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
to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads, and high winds uprooted trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been cancelled and major roads closed, ruining christmas travel plans. a 46 car pile up in ohio left four dead. while in kansas city, one person died when their car plunged into an icy creek. in hard hit new york state, driving has been banned to prevent fur
welcome to jesse waters prime time. i m rachel campos-duffy in for jesse, who st in at an event in california. it s no secret biden s tryingen. desperately to rebrand himself as a wartime app president with his approval ratings at record lows and biden nomics not workin g, war is all biden has to campaign on, and biden knows it s history. presidents in the middle of war do better in the polls liken george w bush and lyndon johnson, who breezed their way to reelection. but if biden wants to beo be a wartime president, he s going to have to demonstrate that he understands the complexitiesrst of war. t co is this the most complicated time of your presidency so far? thank you so much. thank you. nothing to it.orld you can t say nothing to itod when the world is on the brink of world war three. joe, we ve never been g more vulnerable. our military bases are getting attackedetting . d record numbers of islamist and chinese are pouring throug h our open border and protesters a