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Have the power, the political capital to push through a voting rights law. he wanted them to think it was all on them to show americans the very worst of voting suppression in order to turn the tide on the american conscience, to get americans rallied around voting rights. he didnt want them to know what he was doing behind the scenes to try to uphold voting rights without getting a voting acts right through. that was plan a. he really wanted a voting rights act to go through. he was doing every...

With a part of the speech. >> he said i know the news of whats happening in similar me but i want you to know that we are going to be okay. when the history of this era is done, the rest of the world will be left stronger. it shouldve taken anything so terrible for people to see whats at stake, now everyone sees a clearly. we see the unity among the leaders of nations, a more unified europe, and the west. we see unified people in cities and large crowds around the world, even in russia, to demon...

Lets remember. >> heres the thing we must remember, slavery was bipartisan, jim crowe legislate case was boopt. i bipartisan. >> is he right? is this push do bipartisanship coming at the expense of people of color? >> absolutely. we have voting right protections, more americans to are legitimate voters automobile to participate, free of any voti voting suppression. if we dont have protection, we are limiting access to the ballot box. the will of voters can be overturned if the outcome is not to ...

Democracy, the institutions that are supposed to protect us, they dont protect themselves. they are upheld or eroded through a series of small, incremental decision. one book that helped me understand this it was called "unmaking the presidency." they walk through all the norms that were undone during this period and show where they came from and why they matter. another that i thought was help ful was "one person no vote" by carol anderson, who shows how the fight over voting suppression and vo...

Stricted vote i rights, among other things limited mail-in ballots, limited the time for early voting. do you feel like voting rights in this state and other states are under attack right now? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. we have seen voter suppression like we have never seen voting suppression before. we have lost footing. we had more voting rights in 63 than we have now. it is -- i just -- words cannot -- cannot say what i feel about it. >> reporter: what do you want people at home to know w...

Luther king, jr., iii and why they are holding their nationwide event next weekend can change the course of voting suppression across the country. thousands of under a storm tonight as henri barrels up the coast, expected to make landfall in a matter of hours. we are keeping a close eye on its path. this is "american voices." we begin this hour with breaking news, florida hits a major milestone in its uphill battle against covid. new cdc data shows the state just passed 3 million cases of coro...

Tonight more than 50 stks democratic lawmakers now face civil arrest warrants. many remain outside texas. otherwise it would clear the way for pass on of a voting rights bill which they consider to be nothing more than voting suppression. while it would force them to be back, they are not criminal arrest warrants. chris turner chairs the texas house democratic caucus. youre currently in texas. how concerned are you that you might be arrested and brought to the capitol? >> evening, anderson. im n...

Texas democratic lawmakers now face civil arrest warrants. many remain outside texas. otherwise it would clear the way for pass on of a voting rights bill which they consider to be nothing more than voting suppression. while it would force them to be back, they are not criminal arrest warrants. state representative with me now, chris turner chairs the texas house democratic caucus. youre currently in texas. how concerned are you that you might be arrested and brought to the capitol? >> evening, ...

Practical momentum on voting rights in the way weve seen it on infrastructure and thats concerning. >> as we talk with them, as you know, we met with them, martin luther king iii and i met with them a couple weeks ago. they cant even come up -- im talking about members of the senate -- on why they cannot put something on the table that can be -- that can pass. dana, you had a new neighbor on "the washington post" opinion page this week, the attorney general himself, merrick garland. he wrote to ...

Congressional races so that the mail-in ballot situation can be the standard once again. tell me about that and the ability to use your id to vote. >> so the word you chose to say that what they were saying about it was a misrepresentation, pretty much the nicest thing you could say. the fact of the matter, maria, is theyre flat out lying about whats going on and that lie has been perpetuated by the p mainstream media. the fact of the matter is, as you pointed out, what texas is doing, were actu...