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
Scandal with jake tapper next sunday, a nine on cnn Super Tuesday is finally here, 16 states and American Samoa are Casting Ballots in their primary contests right now, as donald trump hopes to push Nikki Haley Out of the race at officially start is rematch swift, president by and Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken holds a highstakes meeting with the qatari Prime Minister in hopes of Making Headway on a ceasefire in, gaza. Hello. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and youre in the cnn newsroom happening now across the country, americans are heading to the polls and making their voices heard at this hour. Voting is underway in all 16 Super Tuesday states. And what effectively could be the beginning of the end of the 2024 president ial primaries . Tonight, barring a major upset, the country will be one step closer to the contentious rematch that Many Americans do not necessarily want for democrats, president , excuse me. For Many Americans, for democrats, in particular, president bidens path
as both sides debated the defense bill that has become a maga agenda political football. i hope all of these measures stay in there because the military should not be paying for abortion tourism or they should be buying weapons we need to defend our nation and to support our troops. my hope is that we will, in fact, be able to pass a clean nda that really meets the needs of our department of defense, families, and people. later on this hour i will be speaking with democratic congressman, stansbury, about that. all of that plus a mother s rage. we are asking. we are begging you if you will not support our queer kids, we leave them alone. shame on you. you better, all of you! i will be joined by lindsay patrick wright who went to war with the local school board to protect her lgbtq daughter, that interview as a head as well. we begin this hour, once again, in bucks county, pennsylvania. just north of philadelphia, about an hour from now, we are expected to get an up
floor. the rov subsequently found additional debris. in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber. upon this determination, we immediately notified the family. on behalf of the united states coast guard and the entire unified command, i offer my deepest condolences to the families. i can only imagine what this has been like for them and i hope that this discovery provides some solace during this difficult time. additionally we ve been in close contact with the british and french consult general to ensure they re fully apprised and their concerns are being addressed. the outpouring of support in this highly complex search operation has been robust and immensely appreciated. we re grateful for the rapid mobilization of experts on the undersea search and rescue and we thank all of the agencies and personnel for their role in the response. we re also incredibly grateful for the full spect
is planning donald trump on trial in august of next year 2024. willis is planning to go forward with that r. i. c. o. trial regardless of the presidential campaign. we begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report. for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection, from trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump aid has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d. a. fani willis has brought this assertive r. i. c. o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing what she called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interes