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of the best selling of all time, has died at the age of 7a. the us and russia remain at a diplomatic stand off with their military assets standing by. after months of escalating tensions, the two superpowers have been holding talks about ukraine, which nato fears is the next sovereign territory moscow wants to seize through force. remember, it s less than a decade since russia annexed crimea. russia says it s concerned nato is sending weapons and military expertise to ukraine and wants guarantees that the organisation will pull back from its borders. speaking after the talks in geneva, russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said the dialogue would continue and his country had no plans to attack ukraine. russia is understood to have more than 100,000 troops currently near its border with ukraine. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. more russian forces on the move, surface to air missiles in the country s far east, due to join what moscow says ....
to take you there live. the president is facing a big foreign policy on this friday. a potential russian invasion of ukraine. our secretary of state, tony blinken, just spoke for 90 minutes with his russian counterpart. what we re learning about that meeting, and whether russian aggression is inevitable. plus you want to see why voting rights are so critical right now? new voting laws in texas are taking root and a harris county judge says one in three, 33% of the vote by mail applications in her county is being flagged for rejection. i ll talk to her about that, especially with the midterms looming just a few months from now. and we re also learning about a new push on capitol hill to pass some sort of election legislation on the federal level. not exactly what activists and most democrats had hoped for, but there does seem to be some movement afoot. but we are going to start with our team standing by for president biden, mike memoli, also with me jake ward. michael ....
farther off now than just a few years ago. or nearly 39 years ago when senator zwres he jesse helms of north carolina used the filibuster in his attempt to scuttle the bill making today a national holiday. that was broken with an overwhelming 78-22 vote in a republican-controlled senate. it is hard to imagine such a vote now. tomorrow, the senate will begin did he dee bait on legislation combining two bills already passed by the house, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. john lewis, who marched with dr. king and nearly lost his life for the cause on a bridge in a state that on in very day still celebrates a joint holiday. honoring dr. king, yes, but also robert e. lee, the confederate general. the combined voting rights bill is opposed by republicans, and at least two democrats opposed measures to eliminate a gop filibuster. today in washington, martin luther king iii spoke to the moment. history will be watching what happens tomo ....
good evening, we begin tonight on this martin luther king jr. day by first recognizing those who took a moment today to honor dr. king s life and legacy. also, to those who perpetuate that legacy in their day-to-day lives, whether by doing for others which is so vital now or by doing the difficult work of bending the arc of history, as dr. king said, toward justice. at the same time, it is hard not to notice the evidence these days his vision is far from complete. to some, in fact, its fulfillment might seem farther off now than just a few years ago. where nearly 39 years ago, when senator jesse helms of north carolina used the filibuster in his attempt to scuttle the bill making today a national holiday. that was broken with an overwhelming 78-22 vote in a republican-controlled senate. it is hard to imagine such a vote now. tomorrow, the senate will begin debate on legislation combining two bills already passed by the house, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis v ....
voting rights on the line. the senate expected to take action beginning tomorrow even though democrats still don t have the votes to pass legislation. martin luther king iii calling out the senator for refusing to carve out the filibuster to get voting rights across the finish line. senator sinema, who seems to be blocking democracy instead of being on the side of advancing democracy. some arizonans pushing the big lie of election fraud are pretty happy with senator sinema. you ll hear from them straight ahead. and a big payday for one college football coach while students and residents are struggling. i m talking about lsu. it s my hometown of baton rouge signing new football coach brian kelly to a $100 million contract. you heard that right. joining me now, pennsylvania s attorney general, josh shapiro. he s also a democratic candidate to become the next governor of the state, and we welcome him to the program. good evening, attorney general. good to be with ....