The senate Rules Committee will hold a Hearing Tomorrow in atlanta to hear from state residents, including senator raphael warnock, on how the states socalled Election Integrity Law has affected access to the ballot in the peach state. Were fortunate to have the perfect guest of this story tonight. Joining me now is senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota. Shes also chairwoman of the rules and administrative and administration committee. Senator klobuchar, we truly appreciate you being with us as always. I know you were with Stacey Abrams earlier today at a roundtable of Voting Rights in georgia. I know you went to get the word at Ebenezer Baptist Church from Reverend Warnock before that. But of course, youll be hearing from him again tomorrow, along with other georgia residents and experts in a rare senate Rules Committee hearing in atlanta on the Voting Restrictions recently enacted in that state. I was chair of the Rules Committee. What has happened in georgia for you to hold t
System, killing and abusing our people. Its a humanitarian rights issue. Passions and emotions spilling over in miami. Another day of events by the cubanamerica community. What they hope to accomplish inside the Communityist Island that they or their families led from. Also this people have threatened to remove our hard access, remove access to email, to the entire building at all. They can do anything they want. Texas democrats are here and ready to take any punishment in order to fight with texans freeing the vote. The professional and personal toll. I will talk to Representative Gene wu, after he and more than 50 of his texas colleagues fled their state to try to stop Voter Restriction Legislation being passed. Ill speak with him. The act of kindness. After rude behavior by customers in their restaurant. We begin this hour in washington where Chuck Schumer has vowed to force a vote on wednesday, Nbcs Josh Lederman is in washington with the details. Do you think it will happen . Repu
Nationwide soon returning to the classroom, the American Academy Of Pediatrics says all students older than 2 and staff should wear a mask at school. An added layer of protection for the 48 Million kids under 12 who still dont qualify for vaccination. The former Surgeon General and others suggesting whether americans are vaccinated or not, universal mask wearing is needed again. Its not like were asking people to go to the trenches with shooting war. Were just asking you if it looks like its going to help, put the mask back on for a while. Reporter the face of the nations most divisive restriction is more than a new mandate indoors in Los Angeles County as covid cases spike by 300 , 10 additional counties are also recommending the fully vaccinated Use Face coverings inside public spaces. Cities like New York not going that far. We do not intend Mask Mandate. Reporter while cdc guidelines say the vaccinated dont need masks, less than half the u. S. Population is fully inoculated and as
Members of the State Legislature are trying to pass. 21st century jim Crow Assault is real. Its unrelenting. Wear going to challenge it vigorously. While while this broad assault against Voting Rights is not unprecedented, its taking on aec new and literally pernicious forms. Its no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. Its about who gets to count the vote. Who gets to count whether or not your Vote Countedun at all. Its about moving from independent Election Administerors who work for the people, to polarize State Legislatures and partisan actors who work for political parties. To me this is simple. This is election subversion. Its the most dangerous threat to voting in our history. Never before have they decide who had gets to count count what votes count. Some State Legislators want to make it harder for you to vote. If you vote, they want to tell you that your vote doesnt count for any reason they make up. They want to reject the final
Storyteller charlie chin. You can view this and other american artifacts at our Website Cspan Dot org slash history. Next we continue our look at the chinese in america with a visit to San Franciscos chinatown. This is the second of a Threepart Series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in, california in 1848. We have an unusual and remarkable situation here. Gold is discovered in 1848. And the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. News spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for guns on the Gold Mountain. Which california was known as then and still is known as the Gold Mountain . In the early days, very heady, very exciting. Much of the gold was Placer Gold surface gold. Theyve been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. So it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. A man using a simple dev