To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th Amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of 58 in Todays Money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap . And they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar . These practices became common across
Out, we need to sort this out fast. Absolutely. Do me a favor, i want to talk to you about a lot of stuff, i know youre being asked to pull triple duty, i appreciate your sticking around, my friend. Welcome to ayman. Tonight, will they or wont they . With constant Roadblocks Clogging up the senate, is time running out . Plus the supreme court this month effectively ended roe v. Wade. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wants you to know that the supreme court is not a bunch of partisan hacks. Okay. And it looked like a big win for equal pay when the u. S. Soccer federation announced its offering the womens and mens national teams identical contracts. So why is the u. S. Womens national team Players Association calling this move a Pr Stunt . Lets get started. All right. Our top story tonight, Voting Rights. With republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote, senate democrats introduce new federal voting Rights Legislation this week. But its chances of passage remain dim
Pr stunt . Lets get started. All right our top Story Tonight Voting rights. With republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote. Senate democrats introduced new federal voting Rights Legislation this week. But its chances of passage remain dim. As roadblocks continue to play the upper chamber. Thats inside democratic senator amy klobuchar, from highlighting the importance of the legislation this morning, in an apparent strike here On Msnbc, watch. Our job is senators right now, yes we have a lot to. Do economically. But it is the oath we take. To protect and defend the constitution of the united states. We need federal Voting Rights to do that. All right so klobuchar is one of the sponsors for the freedom to vote act. Lets Take A Look at whats in this new bill. Automatic voted registration, an online registration, making Election Day a holiday, uniform early voting, and perhaps most importantly, a provision that will prevent state election subversion. One form
Are home after their historic threeday mission. A warning from the cia came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the Intelligence Agency warned that there were likely civilians in the area and possibly children just seconds before the missile found its target. The military hit the toyota following a Suicide Bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admits No One in the car was linked to isisk and up to seven people killed in the Air Strike were chil children. Cnns Alex Marquardt has mar on what were learning from washington. On the heels of the Pentagon Dmigt O admitting On Friday to a tragic mistake, we are now learning in the final seconds before the H H Hellfire missile tore through the car of an aide worker, the cia issued a warning that civilians were likely in the area, including possibly children inside the vehicle. Thats according to three sources s
All right. So tonight, we begin with that assault on american democracy. Its both a physical assault but its also a legislative one thats playing out behind the scenes. Today, around 400 protestors rallied in washington, d. C. In support of the January 6th insurrectionists who engaged in that physical assault on the capitol. Now, it was less than the 700 or so expected by the department of homeland security. But the danger is not the protest, itself. Its the attempt to rewrite history, and what actually happened on that day and every day since. Lets remember exactly what that assault was about back on January 6th. Supporters of Formerpresident Donald Trump ransacked the capitol, and they did it with one clear objective. They wanted to stop congress certifying the election of joe biden. And they actually succeeded, if only for a few hours as, of course, everyone remembers. Congress had to be rushed to safety until security could be restored. Now, on that day of the attack, many republic