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Obviously this is one of the most critical issues that the united states congress could take up, which is about the fundamental right to vote in our country. and i think it is clear, certainly, for the american people that when were talking about the right to vote, it is not a republican concern or a democratic concern. it is an american concern. this is about the american peoples right to vote unfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way. because nobody is debat...

Be on the list of the bill which could potentially get bipartisan support that would assure the election results are being announced are accurate and fair. >> you think the way hr1 and s1 is written, should we be tackling this stuff piecemeal? you throw in the dark money situation, on one hand, it is a broad part of our democracy, i understand that, but should we really be splitting off the voting process from the election, sort of the campaign process here? >> well, i wouldnt get over hung up o...

Followers who elected richard nixon, but there are a lot of people who were not authoritarians who also elected him. and that core group that is now supporting trump, both during his presidency and now afterwards, this is about as serious a reading of authoritarianism we had in this country i think since our founding, if you will. >> i just want to go back to what you said earlier and just to make sure i heard you correctly, saying that you said trump does respect the rule of law. was that -- is...

Rosen. its that simple. but as american citizens if you are called by your country to come before the legislative branch and to enlighten them on what was going on, you have the responsibility to do it. >> yeah. all right. lets turn to voting rights now. democratic senator joe manchins compromised for a voting rights package. stacey abrams has endorsed it but mitch mcconnell says no republican will vote for it. if that stands, what is it going to take to try to bridge this divide? >> i think we ...

Some are boycotting it all together. opposition figure and fierce critic of the prime minister jawar mohammad remains in jail accused of terrorism and other charges, the u.s. voiced alarms over the conditions of the elections. the state department issued a statement saying "the united states is gravely concerned about the environment under which these upcoming elections are to be held." the country had big hopes for abiy when he was awarded in 2018. he was praised for cracking down on corruption...

2018. the nobel peace prize winner was, at the time, praised for cracking down on corruption and freeing political prisoners. abiy made many promises but his military companion, tigray, and jailing of opposition leaders has angered many of his constituents. as ethiopians get ready to cast their ballots, the ethiopian government hopes for a democratic election. but it comes at a time of turmoil. where fighting in tigray has killed thousands. leaving people on the verge of starvation and threateni...

From republicans. hes getting "no" to purging the rolls from republican senators. really, again, this is -- this is not how -- nothing to be outraged about here. this is showing how dumb they are strategically. i dont know if manchin is just setting them up, but if he were just setting republicans up to look stupid, just playing right into his hands. >> with all due respect to the rev, this is a come to jesus moment for joe manchin. hes confronted with working hard to come up with a system, a pr...

Abnormal post-election audit methodologies that may put the integrity of the voting process at risk and undermine public confidence in our democracy. the civil rights division has already sent a letter expressing its concern that one of those audits may violate provisions of the civil rights act that require election officials to provisions that form the n original basis for the departments 1960 investigation in the lind case. the division also expressed concern that the audit may violate a prov...

0 its great to see you. im geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. theyre about to have a gathering of world leaders and theyll be joined by british royals. well have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down l...

Have not caved to the big lie. but because of donald trumps false and misleading statements, theres so much scepticism and distrust of the voting process, there has to be these laws to show that voting is fair and transparent, but what they are in many cases are an excuse to recover and eliminate and restrict voting rights. >> how are democrats responding to this? you got republican candidates continuing to push lies. >> youre seeing democratic legislators, democratic governors, democratic state...