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and that should make it easier for schools to meet the requirements. president biden will leave for atlanta, georgia. the president will be visiting the cdc just after this new guidance came out. there s a live look at joint base andrews. they say that they are about to hit the vaccination goal of 100 million doses a day. they will do it today, i should say, the original plan was for the president and vice president to promote that package. but the shooting changed those plans. now the first joint trip will also include a meeting with asian american community leaders in georgia. the top concern, rising anti-asian rhetoric and violence this past year. a hearing on discrimination got heated on the hill, got personal as well. we will talk to georgia congressman hank johnson who sits on that committee. what he wants to hear from the president and vice president today in atlanta. we start with that breaking news from the centers for disease control, the cdc now saying, ....
End of democracy, but the beginning of a renaissance of liberty and fair play. and that will require protecting voting rights. and none n communities across the country, mayors are on a mission to do just that. here s why. in the past year alone, the brennan center for justice reports 19 states have passed 34 laws that make it harder to vote. there s no federal law keeping states from doing that, which is why over the next week you ll see the president and congress pressuring the senate. tuesday the president heads to atlanta where he ll call again for passing of federal voting rights legislation. right now the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act are stalled in the senate. math of course is not on the dems side, 60 yes votes needed, and little hope that ten republicans getting on board. if that calculus doesn t change by martin luther king jr. day, january 17th, majority leader ....
See the president and congress pressuring the senate. tuesday the president heads to atlanta where he ll call again for passing of federal voting rights legislation. right now the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act are stalled in the senate. math of course is not on the dems side, 60 yes votes needed, and little hope that ten republicans getting on board. if that calculus doesn t change by martin luther king jr. day, january 17th, majority leader chuck schumer wants to force a vote on changing senate rules, allowing voting rights protections to pass with a simple majority. former presidents clinton, obama, and celebrities like oprah reached out to senator joe manchin encouraging him to support filibuster reform. also this week, nearly 150 mayors representing red and blue communities across this country sent a joint letter to senator schumer and mcconnell, urging the chamber to pass voting rights protections by the end of the month. two of them join me ....
Se civil rights leaders and faith leaders. the meetings will discuss military equipment provided to police departments. attorney general eric holder heads to atlanta to kickoff a series of public conversion says with a meeting and speech tonight at the ebeneezer baptist church. five members of the st. louis rams raised their arms as they took to the field, the hands up, don t shoot gesture. what you have evseen in the protests in ferguson. in the streets in ferguson, the streets were quiet over the resignation of officer darren wilson. our ed lavandera is in ferguson this morning with more. reporter: john and christine, the streets of ferguson, missouri, have quieted dramatically in the last week since the riots and violence of ....
4:00 a.m. in the east. the obama administration focusing on ferguson and the aftermath. the president holding a series of meetings with law enforcement and elected officials and faith leaders. these meetings will cover federal programs that provide military equipment to local police to building trust with law officers. the attorney general heads to atlanta today. he kicks off a series of nationwide public conversations with a meeting and speech at ebeneezer baptist church. five members of the st. louis rams raised their hands in the don t shoot gesture that is symbolic in the ferguson protests. the st. louis police officers association criticized the players for doing this. in ferguson, the streets remained quiet following the ....