we will speak with bishop william barber. then to texas, where an armed gunmen to four hostages, including a rabbi, and to synagogue saturday, sparking and 11 hour stand up. three hostages escaped. one was released before police shot dead the gunman. we will speak to a rabbi in dallas. >> this weeke was a sobering reminder that we can never forget and never ignore the presence and rlity of anti-semitism, but also cannot forget thathen one safe community is attacked, all safe communities are attacked. amy: we will look at the case of this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. -- we will look at the case of aafia siddiqui. during saturday synagogue standoff, the armed gunmen repeatedly called for her release. we will speak to her attorney. >> [indiscernible] characters who she has no ties to. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. senate democrats are opening debate today on legislation that would protec

joining me is bishop william barber, co-chairman of the poor people's campaign.nt is the moral persuasion of the king family in your view, you've talked to these people, you've dealt with the administration and the senators, is that going to be enough to sway them do you think? >> well, i certainly thank god for all that the king family is doing and i'll be honest with you, too many people sat back all year long and should have never waited this long, many organizations that are screaming now didn't go to west virginia, didn't go to arizona were in the back room with the president, president didn't meet with moral leaders, his handlers blocked and impacted people and we allowed this thing to be separated on economics and voting. dr. king said we must realize that the problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power and that's what this is take early framing it as a special interest for black people. if these bills don't pass, 55 million americans that use processes in 2020 will l

william barber. the chair of the poor people's campaign. thank you. >>> we'll continue to talk about voting rights and saving american democracy at the top of the hour. i will be joined by two officials on the frontlines. michigan attorney general dana nessel and then pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro. what congress needs to do at the federal level and what we need to do at the ground level. e need to do at the ground level. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with a bit more thought we can all do our part to keep plastic out of the ocean. we hit the bike trails every weekend shinges doesn't care. i grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn't care. we've still got the best moves you've ever seen good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but, no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age increasing your risk for getting shingles. so, what can protect you? shingrix protects. you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine proven to be over 90% effective. shingrix is a va

. >> joining me now, reverend william barber, cochair of the poor people's campaign and president off the breach. thank you for joining me, reverend, listen to what congresswoman told about the build back better. >> build back better is alive and well. i listened carefully to joe manchin's criticism of this initiative and it's not that he doesn't share the values of the american people, that a basic child credit is due for hardworking families. he's been more concerned about funding it for a mere year -- >> you have taken out full page ads, had rallies to pressure manchin. do you share the congresswoman's optimism that the senator will come around on build back better? >> only if there's pressure, and part of the problem is too many people have not done pressure, they sat in the back room with him and given him time. the pressure has to come from west virginia, has to come from impacted people, 80% of west virginians want expanded voter rights, build back better, what the president and vice-president need to do is first of all, meet with low income people and turn the mic so we turn

i'm the co-chair alongside the reverend william j barber ii of the poor people's campaign, and nationalviver that is organizing poor and low income people, moral leaders and activists of every age, race, religion, gender and geography in nearly every state of these yet to be united states. as reverend dr. king said months before he was shot down, there is nothing wrong with a traffic law which says you have to stop for a red light. but when a man is bleeding to death, the ambulance goes through those red lights at top speed. there is a fire raging now for the poor of this society. this inherited people all over the world are bleeding to death from deep social and economic wounds. they need brigades of ambulance drivers who will have to ignore the red lights of the present system until the emergency is solved. with fewer voting rights today than people had more than 50 years ago despite people dying for those rights, with the rolling coup taking place in state legislatures across the country working to diminish the power of a multiracial democracy rising up. with 140 million people who a