Livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for help in rising flood waters. Also logging on to learn a few can afford it most nigerian children are missing out as schools stay closed. But asias former Prime Minister najib razak has been found guilty of 7 corruption charges the verdict comes from the 1st trial linked to the one m. T. B. State Investment Fund scandal when he was in power and as you pointed used to die any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this 1st case centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from a unit of one and d b into now personal accounts hes been convicted of abuse of power 3 counts of criminal breach of trust us and 3 counts of Money Laundering that he launched one n. D. B. As a state Investment Fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 farms louise joining us live from kuala lumpur finds us talk us through whats been happening in court 1st of all. Well the judge took a couple of hours to read out his verdict and he found not guilty on all 7 coun
Recent book one person, no vote how Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy. Doctor anderson is a renowned historian, educator and author. She is the Charles Howard kammer professor of every american studies at Emory University and the author of white rage, the unspoken truth of our nations divide. Im a great admirer of her work exploring the legacies of slavery, segregation, and discrimination and how we remain fundamentally an unequal nation, 400 years after the arrival of african slavery in north america. Doctor Andersons Book one person, no vote chronicles the history of Voter Suppression in america including all the current ways the Republican Party is undermining Voting Rights. Doctor anderson, i am delighted to have you here to talk with you about your work, its wonderful to you. I want us to talk about what we can do to fight back against efforts to suppress the most fundamental and sacred rights we have committed right to vote. We know that this is the current each and e
Good evening. My name is tony green. I am the Vice President for programs and National Outreach at the National Constitution center. I want to welcome you. Today, we are spending a lot of time marking the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights act. Were looking at it through the lens of one woman, viola liuzzo, who died in the Civil Rights Movement. Upstairs, and im sure all of you have been to the National Constitution Center Exhibit space, we have something called the American National tree, which has the stories of 100 people. And two of the people on there, at least, are heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and the battle to get to the Voting Rights act, and they are viola liuzzo and john lewis, who is supposed to be here tonight, but unfortunately is stuck in washington for votes. Gary may, who has written a very readable, interesting, and compelling book, is with us tonight to talk about the fbis role in Viola Liuzzos murder, the ku klux klan, and the other factors that led to why
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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