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
john berman here for anderson, tonight on three, 60 troops on the move in major airstrikes on a refugee camp that israel calls a safe space in fort militants. and locals now coal at war zone. the very latest on israel s biggest strike on the west bank in two decades. also tonight, is wrong desantis openly advertising intolerance? his campaign put out a video, which it literally says is to wrap up pride month, slamming donald trump for being too accepting of lgbtq americans. later, the little salvadoran girl who was torn from her mother at the southern border. how she and moderate now and the american life that trying to build five years after that moment. we begin with the latest on israel to combined air and ground attack on jenin in the west bank. specifically the refugee camp there. according to israel, the camp is known to be a haven for militants. that said, it is also densely populated in the middle of a crowded city, packed with civilians, in a conflict that is onc
party off of. it just makes your stomach turn a lot to think that this person was once a day in the resolute death. same pace that fdr had a deal with. manhattan project with an executive order. john f. kennedy using an executive order to create the peace. we have trump sitting there suing in this kind of regional animosity. aimed at dividing our country. i want to talk more about that in the next plot because you raise excellent points in that answer. congresswoman murphy, among the charges that special counsel jack smith leveled against donald trump, incitement to insurrection is not one of them and that s one of the charges, correct me if i m, wrong that the january 6th select committee says he could be charged. with are you disappointed that insurrection charge is not among the subject smith has
inserted campaign, the little engine that could against trump is looking a lot more like the titanic. that campaign seems like it is out of gas. katie, the special counsel s also looking at this february 2020 meeting with trump about election security. why are they going that far back? what could chris krebs tell investigators that they want to know? now i think, again, this goes to the question about whether or not trump was being told that the election was secure and chris krebs said this is one of the most secure election, not the most secure election we have seen. he s an expert and somebody who was a voice that was really, really, i would say controversial within trump s inner circle. he is somebody who people did not want telling the president that information, and subject smith is going to want to know, what did you say to the president? again, what did he say in response? was there any information to show that donald trump weighed what you said, that he may have
if, not the most secure election we have seen. he s an expert and somebody who was a voice that was really, really, i would say controversial within trump s inner circle. he is somebody who people did not want telling the president that information, and subject smith is going to want to know, what did you say to the president? again, what did he say in response? you know, was there any information to show that donald trump, you know, wade what you said, that he may have agreed with you, that he may have acknowledge it, did you have subsequent conversations, conversations about that meeting? everybody in his inner circle says something about election security, about the election actually being valid. you know, again, that this was a maelstrom of information, misinformation swirling around donald trump. and when we spoke to the people at a doj at that time, they said one of the things about this that is so tricky, and people in the white house counsel said the same thing. we gave donald