From history that looks different to us now through our pandemic eyes. But have a look. Here it is. This is closing time at the polls in birmingham, alabama, in may of 1966 because we are all now citizens of pandemic 2020, you see a photo of anybody crowded together like this anymore and it flips your stomach over a little bit, right . Youre too close together. Nobodys got a mask. It activates something in us now to see that. But there they are, a thousand people or more all crowded into that one alabama polling place, may 3rd, 1966 in birmingham. Cant do that nowadays for any reason. But theres something important to know about this photo, both for then and for us now. Again, that photo is 1966. The year before that photo was taken in alabama, the future congressman john lewis was very nearly killed while he was trying to lead a march for Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus bridge at selma, alabama. John lewis and his fellow marchers, black and white, mostly black, were set upon by
Pennsylvania, michigan, nevada, georgia, arizona. Do you solemnly swear to protect the country about enemies foreign and domestic . There were error messages from tab grulation machines. That you take this without any purpose of evasion. Also in arizona, the attorney general announced that mailin ballots has been stolen from mailboxes and hidden under a rock. Well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which youre about to enter so help you god. I do. Congratulations. Oh, so if the election was rigged in arizona but it wasnt. Why did the Vice President swear in the states new senator . I thought it was rigged. It seems that people are slowly backing away from the president. You had the attorney general earlier this week sort of backing up and then you had Mitch Mcconnell talking about the new administration. His way of backing up. You have the Vice President doing the same. So, willie, the situation has gotten so sad for the president , the sitting president. Hes now ha
Ready hello, im Darren Jordan dough. With a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera democrats in the United States will retain control of the senate operate close mid term election victory in nevada. Catherine cortez musto defeated. Her republican opponent adam black salt, was endorsed by donald trump to fight. But shortly after the nevada result was announced, the u. S. President reacted to the democrat when i tell you was congratulations, senator schumer, hes got a majority again and were focusing now on on georgia. Feel good about where we are. And i know im a cockeyed optimist. I understand it from the beginning, but im not surprised by the turn out. Im incredibly, please turn it in. I think its a reflection of the quality of our candidates and the theyre all running on the same program when anybody was running on what we did all stay in sticky with. So i feel good. Im looking forward to a couple years. My kind of has more now from washington d. C. In these mid term el
With on korea johnson in doha, the top stories here on al jazeera ukraine is celebrates, and one of its most significant victories since russias invasion in february, Ukrainian Forces have entered the Southern City of creston o residence, welcome. The soldiers on the ukrainian flag has been raised on public monuments. President brown, mass lensky has held it as an historic day ushers. Retreat has been seen as one of its biggest setbacks of the war. I, with valor is in moscow. He says, russian officials are down playing the withdrawal. The russian minister of defense confirmed that the last russian soldier left the city of her son by 5 a. M. Friday morning, after a night of heavy bombardment by Russian Artillery and other defences against ukrainian positions in an attempt to prevent them from getting closer or disrupting that withdrawal. And later in that they thought mr. Defense gave some more details, saying that 30000 russian Soldiers Left the city of crafts on people escaping m 23 r
We have 20 ambulances that are not functional because they are snowed in. Snowed in by as much as 40 inches in connecticut, where president obama has declared it eight of emergency. The weights of the snow is cracking houses and weighing on nerves. The plows come and put the snow back onto the driveway. Many of those who are making it out of the driveways are finding the roads still a mess. On long island the cleanup continues on snowblanketed streets where drivers were left stranded for hours. Back home, hundreds of thousands in new england are learning they are still without power. You have to bundle up in blankets, and it is still not enough. Emergency shelters are still open. Many schools remain closed. It becomes clear it will be a while before it melts away. I think it will be a few days before we are back and functioning. Possibly this slowing things down even more the forecast for monday calls for rain sleet, and even more snow. We will now turn to politics. The state of the Un