Descend on the State Capitol today. Joining me now, live from the march, former congressman from texas, beto orourke, and cochairman of the poor peoples campaign, Bishop William Barber. Bishop William Barber is also the author of we are called to be a movement. Gentlemen, thank you both for being here. I want to tell our viewers that you are about a mile i understand, a mile from the State Capitol, with marchers gathered behind you. Beto, let me start with you. And just get your sense of the mood, the mood there among the marchers, heading to the State Capitol, demanding that their right to vote be respected and protected. Reporter there is a lot of energy, theres a lot of power here, theres a lot of strength where we are right now in austin. As we make our way to the State Capitol, where were urging people to join us there at 10 00 a. M. This morning. Theyre going to hear from Bishop Barber, the poor peoples campaign, allied organizations. And at The End of the rally, Willie Nelson wi
The sudden demand. While Emergency Rooms are seeing fewer covid patients, theyre seeing more victims of violent crime. Nine states are struggling with the aftermath of mass shootings over the weekend. In the past six months, the u. S. Has seen close to 300 incidents in which four or more people were shot. So lets begin with kaitlyn collins. The biden administration says they are trying to get the country back to where it was before the pandemic, but as weve just laid out, so much has changed since the pandemic. So we cant just flip a switch and go back to normal. So what are they trying to do now . Reporter this is something that is unprecedented that theyre trying to navigate their way out of. You are seeing the economy recovering but not for everyone. There are certain targets, certain methods of action that theyre taking that could eventually hurt them in the long run. And there are a lot of unknown thats theyre dealing with. This meeting that President Biden is hosting today with t
Different story as people continue arriving by the hundreds to escape poverty and crime in their home countries. You watch the pictures, dana, we see thousands of migrants cross The Border and come to The Border every day. When you see video of a 5yearold girl wandering along The Border, it gives you an entirely different perspective of the Server Tee of the Crisis Dana and the numbers are big in terms of Report Numbers of migrants coming across The Border but each of them has a story. A lot of them are very tough to hear and it is hard to see a grandmother like that crying. The Immigration Crisis dominating Vice President Kamala Harriss first trip to central america defending her decision not to go to The Border suggesting such a visit would be short sighted. Lets get the Griff Jenkins live at The Border in Del Rio, texas. Good morning to you. Good morning, trace and dana. Im on The Border. The border runs right through the Rio Grande River where were standing. If you go to our Fox Dr
Top of the hour. I am victor blackwell. I am alisyn camerota. How to get the gop onboard, and the president is reportedly offering to forego his propose towel immediately raise the corporate Tax Rate after republicans said it would cross their lines to make changes to the 2017 tax law. Joining us is Manu Raju and kaitlan collins, and kaitlan, first to you. How far have they gotten on negotiations . They are still pretty far apart. They are still about three times the new spending that the republicans had in their latest counteroffer. The question is whether they are going to come up and how high they would come up, because the White House said if hes willing to go lower than 1 Trillion in the new spending. And what could be the Sticking Point is how to actually pay for this. What we are told by sources is that in this Meeting Yesterday President biden did float the idea of foregoing the idea of immediately raising the Tax Rate from 21 to 28 as he initially put forward because Thats Som
He describes his time in captivity, including the interrogations he endured and living conditions. He also discusses his subsequent career as a chaplain and the therapy he received to help him deal with the trauma of his captivity. This interview is from the Veterans History Project and was conducted by the Atlanta History centers kenan research center. Robert i was born in savannah you never grow up, you can grow older i spent my earliest years in Garden City and my father worked for the Georgia Railroad and was transferred to Washington Dc i was 15 at the time and finished high school in washington and came back to georgia to attend emory university in atlanta where i got a Bachelors Degree and four years of Air Force Rotc and regular commission out of rotc in 1969. Host and that would have been active duty . Robert immediately. 10 days later, i was in sacramento at the Air Force Base to enter navigating training. Host a comment was made earlier about you are a little younger than mo