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Maxine Bryant looks at the history of suppressing the Black vote and why it is important for African Americans to show up at the polls on May 24.

Like his state west virginia poor, illiterate and strung out. she later apologized but im not accepting accepting. its not just holiday trashing the state as jamaal bowman decided to make this about race. >> its tremendously frustrating for me as a black man in america because once again its an example of joe manchin as a white man showing that he doesnt care about black people. he doesnt care about latinos. he doesnt care about immigrants. he doesnt care about women and he doesnt care about the...

In the last 12 months, we went from a secure border to chaos. we went from energy independence to the president of the united states begging opec to increase production. we went from safe streets to record crime. we went from stable prices to record inflation. and the world now views us in light of the exited from afghanistan in a much weaker way and doesnt know if they can count on us. those are the concerns the american people have. and thats why lets hope they dont change the filibuster. lets...

As eventful year draws to a close, a look back at the happenings and newsmakers that reshaped our lives in 2021.

Voting rights: Where do the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People Act stand? Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – During his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden put his support behind two pieces of legislation Democrats want to pass to strengthen access to voting and codify certain voter rights.  The For the People Act is in the spotlight as it heads toward a potential fight in the Senate, while the...

In an expansive interview with the Associated Press, Stacey Abrams discussed voting rights and her future.

This. and nic robertson also there. both in osaka following this news conference. gentlemen, we heard a lot. where to start. first jim, lets talk about what we heard with the u.s. president speaking on china and the trade tensions. we hear that the talks have been positive between the two leaders. what more did you take from this? >> an important point is china, but before that, i do want to highlight his comments on russian interference in the 2016 election. we saw in effect fundamentally a rep...

There are some supplies. there are also some storms that have gone through there. very hopeful, but i want to present the stark reality because considering what the searchers are up against. these are people in airplanes and on ships and theyre having a hard time navigating the ocean. >> thats depressing. dont forget malaysian has not given up on the land theory. >> not giving up. we want to be real about this. this is news, not a reality show, it is the news. jim, i want you to take this. if ca...

Raft there are some displaoe d s raft there are some displaome s. some storms went through. considering what the searchers are up against, these are people who are in an airplane and who are on ships. and theyre having a hard time navigating the ocean. >> thats depressioning. dont forget malaysiania has not given up on the land theory. >> not giving up. we want to be real about this. this is news, not a reality show, it is the news. jim, i want you to take this. if catastrophic failure suspected...

But this is what the spokesman told me on friday, every ping gets further away, so we know go to my website, it is kind of hard to explain, go to jeffwise.net, i explained it all. that analysis we saw was great. it was great, but it lacked the data that let us know whether it was plausible or not. we have the data that says it is not plausible. >> hang on. jim, you can beat up on jeff wise. first jim. go ahead, jim. >> i got to tell you, i dont think it is possible. and i dont think it was possi...