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acts and freedom act to the senate floor this tuesday. this comes on the heels of the president s from into georgia where he wrote about their long-time destruction of voting rights. but the speech as you all will remember was notably not attended by several prominent civil rights groups, which has sparked debate on the best strategy and tactics to employ even if you are on the same side of the divide. with that s at odds how to proceed and republicans united to dismantle democracy, what itself the plan to make sure that the very voters who delivered joe biden into power in 2020 can help his party maintain control of congress this year? joining me now, darren johnson, president and ceo of the naacp and executive director of black voters matter cliff allright and angela wrie. we should note, cliff and angela are actually in phoenix where voting rights activists are holding a rally today, which is dr. martin luther king s actual birthday. there is new reporting out this m ....
let s hear the response to these charges from a reside owe show yesterday. i don t do illegal activities. i know where the lines are. according to this indictment, he did not go into the building so he was not charged with destruction of government property or press passing a as some of the lesser characters were. but this conspiracy that s alleged with all of this detail is extraordinary. if the allegations are true and can be proved, then he most certainly crossed the line and did not stay on the legal side of the law. i think he is maintained he did not enter the building and, therefore, he s not guilty of any crimes. but this charge does not require anyone to enter the building. it charges conspiracy, the elements of that are to degree with another person to oppose by force the execution of the laws. this this case, in the government s transition of presidential power, which is really a jaw-dropping charge, except for the fact that we all watched it unfold b ....
basically a shack, and no running water. he fought himself out of there, and hitchhiking in order to get to high school in henderson, nevada, and the fact that he came from there, and clawed his way up in politics, was the reason why he said to me and probably manu, and you, kate, and jeff, many times that he wanted to fight as hard as he could for what he saw as his prime legislative legacy, which is obama care, an pushing hard to make sure that it happened. you saw over the weekend when president obama was eulogizing him, and he said point blank, obama care would not be the law of the land without harry reid s knowledge of the senate rules, and the knowledge of the senators that he worked with, and how to work them, and how not to work them. i ll just say that it is because of what he saw in his own family, the lack of health care, and his brother having a broken leg and writhing in pain, and having to wait it out because they did not have health care, and that is wha ....
further, you shared an account of your communications with president trump with a local news outlet in your district which recorded that you had a very heated conversation and that you urged the president to quote health get help to the capitol. and blito reported that you shared an even greater degree of detail with your colleagues in a widely-attended conference call on january 11th. on that call, according to the report, you stated that president trump had admitted, quote, some degree of responsibility for january 6th in his one-on-one conversations with you. the letter also cites mccarthy s floor speech in the days after the insurrection, acknowledging that trump bears responsibility for the attack and addresses mccarthy s own culpability in continuing to amplify the expresident s big lie in the wake of the insurrection. citing his visit to mar-a-lago on january 28th, days before impeachment, posing with donald trump for a photo. and that is where we start today wit ....
sweeping change on election rules. not all voting rights advocates welcome the presidential visit. some dismissing it as a photo op. they say they want action, not speeches. we have one here live in a second. it s all happening as on capitol hill we have just heard from senate majority leader chuck schumer who said he s ready to take action as soon as tomorrow to change that senate rule that requires 60 votes to move legislation forward. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team. we have a busy one for you this afternoon. mike memoli is posted up in atlanta with the president. sahil kapur is on capitol hill, and we re joined by tia mitchell for the atlanta journal constitution. mike, let me start with you. a lot of optics here. president biden had a full day, a full afternoon meeting with the king family, visiting, as we expect, ebenezer church. to satisfy voting rights advocates, this has to be more about more than optics. that s the message his ....