Fredricka whitfield. We begin on the president ial campaign trail. Now, just about a month away from the election and both campaigns meeting with voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and poll show Vice President Kamala Harris and former Presint Donald Trump locked in a dead heat their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could shape the outcome of this election from the war. In the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene the surprising jobs report more on all of that coming up. But but today the former president is returning to the scene of his first Assassination Attempt in battleground, pennsylvania, trump is set to hold a rally in just a few hours from now in butler. Thats in the western part of the state. He narrowly survived and attempt on his life, as you recall, on july 13, at that location, the exact one as a matter of fact, when a gunman opened fire and a bul
former judge a public service commission david burgess is the first black candidate to face a statewide runoff in georgia. we are trying to recharge an reenergizing get out and encourage people to go back to the polls and vote again. in 2006, we are just beaten his opponents by more than 50,000 votes in the general election. but because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote share, the top two were forced into a runoff. they said david you won, you won by 70,000 votes. why are you getting a reelection for the same position? they were confused by. a people didn t just have an interest of them. versus ultimately lost the runoff by about 9000 votes, in a contest with about a tenth of the voter turnout. at the end of the day, in my mind if did that really reflect the will of the people or was it a result of some political missile and process? i don t think it was a fair
a focal sight ration estate, greer was determined to stop black georgians growing political power. quote, if you want to establish if i was racially prejudiced, i was. if you want to establish that some of my political activity was racially motivated, it was. quiver would say in a deposition years later. in 1963, one year after the supreme court struck down the counter unit system, gruver now back in office, proposed a new election system. the runoff. hoover explicitly talked about how even if the white votes were divided in the first election and a black bag the runoff, whites could come together as a majority to win in the runoff. in 1960, for the runoff system became law in georgia. no blacks had been elected to the senior offices in georgia, meaning governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, ever. so apparently it worked.
gets a majority, all of the states are in the soap. as for georgia, the states runoff system remains a glaring reminder of the systemic racism ingrained in the fabric of america, lingering. one of the values that we must hold dear. democracy. thank you priscilla thompson s for that import report. i kind of feel like i want to run the report several times in the show just to get those facts in everybody s heads about the origins of runoffs in this country. all right, coming op up next. the story of two dutch women who went hiking in the jungle panama never to be seen again. but it is what their disappearance has uncovered that is even more sinister. e sinister e sinister e lower the temp, the lower your bill. tide cleans great in cold and saves money? i am so in. save $150 when you turn to cold with tide. grandmom! walgreens find rx coverage is here to make medicare easy. even easier than those dances your grandkids love doing with you. ok, i got it.
have to fit the documents, you hit the documents, elated at the documents, you refused to return the documents and they were in your desk with your passport. that case is easier to make and so the sooner we get it done the better. the january six case is more difficult because, just because of the nature of the charges in the nature s of proving conspiracy. but with a living presidential campaign, every prosecutor is trained at the department of justice to do everything you cannot to affect the politics of the situation. and i think it is just sort of hanging as a cloud, a pressure point hanging over every prosecutor before trump. good morning to you, good to see. you thank you for joining us. we appreciate your. time sidney odyssey is a former prosecutor and nbc legal analyst. the early voting is underway in georgia efforts senate runoff election. both candidates are black men, coming up next we re gonna talk about the racist origin of runoff elections in this country. they were des