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/PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of National Voter Registration Day on September 20th, DoSomething.org, the national hub for youth-centered activism, today launches "The...

/PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of National Voter Registration Day on September 20th, DoSomething.org, the national hub for youth-centered activism, today launches "The...

Think week that i havent had before because who are we trying to convince? 80 to 90% of america is convinced. they dont need to see that. the president is convinced. he doesnt need to see it. the house of representatives is currently acting in a way where they are convinced. they dont need to see it and so is half the senate. and so the ten members that we would need from the other side of the senate who arent convinced, showing them the photos isnt going to make a difference. it isnt going to c...

His school has over 75% vaccination rate, i believe, for students and 100% for the teachers. so we have done everything right. >> as of friday, chicago was averaging more than 5,000 new cases a day. well stay on top of the story as it develops right here on cnn. in the coming hours the president will ramp up efforts to pass voting rights bill. hell make a visit to atlanta, but many activists said they wont attend the presidents event because they dont want another speech, another finalized votin...

The 1980s as approve a voting plan that reasonably tries to correct some of the political excesses that go on at the local level. now you have a state thats 27% black and they have exactly one district out of seven as far as black voters go in alabama. by every standard the court has upheld, that would be on its face suspicious and after extensive discovery at the local level, they found that it was unlawful. this court has said, nope, theyre going to change the law, theyre going to let it go th...

Essentially turned out that provided some federal oversight of communities that make decisions like this, section two, by the way, you guys know this better than me, is the one that allows no law to discriminate on the basis of color. thats where this is going here, right? do you view this as jeffrey does, to the courts leaning toward signaling that section two is going to be gone too? >> oh, sure. this is an act of the court. no mistake about it. this is a five vote majority in favor of rapidly...

Starting with the president taking a trip to europe without awaiting congress. and a possibility that they wont get the win in virginia one is almost certain. a fox news poll after the virginia governors race showing republicans leading over democrats likely voted by an eight-point margin, this is a dramatic shake-up for months and then the election that was seen as a snapshot of where voters stand nationwide, democrats say they have delivered there on capitol hill could spell trouble in 2022. h...

Separate infrastructure bill. $1.2 trillion, and perhaps that can get through the senate or the house if they can get to that point. a lot of questions still but talks are progressing. >> also at the same time, we hear that any minute now the senate will be voting on a major voting rights bill. whats the status, what do we expect to happen there? >> the voting right now, the tally is 48 no votes, 43 yes votes. we dont expect this to get the 60 votes they need. no chance they can get that. that w...

Perhaps one of the most strained departments right now with everything else its tackling. talk to us a little bit about how you see the justice department going about this and trying to reverse this trend of voter suppression. >> great. i havent heard the beginning, so pardon me if i repeat anything, but basically, you know, the justice department has had, traditionally, strong legal tools to enforce the voting rights act. the strongest of which was called section 5, which required before many s...