The committee will come to order. Good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in todays hearing we all have a stake to ensure a safe and secure election in november. This hearing comes one week after we lay to rest a giant in Voting Rights. Before he died congressman lewis reminded us the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent in a Democratic Society and use it because its not guaranteed we must vigorously defend our right to vote with access to the ballot box and in less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in history that pandemic for state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand votes by mail and early voting and other policies so no voter has to choose between their life and their health. With the states primary election seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location have dozens of impacts of peoples right to vote those that are predominantly black and brown neighborhoods an
Already some progress in the u. S. Effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to spike across the country. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Can. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned hezbollah its playing with fire Israeli Army Says it confronted an infiltration attempt launched by the Lebanese Armed group in the border region of farms hezbollah denies that engage in any confrontation the United Nations is urging both sides to show restraint aljazeera is how to force that reports of smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the Israeli Military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory Israeli Soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where theyd rushed for security assessments israels julian Prime Minister and defense minister put on a rar
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And taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe are held over the radio schools stay closed because of the growth of violence. We begin in the United States where congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement alongside Martin Luther king jr and helped organize the historic 963 march on washington his death comes at a time of heightened racial tension in America Black lives matter protesters who took to the streets after the death of george floyd have been violently suppressed by Law Enforcement civil Rights Groups is suing federal authorities the months of protests have seen statues toppled and Police Officers arrested and sacked now the Confederate Flag has effectively been banned from u. S. Military sites to begin our coverage with this report from how did your castro looking back at the life of john lewis we can argue about that cannot you that. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 wh