For independents and others, that is 202 7488002. You can also send us a tax. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. That is 202 7488003. On twitter, it is cspanwj. Lets start with the polling on this. Both cases are the result of cases on the front of the new york time. Present isnt above the law. Custis is decide. Two cases. The court ruled seven to two that new york prosecutors could seek mr. Trumps financial records. Vote they call the liberal block and conservative block, those considered in this decision that voted for this. Same result in the second case, and the same majority ruled mr. Trump, for now, could block disclosure of his financial records to House Committees, returning the case to lower courts to narrow the scope of the records sought. Both of those cases in the polling on the cases from the New York Times shows in obtaining the right to the president tax records, most people,ulled most 61 , polled the prosecutors have a right in the president
Managing editor of the beat in d. C. , and author of the book, say it louder black voters, white narratives, and saving our democracy. Welcome to washington journal. Guest great to be with you this morning. Host tell us about your new book. What is it about . In media anded politics for almost 20 years now. Feel free to gasp. I have been in this space for two decades. What i discovered in my time and working in different capacities at cnn, as a field producer and executive producer running the d. C. Bureau is black voters have an inordinate amount of power, as does the media. Sometimes these powerful entities are running parallel, but frequently they are running contrary. Recently every political conversation we had in the media has been about why people. As the demographics change and we are in a cultural shift i wanted to write something that highlighted the unique black experience in the unique black patriotism that exists in this country. I was writing this before ahmaud arbery, be
The bay area the festival to have a virtual conversation. I represents the 13th Congressional District in the most enlightened in the nation. That discussion doctor Carol Anderson about how Voter Suppression is destroying our democracy a renowned historian educator and author the professor of africanamerican studies and the author of white rage. The unspoken truth of our nations divide. A great admirer of her work and explore the legacies of slavery and unequal nation doctor Andersons Book chronicles the history of Voter Suppression in america including all of the current ways the Republican Party is undermining voter rights. Im delighted to have you here and to talk about what we can do to fight back on those efforts the most fundamental and sacred rights that we have is the right to vote and this occurs each and every day in our country. Thank you again. Let me ask you a question doctor, you explore the history of Voter Suppression with the focus on the recent past following the Supr
History of slavery and jim crow laws. In an unprecedented threehour report, nbc news presents, the American Revolution of 63, a study of s quest for negro equality. Here is nbc news correspondent frank mcgee. Frank there comes a time when man seems is life is being altered forever, that an old order is dying in a new one the new ones being born. For some, the moment arrives when a deed of new dimension sets the hour apart, for others, when words are spoken more sharply. Later, but still suddenly, it seems men are saying and doing things they have never said or done before. Then we know we are experiencing a revolution. But we cannot say, though hell store ins will try though historians will try, when it began. We know that autumn does not begin with the turning of the leaves, but earlier, on some afternoon when a shadow passes over the fields, and it is no longer in summer. So did the American Revolution in63, begin in birmingham 1955, or in montgomery, or in 1954 with the Supreme Cour
Dialogue around the most Critical Issues of our time. We are gathered tonight virtually anytime of uncertainty over the past two weeks its become abundantly clear theres no more urgent time to talk about Voter Suppression head of the upcoming 2020 election in this moment following ongoing tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country, i have more hope than ever that our declaration that black lives matter and our protest in support of freedom for all will be unrelenting in bringing about equitable and longoverdue change. We feeling credibly fortunate tonights guest is one of the nations foremost experts on Voting Rights, leader abrams is a bestselling author, nonprofit ceo and political leader and was the first black woman to cover the good between zero nominee for a major party in the us and in the race for governor in georgia in 2018 she won more votes than any other democratic in the states history. Stacy abrams again made history at the first black woman to deliver a response to the