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European union. What does President Trump ask sondland the day after this call . What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone his voice loud enough for others to hear, President Trump asked sondland, so hes going to do the investigation . And the answer was clear, sondland assured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it. And that he would do anything you asked him to. If that wasnt telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an american Diplomat Dining with sondland asked if it was true that President Trump didnt give a blank about ukraine . Sondland agreed saying president cared only about ....
August 6, 1965, forbidding racial discrimination in voting. and martin luther king s son, martin luther king iii was here leading a march to remind people that blacks did have a constitutional right to vote. it was the state laws that appeared neutral but were actually restrictive to get black voters to count jelly beans or pay a penalty. that s why he says the voting rights must include the john lewis voting rights act to restore some of those provisions. one person we didn t see, reverend jesse jackson. he is recovering, battling covid with his wife. i ve been in touch with family members and they say both are responding to the treatments here, but it was a moment of silence and prayers from activists who wished them well. we wish the best to reverend jackson to his family and hope ....
diaz: 56 years ago this weekend, president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act. but with the landmark legislation being deteohnster ap the cause. here s our nikole killion. i stood behind my father in august 6, 1965, when he signed the voting rights act into the law. reporter: luci baines johnson was 18 years old. now, at 74, she s still standing behind her dad. do you think his legacy is on the line? well, i let me put it this way a lot has been dismantled. today we are in crisis. reporter: the youngest daughter of president lyndon johnson has embarked on a crusade for voting rights, one of the signature hallmarks of his administration. we have gone backwards in a way that just breaks my heart. the supreme court several years ....
Mark upgrove and lauren leader. good morning. doris, i want to start with you on this as you watched president johnson deliver that speech august 6, 1965, you consider the pressure he was under from a lot of people not to support and push through the vote rights act, he was going to lose some of his base, the southern vote and he said, what the hell is the presidency for. how i remember that day, actually. i was 22 years old. if i could have ever imagined after bloody sunday when i was listening to president johnson give the joint session of congress speech that led to the passage of voting rights that a few years later i d be working for president johnson and a few years later mary the man who helped draft those words. the basic right to vote he said is the most fundamental of all rights without which the rest are meaningless. ....