You really look at what is happening. But a random act of kindness planted a seed of hope. Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Barriers to the ballot are not new for black and brown people in america. From poll taxes and literacy tests to intimidation and physical violence, all were blatant forms of efforts to suppress the vote. Today, Voter Suppression is the result of overly strict voter id laws, complicated rules for mailin ballots, extreme consolidation of polling places, and mass purging of voters from election rolls. Some examples, oklahoma, where state law requires absentee ballots to be notarized. Texas, where vulnerability to covid19 can not be used as a reason to get an absentee ballot. Kentucky, where just one polling place was open during the primary election in jefferson county, which serv roughly many people could be turned away from the polls in november or find out that their ballots did not count . Janai nelson is the associate director counsel of t
Cspan2 and the house when they return on cspan. Now Vice President mike pence delivers remarks at a Labor Day Campaign at the Power Cooperative in lacrosse wisconsin. Figures include public and senator ron johnson and labor secretary Eugene Scalia had about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and ceo of dairyland Power Cooperative brent ridge. [music] morning. The Vice President of the United States is here so good morning. All right, fantastic. As i said earlier times for being here today and i want to thank kurt bauer for his remarks earlier. Grateful to honor the workforce and workers across the United States and compensate on part of the maryland La Crosse County family and i want to specifically recognize families sacrifice every day keep the lights on industry operating 24 hours seven days a week. Our next speaker is United States senator ron johnson and its my pleasure to introduce. He was elected to the second reelected in 2015. Senator johnson is univers
Iraq. Now if convicted, both men face up to 20 years in prison and 250thousand dollars in fines. We are still digging through the paperwork and will bring you the latest on the cbs 58 news at five. Live in the newsroom, mike strehlow, cbs 58 news. Shocking revelation. A fatal gunshot victim found dead in a west side yard was a 16 year old boy. Boy. Milwaukee Police Confirmed his identity today. Cbs 58s amanda devoe went back to the scene and spoke with the homeowner today. Today. She joins us now live with the details. The boys body was found just a few feet away from me near a home in this alley. Neighbors say theyre shocked that Something Like this even victim as 16 year old travis overton. Police say he was shot around 10 30 yesterday morning. While the details of what led to the shooting are still unknown. The owner of the home where the body was found. Says her landscaper told her she needed to come home right away because a body was found lodged between her garbage can and her ga