king for the first time in 1960. in a meeting of the student non-violent coordinating committee with dr. king. they requested a meeting he said sure. and the meeting ran from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. which i think was the first kind of work training for james clyburn to deal with the hours in the house of representatives. where they do sometimes work from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. that s right. i am so looking forward to hearing what congressman clyburn has to say on your show tonight. when you have had him on recently it s been absolutely riveting and he is the man in the center of this in so many ways. even from his perch in the house as the conscience of the congress in many ways on the issue. he s also as you know, one of the shrewdest tactical thinkers in democratic politics. which is why he s been a headline maker so many times particularly the last few years. i would love to hear about the road ahead from him. he knew martin luther king, jr. you can t ask him to deliv
house, the conscience on this issue. but he is also, as you know, one of the shrewd is tactical thinkers in democratic politics. which is why he s been a headline maker so many times, particularly in the last few years. i would love to hear about the world ahead from him today. and he knew martin luther king. you can t ask him to deliver more. yeah. thank you rachel. well on the weekend, before martin luther king they, donald trump decided to spew more of his poisonous racism at a trump rally in arizona saying the kind of things that only a hard-core committed racist like donald trump could say. he said, among other things, white people are not allowed to get the coronavirus vaccine in america. we will discuss that later in this hour. today, president joe biden focused some of his martin luther king they remarks. the 100 members of the united states senate are scheduled to begin debate tomorrow on the voting rights legislation. where do we stand? who s side are we on?
jeff: while it s a much different situation of the pacific nation in tonga, here in california near the coast and other states like hawaii and alaska were under tsunami advisory from the undersea volcano, we will 1 to 2-foot waves. also worth noting likely dangerous rift current. it s a terrible day to be in the water whether that s swimming, surfing or boating. this how it all started massive undersea volcano erupting near tonga and that sent large waves crashing undershore. tonga s king was reportedly evacuated after tsunami funded the capital. beyond tonga, parts of japan are under tsunami warnings and advisories have been issued for parts of new zealand. here advisories on the west coast, alaska, hawaii. so far no damage. anita: tsunami is in effect across the west coast as you heard jeff say, alaska and hawaii after underwater volcano erupted near the pacific nation tonga, meteorologist adam klotz has the latest in the weather center. adam, big activity this weekend. ada
the heads of homeland security and fema are in the region today bringing with them the much-needed federal resources. mayfield, kentucky is seeing many so of the worst of the damage. a few buildings left standing in the town of roughly 10,000. rescuers sifting through a collapsed candle factory where more than 100 people were working and then that tornado came through an so far only 40 people have been rescued from that wreckage. and new video shows what s left of an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. at least six people died when the building collapsed during a violent tornado there. many more are feared dead in dawson springs, kentucky, a town of just 2,700 people. the governor saying this morning devastation is something his state has never seen before. it s going to take us time. i mean, you think you go door to door to check on people to see if they are okay. there are no doors. the question is somebody in the rubble of thousands upon thousand of structures? i
african region, the president acknowledging there s still a lot that needs to be learned about this variant, but for now he believes this is the right approach. take a listen. i decided we re going to be cautious. we don t know a lot about the variant except that it is a big concern. it spreads rapidly. i spent about a hoff hour this morning with my covid team let by dr. fauci. reporter: so that decision was made in consultation with dr. anthony fauci, and the rest of his coronavirus team. one things that officials are hoping is that issuing this restriction, these new travel restrictions will essentially give the administration more time to learn about this variant, and what it could potentially do if it were to make its way to the united states. these restrictions are set to go in place on monday. officials say they are acting as quickly as possible, but that that time is needed to issue directives to the tsa, and also work with airlines as they are trying to put these