Good morning everyone. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of his committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning, i thank all of you for being here today. Good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression as well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. In exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and a former chairman Elijah Cummings. We will be renaming this hearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is part of our efforts to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues if not the most important issue he fought for during his decades of service. We are holding this hearing in a gory during black History Month with black americans whose voices were stifled, blocks and silenced for centuries. It is black america
Im jamie colby, and today im cruising through boone county, iowa, smack dab in the middle of corn country. Im here to meet the heirs of a man who left behind dozens and dozens of orphans. Orphan cars, that is. So, whats an orphan car . Youre about to find out. My name is jerry quam. My father, grant quam, liked to collect orphan cars, which are cars that were manufactured by companies that are no longer in existence today. Many of these are rare cars of which theres only a few known to exist. I meet up with jerry and his brother john at this modern, climatecontrolled barn. Whats in the barn . You got tractors, you got horses . Something better. Better than that . Youre gonna love this. Whoa. I am in heaven. Did you know i love cars . Ive heard a rumor. This is an incredible collection. You inherited this . Our fathers collection. I imagine theres a great story behind these cars. Each and every one. These car stories begin right up the road in roland, iowa, where john and jerrys father,
Im jamie colby, and, today, im driving into key west, florida, in search of treasure. You know, years ago, spanish galleons and pirate ships sailed upon and sank in these waters. More recently, the islands been home to the heirs of a man who became rich and famous searching for the treasure left behind. My name is taffi fisher abt, and i inherited a wreck. I mean literally a wreck, a spanish shipwreck. Its an incredible archeological find, and we keep bringing up more treasure all the time. You must be taffi. Welcome to the mel fisher Maritime Heritage society. Taffis father, mel fisher, salvaged tons of treasure from the sea. Oh, yeah. Solid gold. This is an emerald cross and ring that was found in 1982. Some of his most precious artifacts are in the museum he founded here in key west. He must have loved the adventure. He did. He was an awful lot like tom sawyer. Tom sawyer had the mississippi. Indiana native mel fisher dreams up his childhood adventures on lake michigan. He would go
Decide who should get the top jobs heated talks of the powerful post a Commission President has opened up to deep divide. And renewed demonstrations in sudan demanding civilian wounded but at least 10 people are reported killed and scores more wounded in clashes with security forces. Im sunni so much god its great to have you with us protesters have stormed into hong kongs legislature on the anniversary of the citys return to chinese rule prodemocracy demonstrators tore down sections of the glass and metal wall before entering the building amid anger over plans legislation that would allow extraditions to china earlier police used the tongs and pepper spray to disperse crowds who occupied a road near the citys government complex. On this day 22 years ago britain handed the former colony over to Mainland China under a deal that would ensure democratic rights for the citys people i think its now fantasy those rights are being rolled back. And our correspondent peavy kong has been a cover