amendment and local laws were passed to diminish their power to throw up obstaeblgs, to make it more difficult for them to participate as full citizens in our democracy after a brief period in which they did participate. so jim crow is about a reaction to majority rule, not a reflection of it at all. john avlon, thank you very much for that. new day continues right now. hello. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. president s strategy. what he should tell vladimir putin when they re face-to-face tomorrow. plus, a key player in the ukraine scandal speaking out on the rudy giuliani tape. does lev parnas now feel vindicated. they claim the trump administration made costly mistakes at the beginning of the pandemic. what he calls donald trump s deadly sins. and amanda klutz opens up