Wherever you get your podcasts. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. We we are back with washington journal. We are joined by joyann reid. She is the author of medgar and myrlie medgar evers and the love story that awakened america. She is also a political analyst for msnbc. Thank you. Guest great to be here. Host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. Jordan was doing the same job in georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas history. Why do you think that happened . Guest if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. King was doing in alabama and that john lewis was doing in georgia and he is doing it in mississippi which was the most dangerous place to be black in america. The highest number of lynch
watch this. we made it just in time. it was right on top of us. this is devastating. i have so many family members, friends, memories that has been destroyed. this is a whole community that has lost everything. so, it is just very sad here. it s going to take a long time for people to heal to get back on their feeds. alexandria hoff from washington with the latest. this is horrible for these people. you can hear her break in their voice and the center of the community blown away essentially. ashley, todd, the white house said things like temporary housing loans for uninsured property will become available for the residents of mississippi county pummeled by the storm. homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas took a tour of small delta community which residency it is nothing but a hollowed show. flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices down the street all gone. an auto parts store, a local restaurant that has been there for i don t know how many years, since i w
Governor sanders was elected in 2022, the first woman to serve. This is about 30 minutes. [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you. Critics governor sanders are recognized. Quick thinking mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. We got one on the front row. Speaker shepherd, president hester, constitutional officers, members of the supreme court, distinguished members of the general assembly, my family, and my fellow arkansans. It is an honor to join you for my first state of the state address. It has been just over a year since i took office. As our states 47th governor. What an incredible year it has been. Today is a little more lowkey what today lacks in fanfare we make up for in substance. Last remaining promises. This year i am reporting results. I did not do any of it alone. It was the partnership and the work of this a body that helped us bring about transformational change. It was not always easy. Something we can all be proud of even on the hard days with people about of arkansas. One i
[applause] [applause] thank you. Critics governor sanders are recognized. Quick thinking mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. We got one on the front row. Speaker shepherd, president hester, constitutional officers, members of the supreme court, distinguished members of the general assembly, my family, and my fellow arkansans. It is an honor to join you for my first state of the state address. It has been just over a year since i took office. As our states 47th governor. What an incredible year it has been. Today is a little more lowkey what today lacks in fanfare we make up for in substance. Last remaining promises. This year i am reporting results. I did not do any of it alone. It was the partnership and the work of this a body that helped us bring about transformational change. It was not always easy. Something we can all be proud of even on the hard days with people about of arkansas. One is the most difficult days since i took office was march 31 of last year. The day that tornadoes tore
[applause] [applause] thank you. Critics governor sanders are recognized. Quick thinking mr. Speaker. Good speaker. Good afternoon. We have one on the front row. Speaker shepherd, president hester, constitutional officers, members of the supreme court, distinguished members of the general assembly, my family, and my fellow arkansans. It is an honor to join you for my first state of the state address. It is just over a year since i took office and what an incredible year it has been. Compared to the inaugural address, today is more lowkey. What today lacks in fanfare we make up for in substance. Last year i made promises. This year i am reporting results. I didnt do any of it alone. It was the partnership and the work of this body that helped us bring about transformational change and it wasnt always easy, but it is something we can certainly all be proud of. Even on the hard days, one thing we could count on were the people of arkansas. One of the most difficult days since i took offic