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
violence. no surprise there, really. many republican senators, susan collins, told the new york times this week that she wouldn t be surprised if a senator or house member were killed, strong words. meanwhile, mentions of civil war on twitter and other social media are spiking, and things may soon even get worse. so, it turns out elon musk may actually by twitter. we re here again. he s already pledged to let trump back on, and as of january 6th committee remind us, twitter is how trump actually talks to his base. trump s followers took to social media to declare that they were ready to answer trump s call. one user asked, is the sixth the day, is that why trump wants everyone there? another asserted, trump just told us all to come on armed. this is happening. the third took even further. it will be wild means we need volunteers for the firing squad. yeah, that was a reference to actual firing squad. maya wylie joins us now she s presidency of the leadership conference on c
It is april 19. This is fox friends Fox News Alert, israel gearing up up to e deleterious traits against iran with a province containing Nuclear Facilities putting the entire region on edge. Joe jackie joined us earlier. The money that they have, flush with money and what is up from, oil, oil, oil. That should be our focus. Meanwhile, here at home, the shocking Chant Erupting Outside of the Police Station we are enough you are what . Yes, we are all [bleep] lawrence so disgraceful pure it was happening today trump due back in court as soure continues for alternate jurors who can be impartial. Ainsley the final hours of fox friends Starts Right N now. Brian Fox News Alert, u. S. Official confirms israel launched a strike again iran overnight. So far, no comment from tullibe. Live, jeff paul, in tel aviv and the only one confirming israel is the United States. It seems like that, steve. People here in tel aviv arent even noticing what is going on. You have people as they look off to the
Retaliatory strike against iran overnight while you were sleeping. So far, zero comment from the israelis. Were awaiting live remarks from Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken very shortly. The strike was inside of a major Iranian Military air base that contains facilities associated with their nuclear program. But we know Irans Nuclear facilities apparently not impacted. They did not hit them. Ainsley we have not received an official statement from the Biden Administration. But a source says the u. S. Was not notified before the strike and was not involved. Lawrence jeff paul is on the ground in tel aviv, israel and retired tony tata has excellent analysis. First, brian is breaking down exactly where this happened. Brian, what can you tell us . Right now you take a look at israel right near here. And you take a look at iran over here. A Long Distance to travel. Thousands of miles where they wanted to hit. Did they want to go tehran where theres a lot of Drone Manufacturing . They decide
money for our people. we need it. they are showing up here in new york and chicago, attacking people in the streets police are fighting with them in the shelters that you guys are funding. carley: the city funded $150 million for migrants this year but the mayor s office says it is not enough severe storms brought storms and tornadoes to the heartland. one storm chaser getting close to a twister as it formed in greenville, illinois. watch this. please inform the national weather service there is a tornado on the ground. carley: no word on whether anyone was hurt. polls show former president trump and president biden neck and neck in battleground states. trump is ahead 6 points in georgia and michigan.