the texas democrats today saying it was a good meeting, an informative meeting. they were all in complete agreement that action must be taken in washington to protect voting rights. he then said that every senator, democrat and republican, should vote. should vote for voting rights protections. that s what he thinks should happen. so there shouldn t have to be a rule change or anything because it will be a 100-0 vote. should be. so that s what he s hoping for, i guess. and hope is good. hope is excellent. hope is life-giving. but hope is not a strategy. as of right now, direct action is the last remaining strategy. joining us now is melanie campbell. she s the president and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation. she was one of the people who was arrested alongside congresswoman beatty today. i should add that all of the women arrested today in that
and believe that at the end of the day we will win, will we win tomorrow? i am sure not, but we will continue to fight until we win. melanie campbell is the convene of the black women roundtable, president and ceo of the national coalition on black civic participation, and was arrested today along with joyce beatty. miss campbell, thank you for your time tonight, i hope you get a good night sleep after i know has been a stressful intense day, thank you. thank, you rachel. all right, coming up next. as i mentioned we will be talking with one of those democrats from texas who has left her home state, left her family, left her job, came across the country to stop republicans from doing what they re doing against voting rights in texas, to dramatize the senate, to dramatize to washington that federal help is needed to stop what is otherwise happening at the
they shouldn t be allowed in the dog gone room. judge kavanaugh, i m proud of you. i know how good you are. i know you deserve this position. i m proud of the president for nominating you and, frankly, i wish you the best. because we re going to confirm you. out of courtesy to ranking member feinstein, she wants to introduce people who are in the audience and so she can take what time she wants right now. thank you, i ll be very fast. i d like to recognize maur mur yam the preside ial, president of the president of the coalition on black civic participation, reverend al sharpton, the president of national action network, vanita gupta, president and ceo leadership conference of civil and human rights, derek johnson, president and ceo naacp, sheryl lynn eiffel, president naacp, legal defense
harassment of political opponents. that s not right. that s not american. while that response is not going over well with nearly 200 black women leaders and allies who wrote a letter directed at leader schumer and pelosi. they say, quote, dispaunraging failing to support congresswoman waters is an affront to her and black women across the country and telegraphs the message that the democratic party can ill affo afford, that it does not respect black women leadership. we call on the leadership to step up and publicly support congresswoman waters. we further believe she s owed an apology. joining us now is one of the people who signed that letter, melanie campbell. she s the chair of sisters lead sisters vote and president of the national coalition on black
of her cell phone and praised the attacks to an undercover agent. the other woman bought four propane tanks with plans to convert them into bombs. the other plan involves an al qaeda official that was flown back to the united states after pakistani officials detained him. he s charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. in her statement on the case, u.s. attorney loretta lynch said joining us now, melanie campbell, ceo and president of the national coalition on black civic participation, who has been lobbying republican senators to vote for loretta lynch. how is it going? we think we re making progress.