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secretaries of state of colorado and pennsylvania about voting rights and voter suppression at a conference in pittsburgh. ok were going to get started here. good morning everyone. i will be moderating today s panel. i am the ceo of civitech. i am very honored to be here at leading this panel with you here today. republican lawmakers coordinated to undermine the results of the presidential election. since then, republicans have passed even greater restrictions on the ability to vote and have your vote counted and what appears an apparent attempt to grasp power. eliminating dropbox location. these target bracket black and brown communities. voter suppression is not new but it feels that it should not be so brazen, it is. they have made it illegal to give food to voters waiting in line. it is been nearly 30 years since the last meeting feel meaningful voting rights legislation. where do we go from here? we organize. we want to beat these voter suppression laws. we w ....
things, and i think i don t want i am honored to be moderating this panel with secretary of states and candidates of senator of state. as well as the head of the democratic organization. we are going to get to talk a lot today about elections and the increasing importance. i would suggest this has always been an incredibly important role, especially at the local and state level. in 2020 we talked a lot about how the election went. on a lot of the election deniers. we will talk about that and how they are laying the groundwork for 2020 and 2024. i feel honored we have this team here. i am going to go ahead and let them introduce themselves. i will start with secretary griswold. sec. griswold: thank you. how are you guys doing? good. i am jena griswold, the secretary of state of colorado. i was the first democrat to win in 60 years when we won in 2018. i was the august secretary of state in the nation which i will continue to be after all of our great candidates win i ....
c-span.org/ukraine. our web resource page where you can watch the latest videos on demand and follow tweets from journalists s on the ground. go to c-span.org/ukraine. we will hear from secretary of the state of colorado and pennsylvania along with others about voting rights and voting suppression. at the net roots voting conference in its part became political targets to change the outcomes of future elections. since then, they have provided greater restrictions on the ability to vote. they are closing fully polling locations, eliminating drop-off locations. these policies target black and brown communities so their votes will not be counted in upcoming elections. for feels like it should not be so brazen and it is. it is illegal to give food to someone standing in a long line to vote. they failed to pass legislation this year. it has been nearly 30 years since meaningful legislation. without federal action, where can we go from here? where can we find hope? we o ....
i m on the edge of glory and miracle on ice, part two. the u.s. and russia poised for an epic rematch. the american team, the underdogs, now hours before they take the ice, team usa reveals just how eager they are for the high-stakes face-off. good morning, america. and good morning, america. happy valentine s day, everyone. let s take a look at the u.s. men getting their medals yesterday. it was such a clean sweep in slopestyle. there they are, joss christensen, gus kenworthy and nick goepper. they are stoked. remember why they won the meda medals. slope style. great guys, too. it s always makes it easier to root had they re that good. the story affecting millions over here right now. look at this map. released by twitter showing where the tweets include the word snow. so many people oh, that s the u.s., i see it now. that s the northeast, everybody. i see. that s it. so many people needing help during the storm. this photo going viral of a ....
the breaking news on the harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. this morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamist terrorists. and others are in danger right now. brian ross has been covering this from the jump. he s with us this morning. reporter: good morning, dan. the death toll continues to climb with at least 1 american and 11 other hostages reported to have been killed. the algerian military has twice stormed the natural gas facility. but authorities say the situation is still not resolved. and a number of western workers, including americans, apparently remain hostages. the state department has now confirmed that 58-year-old fred buttaccio of suburban houston, was killed at some point during the attack and subsequent rescue effort. but another american, mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, is reported to be safe. cobb is a senior manager at the bp facility. and sent a message to them, i m alive. the al qaeda-linked group ....