A memoir. Glad you joined us. Those conversations coming up right now. And by characteristics to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Just over a year ago, the u. S. Supreme court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights act of 1965, opening the day for states to implement restrictive measures about who can and cannot vote including new voter i. D. Laws. A bill to address the Supreme Court striking down those laws is pending in the state and is blocked in the house. It would require that all changes to the vogting laws be reviewed by the department of justice. Joining us, the author of the bill, senator Patrick Leahy, democrat of vermont. He is, of course, chair of the Senate Judiciary committee. Senator leahy, good to have you back on the program, sir. Its good to be with you. I understand you have a bit of laryngitis. Thank you for honoring the commitment to come on anyway. I promise to make this painless. Let me start by asking listen, when i when somebody make
On you . A memoir. Glad you joined us. Those conversations coming up right now. And by characteristics to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Just over a year ago, the u. S. Supreme court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights act of 1965, opening the day for states to implement restrictive measures about who can and cannot vote including new voter i. D. Laws. A bill to address the Supreme Court striking down those laws is pending in the state and is blocked in the house. It would require that all changes to the vogting laws be reviewed by the department of justice. Joining us, the author of the bill, senator Patrick Leahy, democrat of vermont. He is, of course, chair of the Senate Judiciary committee. Senator leahy, good to have you back on the program, sir. Its good to be with you. I understand you have a bit of laryngitis. Thank you for honoring the commitment to come on anyway. I promise to make this painless. Let me start by asking listen, when i when some
Itself today. Hello darkness my old friend, ive come to talk with you again the enemy is not beaten, but he has met his mast mere the field. Id like to say hi to mom back at home. I know she is worried about me. So hello, mom. And the vision that was planted in my brain diana ross. Everybody knows diana. 23 years old forever and ever. We are planning simultaneous action in many cities. Narrow streets of cobblestone today i say i am a candidate for president of the United States. I would like to confirm that i will be in the New Hampshire primary. I turned my i think we have to support the president and the administration. By the flash of a neon light, spent the night and whispered of the sounds of silence mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the congress and my fellow americans, i was thinking as i was walking down the aisle there tonight of what sam rayburn told me many years ago, that congress always extends a very warm welcome to the president. As he comes in. [ applause ] as 196
It was lovely. We have Mark Halperin here as you can see. Mike barnicle as you can see and in washington, d. C. , correspondent Senior Editor and White House Correspondent for the Huffington Post sam stein. How long are you out of school . Just a week. You must be so happy to be home in your own bed. Its joyous. It never gets old. This morning well look at two lame duck sessions and Lame Duck Congress for the next month and lame duck presidency for the next two years and the list of politicians jockeying to succeed barack obama continue to grow and he talks about that new car smell. Mark halperin, obviously this has been a tumultuous week for the president of the United States. Still a lot of people reeling from the executive order. Where does he stand going into the new year . The lame duck session has a lot of ambiguity to it. I think state of the union. People havent started to focus on that. Were just a couple months away from his last big chance to reset everything. Hell be talkin
Legend prince has died at the age of 57. Hes an artist who truly transcended genres, generations and eras and a week ago today he was performing, sold out solo concerts across america. Trying to learn exactly what happened this morning. Heres what we have here at cnn so far. Police responded to a medical call at his home in minnesota this morning. Remember, he was born and raised in minneapolis. Then a Death Investigation began at his estate. We know that he was hospitalized last week for the flu. And that is all we know. At this point in time. But you know prince. You know, his hits go on and on. You think about purple rain. Lets go crazy. Kiss. Little red corvette. The list is endless. Its been three decades. We have come to know and love and respect this music pioneer. He blended his electric style of soaring g ining guitars and fun flamboyant dance moves and he performed a rally for peace concert to rave reviews in the wake of the death of freddie gray there and so many people took