A prolonged commitment because as you could see from the damage behind me, in this house, the homeowner here, the water went up about eight feet, above most peoples heads and it flooded the ent the entire basement. They have to evacuate. This is the evidence that the president will see firsthand and showing you why the road to recovery is so long. The president and the federal government will have a longterm commitment and the State Leadership said the same thing. That is one of the hardest Hit Parts of New Jersey. They lost people during the flooding last week. The president is going to be stopping first in nearby Hillsborough Township down the road. Hell have a briefing there around 12 15 and come here to manville to tour a neighborhood before moving on to queens. Of course the president has already approved Disaster Relief Declaration for six counties here in New Jersey. The Governor Phil Murphy saying that is wonderful but there are 15 counties in the New Jersey. Hes going to talk
To vote, unsiege right now in many State Legislatures nationwide. We have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. It is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. We are also tracking Hurricane Ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u. S. Launched a deadly response to the recent Suicide Bombings at the airport. More on all of that in just a moment. We begin this hour with Breaking News and a sea of Voting Rights marches across the country under way right now. Im going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d. C. Right now Tens Of Thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the historic 1963 March on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. Nbcs Josh Letterman among the Rally Crowd at d. C. s national mall. We can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. Talk to me about the atmosphere i
biden s relief plan may end up being a democrats-only bill. of course, they control both chambers. they could pass it with a simple majority if necessary. nbc news reports biden is also getting an immigration reform bill ready, looking for congressional democrats to help push that through as well. key elements will include a pathway to citizenship for those undocumented, expanding refugee resettlement, more technology to patrol the southern border in lieu of a wall. wall street journal reports even though biden and the democrats are in full-court press mode, republicans have the freedom to ramp up their opposition. quote, by the sunday morning after the impeachment trial, it was clear that one cause will be to rally in opposition to mr. biden s agenda. while trump s second impeachment may be history, the fallout, aftershocks from the trial, and the riot that set it in motion, all intensifying. house speaker nancy pelosi moving forward now with a plan for a 9/11-style inde
they want to spin about that day. that s why it s so important that we continue to uncover and memorialize the truth about january 6th, including the undeniable fact that race was a major motivating factor for the forces that wanted to tear down our american system by force if necessary. because those weren t black lives matter flags being waved by the insurrectionists in the halls of congress, and the overwhelming majority of those that stormed the capitol edifice were not folks of color. and by and large, it s not white voters who are being targeted by republicans in their suppression efforts being carried out under the banner of trump s big lie. that s why in advance of dr. martin luther king s birthday, we have a make it or break it moment for voting rights. senate majority leader chuck schumer calling on his caucus friday in his first session of 2022 to abandon the filibuster to advance voter protection legislation. as the midterms approach, with democrats already sheddi
lies and violence on january 6th. signs of what eventually would happen can be seen in his first days of his campaign in 2016, when he began the lies about immigrants and lies about the election he now lost. one thing that s for certain, the president better stick to the truth tomorrow when he s under oath giving his post presidency deposition as ordered by a judge in the bronx. it tied to a lawsuit by trump investigators who say trump s bodyguards roughed them up in new york in 2015. here s an attorney representing the protesters earlier this weekend on msnbc. we have every reason to believe mr. trump will be there monday morning and submit the video deposition. and per the court order, we expect the deposition be conducted in a professional manner. they say they were protesting trump s campaign announcement about immigrants when he called them rapists and criminals. it s the first lie in a decade of lies. and they carry weight if they re believed and they are by his fai