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Voting rights was the cornerstone of john lewiss lifes work. he was responsible for the landmark 1965 voting rights act. and even if you cant wrap your head around that, its this part of the interview that will make your head spin. >> you want to talk about voting, first of all, its legal to vote, and you want to try and encourage people to vote. thats the most precious thing you have. and you get things done now. dont talk about it after or during. get it done right now. and why dont we go in a...

It just doesnt fit with what john lewis stood for. voting rights was the cornerstone of john lewis lifes work, one of the key figures responsible for the voting rights act, the landmark 1965 voting rights act. even if you cant wrap your head around all of that, it is this next part of the herschel walker interview that will make your head spin. >> lets go to the voting rights, if you want to talk about voting, first of all, you want to get people to vote because if theyre legal to vote, you want...

Politics of this strategy i think. >> well lets talk about this eugene, schumer has said a colleague -- a dear colleague letter, which he says, i would ask you to consider this question. if the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, then how can we in good conscious allow for situation which the republican party can -- at the state level of only simple majority vote but not allow the united states senate to do the same? >> im not sure hes asking the question of, but that is the call ...

Must be vaccinated. theres no excuse for not having that at this point. when they have mandated vaccines for adults like new york city did, they have pushed it over 95% vaccinated, same thing in l.a. inexcusable at this point not to have adults vaccinated. i also want to remind people for that benefit. if youre not vaccinated, majority of the benefit kicks in within a woke or two, 10 or 12 days after the first dose. same thing if youre vaccinated and not boosted. the benefits of the booster kick...

Year. that decision comes as the president touts some good economic news about supply chain problems which plagued millions of customers and stores alike. cnns phil mattingly reports the white house is trying to gently steer the presidents legislative agenda back on track. >> senator manchin and i are going to get something done. >> reporter: after a roller coaster 72 hours, the white house now fully engaged in the effort to resuscitate the cornerstone of presidents agenda. >> certainly the pres...

Are still per sis at the point. shanghai flat, nikkei up 2%. meanwhile, moodys analytics seems likely to downgrade its u.s. economic forecast in the coming days. moodys currently predicts growth of 4.4%, but indicates the outlook could drop by as much as one percentage point. mark zandi telling cnn it is not inconsequential, citing the one-two punch of the pandemic and bidens major spending bill. the cornerstone of the domestic agenda remains on life support due to one hold out. can democrat...

Bill clinton, george w. bush, barack obama, donald trump, they all passed the cornerstone of their economic plan in their first year. and this would be, you know, a break in that pattern. and the other remarkable thing is -- i think if you could take a census of every elected democrat from the level of mayor up, mayor, governor, house member, senator, maybe even all of the state legislators, i think virtually if not absolutely all of them except joe manchin want to pass some version of the build...

Today from senator manchin. first, i mean, presidents in their first year often have a lot of turbulence in getting their core economic agenda through. but in the end ronald reagan, bill clinton, george w. bush, barack obama, donald trump, they all passed the cornerstone of their economic plan in their first year. and this would be a break in that pattern. and the other remarkable thing is i think if you could take a census of every elected democrat from the layer of mayor up, mayor, governor, h...

Looks in deep trouble after a key senatorfrom his own democratic party said he wouldnt support it. senatorjoe manchin, who represents the conservative state of west virginia, told fox news hed tried to reach an compromise on the multi—billion dollar bill. the finely balanced composition of the senate means president biden cannot afford to lose a single democratic vote. 0ur correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has the latest on the senators statement. this is his top domestic policy priori...

Flagship piece of legislation — known as build back better — looks in deep trouble after a key senatorfrom his own democratic party said he wouldnt support it. senatorjoe manchin, who represents the conservative state of west virginia, told fox news hed tried to reach a compromise on the multi—billion—dollar bill. the finely balanced composition of the senate means president biden cannot afford to lose a single democratic vote. 0ur correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has the latest...