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jr. a standstill on voting rights. the deadline for major reform was supposed to be today, now president biden says he s not sure if he can get a bill passed at all. and on the other side of the world the australian open under way just today, but novak djokovic is back home in serbia. officially barred from the tournament for refusing to get vaccinated. why this could be just the beginning of a tough road ahead for that tennis star. plus a dangerous storm plowing through the northeast with millions of people waking up to snow, ice, strong winds, thousands of flights canceled. everything you need to know this morning. but we begin with that brazen hostage taking at a synagogue in texas. this morning police are trying to learn more about why a 44-year-old british man interrupted a saturday service, brandished a weapon and held four people hostage including a rabbi for 11 long hours. a new twist emerged on sunday when british police detained the man s two teenage son ....
chesky live on the scene and chief investigative reporter jonathan dean. what is happening on the ground right now? reporter: very tense situation playing out as we speak. we are about a quarter mile from congregation beth israel s synagogue where this hostage situation is taking place. that s according to three senior law enforcement officials who say earlier this afternoon they were made aware that a man had entered the synagogue and took the rabbi and a potentially unknown number of others hostage and is asking for the release of a federal prisoner you mentioned. we have seen a large amount of law enforcement converge on the scene. we know the s.w.a.t. team is present near the synagogue, and we are outside of the perimeter that s about a quarter mile away. we do know that there is some sort of communication ongoing between that man inside the synagogue and officials, however we don t know exactly what s being said at this point in time. an incredibly disturbing aud ....
president biden makes a push for voting rights. despite ramping up messages to emphasize the need to get rid of the filibuster. president biden went to atlanta on tuesday to talk about voting rights. joe manchin and krysten sinema threw cold water on the plan. let s set side the filibuster for a moment. the american government was created by and for white men. everyone else had to fight for the right to vote. after they won the right, there was push back. recall the jim crow laws and poll taxes and literacy tests and intimidation and violence. it is nice to think that is all in the past. history is a continuum. the design whose aim is not to encourage every qualified voter to vote, but impede those of suspected by where they live and where they are from and how much they make or the color of their skin to vote for one party or another. republicans are trying to prevent democrats from voting, to gain or maintain power. last year, 19 states enacted voter restriction laws ....
persons conspire to overthrow, put down or destroy by force the government, or by force to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any law, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property. now in plain english, this is the first time our government has called some of the events that happened on january 6 a conspiracy to use force to prevent the presidential transition. it s important to understand who we re dealing with here. now unlike the randomly thuggish proud boys, the oath keepers are an organization largely of current and former military, law enforcement, and first responders. they re trained by our own tax dollars to know how to use those weapons. in their statement announcing the indictment, the doj says rhodes and defendants conspired to transport ammunition into washington, d.c., organizing trainings to teach and learn paramilitary combat tactics and bringing in and contributing paramilitary group. they re also accused of breaching and attempting to ta ....
riot. the lawmakers also want to know about mccarthy s contact with white house chief of staff mark meadows in the days that led up to january 6th. he s made significant public statements about what occurred on january 6th and we d to hear from him. he gave a statement on the floor about president trump bearing some responsibility for what occurred. if he doesn t cooperate with the voluntary request, would you subpoena him? well, let me say we ll consider it. well, tonight mccarthy issued his own statement saying he will not comply with the committee. quote, i have concluded not to participate with the select committee s abuse of power that stains this institution today and will harm it going forward. but here s the thing, this past may mccarthy was singing a very different tune. would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6th if you were asked by an outside commission? sure. next question. you didn t hear that ....