2021 chair of civil rights and Civil Justice for remarks. Welcome angela. Thank you. And then to thank you for planning this timely panel is my pleasure to welcome everyone who was watching it before i began im also speaking in a personal capacity this is not on behalf of my employer nothing that i or the panel says today represents any view of any component of the federal government i want to make that clear. So this day and age of a Global Pandemic flu that we would be living through Something Like this was 10000 americans were passed away from covid so they can cast their ballots safely with the pandemic. And those that have obstacles to barriers to voting even before the pandemic moving the elderly individual with longterm care facilities those are increase because of the pandemic there also homelessi individuals and those with the president address so they cannot cast a vote. So there are new laws that require your purging identification that may not be easily available to some pe
Was a topic of last nights debate. The American Bar Association hosted experts looking at the history of Voting Rights and the security of mailin ballots. They talked about how the states are preparing for a large increase and answered viewers questions about the voting process. Were thrilled to be presenting a timely panel entitled access to the vote, the ballot and the mailbox. Sponsored by the aba section of civil rights and social justice. This panel is one of many in a series of Rapid Response webinars. Were planning additional programs on a variety issues so please visit american bar. Org crsj for you be dates on these programs. Before we go to our program and how today will work, its my pleasure to turn it over to angela j. Scott, the 2020 2021 chair of the aba section of civil rights and social justice for a few remarks. Welcome, angela. Thank you, jamie. Many thanks to you and the entire civil rights and equal Opportunity Committee for planning this very timely panel. So its m
They talked about how the states are preparing for a large increase and answered viewers questions about the voting process. Were thrilled to be presenting a timely panel entitled access to the vote, the ballot and the mailbox. Sponsored by the aba section of civil rights and social justice. This panel is one of many in a series of Rapid Response webinars. Were planning additional programs on a variety issues so please visit american bar. Org crsj for you be dates on these programs. Before we go to our program and how today will work, its my pleasure to turn it over to angela j. Scott, the 2020 2021 chair of the aba section of civil rights and social justice for a few remarks. Welcome, angela. Thank you, jamie. Many thanks to you and the entire civil rights and equal Opportunity Committee for planning this very timely panel. So its my pleasure to welcome everyone who is watching. Before i begin, and i say this before i say anything, i just want to make sure that you all know that im sp
After one of the biggest protests against president look. And hundreds of thousands of families displaced by weeks after renshaw rains and flash flooding in yemen. Doctors in germany who are treating me says tests results indicate he was 4 years and the russian Opposition Leader was in an induced coma when he was transferred to berlin from a hospital in siberia on saturday doctors said they found no poison in his system a long time opponent of frozen vitamin a protein fell in on thursday colleagues say all he had to drink was a cup of tea or well have reaction from russia in just a moment with alexandra story out of each got far but 1st lets get the latest from berlin with aljazeera is dominic cain so doctors in berlin saying he was likely poisoned to what more are they saying and what evidence are they giving and whats the latest also on his condition. The evidence theyve given is what they say is in his system that what that they cant say specifically what it is but they say that the
Hunt. And now what comes next. Aye reporter the House Judiciary Committee taking the vote to pass articles of impeachment against President Trump one day later than expected. The articles charges the president with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The articles are agreed to. Reporter the president blasting democrats. And i tell you what, some day theyll be a democrat president and theyll be a Republican House and i suspect theyre going to are remember it. Reporter the critical vote was delayed after Many Americans had gone to bed. Democrats blaming republicans for dragging out the meetinger for 14 hours. Republicans accusing democrats of ambushing them. Delaying the final vote to get more media attention. I have never in my entire life seen such an unfair, rigged railroad job against the president of the United States. Reporter democrats say they have presented overwhelming evidence that president pressured ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden and on strucking a