I would like to thank our members in sponsors and supporters making this and all the other programs possible. We support the club during these uncertain times. Today i am excited to be talking with Tiffany Cross a longtime political analyst and author of a brandnew book said louder. Tiffany has spent years in politics in the media where she has witnessed the ways in which lack voters are minimized and suppressed through both policy and media coverage. It builds on the work and some explains the way in which they had been crucial in the same political system that we are often dismissed from. Although Voter Suppression is not new. If you would like me to ask. Please put it in the chat box. Or the comments on facebook. In and the question will get to me. I want to thank you for joining us today. Thank you for being in this conversation with me. Im especially excited to have it with you. And i just want to congratulate you also on your role in an aunt ms nbc. Very happy to have you there.
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 31, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Dianne Degette to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving us another day. We turn to you, much as the psalmist did of old. Though we walk in the midst of dangers, you guard our lives with when our enemies rage. You stretch out your hand, your right hand saves us. And again we are surrounded by enemies who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Show your greatness in the sky, o god, and your glory over all the earth. And yet again look, your enemies are in an uproar and those who hate you have raised their head against your people. They devise deceptive schemes and lot toget
After a tire fell off another united plane on takeoff. The deadly aid drop in gaza a parachute failing to open witnesses say at least five people on the ground were killed tracking the severe storms on the move tonight. Former President Trump posting a nearly 92 million bond as he appeals the e. Jean carroll verdict. The house set to vote on a bill that could ban tiktok would President Biden sign it . What he said about that today and the mythical mystery. Who is leaving unicorns all around this American City announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. This has been a consequential week in american politics from the super tuesday primary landslide setting the stage for november to the state of the union speech last night in which President Biden found the voice democrats had hoped for and forcefully framed the fight ahead. The president touted the economic recovery or, as he called it, the greatest story never told on reproductive rights he vowed to r
Attack against former President Trump over january 6th, abortion rights, and russia, and tonight, our interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on whether well see a biden trump debate, and given the concerns about mr. Bidens age, would she be ready to serve . And one of the major topics of the president s address, the border crisis. Our nbc news exclusive with republican Texas Governor greg abbott. How he grades the president s speech and why he calls the surge at the border an invasion. The terrifying moments a United Airlines plane sliding off the runway in houston just a day after the tire fell off another united plane on takeoff. The deadly aid drop in gaza. A Parachute Failing to open and at least five people on the ground were killed. Tracking the severe storms on the move tonight. Former President Trump posting a nearly 92 million bond as he appeals the e. Jean carroll vote. A tiktok ban. Would president sign it . What he said about that today. And the mythical mystery. Who i
Murdered by a venezuelan migrant who crossed into the u. S. Illegally. What about laken riley . What about laken riley . Reporter the president then picking up a button greene gave him lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. Thats right, but how many thousands of people are being killed by illegals to her parents, i say, my heart goes out to you. Having lost children myself, i understand reporter after mr. Trump this week challenged President Biden to debate anytime, anywhere, anyplace, the president today would not commit to one. It depends on his behavior. Reporter we pressed the vice president. I havent talked to the president about that, but ill tell you something, on the one hand, youve got joe biden, someone who is competent, who is principled, and on the other side of that split screen, youve got the former president , who glorifies dictators and has said hell be a dictator on day one. Will you commit to a debate peter, we discussed the state of the