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Of the jurors was already leaving. he said it was due to a medical issue. it is not the single african-american juror. instead, its a white female and she will be replaced by another white female who is alternate number one. but it means even before we get to the most difficult part of this trial, they have already lost one alternate and have three left, and cant afford to lose many more. christine and laura. >> martin, thank you for that. lets bring in jennifer rodgers, our legal analyst and fo...

Rights act a year before. >> coming back from martins nobel prize trip so we went in and made a case for voting rights. and president johnson said he agreed with everything martin said but he just didnt have the power. and he must have said at least ten times in the conversation, i agree with you, dr. king, and just dont have the power. i agree with the president. we came out and i said this, and said no, and i said what are you going to do? he said were going to get the president some power. >>...

♪ all by yourself. ♪ go with us and find millions of flexible options. all in our app. expedia. it matters who you travel with. >> 56 years ago today the most significant piece of legislation protecting voting rights in america and american history was enacted. president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act of 1965 into law effectively removing jim crow era rules that blocked the vast majority of african americans from voting. they rode through lost passage was the culmination of more...

Racist and when some united states senators supported segregation? did such landmark legislation get past through congress and signed into law by the president? and 2019, i was privileged to hear andrew young explain how it happened. and i was lucky enough to hit record in time. andrew yang told the story of a meeting between martin is a king and president johnson. robert king was pushing johnson to pass a voting rights act. johnson said he couldnt ask congress for another big vote on civil righ...

Pictures, andrew and martin, lets talk about, again, the queen and her amazing and not just longevity, of course, which we celebrate today, but the kind of leader she has been. andrew? >> well, thats right. i mean, everything martin said earlier was absolutely right. especially with regard to duty. this is a woman who at her 21th birthday promised the then-british empire but also the commonwealth, that the rest of her life would be dedicated to them, would be a life of duty to them. and thats a ...