anniversary of the march on washington days after the justice department filed a suit against the state of texas over a new voter i.d. law. as president obama prepares to address the nation wednesday on the steps of the lincoln memorial on the actual anniversary of dr. martin luther king s speech. how will the president take on the voter suppression laws. joining me for our daily fix, chris cizilla, co-host of in play, washington post editorial columnist ruth marcus and new york times white house correspondenter jackie combs. welcome all. first to you, chris cizilla. this is a very big week, obviously, for all of us, those of us who remember the march, those of us, those people who were not even born and those people who were the real heros of the march. what will president obama do? he has had differing approaches towards this issue, but with the trayvon martin comments we ve seen how he s willing to, you know, grasp it and break new ground. yeah. you know, andrea, i thought the
she had two messages. first of all, i m not going anywhere. anybody who thinks that i m going to game this system and give president obama a shot, forget about that. but also, she was very harsh i think is a fair word activist. in terms of her colleagues talking about one of the most activist courts in history and that was really fascinating to hear not just this interview, but she s given a whole bunch this summer. saying basically that this is the activist court overturning precedent and not abiding by activist on the conservative. ruth, chris, jackie, thank you very much. we ll be right back. humans. even when we cross our t s and dot our i s, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement
19th amendment proposed by new york representative bela abduck in 1971. we talked about women s equality, getting the vote with 19th amendment in 1920. women leaders now gaining a lot more sort of critical mass in the senate but still, 20 out of 100. that is hardly equality. 20 out of 100 hardly equality but a transformation. you ve seen it in the course of your career, but in journalism and politics on the bench, a transformation in the role of women in positions of power which is not to say, it s done, but at least on women s equality day we can still be nice to chris as our lone guy. we are indeed. thanks say a word about jackie, the new york times had an extraordinary interview with ruth bader ginsburg this weekend and i want to talk about that for a moment because she sent, you know, very certain signals that she isn t going anywhere
and remember, he chose the lincoln memorial as the setting for a major speech before his first inaugural. this was colin powell speaking on the political effects of these voter suppression attempts by the republican party on face the nation . here s what i say to my republican friends. the country is becoming more diverse. asian americans, hispanic americans and african-american will populate america in the next generation. you say you want to reach ute, have a few message, see if you can bring some of these voters to the republican side. this is not the way to do it. the way to do it is to make it ease yeeser for them to vote and give them something to vote for they can believe in. jackie, does the white house think that the republicans are actually doing the democratic party a favor by taking on, you know, these issues and passing the laws they ve now passed in