President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
Yet, centred on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. All of this comes as the former president runs in the hope of becoming the next president , courting the Republican Party nomination while facing mounting legal concerns. So, lets take a look at the latest charges filed against him yesterday. This time, he was accused of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. During a brief arraignment in the Nations Capital yesterday, mr trumps lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. He later slammed the Usjustice Department while speaking to the press. When you look at what has happened, this is a persecution of a political opponent. Happened, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lo
Of course this comes as the former president , runs in the hope of becoming the next president , courting the Republican Party nomination while facing mounting legal concerns. So lets take a look at the latest charges filed against him yesterday. This time he was accused of four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. During a brief arraignment in the Nations Capital yesterday, mr trumps lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Now in the last hour, donald trump has been addressing a Summer Dinner hosted by the alabama Republican Party. Hes spoken about the various cases that have been brought against him recently. Take a listen. And then they filed them all, everyone of them, all at essentially one time, including local dbas and aeds, right in the middle of the campaign, where we are leading by so much and is not going to make any impact because every time they file an indictment, we g
A record high. Its risen to just under 21 Degrees Celsius, or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august. Thats far above the average for this time of year, and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve showed a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19 which is. Wow . Four Degrees Higher than it should be. Its been a similar pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of Marine Heatwaves, and it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 Degrees Celsius the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean, you know, its so big, its so vast that it can buf
i m katie phang in for chris hayes. tonight a development in the department of justice classified documents case against donald trump. it comes in the form of a filing from trump s coconspirator and codefendant, wall teen nauta. today, his lawyers try to get the first hearing in the documents case postponed indefinitely. they filed this motion, asking federal district court judge aileen cannon to delay the hearing scheduled to take place this friday, july 14th. they are claiming in this that the date just doesn t work, because now does lead, lawyer is scheduled to begin a trial for another client in washington d.c. this week. notably, that client is federico klein, former trump appointee at the state department who faces several charges in connection with his participation in the violent insurrection on january 6th. walt nauta s lawyers argued in the motion today that his local florida counsel cannot appear on her own because she just joined the case last week. these delays w