rsv nationwide, in familiar when it comes to kids having to go to the hospital. they are taking drastic measures to deal with the surge. you re seeing some institutions putting up tents. things have gotten worse since we were admitted. it was just about six weeks ago that boris johnson was leaving downing street in disgrace. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the best job in the world. now, the u.k. is abuzz with talk of a boris comeback. i m paula reed in washington. pamela brown is off. you are in the cnn newsroom. the balance of power and the power of the vote. in just over two weeks the midterm elections will determine which party will control the house and the senate. the high stakes mean high turnout. nearly 6 million americans have cast early votes in 39 states. in georgia, which tipped the senate to daemocrats two weeks ago, it has been a week of record breaking turnout. 660,000 people have cast early votes with more than 140,000 yesterd
distinction. before we let you go, i read this week a minnesota state judge in one of your largest counties ruled that absentee drop boxes are not allowed under your state law, siding with the conservative law firm in its suit against the state election commission. reading that and thinking about your current office and your previous one as a u.s. congressman, i wonder what goes through your mind as you watch voting rights in peril, not just from republican action, but democratic inaction. your brief response. right. my brief response is that we have got to be on the alert to protect voting rights. we ve got to combat and confront any attempt to weak continue right to vote. we got to stop this wave. i think it wasle 2013, shelby v. holder, we ve seen a steady wave of efforts to curtail people s
fraud. none. the issue is becoming central to the entire gop legislative agenda nationwide. in so far there is a gop legislative agenda. the john lewis voting rights act and freedom to vote act address the issues that remain. i ll break them down in details during the show. recent developments under score the importance and need for the specific federal protections. just yesterday, the ohio supreme court tossed out the redistricting map. a judge in wisconsin ruled that absentee drop boxes are not allowed under state law. the 2020 elections proved that making voting easier benefits the country. according to the census bureau, there was a record high turnout