Good morning. I thank all of you for being here today good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression. As well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. And in exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and our former chairman, Elijah Cummings. We will be remaining in disappearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is also part of our effort to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues. If not the most important issue he fought for during his decades in Public Service. We are holding this hearing in february during black historymonth. It was black americans whose voices were stifled, blocked in silence for centuries and is black americans who are still being disproportionately targeted, even now in shameful efforts to prevent them from registering to vote , purging th
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A look at the Severe Damage they are overnight and we began with correspondent jeff paul fromsoaked tulsa, oklahoma, good evening jeff. Jeff good evening, bret, the floodwaters moving closer and closer to several homes here in tulsa and levels are only getting hired. The water behind me you see here, that is not a river. In fact become a road beneath all of the water that would be normally full of cars and people walking along the park. That is all flooded out. Beyond the trees, that is the arkansas river. This angle not only shows you how high it is by how powerful and fast it is moving. Now all of that a concern over the levees holding. The emergency Officials Say the levees are doing their job, some spots are weakening. The National Guard at the moment is reinforcing the walls, using helicopters to drop huge bags of sand on the trouble spots. And hoping residence in the areas are paying attention and ready to evacuate if told to do so. All 77 counties here in oklahoma are currently
Day as a matter of fact. The Washington Post reporting that in the house alone, 39 democrats are already onboard. A report by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, outlines at least ten areas where trump may have committed obstruction of justice, and it did not exonerate the president as he falsely claims. But for democrats, impeachment is not just about the Mueller Report. There is mounting frustration with the stonewalling by the white house, which is refusing to honor subpoenas for documents and congressional testimony. Last week, the former white house counsel, don mcgahn, at the president s urging, ignored a subpoena to appear before the house judiciary committee. Then theres the president s strategy on going around congress when he doesnt get what he wants like he did when he declared a National Emergency after congress refused to fund his border wall. Not to mention the fact that with 2020 looming, democrats may be running out of time for impeachment. So far, the House Speaker Na
Olly. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The calls to begin impeachment proceed rgz growing louder and louder by the day. The Washington Post reporting that in the house alone 39 democrats are already on board. The report by the special Counsel Robert Mueller outlines at least 10 areas where trump may have committed obstruction of justice and it did not exonerate the president. But for democrats impeachment is not just about the Mueller Report. Theres mounting frustration with the stone walling by the white house that is refusing to honor subpoenas. Last week the former white house counsel, don mcgahn at the president s urging ignored a subpoena to appear before the house Judiciary Committee. Then the president s strategy on going abroad, around congress, i should say when he doesnt get what he wants, like he did when he failed to declare a National Emergency and democrats may be running out of time for impeachment. And so far nancy pelosi is resisting pressure. But she is saying this