Endured that day but bloody sunday was a Turning Point in the civil rights movement. Those images of Alabama State Troopers Beating and gassing John Lewis. Hes one in the backpack, and his fellow protesters, both horrified and galvanized americans and their politicians. The Landmark Voting Rights Act passed just five months after bloody sunday, and its provisions held for half a century until the hard right conservatives on the u. S. Supreme court made their idiotic decision to throw out its provision requiring certain historically discriminatory parts of the country to get preclearance from the Justice Department before making any changes that affect voting. To quote the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg in her dissent, throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because youre not getting wet. Thats what the John Lewis voting Rights Act seeks to restore and even expand, those pr
To leave kabul, the question is will the U Stits have to extend its deadline to withdraw troops. Plus t New York Times says that the fda is looking to approve the vaccine. And tropical Storm Henri makes landfall triggering Flash Flooding and knocking out power for thousands of americans. The question is what is the full scope of the damage . Its way Too Early for this. Good morning. Its way Too Early. We start with the news. President biden says the u. S. Military is executing a plan to increase access to kabuls main airport. Amid mounting criticism, the president defended the u. S. Troop withdrawal, telling Reporters Yesterday that the exit from afghanistan was always going to be difficult. Let me be clear. The evacuation of thousands of people from kabul is going to be hard and painful No Matter when it started or how it began. Theres no way to justify it. Its just a fact. My Heart Aches for those people you see. Our first priority In Kabul is getting american citizens out of the cou
people are now in 257 shelters like this woman right here. florida says it needs 5.5 million meals to feed them all. and 6.6 million liters of clean water. 2 million people still do not have power. water isn t running in five counties. 19 counties have boil water notices. and more than 200 health care facilities are evacuating, or considering doing so. 10 airports are closed. along with 24 ports. 31 transit systems. and nine railways. and then there is the death toll. the official number is now 14. though those same officials say that number is very likely to rise. and they are warning, just because it has a weaker wind speed, making it a category one storm, hurricane ian, that does not mean that the danger has passed. as we have learned over and over again, it is the water, the rain, the storm surge, and the flooding that is often the most dangerous. that right there is where we begin, looking at what the storm is doing now, joining me from charleston, south carolina, is nbc
misdirection or ignorance when it comes to inflation. charles payne weighs in. sandra: america reports with new details from the police just out in the last few minutes on the suspect arrested in the disturbing and deadly shooting that rocked a small north shore chicago suburb celebrating the 4th of july. i m sandra smith. police say robert crimo, iii, attacked his parade route, and he dressed in women s clothing to escape after the shooting. sandra: the gunman firing more than 70 rounds with adults and children running for their lives, when they realized what they were hearing was not fireworks. we will be joined with more in a moment. sandra: grady is live in highland park, illinois, and vigils announced as well by the mayor of the small town. what s the latest, grady? shocking developments from the press conference just a few moments ago. i want to go kind of line by line, officials said it started several weeks ago when the suspected gunman started planning
first tonight, the judge in donald trump s criminal trial, telling the court, we have our jury. seven men, five women, plus one alternate already. what one juror said during questioning right in front of donald trump. aaron katersky at the courthouse. also tonight, that near collision at reagan airport in washington. southwest 2937, stop! david: a jetblue flight cleared for takeoff. a southwest jet cleared to taxi right in front of it. the frantic calls with the control tower, seconds from a collision. in new york city tonight, the nypd, some officers in riot gear, descending on columbia university, arresting dozens of pro-palestinian demonstrators. why they moved in. the severe storms we re watching at this hour. multiple states. possible tornadoes, damaging winds. this then moves east. rob marciano with the newest track. tonight, we are learning more after those horrific images of a homeowner with a gun who then shot and killed a 61-year-old uber driver. the hom