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it premieres sunday. that's tonight actually. tonight at: 9:00. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. hello again, everyone. we begin this hour in selma, alabama where just moments ago president biden arrived to mark the 59th anniversary of what's known as bloody sunday. marchers included the late congressman john lewis were beaten by white state trooper as they tried to cross the pettis bridge. arlette, the president is expected to give a speech. set the stage for us now. >> president biden's speech here in selma has two purposes. first off the white house said that he...

Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature to accommodate the requirements of the 2020 census data and ruled that new maps must be redrawn to provide for equitable and fair representation for Black voters before the 2024 election. By Post Staff from News Sources Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature to accommodate the requirements of the 2020 census data and ruled that new maps must be redrawn to p...

The vote have not stopped and without the voting rights act preclearance division, the aclu and litigation in georgia but litigation takes years as opposed to perhaps months if you had an administrative review that used to be available under the voting rights act. >> it's been ten years since the u.s. supreme court overturned a key provision in the 1965 voting rights act and in shelby county, the high court ruled the formula for deciding which states have a history of voting discrimination is unconstitutional. how much of a setback as we see the president's motorcade, how much of a set back do...

President and the vice president are unable to deliver so far. >> joyce, like you said, it's coming down to the states. we understand from the runyon center for justice that 19 states have so far enacted laws that restrict voting access. talk to me about what the justice department can do about this. in theory, the justice department can invoke laws that actually exist. part of the complaint from most democrats is that some of these laws have been gutted. >> and that's exactly right. the problem that doj faces, and doj has been aggressive, by the way, despite the legal limitations that have be...

Challenge is the senate. they are two different pieces, and the john lewis voting rights act which would restore portions of the 1965 voting rights act that the supreme court stripped away, expanding the strengthens the government's ability to respond to voting discrimination and protects against vote suppression and the freedom to voting right act, a counter to roll back early voting and other and establish election day as a federal holiday. the question is there a plan "b" in the biden white house and the democratic father this goes down, as it appears it will, or just to have the issue for ...