rights but how without creating a path for that to happen? that s inconsistent and unacceptable. reporter: sinema and joe manchin of west virginia are blocking the passage of a pair of voting rights bills aimed at countering some of the restrictive voting measures enacted by republicans at the state level. sinema is supportive of the bills but not in favor of changing senate rules to get them passed. while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. reporter: that is music to the ears of some trump supporters at a rally for trump in sinema s home state. god bless kiryrsten sinema a what she s doing. good for her. she s our representative and represents the state. she s what is good for the country. reporter: do you like kiyrstn
in a state where one in five residents lives below the poverty line where a football team s player work force is unpaid and the city where the predominantly block state house has a median household income of $24,865 a year, the white man who will coach there will be paid no less than $24,657 a day. that is stunning. how does one person getting such huge salary impact, how does that impact the rest of the lsu community? i mean, i don t know that it does. i mean, i think lsu s great at the march et keting arm and bri kelly is the face of that brand. but lsu, i don t know. professors aren t making that much money. i m told it s one of the lowest paid in the southeastern conference among professor pay the young man i pro vile ever
on arizona democratic senator kyrsten sinema to stand up for voters rights. she says she wants voting rights, but how do you want voting rights without creating a path for that to happen? that is inconsistent, and that is unacceptable. reporter: sinema and fellow democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia are blocking the passage of a pair of voting rights bills aimed at countering some of the restrictive voting measures enacted by republicans at the state level. sinema says she is supportive of the bills but not in favor of changing senate rules to get them passed. and while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. reporter: that stands music to the ears of some trump supporters this weekend on hand at a rally for trump in sinema s home state. god bless kyrsten sinema and what she s doing, you know? kyrsten sinema, good for her.
the post kent bab explores this wealth gap in his article a $100 million football coach and everyone else and the author of across the river and kent babb joins me now. thank you so much. this really resonated with me. louisiana native. i went to lsu, as well. you wrote this incredible piece painting such a vivid picture of my hometown of baton rouge. how does lsu justify paying a coach close to $100 million while students, other employees, baton rouge residents, they re struggling barely managing to make ends meet and not paying any of their employees anywhere near that amount? i mean, people there say that it s because lsu s the largest employer in the city in one of the largest in the state and that s true. the city of baton rouge runs on louisiana state university. and louisiana state university financially runs on lsu
being on the side of advancing democracy. reporter: the king family here calling on arizona democratic senator kyrsten sinema to stand up for voters rights. she says she wants voting rights but how do you want voting rights without creating a path for that to happen. that is inconsistent and that is unacceptable. reporter: sinema and fellow democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia are blocking the passage of a pair of veotin rights bills, aimed at counter acting restrictive voting rights at the state level. not i . while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. reporter: that stands music to the ears of some trump supporters this weekend, at hand on a rally for trump in sinema s