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he reportedly started yelling and threatening passengers. a man identified as a former marine tackled him and put him in a chokehold. he was pronounced dead and investigators ruled it a homicide. there is an ongoing investigation and they are gathering facts. but some people have made up their minds and angry protesters took to the streets demanding justice for us. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> if we don't get it. >> burn it down. >> if we don't get it. >> burn it down. >> if we don't get it. >> burn it down. >> if we don't get it. >> burn it down....

their lives worse. americans voiced that opposition as protests continued across the country today. protesters demanding the federal government step up and act. congressional democrats constrained by slim majorities and the filibuster seem to be passing the buck over to the president. on saturday, 34 senate democrats signed urging president biden invited to take immediately bold action and, quote, use the full force of the federal government to protect abortion rights. more on that in just a moment. now to state the obvious, this decision was not exactly a surprise. back in may, poli...

that's with 52% of americans call the supreme court's reversal of roe v. wade and the new cbs poll released just this morning. 56% of women say will make their lives worse. americans voiced that opposition as protests continued across the country today. protesters demanding the federal government step up and act. congressional democrats constrained by slim majorities and the filibuster seem to be passing the buck over to the president. on saturday, 34 senate democrats signed urging president biden invited to take immediately bold action and, quote, use the full force of the federal g...

Maybe reforming the filibuster? >> filibuster has got to go. the filibuster, historically, has been abused. it's essentially been a way to deny civil rights to african americans. that is the tool that southern democrats use historically to stop progress. now it is being used by the -- mitch mcconnell republican to stop all kind of -- votes on climate change, vote on roe v. wade, both on voting rights. so, bottom line, we have to have a system, majority rule that's a democracy, with minority rights. but we can't have a filibuster with offensively -- has minority rule and know majority rights. s...

The Atlantic The minoritarian skew of the House and Senate presents an obstacle to democratic reform. March 5, 2021 The historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. delivered that complaint in 1973, just ahead of a wave of reforms that sought to cut the presidency down to size. The War Powers Act of 1973, the Anti-Impoundment Act of 1974, the creation of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees in the mid-1970s: These and other measures aimed to restrain the presidency and restore power to Congress. Following the presidency of Donald Trump, some in Congress are ready for a new round of rebalancing. B...