Votes in the democrat running for a second term against Burgess Owens. Live coverage on cspan2. Tonight we will hear from the incumbent democratic congressman then mcadams and his republik and challenger, mr. Burgess owens. The safety of all involved in the debate process we are hearing the social distancing guidelines and there is no studio audience. The Debate Commission has established a format that allows each candidate one, two minutes for the initial reply to a question. I will then direct followup response to then questions. I will be taking questions from members of the news media, students from salt lake Unity College and from members of the viewing audience participating on social media. Prior to the debate a virtual coin toss determined that Burgess Owens will provide the initial response to the first question. We will alternate who answers first on the remaining questions. Lets get right to it. Mr. Owens, welcome. Good to see you. We wanted to, we wanted to let voters see s
2021 chair of civil rights and Civil Justice for remarks. Welcome angela. Thank you. And then to thank you for planning this timely panel is my pleasure to welcome everyone who was watching it before i began im also speaking in a personal capacity this is not on behalf of my employer nothing that i or the panel says today represents any view of any component of the federal government i want to make that clear. So this day and age of a Global Pandemic flu that we would be living through Something Like this was 10000 americans were passed away from covid so they can cast their ballots safely with the pandemic. And those that have obstacles to barriers to voting even before the pandemic moving the elderly individual with longterm care facilities those are increase because of the pandemic there also homelessi individuals and those with the president address so they cannot cast a vote. So there are new laws that require your purging identification that may not be easily available to some pe
Was a topic of last nights debate. The American Bar Association hosted experts looking at the history of Voting Rights and the security of mailin ballots. They talked about how the states are preparing for a large increase and answered viewers questions about the voting process. Were thrilled to be presenting a timely panel entitled access to the vote, the ballot and the mailbox. Sponsored by the aba section of civil rights and social justice. This panel is one of many in a series of Rapid Response webinars. Were planning additional programs on a variety issues so please visit american bar. Org crsj for you be dates on these programs. Before we go to our program and how today will work, its my pleasure to turn it over to angela j. Scott, the 2020 2021 chair of the aba section of civil rights and social justice for a few remarks. Welcome, angela. Thank you, jamie. Many thanks to you and the entire civil rights and equal Opportunity Committee for planning this very timely panel. So its m
Died at the age of 43 after a long battle with cancer well hear about the actors life and legacy. Omarion evanston its good to have you with us we begin in the u. S. Capitol in washington d. C. Where huge crowds have marched for Racial Justice the rally was held at the Lincoln Memorial where 57 years ago hundreds of thousands gathered to hear Martin Luther king give his i have a dream speech pleading for racial equality the recent Police Shooting of africanamerican jacob blake has reignited tensions over perceived Police Violence against people of color in the u. S. Thousands gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The anti racism demonstration against Police Brutality in the u. S. Was held on the anniversary of another famous protest. On august 28th 1963 Martin Luther king jr poured his Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement to the National Mall it would become one of the largest and most iconic rallies to take place in this location this is way king made his iconic i have a dream sp
Oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis bozeman played black icons, Jackie Robinson and james brown before finding fame. As the black panther in the marvel cinematic universe, black panther of course feature the city of oakland and created the phrase for conda forever, which becoming embedded in pop culture bozeman have not spoken publicly about his diagnoses. But tonight we are learning that he was going through chemo and endured several surgeries as he continued to make cinematic magic. We mentioned that bozeman portrayed Jackie Robinson in the movie 42. His death comes the same Day Major League Baseball is honoring Jackie Robinson by having every player where his number 42 jersey short time ago this message was posted on those mens twitter account it says quote. It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman chadwick was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2016. And battled with it these last 4 years as it progressed to stage 4. A true