Lester holt takes a look back at lewis life. When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something. Reporter john lewis devoted his life for the fight for justice and equality. Something deep down within me moving me that i could no longer be satisfied. Reporter the son of rural alabama share croppers, lewis was inspired as a teenager by activism of rosa parks and dr. Martin luther king jr. He joined the Civil Rights Movement in the early days. Sitins and movement rides. Segregation was the order of the day. I wanted to do something about it. We wanted to redeem the soul of america and move toward a more perfect union. Reporter he was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and organized the march on washington. I have a dream. Reporter lewis spoke that day, too. He was 23. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. Reporter and he was among the leaders who met that day with
Convention tomorrow, senator harris is responding publicly for the first time to racist and false attacks levelled at her by President Trump. Theyre going to engage in lies. In deception. Theyre going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues. Shaquille brewster and Josh Letterman are standing by with the details on those and other developments this hour. Shaquille is in delaware and josh is at the white house. And josh, well start with you first. The Trump Administration today continues amping up its attack against voting by mail. Whats being said . Well, even as democrats are sounding the alarm with increasing an increasing levels of intensity about this crisis with the post office, garrett, protestors marching on the house of the postmaster general, the president s top aides are turning up the volume on their attacks on mail in voting. Take a listen to what the president s chief of staff and trade adviser had to say about mail in voting this morning. You realize how i
As democrats prepare for a convention in which their new Vice President ial pick will take center stage, Kamala Harris is making it Crystal Clear today shes ready to take on whatever trump and republicans dish out from false birtherism claims to accusations of being too ambitious. Theyre going to engage in lies. Theyre going to engage in deception, in an attempt to distract from the real issues. For the latest on the battle surrounding the post office, lets go to josh ledderman at the white house. We just played that sound from chief of staff mark meadows arguing somewhat awkwardly the lack of evidence of voter fraud is the evidence of voter fraud . Yeah, those comments already being compared on twitter, lindsey, to former defense secretary don rumsfeld in the leadp to the iraq war saying the absence of evidence does not mean the the absence of evidence. Basically, the fact that you dont have evidence of something doesnt mean its not necessarily there. Not a great comparison there, but
What we witnessed was shocking to watch, even for those of us who are used to this administration. Heres how it went down. Just before 6 p. M. Eastern time the president released a new twitter video from inside the hospital thanking his followers for their support. Heres a piece of that video. Its been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isnt a letsreadthe book school. I get it. I understand it. Its a very interesting thing. Im going to let you know what i know about it. In the meantime, we love the usa thank you. The president got into a secret service suv packed full of people who presumably do not have the coronavirus. The motorcade was not on its way to official business of any sort. It appears that President Trump simply wanted tow wave to his supporters. Reporter here at Rockville Pike just behind me, there was the president ial motorcade. The president was visible inside that vehicle durin
Congress and in terms of prosecution for that. This as one of the most moderate members of the senate said congress should consider ousting senators josh hawley and ted cruz for their role in inciting riot. We should support the removal of senator hawley and cruz . Absolutely, that should be a consideration. He understands that. Ted is a very bright individual and i get along fine with ted. But what he did was totally outside of the realm of our responsibilities or our privileges. This all comes as the clock is ticking down on the Trump Presidency, with just four days until joe biden is sworn in, new reporting on how donald trump is planning on spending his final days in the oval office. Nbc correspondents include ellison barber near the capitol, dasha burns covering security concerns in michigans capital city and josh by the white house. Ellison, lets start with you, how is capitol hill preparing for any eventual protests . I know you have an update on the investigation as well to sha