martin luther king iii took the fight for voting right there is this weekend but the former president was there as well pushing his lies and encouraging supporters to spread them. more now from cnn cnndonie o sullivan. voting is that opportunity we have.cnn donie o sullivan. voting is that opportunity we have. reporter: this martin luther king junior day in arizona a battle l for the future of american democracy. we wanted to come on this day because there is a senator, senator sinema who is blocking democracy instead of being on the side of advancing democracy fwl . reporter: the king family calling on arizona democratic senator kyrsten sinema to stand up for voters rights. she said she wants voting
and yet they find $25 million to pay to fire the former football coach and nearly 100 million bucks to pay the new one. it s i don t know what to do about it, i just sort of wring my hands over it. we ll continue to discuss it. thank you for bringing this story to us and appreciate you appearing here on cnn. thank you, don. russia moving more troops closer to ukraine, escalating fears of an invasion. the situation growing so serious seven u.s. senators went to ukraine s capital to meet with the country s president.
administrate administer our next election sos we don t have to worry in pennsylvania. we have to worry in other states and recognize this is what is on the line in so many of these governor s races and we also have to have people show up in these local elections when their local election officials are being chosen. look, whether republican, democrat or independent what we should be looking for in the officials are people who engage in an honest count and respect the will of the people. that is critical and the fact that that is trying to be undermined by the former president and his enablers is leading to the damage to our democracy and more reason why the senate should act and they should side with our democracy instead of siding with the filibuster. attorney general shapiro, thank you for your time. appreciate it. thank you, don. i want to turn to cnn senior legal analyst laura coates with a new book out tomorrow titled