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New laws to limit voting access at the heart of threat to US democracy, campaigners say

Monday has been a day to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and also a day of calls to action on voting rights. Demonstrators marched through streets in Washington in support of voting legislation now stalled in the U.S. Senate, and Vice President Harris warned the freedom to vote is under assault. Judy Woodruff discusses the day with the King Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III.

A few days ago, in the United States Senate, the Democrats fought vigorously against the suppression of the rights of black people to vote

S i want to remind you that there were 74 days that we went without an arrest. things happen and now we're here and i am very confident that we will get a guilty verdict. very confident. >> martin, what's n in the case? >> well, tomorrow they'll go over the charging documents. it sounds like it's just basic boring stuff, but it's not. that's critical because those are the instructions and that's what the jury is going to be told on the charges and then the jury comes back monday, 9:00 a.m. expecting to hear closing argument, but again, it's not your typical case, three defendants. that means e...

After black. we support ask encourage these families. >> are you concerned about the jury makeup in this case? >> oh, it's impossible not to be concerned about the jury makeup when you look at glynn county. 27% of the population at least is black, yet there's only one black on the jury, that raises some troubling concerns and even the judge himself raised an issue in terms of racism playing a part. so i don't think that can be denied, but yet we're going to be hopeful that this jury will pay attention to the facts and let the facts guide them in making their determination. >> bishop jackson, i...