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 morning
right now. we need federal laws that guarantee the freedom and right of every american to have access to the ballot to be able to vote. the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act address that issue and those are the issues that are present and are imminent and that are really dispositive frankly of this moment in time in terms of whether we are going to fight for some of the most important pillars of democracy is up as the freedom to vote and free and far election. so let us pass those two pieces of legislation and ensure through federal law that all americans have meaningful access to the polls. good morning, welcome to the cross connection. as you all know, thursday more juan year since january 6th insurrection happened here in washington. it is a sobering reminder the current threat to democracy requires real tangible change. we begin today with crucial legislation that has a direct impact on your life the build back better act and federal voting
filibuster loving manchin and sinema. theyed a adjourned this morning and won t be back until january 3rd. it s beginning to look like nothing will be passed by christmas. joining me is member of the house judiciary committee, of course, washington congress woman camilla jayapal. a lot of people are disappointed build back better won t pass. it s great to see them shifting to voting rights, however, there is a hump to getting over voting rights. their actions to get it passed. one is adopting a one-time chain, senator kaine to install a talking filibuster and force the gop to stand on the floor and maintain 41 votes to black legislation. what can you tell the american people this morning about vetting voting rights passed? good morning, tiffany. it s always great to be with you. look, this is the single-most important thing we have to do. the congressional black caucus prioritized this for the entire year. we ve prioritized eliminating the filibuster. we would sell it for r
covid-19 cases rise across the country. on capitol hill, democrats suffer a major setback in efforts to urge social reform to their social spending bill. we ll look at what comes next. meanwhile, a former minnesota police officer who shot and killed a young black man during a traffic is to be is set to take the stand in her trial any minute now. this as the biden administration exits talks on potential compensation for migrant families separated by the trump administration. and we ll look at what is being done to help immigrant communities affected by last week s devastating tornadoes in kentucky. and there s some good news from haiti, where the remaining group of american and canadian missionaies abducted have been freed. they ll be home soon. and right now, the u.s. is facing an explosion of new covid cases. the average number of new daily cases has jumped to more than 120,000. that s 70% higher than in early november. in new york city, health officials say the percentage
opportunity. i m engaged, jim and i have been engaged in civil rights events for all our careers. despite all the rules enacted, we knew we could make progress, but one of the things i thought and jim probably didn t, but i thought, jim, i thought when we had the major victories, we d finally crossed the threshold, but what i didn t realize is you can defeat hate, but you can t eliminate it. it just slides back under a rock, and when given oxygen by political leaders, it comes out ugly and mean as it was before. we can t give it any oxygen. we have to step on it. we have to respond to it. it s not who we are. it s a minority, but if the majority doesn t speak up, it has a profound impact. that s what we ve seen the last few years. we cannot, we must not give hate any safe harbor. we have to shine as bright a light as we can on it. that s the disinfectant. call it out. and you re going to be the light. you re going to have to be the light. let me close with this. the history o