Endorsement Vice President harris could yet. And captured two alleged mexican drug kingpins and laura to the u. S. Andrew rested, both accused of leading operations that flooded deadly fentanyl into the country. How agents trick them into crossing the border, plus Breaking News out of paris, attacks on major railways just hours wheres before the opening . Olympic ceremonies . Hundreds of thousands of travelers there affected. We are there live for you to give you an update. Im Sara Sidner with john berman, who is here and Kate Baldwin who is taking a minute off. This is Cnn News central that music, Yunis Heard Emmy emmynominated come for the journalist dont stay for the music. The Breaking News just moments ago, Vice President Kamala Harris picked up the formal endorsement of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as well. Here is the brand new Video Calm along there youre together. Its good to hear you i cant have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, camila, i am proud
To vote, unsiege right now in many State Legislatures nationwide. We have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. It is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. We are also tracking Hurricane Ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u. S. Launched a deadly response to the recent Suicide Bombings at the airport. More on all of that in just a moment. We begin this hour with Breaking News and a sea of Voting Rights marches across the country under way right now. Im going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d. C. Right now Tens Of Thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the historic 1963 March on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. Nbcs Josh Letterman among the Rally Crowd at d. C. s national mall. We can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. Talk to me about the atmosphere i
very powerful light. what a bright idea. how would we use this light? supposing you brought the light inside the body. either through the skin or some other way. sounds interesting. interesting and genius. what else? i see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. that would be interesting to check that. she looks like she could use a glass of bleach right about now. the media spreads word of the president s ban, but it turns out the president was just pulling our leg. i was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen. classic, had me going. even his fox & friends were confused. it didn t seem like it was coming off as sarcastic. either way, it s important we end this mess soon or else. if we don t get this economy going again, that man could become president of the united states. now, that is far more terrifying th
engulfing his state and constituents. right before he got on the plane, he basically made this poor decision he made, an adult, he blamed it apparently on his kids. my daughters asked if they could take a trip with some friends, and heidi and i agreed. so i flew down with them last night, dropped them off here and i m headed back to texas and back continuing to work. back to work in texas. as for the claims there, we have a fact check coming up. politically, civically, responsibility wise, it s a problem for senator cruz. we begin with the reason it s a problem, because so many people s lives hang in the balance. texas suffering this horrific crisis that we and so many journalists have been reporting on. the freezing weather has paralyzed huge swaths of the state. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark as of this hour, which means no heat, reports of food shortages mounting, residents scrambling for basic shelter. the storm has taken 21 lives, including a man
president harris travel to atlanta for what the white house describes as an urgent call on congress to deliver voting rights legislation. the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, apparently hearing that call, insisting that a vote is coming this week to amend the filibuster in advance of the holiday commemorating dr. martin luther king s life. and as voting rights activists are like myself and dr. king s eldest son, we are prepared for action around that holiday. but not necessarily celebration, as we have noted. no, that party may have to wait until we re celebrating and certain that we re celebrating that democracy can stand up to the national surge of voter suppression legislation aimed at minority voters. and the ongoing national trauma unleashed by the big lie, as the nation awaits a date for former vice president mike pence to appear before the house committee investigating january 6th. all of that tonight on politics nation. and we begin with voter rights. join