscore that. representative collier, is it fair to say these expansions were particularly valuable to black and latino voters in texas? ms. collier: yes, thank you. absolutely. we found that african-americans often have two jobs. and so being able to vote during a 24-hour period is very helpful. being able to have drive-thru voting is also helpful for those that have children. these are mechanisms and i am not aware of any instances of voter fraud that have been prosecuted related to those mechanisms. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you. the texas legislation that we're discussing today, my friends, would create criminal penalties for local election officials who send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. these are the priorities of the texas state government. harris county attempted to do last year before the effort was blocked by the texas supreme court. in florida, senate bill 90 als

thompson. mr. thompson: thank you very much, madam speaker and i tank you for your steadfast commitment to getting to the truth behind the january 6 domestic terrorist attack on the capitol. next week will mark six months sibs the world watched in horror as americans violently stormed the citadel of our democracy to stop congress from carrying out its constitutional duty. over the last six months you have been laser focused on doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom and deliver the truth to the american people. you met with republicans more than halfway in an effort to stand up in a bipartisan independent commission. the reason i say that is i participated in negotiating what was to be negotiated and you did a good job. i thought from the standpoint, it should have been approved. we passed it in the house. but we could not get the senate to do likewise. so we have come to where we are today. your choice of this select committee and the approval by the house in doing so and the membership behin

thompson: there was. >> did you attend that meeting? ms. thompson: i did. >> ok. there is a special committee that was appointed to hear this bill, and are you on that committee? chairman and them are -- chairman andy muir talked about the concern that representative collier had about the mail-in ballots you used 20 years ago, your social security number but now you are using your driver's license number. representative you see asked that question. do you remember a commitment being made by chairman muir? you might not, that's fine. if we watch the tape back, there will be a commitment publicly made that he would fix it. i just want to move on from that. representative collier, do you believe, and i am guessing that i know the answer, but i want to give you the chance to answer, that this bill, if it becomes law, would be restricted? ms. collier: what do you mean restrictive? rep. fallon: harder to vote. ms. collier: let me give you an example. as i sat here today, my integrity was questioned, the veracity of my statement was questioned by congressman sessions. he

thompson: yes. ms. mace: did you fly a charter plane? ms. thompson: yes. ms. mace: do you need an i.d.? ms. thompson: yes. ms. mace: did you need an i.d. to get in the building here today? ms. thompson: yes. ms. mace: do you need an i.d. in texas to open a bank account? to cash your check if you're working. do you know, representative thompson, how many -- what percentage of blacks in texas, black and brown african-americans are registered to vote? ms. thompson: a huge percentage. ms. mace: 70%. do you know what average black and brown texans have voted on average during the last election? >> going to leave this voting rights here. the u.s. house is about to gavel in. a long time commitment to bringing you gavel-to-gavel coverage of congress. continue watching this hearing at our website c-span.org. the house working on 2022 spending today and this afternoon they'll start a series of votes on a seven-bill spending package. and now live to the floor of the u.s. house here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed

-- representative thompson. [applause] >> i'm going to say why i am up here. i'm not up here to take a vacation in washington, d.c. when i look at the american museum, i thought about the struggle of my people starting this country to get the right to vote. that right is sacred to my constituents, and i represent them back in houston, texas. i am up here because i don't plan to be a sitting person and that legislature -- in that legislature. i'm not going to be sitting -- i'm not going to be a hostage. [applause] but my constituents ought to be stripped from them. we have fought too long in this country. president lyndon b. johnson in 1965 fought so that we had the right to vote. this legislature may have changed the messiah from jesus to trump, but i haven't, and i'm going to make sure that everything that i can do, that my constituents' rights are stripped from them because of what they believe, the lie, that -- they believe, the lie. trump lost the election. [applause] >> let me hand it back to our members of

i thought it was a fair deal that chairman thompson came up with. i thought we should acknowledge that. >> do you acknowledge that liz cheney being there makes it bipartisan? >> you know, it is from a party perspective. clearly, her views are already, i think, baked when it comes to the president's role. i would say this. i think the whole thing should be looked at. it's more than just what the president's role was here. security fell apart that day. i do think he would should look at what happened. why did -- security was so unprepared. i was there that morning. we knew there was going to be a half million people. some were going to be angry. when i talked to the capitol police, they said, we're ready, we have reinforcements. clearly, in hindsight, they did not. i do think there should be an objective look at what -- there was no reinforcements. they were requested. what happened? >> i'm with you. the security issue is something that this committee should look into. i want to ask you -- i want to talk to you about this. we will have to come back. i

democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson. she's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i believe she is a woman of integrity and i want to hear what she has say. host: ok. danny is a republican from arizona. good morning to you, danny. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. your thoughts this morning? caller: yes, ma'am, the so-called select committee is a sham, for one thing. and i want to know if it will come out, who was the person that killed that young lady at the capitol that day. thank you. host: ok, shelley, louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. the way i feel about this is they have two republicans on their committe

thompson: well, this is a democratic-led effort.de good faith efforts for a bipartisan commission and the republicans voted against it. so now, those same people are coming back, saying,, well, this on his partisan. i don't know what they want. we give them one thing and they voted against it. so speaker pelosi is absolutely correctn moving forward, because at the end of the day, we have to protect this fragile democracy. judy: there is no date set for finishing the work of the committee, when do you think it will finish? rep. thompson: we will work as expeditiously as we possibly can. as you know, we are several weeks late from the original start. our projected date was december 31 of this year. i just say, i d't think we can get it by that time. but i can say that we will go and get the facts. some of the facts, we have already collected. but i don't want to limit it to what other committees have collected. we want to hire the bes professionals, the best legal minds, the best investigators, and turn them loose. but i also want to

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victory for elaine thompson—herah ofjamaica in the women's 100 metres final in tokyo.ore that there was heartbreakfor team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith — who had to withdraw from the games through injury. i'll have all the latest news on that and more, including another medal for team gb from emma wilson afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban — reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully—vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and, borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they are expecting a second child. their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. and coming up later this hour — the media show. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. adding two more gold medals to their tally — in new events involving both men and women. the first came in the

open statements from benny thompson and congressman liz cheney, one of just two republicans on the panel. >> there are some in my party who continue to act as though this is about partisan politics. i think it's really sad. >> chairman thompson saying this hearing will set the tone of their investigation, his opening statement set to include video from the riots, some of which has never been seen before publicly. democrats warn it is graphic. it is disturbing and uncensored. >> we're also expected to hear testimony from four police officers, who endured some of the worst of at tack, like a pro-trump mob. these officers were punched and trampled, crushed, sprayed with chemicals, called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons. >> and the pushback from republicans. kevin mccarthy insisted this is about playing politics but democrats and the gop committee members say this is essential to put a face on what happened january 6th, and to counter disinformation from republicans who have downplayed the riot. >> more accurately described as a mob of misfits. >> the truth is being censor

thompson referred the admiralty case concerning trade and property questions to the u.s.district court for connecticut. the mendy's fate depend upon a court proceeding that revolved around the question of their status as property rather than any accusation of wrongdoing. in the district court the crew of the navy ship washington and the people who traded with the mendy on the new york shore submitted rival claims for salvage rewards, both parties asserted that the mendy were slaves and should be considered part of the armistead's cargo. claims for recovery of slave property were submitted by the planters who had purchased the mendy and by the heirs of the cabin boy. if the court determined that the mendy were slaves and the property of spanish planters, the federal government's attorney asserted that they should be delivered to agents of the spanish government. if the court decided that the mendy had been illegally enslaved and transported to the united states, the government wanted them delivered to the president for return to their native country under provisions of an

during the stop, thompson also present add wisconsin driver's license.child support. listen now to the body cam footage and you will hear thompson accuse the sergeant of being racist. watch. >> you profiled me because you looked me dead in the face and i got a ticket for driving while black. you pulled me over because you saw a black face in this car, brother. there is no way in hell i'm taking off with you behind me. you looked in this car u-turn and got behind my car. >> now, for clarity, representative thompson did not object to anything the officer said or did during the stop. thompson even released a statement acknowledging, quote: in the video you won't see the officer do anything that isn't by the book. but he goes on to say, quote: we need to rewrite the book. though he doesn't say exactly why. the saint paul police chief says thompson owes the sergeant an apology and finally we should note, issues that have nothing to do with the stop are also being looked into including why minnesota rep thompson still has a wisconsin driver's license and why h

elaine thompson—herah's just got the lead at the minute.hampion makes it two in a row! . 10.60 — it's an olympic record! a jamaican 1—2—3. the pace was blistering, the celebrations between them somewhat frosty — not that elaine thompson—herah cared. my chest is tight because i'm over—happy. i'm so...but god it's amazing. heartbreak, then, for the queen of british sprinting but the jamaican dynasty continues its reign. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. in other olympic news... three team gb athletes have qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres, for the first time ever, after impressive displays in the semi finals. 19—year—old keely hodgkinson timed her run well to finish second in her heat. she'lljoin alex bell and jemma reekie in the final on tuesday. on her olympic debut, emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing. the 22—year—old's mother, penny way, is a former world champion, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnas

that court convene in hartford of a 40, with circus justice smith thompson providing.tain appeal to the supreme court, here affirmed the district court's decision. pending the -- in january, 1841, the mandy remained in federal custody. although in less restrictive confines in the town of west ville, outside new haven. and the coming months, several of them took odd jobs and all received religious and language instruction provided by the abolitionists. no one could predict how the supreme court justices would respond to the amistad case. the majority of the nine justices were slave holders, among them, chief justice tony. in a few previous cases dealing with slavery, the supreme court had protected the institution as it existed in the united states. but the court had strictly enforced the prohibition on the foreign slave trade. anticipation about the deliberations were further heightened when former president john quincy adams joins a group of lawyers representing the mendi. the abolitionist community wanted a prominent statesman on the legal team and when daniel webste

elaine thompson—herah is going to win it. it's going to be del ponte take second place! well and couldn't hang on. out the final and minutes later, the reigning world 200 metres champion confirmed she was out of that too, but would still run the relay. my idea for this olympic cycle was complete dominance and obviously, ha! didn't manage it this time but obviously, we have three more years till the next olympics and i know the kind of shape i'm in, i know the calibre of athlete i am and i know how talented i am, so it's frustrating to not be able to put it out when it matters, but, at the end of the day, with the cards that i've been given, i did very, very well and in no way does this change anything that's going to happen in the future. well, daryll neita might not have been the name everyone's lips but making the 100 metre final is a huge achievement. she's the first british woman to do so since 2008. but this would be a tough ask from a field stacked with talent and speed. and it is going to be the defending champion makes it two in a row! . 10.60, it is an olympic r

. >> chris thank you very much miss thompson thank you very much. when i think about miss thompson she did not tell you her entire story paid we served in the state legislature together. when she was elected the state legislature and once elected county wide the just gettingf rid of poll taxes makes it harder for people to vote. it is a shame that were revisiting the past. that's exactly what we are doing. anybody can do that that's not that big of a deal. it wouldn't do this they did not have a negative outcome of particular brown and black voters in the state of texas. and the other doing similar style legislation. we can see these things in the last ten or 15 years with that i want to be one 100% clear. now, not later, not sometime in there future, now we need to pass the john lewis voting rights act. you need to be signed into law and that we also need to pass hr-1. our citizens cannot wait any longer. the majority whip in the u.s. house jim clyburn talked about a carve out if mitch mcconnell did a carve up for amy coney barrett there's the blac

elaine thompson—herah is going to win it. and dina, she'sjust not finishing.metres champion confirmed she was out of that too, but would still run the relay. my idea for this olympic cycle was complete dominance and obviously, didn't manage it this time but obviously we have three more years until the next olympics. and i know the kind of shape i'm in, i know the calibre of athlete i am and i know how talented i am, so it's frustrating to not be able to put it out when it matters, but at the end of the day, with the cards i have been given, i did very, very well. in no way does this change anything that's going to happen in the future. well, daryll neita might not have been the name on everyone�*s lips but making the 100 metre final is a huge achievement. she is the first british woman to do so since 2008. but this would be a tough ask from a field stacked with talent and speed. elaine thompson—herah hasjust got the lead and it's going to be the defending champion makes it two in a row! _ 10.60. it's an olympic record. ajamaican one, two, three. the pace was b

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victory for elaine thompson—herah of jamaica in the women's100—metres final in tokyo.that there was heartbreakfor team gb sprinter, dina asher—smith, who had to withdraw from the games through injury. afghan security forces have bben battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban. reports say militants have breached front lines in herat medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called a pulse oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. and borisjohnson and his wife carrie have announced they're expecting a second child. their son wilfred was born in april last year. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, welcome to sportsday, after another special saturday for team gb at the olympics. i'm austin halewood, here's what's coming up in the programme... the fastest woman in the world. elaine thompson—herah succesfully defends her olympic title with one of the quickest times in history. but it's heartbreak for dina asher—smith, who failed to make the final and then pulled out of the 200 meters. this is for the s

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dean, i would love to call your dean thompson.ive thompson, let me just read through what's in this bill that they want to put through. a new voter id requirement for vote by mail. banning drive-through voting, and this poll watching thing. i want to focus on the last thing. what is it they think these poll watchers should be allowed to do? >> well, the thing that they want to do is i have had experience in this area. they normally put poll watchers in minority areas, and they are normally people of different nationalities than the areas they place them, and they're there to intimidate the workers, not the workers, but there to intimidate the voters. when persons, people walk into a poll, and they see these strange persons in their polling place looking at them mean spirited, it's frightening. and sometimes they may just get up and walk out. >> are they allowed to be armed? can those poll watchers be armed? >> well, that's a good question. particularly since we have just passed a permitless gun bill. we know that the person themse

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines: in the last few minutes, jamaica's elaine thompson—herah won the women's 100 metres final in tokyo. earlier, there was heartache for team gb sprinter dina asher—smith — who had to withdraw from the games through injury. before that, there was gold and a world record for team gb in the 4x100 metres mixed medley final. team work makes the dream work — another gold in the triathlon mixed relay event, and the first gold medal forjonny brownlee at his third olympic games. afghan security forces are battling to defend three key cities from advances by the taliban — reports say militants have breached front lines in herat. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and, coming up later this hour — wejoin zeinab badawi for take me to the opera. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, jamaica have secured a clean

i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and mr. katko, the ranking member. even though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to republicans in order to get bipartisanship, the leader of the republican party whipped and voted against the commission. we had the votes. 35 members on the republican side voted with us to send it to the senate. it was very hopeful we could pass it there. we had seven republican votes but not 10. we needed 10 to get up to 60. hopefully one day that will still -- that opportunity will still present itself. but because it was not possible in this time frame, last month we passed our legislation for a select committee. the select committee is bipartisan and it has a quorum and it will do the job it sets out to do and that is to investigate the causes and -- of what happened on january 6, to find out how it was organized, who paid for it, who messaged to get those people here for the assault on the capitol. as you well know over 100 people were injured, some died. it was a horrible, horrible thing. i'll never

her boyfriend, justin thompson, knew something was wrong.ow turning into a day of dread. not a call, text or tweet from her, he says. >> i remember talking to my mom. i was like, i don't want to start a storm but i'm really worried about it because i knew something bad happened. >> why did you jump to that conclusion so fast? >> if you talk to somebody every day and then you can't get ahold of them, it's not good. >> saturday came and went, still nothing from kelli. on sunday, now frantic, justin phoned the fayetteville police department, urging them to start searching. >> nobody would help me. i called them several times. >> police policy required a family member to call in and provide more personal details on kelli before they could start searching. so the next day justin decided to call the army base instead. >> i asked them if she showed up. i said it is important, if she didn't show up you need to go to her house. they got back on the phone and said she didn't show up. >> army investigators and fayetteville police went to kelli's apartm

you heard committee chair benny thompson said nothing is off limits.k he'd go as far as to call donald trump to testify? >> i think he would. i served on the house committee back in 2010 with benny thompson. i thought he was very fair. he works very closely with john cat koe, who's the ranking republican. i do think benny thompson will go where the facts lead him. they're going to ask hard questions. anything is on the table right now. i wouldn't be surprised if members of congress could be asked to testify before this select committee in the event they had any role with some of the insurrectionists. i hope they didn't, but it's a real possibility. i think benny thompson will pull the trigger if he has to. >> opinions seem to be so baked in on what happened on january 6th for so many americans. is there anyway these hearings can break through that? >> we certainly hope so. this committee will have added credibility if the democrats defer to cheney and kinzinger who can set a proper tone for these proceedings and make these as nonpartisan as possible. t

that is the thompson submachine gun. steve is going to do the auction. now it is my honor to introduce a great man who has been standing up for conservative principles and the second amendment. he has no fear at all, he will take on our opponents, toe to to, you see them on tv a lot because he is not afraid to speak out. our good friend army veteran tom cotton, senator from arkansas. [applause] sen. cotton: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you all. thank you all very much for the very warm welcome. chris, thank you for the great introduction. rick and your team, thank you for welcoming us to your range. it is great to be here at the third annual machine gun shoot. my only frustration with you, chris, is why did i not know about the first and second annual shoot? [laughter] how often do you get to come out and fire some of the rarest machine guns in the world? so thank you very much for hosting us. thank you all for being here. it is great to be back on a machine gun range. and has been a while since i was able to put much time and it. an army we ha

let's go to nbc's priscilla thompson joining us from the state capital in austin. priscilla, welcome to you. voters are having a chance to address their lawmakers today about the election bill. what are they telling you? what are they saying? >> reporter: yeah, alex. well, they're certainly hoping for the chance. when we got here this morning there were hundreds of people lined up outside of the doors that you see behind me to get into that house committee meeting and make their voices heard. but as it stands at this hour, the house has still not taken up that voting bill yet. it is last on their agenda and so public testimony on that has not yet begun. meanwhile, on the senate side the voting bill was the first thing that they've taken up, but to this point only the lawmakers have had that discussion. public testimony has still not opened up. so these folks who have come out to share their perspective have now been waiting hours for an opportunity to do that. one of the things that i've been struck by is the conversations that i've had with voters of color. i met

thompson. >> thank you very much, madam speaker.thank you for your steadfast commitment to getting to the truth behind the january 6th domestic terrorist attack on the capitol. next week will mark six months since the world watched in horror as americans violently stormed the citadel of our democracy to try and stop congress from carrying out our constitutional duties to certify a presidential election. over the last six months, at every turn, you've been laser focused on doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom and to deliver the truth for the american people. you met republicans, more than half way in an effort to stand up in a bipartisan independent commission, the reason i say that is i participated in negotiating what was to be negotiated and you did a good job. i thought from the standpoint it should have been approved. we passed it in the house. unfortunately we could not get the senate to do likewise. so we come to where we are today. your source of the select committee and the approval by the house in doing so and the m

here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and banks on the committee knowing lucy would not entertain a clown show instead of finding out what happened did we know it is a trap so mccarthy could say this not fair. this one says, if policy is organizing the investigation, issue the one who will be direct -- redacting everything before the american people can see it? similar to bill barr filtering the truth. this has nothing to do is who broke into the capitol. it is another example of creating a crisis in order not to waste it. just, tennessee, republican line. caller: i would like to m

. >> joining us now our texas state representatives senfronia thompson who represents the houston area. she used to dean the texas house democratic caucus, and texas state representative nicole collier who she is chair of the legislative black caucus. thank you very much for being here. representative collier, do we have confirmation that republicans are gonna pull back provision? >> you know that's the first time i heard that, i have not been in contact with them, they have not reached out to me. i was unaware in fact at the hearing, the 23-hour hearing that misty, the dean of the texas democratic delegation was at. they offered amendments to the bill, and they were all rejected on the party lines. so this is just another play that they did in the session where they made promises and they made commitments but they were all unfulfilled.

joining me us, senfronia thompson, the dean of the texas house democratic caucus, and state representative nicole collier, from the ft. worth area, chair of the black caucus. represent sif collier, do we have confirmation that republicans are going to pull the revirgs? >> that's the first time i heard that. i had not been in contact with them. they had not reached out to me. in fact at the hearing, the 23-hour -- more than 24 23-hour hearing that miss t, the dean of the delegation was at, they offered amendments to the bill and they were all rejected under party lines. so this is just another play they did in the regular session where they made promises and commitments but they were all unfulfilled. so i hope they could keep their