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it premieres sunday. thats tonight actually. tonight at: 9:00. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. hello again, everyone. we begin this hour in selma, alabama where just moments ago president biden arrived to mark the 59th anniversary of whats known as bloody sunday. marchers included the late congressman john lewis were beaten by white state trooper as they tried to cross the pettis bridge. arlette, the president is expected to give a speech. set the stage for us now. ...

Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature to accommodate the requirements of the 2020 census data and ruled that new maps must be redrawn to provide for equitable and fair representation for Black voters before the 2024 election. By Post Staff from News Sources Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature ...

The vote have not stopped and without the voting rights act preclearance division, the aclu and litigation in georgia but litigation takes years as opposed to perhaps months if you had an administrative review that used to be available under the voting rights act. >> its been ten years since the u.s. supreme court overturned a key provision in the 1965 voting rights act and in shelby county, the high court ruled the formula for deciding which states have a history of voting discrimination is unc...

President and the vice president are unable to deliver so far. >> joyce, like you said, its coming down to the states. we understand from the runyon center for justice that 19 states have so far enacted laws that restrict voting access. talk to me about what the justice department can do about this. in theory, the justice department can invoke laws that actually exist. part of the complaint from most democrats is that some of these laws have been gutted. >> and thats exactly right. the problem t...

Challenge is the senate. they are two different pieces, and the john lewis voting rights act which would restore portions of the 1965 voting rights act that the supreme court stripped away, expanding the strengthens the governments ability to respond to voting discrimination and protects against vote suppression and the freedom to voting right act, a counter to roll back early voting and other and establish election day as a federal holiday. the question is there a plan "b" in the biden white ho...

President is unable to deliver so far. >> joyce white vance, and as you said, we understand that 19 states have so far enacted laws that restrict voting access. talk to me about what the justice department can do about this? in theory, the justice department can enforce laws that actually exists. but part of the complete among democrats is that some of these laws have been gutted. >> and that is exactly right. the problem that doj faces, and doj has been aggressive despite the legal limitations ...

Of those workers. make interfeing with voter registration a federal crime, enhance transparency and create a federal obligations for campaigns to report instances of foreign interference. can you imagine that is what the republicans and those two moderate senators are actually blocking? as for the john lewis voting rights advancement act, the bill would reverse the 2013 supreme court decision that struck out portions of the voting rights act of 1965 that require certain states and cities to obta...

Intimidation of those election workers. make interfering with a voter registration a federal crime. enhanced transparency in campaign advertisement. and create a federal obligation for companies to report instances of foreign interference. can you imagine that is what the republicans and those two moderate senators are actually blocking? as for the john lewis voting rights advancement act, the bill would reverse the 2013 supreme court decision that struck down portions of the voting rights acts ...

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Raymond arroyo has at all with "friday follies." but first, heading to the cliff, thats the focus of tonights "angle." as "angle" noted, democrats are earning hypersonic panic in the mid terms of 2020 form. they know they are headed for a crash which is why they convene their so-called summit for democracy yesterday. they are engaged in what i think is an elaborate but quite transparent attempt at preemptive spins. >> double the number to prevent voting discrimination, provide baseline for asses...