with making change? also, the debate over kink at pride. some say these events need to be more family-friendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. . this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more.
The chairman of San Franciscos leathermens Discussion Group joins us live. And Lgbtq History goes back a lot further than you might think. Our producer brings us the latest research on people like Alexander The Great and william shakespeare. From Nbc News in washington, im Joshua Johnson, welcome to The Week. This week brought some big developments in the fight over Voting Rights. Yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the State Of Georgia over restrictive new Voting Laws passed there. This as the biden administrations first major move against numerous republicansupported laws. Critics say theyre designed to make it harder to vote. The lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. Attorney general Merrick Garland called on congress to do more. Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgias Election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging black georgians to vote on account of their race or color. We are usi
Lives. We have a lot of members feeling frustrated trying to do the jobs they were elected to do. The internal mechanisms we previously relied upon to help us solve institutional problems are not working. Maybe it is time to consider new ideas. Maybe congress can learn from techniques of experts who work closely with opposing factions on corporate boards, foreign governments, rival gangs and within families. I am looking forward to hearing what our Witnesses Today recommend. The select committee will make use of committee rules we adopted this year that give us flexibility to experiment without we structure our hearings to the goal is to encourage thoughtful discussion and a civil exchange of ideas and opinions. In accordance with Clause 2j of House Rule 11, we allow 30 minutes of extended questioning for each witness and without a section, the two hours will not be segregated between witnesses and members. Vice chair timmons and i will manage time to ensure every member has an equal o
Leveled his sister and her kids were visiting and they were all killed all of them like. The 1st thing. This 2 month old baby called was one of 2 survivors who were rushed to hospital but at least 5 other children were killed and. We are still trying to recover more bodies and figure out who is who this is truly a massacre that cannot be described in words we dont know how he managed maybe he just stayed alive to be a witness of what happened to the rest of his family. Israeli jets tanks and artillery attacked other sites across gaza or on friday including a bank as well as the interior ministry. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the bombardment of gaza will not end anytime soon and i want to show the senior leaders of hamas believe that they can escape from our armed forces but they cannot we can reach them everywhere we reach all these people and we will continue to do so they attacked us on our holiday in our capital and fired rockets at our cities they have paid and wi
a good idea? we hear from americans who want nothing to do with the covid vaccine. we need some children in syria thriving with downpours syndrome despite witnessing the horrors of war . welcome, everyone. americans are banding together this weekend, showing solidarity with the asian american community with rallies in cities like atlanta, where on tuesday, a gunman walked into two spas and started shooting. he d done the same at a spa just outside of atlanta, leaving eight dead in total, six of them women of asian descents. saturday s rally in atlanta was similar to the rally in new york city in times square with demonstrators carrying signs reading stop asian hate. crowds in pittsburgh also gathered to remember tuesday s victims and to condemn the rise in these kinds of attacks. information is slowly coming in about those who were killed. one victim was a single mother of two sons. others was a licensed massage therapist who had reportedly just returned to work after bei