About the vote, and he felt the vote was the ability to get somebody to change their circumstances. Martin hraouter king comes to the white house and says to johnson, we need a Voting Rights act, and he said, martin, i agree with you, but i cant do it this year i have all this other Great Society legislation to push, and then many people are beaten and nearly die marching for Voting Rights and johnson is shrewd enough to understand that the country was outraged and he needed to start pushing this, so basically the Justice Department started to draw up a Voting Rights bill before selma, but johnson and his administration moved quickly, and he talked about the Voting Rights act, and six months after the atrocities in selma, we had a Voting Rights bill. It was quick and effective and i think it was an example of government at its best. And didnt johnson with congressman lewis encourage john lewis and dr. King and others to make the demonstrations public and force the countrys hand . He di
Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell. Somebody can kidnap us. Live in washington where president obama just named his advisor Denis Mcdonough to run the white house from now owner where republicans are meeting in charlotte and planning a revival of the grand ole party. More on that in a moment. More for our daily fix. David gregory, moderator of meet the press, nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker and justice correspondent Pete Williams. A loot going on all fronts. Denis mcdonough, and news out of the white house on the secret service skrefgs in cart hana. Thats right. Andrea, well, ill first start with the breaking news. According to a source from the hill and also Law Enforcement source the Inspector General has finished its report on the secret Service Scandal and specifically the secret services own investigation into that scandal. We are told that that report will be sent to the hill a little later on today. It includes the agency did implement proper reforms. That is what we
Good morning, welcome to new day, april 15th. The bluefin expected to dive into the indian ocean today after mondays submersible exceeded the depth limit. The signal that came to the copilotss cellphone while in flight is raising many new questions this morning. Were doing to dive into this with ouring pertsmorning. But first, Erin Mclaughlin is live in perth, australia. Good morning, erin. Good morn,ing kate. Thats right, the bluefin21 cut its mission short after encountering waters deeper than its designed to handle. Prompting the questions, can it handle the task at hand . Overni. U. S. Navy Officials Say no objects of interest were found among the data downloaded from their unmanned underwater robot. This as the first subsurface search was cut short. Just six hours into its mission the bluefin21 surfaced. 14 hours early. The bluefin was originally expected to scour the ocean floor for debris. The whole journey lasting 20 hours. But instead, the device resurfaced after the o officia
Two arrested, more expected in fatal Lake Charles shooting
Lake Charles Police Department
and last updated 2021-04-21 21:13:00-04
Two arrests have been made and more are expected in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old in Lake Charles.
Police say they arrested 18-year-old Gregory Pete of Lake Charles and 21-year-old Shania Citizen of Lake Charles in connection with the shooting on April 15, 2021.
More arrests are expected they say.
During the incident on 5th Avenue in Lake Charles, a total of four people were struck by gunfire. A 16-year-old old was killed while three others received non life-threatening injuries.