voting rights legislation. senator warnock s whose state was at the center of calls by trump was on the floor. watch. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. since the january election, some 250 voter suppression bills have been introduced by state legislatures across the country from georgia to arizona, from new hampshire to florida. using the big lie of voter fraud as a pretext for voter suppression. the same big lie that led to a violent insurrection on this very capitol. the day after my election. make no mistake. this is democracy in reverse. rather than voters being able to pick the politicians, the politicians are trying to cherry pick their voters. i say this cannot stand. the legislation the senator is promoting there takes direct aim at institutional barriers to voting and create national standards for voter registration. according to dem
they are very frustrated. but they are very open to understanding. they want to be heard. will it be peaceful this weekend? i pray with everything in me that it is. i think you noted over the last couple days since monday we ve had tremendous shrinkage night by night and i m praying that if we get through today, i think we ll be on the right road and right path. what do you think of the other cities across the country, chicago, ferguson philadelphia new york all of these people coming together because they want to say we have baltimore s back. simply because you have to understand it s not a baltimore issue, it s a black america issue. when it was sanford, it was isolation. ferguson was a fluke. this is a constant pattern of behavior that loretta lynch, the new attorney general, is going to have to deal with and do it from top down because black and brown people are tired of being abused by people in blue. reverend thank you. i appreciate it. again, we are waiting to hear
trayvon matter. with michael brown in ferguson. in 20 years 17 police officers in in the u.s. have been charged with murder. none of those officers were convicted. will baltimore be any different? it is my hope, and that is the prayer of so many people around this city and even the larger world when you see that the protests now are rising up in philadelphia chicago, d.c. and new york. all of us are getting in line because it s not really a baltimore issue. it s a larger conversation of a black america issue. it is. and i guess there s the question here. as the facts come out, what is more important at this point? what is more beneficial a conviction for the sake of a conviction or not a conviction if for some reason you re surprised and some of the facts don t match exactly what you expect now and you think maybe one isn t warranted. well you ve got to go back
have probable cause that these individuals with responsible for the charges. reporter: so she believes that the nervous she has is important enough and big enough and strong enough that she can get convictions from all six of the officers erin. she certainly has the confidence he says the fact to move very quickly. don, the whole country is watching her every move every decision. what did she say about suddenly being under the microscope like this? reporter: not only is the whole country watching her, she s very young. she s 35. the youngest prosecutor in any major city in america. and she s also been on the job for just four months. you know back in january she was sworn in. so you know there are a lot of things going on here. but she says being in the pot light and having this job, that s really not the biggest issue for her, not the concern for her. her biggest concern is being a mother and being a wife.
charged with the death of freddie gray. these are live pictures of protesters marching throughout the city of baltimore. there are thousands of people out tonight. after a week of anger, today some respite for some of those protesters celebrating after a day of stunning developments in this case. stunning. the chief prosecutor marilyn mosby, said she found probable charge to charge probable cause to charge all six officers in gray s death. she called his arrest illegal and his death a homicide. the first preliminary hearing will be at the end of this month. race has been a central issue for many in this case. so it is worth noting that three of the six officers charged are black. and that includes there was only one officer, everyone only one charged with murder. that officer is black. jason carroll is outfront from baltimore to night. jason, thousands around you. they are out in solidarity and some in celebration, i know. where are you going?