Being treated earth kind was sent to san quentin back in 2004 for the murder of 2 boys alvarez was placed there in 1989 for murder vehicle theft Forcible Rape and robbery right now there are more than 700 people on californias death row. And napa county officials establish what theyre calling it Compliance Task force to respond to complaints about people who are not cooperating. But Public Health orders kron ons gayle ong explains. Napa county officials saw a jump in covid19 cases after memorial day and fathers day and they are not taking any chances over the july 4th weekend its people visiting from other cities and now that everything is opening up. We have more torres. He just never now while many napa county residents share the same concern about tourists and the spread of covid19 Public Health officer doctor karen drew says otherwise you know we havent seen cases that said i want a winery i went to a particular restaurant and this is how i got it in the zoo meeting thursday county
Yield one minute to the gentlelady from washington, ms. Jayapal. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from washington is recognized. Ms. Jayapal i am so proud today to stand here to support h. R. 4, the Voting Rights advancement act. And i want to congratulate my incredible colleague, congresswoman sewell, for her leadership. When Congress Passed the Voting Rights act of 1965, it was a recognition that systemic discrimination based on race continued to deny people the right to vote. As an organizer, i understand the Voting Rights act as a victory that was hard fought by black activists like fannie lou hall of famer and ella baker and our esteemed colleague, representative lewis, who devoted their lives to fighting for the right to vote. And it was a victory of the movement that recognized this right to vote is absolutely fundamental to our concept and our actualization of democratcy. Unfortunately, we have not followed with the same courage. Instead, since 2013, states have enacted l
Good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. And youre looking at live pictures from selma, alabama, where Vice President Kamala Harris and other dignitaries, including myself, are crossing the bridge to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, with just two days till Super Tuesday, election 2024 is very much on our mind. And joining me now is congressman steven horsford, democrat of nevada, and chair of the congressional black caucus. Congressman, mister chairman, its been nearly 60 years since john lewis and Josi At Williams and some 600 others first marched across that bridge, the Edmund Tennis Bridge you and i just marched across with the Vice President. And yet we still find ourselves contending with conservative forces, seeking to curtail Ballot Access for minority voters, or students. And in the case of alabama, dilute the power of the black vote. What are your thoughts, as the cbc chair, as we walked across that historic bridge, 59 years later, and still fighting for
special edition of politicsnation. i m in new york, we will have the reverend al sharpton joining us momentarily from selma, alabama. you are looking at now live at the bridge. we are taking in this feed, straight msnbc at rockefeller center. in a moment, president, biden is you see there, we ll march alongside dignitaries. including reverend al sharpton, who is not too far away from this picture you see here. they will be marking the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. moments ago, the president laying out the threats as he sees them, threatening a voting rights. it looks like they are just beginning their walk. this fundamental right remains under assault, conservative supreme court has gutted the voting rights act over the years. since the 2020 election, a wave of states and dozens of anti voting laws fueled by the big lie, and the election deniers, now elected to office. and that annual walk, as you see on the left-hand side of the screen, just beginning. it s about 25
a little bit about what that means. how about tell me a little bit about why you picked this ready to tell of your book great. well, thank you so much and it s wonderful to be here with you as you point out. both of us are what they call pete cage preacher s kids and the title of my memoir out of no way. is a phrase that s deep in the culture of the black church. and let me hasten to say that when we say the black churches, you know, we have never met anything racially, exclusive about that. we re talking about the anti-slavery church. absolutely. we re talking about the church that was literally born fighting for freedom. and bearing witness to our common humanity. you re not in a black church. you re not in the churches that raised and shaped me and you for for long. without hearing somebody in the midst of the service maybe the preacher maybe somebody in the choir maybe a testimony saying, you know god makes a way out of no way. yeah, and it is a phrase born of suffering.