To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th Amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of 58 in Todays Money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap . And they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar . These practices became common across
Flights to send migrants home. For so many of those migrants, home is haiti, a country still suffering after a major earthquake and the assassination of their president. In a moment ill speak to the secretary of Homeland Security. But first lets go to cnns Rosa Flores who is live at the scene in Del Rio, texas. We have some of that stunning Drone Footage thats just come into cnn. It breaks your heart to see whats happening down there. Reporter well, its a humanitarian crisis, jim. Lets look at that video again because that really tells the storey. This video taken by a drone pilot. You can see from the air that there is a camp thats set up right next to the international bridge where more than 12,400 migrants are still waiting to be processed by the u. S. Government. If you look closely, youll see some of these tents are made out of plastic. Others are huts made from grass and trees. Now, from talking to some sources that have been able to be down there, they say that its still very ov
As if this fact is not tragic enough. The biden administration lied to us and the world claiming that by killing these socalled isis terrorists with their drone, they were preventing future attacks. That was a lie. The ramifications of their actions and the following coverup they perpetuated in Lock Step will forever leave a stain on america. Joe biden, austin, and Antony Blinken are the real threat to america. They have shown us and the world they are i competent, i coherent, ignorant and capable of lying as easily as they are talking about the weather. As if the afghanistan stumble had thought been enough, ignoring the Incremental Takeover Of Afghanistan by the taliban. Leaving the Bagram Air Base at night without telling our allies. By leaving our enemies with over 60 Million of sophisticated operational equipment, to putting the security of americans in taliban hand causing 13 servicemen and women to die and the State Department them blocking veterans, biden, general milley, Mckenz
Canada and around the world, im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Were getting a better idea of just how many americans could soon be eligible for Vaccine Boosters. An advisory panel to the Food And Drug administration has recommended Pfizers Booster shot only be given to people 65 years and older and those of high risk of severe disease. Some see the vote as a setback for the biden administration. Its been Making Plans to make sure supplies were in place for boosters to be administered beginning monday, while the final decision awaits approval from health regulators, the White House says the decision is an important step forward. Cnns dr. Sanjay gupta explains why the committee made its recommendations and what it means for Booster Shots in the u. S. Well, it was a contentious advisory Committee Meeting as many thought it would be because theres a lot of back and forth about the science determining boosters and how people are interpreting that science after a lot of discussion ther
In support of the capitol insurrectionists. An unclassified briefing from the department of Homeland Security is warning of potential attacks hours before tomorrows rally. Former President Trump is now defending the very rioters who stormed the seat of Americas Democracy and beat police officers, trump claims that these rioters in his view are being unfairly persecuted despite the hours and hours of video that weve seen very clearly so many times with our own eyes showing the actual truth of that horrific day. Unlike January 6, though, the u. S. Capitol this time is on high alert this morning. A massive Fence Perimeter is up, Law Enforcement is on alert. Cnns Whitney Wild is live outside of the capitol with the very latest. Whitney, what are you seeing and what are you hearing about the threats ahead of this rally. Reporter were continuing to see a significant Law Enforcement presence here right outside of the capitol as well as the what we know is that Capitol Police is working closel