With us tonight. I m zerlina maxwell. Tonight in austin, texas, a unified stand against state republicans and their efforts to push through legislation to restrict voting access. Texas is ground zero in the fight but far from the only state where american rights are at risk. What about a federal fix? is senator joe manchin s compromise bill the best? with new attacks on schools teaching the history of racism the reality check for our own own roles. And she means well. The star of a black lady s sketch show weighed in the new title on her resume, author. Welcome to the new hour of american voices. The week ahead is critical for protecting voting rights in america. A showdown expected shortly on capitol hill and senate majority leader chuck shuker plans to hold a key vote to advance the for the people act to modern access of ballots across the country, restores the right to vote for americans with prior convictions, strengthenings mailin voting and institutes nationwide early voting. Rep
110 degrees in california. This is reel, really important moment in our history. Nationwide juneteenth celebrations kick off across the country. I m pamela brown in washington. You are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. And there is breaking news tonight out of south florida. That is where at least two people were run over by a truck during wilton manner s stonewall pride parade. This is according to the city commissioner there. The commissioner says it seems increasingly probable this was an accident, but we will keep you updated as we get more details on that. And meantime on this saturday night the clearest evidence yet of the spiraling gun violence epidemic in america. More than 280 mass shootings in this country this year alone. The numbers are way up not only from last year but the year before. And before this night is over if this trend continues, 54 people will die in various shootings somewhere in america. A staggering jump so far in 2021 compared with the same time frame o
Even falsely blame the fbi. All this after 21 republicans voted against awarding congressional medals to the ives who defended their lives. Reporter: newly released footage somehow an upclose look at what officers went through during the january 6th attack. These new videos revealed after cnn and other media outlets sued for them in court, showing scott fairland, a gym owner from new jersey, taunting, then shoving an officer, and punching him in the face. Another video, taken from an officer s body cam, showing thomas webster, a former marine and retired nypd officer seen here, wearing a red coat, threatening police with a flagpole before tackling one officer to the ground. Both men have pleaded not guilty to all charges. It s a rude awakening for everyone, but hopefully it will also help people see the lies of the former president. It s shameful, but sadly there s an awful number of my republican colleagues who seem to not field shame. The videos come as some republican members of con
Capitol hill. Trump tried blogging but that crashed and burned this week after 29 days of measley readership and that s trump world online. Where he stands with the law a totally different ball game. Former white house counsel mcgahn testified yesterday to members of the house judiciary committee taking questions about trump s role and possible interference in the federal investigation into russia s role in the 2016 election. Meanwhile scrutiny of the trump organization intensifies in new york. The manhattan district attorney issuing a subpoena to jeffrey mcconney who was the trump organization patroller. Quoting people familiar with the matter he testified before a state grand jury in manhattan as prosecutors ramp up their investigation of mr. Trump and his company. In oklahoma, trump s 2020 reelection campaign is being sued by a teacher who claims campaign staffers directed police to arrest her at a rally for wearing a shirt reading i can t breathe. Yet despite the factors and that d
There is no rational basis for the federal government trying to take over all of american elections. So what can democrats do even if manchin is the magical 50th vote? sheila jackson lee and her thoughts on the juneteenth holiday bill she just led into law. Also ahead, the congressman republicans picked to replace liz cheney is facing a new controversy of her own involving her role in trump s lie front and center. The scenes were watched across this country, looters taking advantage of new york city protests in the wake of the killing of george floyd. We have an exclusive update on what happened to the people who were, in fact, arrested. That is coming up. We want to begin with the fight over voting rights and the republicanled effort to expand their power over the election process, the impact of new gop laws are already being seen in states like georgia where local election officials being removed by county officials. Members of at least ten county election boards have been removed, h