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The Justice Department into a quote, political Weapon Speech coming less than two months before the president ial election is expected to condemn what he calls an escalation of attacks based on quote, conspiracy theories, Dana Peter is falsehoods. Efforts to bully and intimidate career public servants by repeatedly and publicly singling them out and threats of actual violence. Cnns Jessica Schneider joins us now with more and jessica, this is very unmarried. Garland of berkoff, garland to come o...

unknown is -- always good to see you, my friend. thanks to you for joining us this evening. on april 3, 1968, the mason temple in memphis was packed. memphis was a city in mourning. it was grappling over the deaths of two employees of the memphis department of public work, employees who were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths today.th under the slogan "i am a man" more than 1,000 black employees were on strike and...

Not equally apply thats why we have new laws that says we figured out the loophole, now were going to close it. when we see any politician of any party who claims to be in favor of civil rights but lies about whether or not theres voter fraud or lies about whether or not closing poll sites in black communities keeps black people from being able to vote or lies when you have police officers at polling sites and suggests that you are not making people agrade to go cast their ballot, when the very ...

Guidance Details Laws Against Intimidation and Coercive Conduct at Poll Sites, Reminds Voters of Right to Easy and Meaningful Participation in Elections.

That your officials are going to stand outside, polling stations with laptops with access to rural address software and share a database of voter names. is this -- how do you plan on executing this? and is this something that youre working with others to execute? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me, and its an honor to be on your program today. >> were happy to have you. >> and we are working with many of our tribal officials, were working with other -- the other tribes in the states, an...

>> we have never done it before. it is the first time it happened. >> neil: have you had election than fewer of the -- off have voted? >> no, last year we had impact from hurricane irene and lee and a similar situation of moving poll sites and we were able to do that and this provision of the law would not be available for that. as i said we have never done that. >> neil: now, a cynic in me would say it is sort of like a football game and you dont like the score and you extend to a fifth or sixt...

Of voters being turned away from the polls arbitrarily by nonspanish speaking inspectors in many cases at poll sites that had translators traditionally there. >> reporter: right now rangels lead has been narrowed to just 802 votes. there are still more than 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots yet to be counted. the group that supports the opposition says there was an attempt they say to throw the election. they have reports of possible vote tampering and even zero results from some of the preci...