Gordon granger rode into galveston, texas, bringing news for black texans, the last group of enslaved people in the nation. They had been free for more than two years. Finally this was an army to enforce the emancipation procl proclamation. And president Bidens Signature this week cemented it, that legislate passing with overwhelming bipartisan support, something that doesnt happen often here in washington. Suzanne malveaux right here in the nations capitol, so great to see you, so great to see so many people celebrating j june juneteenth. Show us how people are marking this historic day. We are at the cultural center in washington, d. C. On the corner of 14th. You see behind me all the people start to go gather this evening. This day is really about black resilience and black achievement as well as too celebrate this very important howl days. Its also a time to recognize this is something thats just the beginning, just the start of many changes that the community is fighting for. This
As republicans in Red States actively work to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. Heres the kicker. Its all but a foregone conclusion that this vote will fail. Its going to be doomed by an easy republican filibuster, because it appears democrats dont have the numbers or the unity right now to stop them. With the hours ticking down to todays vote, all eyes on west virginias Joe Manchin, who has repeatedly said he does not support the bill as it stands, and arizonas kyrsten sinema. You spoke to President Biden about this bill yesterday. What was his message to you about it . He and i had a very good conversation. Did you ask you to vote for this bill . We had a very good conversation. What do you say to democrats disappointed in your oped about the filibuster, feeling that you could still change your mind . The senator there chuckling and not giving a comment. Joining us is leeanne caldwell, Vaughn Hillyard and politico white House Reporter eugene daniels. A big welcome to the three
the the youngest just nine years old. darnella frazier was 17 when she recorded it and i went viral. here is part of her emotional testimony today. i heard george floyd saying i can t breathe. please get off of me. i can t breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. this was a cry for help. when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. i have a black father. i have a black brother. i have black friends. i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. it didn t appear that any of today s testimony moved chauvin who was in the courtroom. witness after witness broke down on the stand wishing they had been able to do more for george floyd. it was difficult because i felt like there wasn t really anything i could do as a bystander. the highest power was there. i felt like i was feeling it. genevieve hansen w
our silence is complicity. we cannot be complicit. hate can have no safe harbor in america. it must stop. no, on both sides, bs. no i never heard of it. no right, no left. just reasonable. not both sides. there s only one side. the side against hate. spoken by president biden and echoed by a vice president who is our first south asian, black, and female vp. vp harris also delivered a powerful plea to stop the hate. and then, after they spoke, they did what leaders have to do. they listened. these two did that in atlanta today, in the wake of tuesday s spa shootings. six dead eight dead, six asian women. the suspect in custody with white. this has not been labeled a hate crime. but on one level, the motive doesn t matter, because regardless, it generated fear in the asian-american community. i have to be honest, i don t know how, looking at the circumstances, i don t know how you separate race from the targeting that went on here. and i think one of the indications of th
not both sides. there s only one side. the side against hate. spoken by president biden and echoed by a vice president who is our first south asian, black, and female vp. vp harris also delivered a powerful plea to stop the hate. and then, after they spoke, they did what leaders have to do. they listened. these two did that in atlanta today, in the wake of tuesday s spa shootings. six dead eight dead, six asian women. the suspect in custody with white. this has not been labeled a hate crime. but on one level, the motive doesn t matter, because regardless, it generated fear in the asian-american community. i have to be honest, i don t know how, looking at the circumstances, i don t know how you separate race from the targeting that went on here. and i think one of the indications of this being a sensitive issue is that while it s generated fear in the asian community, it s also generated animus on the right political fringe that is oddly insistent that this is not a hate cri