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out in many states this year. my concern is that a generation ago we fought with the man that is speaking at the podium to get us the right to vote today in this generation people like you and i have to fight to maintain the right to vote. this morning reverend joe lowry of one generation and me of another stood together saying this vote should not be compromised. and this election no matter who you're supporting. no matter who you're voting for, this election cannot be the turning back of voting rights. at the podium, let's listen to congressman john lewis of georgia. let's listen. ...

Which is unheard of. >> on sunday. ben jealous, george gresham, thank you for your time tonight. see you sunday. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is genco services --

President and ceo of the naacp. and george gresham president of the largest labor union in the country. they'll both be joining all of us at the march. on sunday. thanks for being here tonight. ben, let me start with you. you wrote a piece in "huffington post" this week calling stop and frisk a human rights catastrophe. what did you mean by that? >> go back to 1999 when you were leading us to jail over the dealo case. that killing happened in the context of stop and frisk unit. this year they're on pace to a hundred thousand stop and frisks. ten times more. bloomberg puts a kinder, gentler fac...

only to suddenly face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about. with a language you may not even speak. >> the president said this was just a temporary solution until lawmakers stop blocking immigration reform. acting now, he said, is a question of compassion and of simply doing the right thing. >> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to req...

in 2010. a bill that once had bipartisan support. back in 2005 senators john mccain and ted kennedy introduced similar legislation. a bill that was also supported by president bush. by, oh, how the republican party has changed. today senator mccain called the president's announcement, quote, a politically motivated power grab. senator lindsey graham said it was quote, possibly illegal and arizona governor jan brewer called it back door amnesty. mitt romney criticized the policy but failed to say what he thinks about the actual issue. >> this is an important matter that we have to fin...