Endorsement Vice President harris could yet. And captured two alleged mexican drug kingpins and laura to the u. S. Andrew rested, both accused of leading operations that flooded deadly fentanyl into the country. How agents trick them into crossing the border, plus Breaking News out of paris, attacks on major railways just hours wheres before the opening . Olympic ceremonies . Hundreds of thousands of travelers there affected. We are there live for you to give you an update. Im Sara Sidner with john berman, who is here and Kate Baldwin who is taking a minute off. This is Cnn News central that music, Yunis Heard Emmy emmynominated come for the journalist dont stay for the music. The Breaking News just moments ago, Vice President Kamala Harris picked up the formal endorsement of former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as well. Here is the brand new Video Calm along there youre together. Its good to hear you i cant have this Phone Call without saying to my girl, camila, i am proud
To vote, unsiege right now in many State Legislatures nationwide. We have reporters out in the streets on this historic day. It is just one of the major stories we are following this hour. We are also tracking Hurricane Ida as it takes aim at louisiana, and we are keeping a close eye on afghanistan where the u. S. Launched a deadly response to the recent Suicide Bombings at the airport. More on all of that in just a moment. We begin this hour with Breaking News and a sea of Voting Rights marches across the country under way right now. Im going to show you a live look at the crowds in washington, d. C. Right now Tens Of Thousands of people flooding the streets in more than 40 cities, all to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of the historic 1963 March on washington, to call on congress to pass federal legislation to protect voting access. Nbcs Josh Letterman among the Rally Crowd at d. C. s national mall. We can hear the speaker loud and clear behind you. Talk to me about the atmosphere i
last hour, thank you. we have a lot going on this hour. the latest on a group of americans, including kids kidnapped in haiti. we are also keeping an eye on fairfax, virginia, where terry mcauliffe is set to hold a campaign event with stacey abrams in a down to the wire governors race there. how low is too low. progressives starting to choke on the reconciliation demands making joe manchin and kyrsten sinema happy. i ll ask representative brendan boyle whether there s a limit to his patience with this process. plus, the clock is ticking down to a crucial vote this week on the process of holding steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress. we re not messing around here. we re moving very expeditiously. to me this is an early sign of whether our democracy is recovering. this, you know, potential criminal contempt referral for steve bannon is the first shot over the bow. it s very real, but don t think you re going to be able to just kind of walk away and we re going to
Escape, thankfully, before that crash. and then democrats will try and advance a critical voting measure. however, that legislation is almost certain to fail in the senate. the washington post reports advocates are looking to president biden to do more to get this bill passed, saying activist want biden to allow a prime clear voice to especially egregious actions, and they say they should throw him into the passing voting rights legislation, and many on the hill see it as resting on the shoulders of senator joe manchin and his ability to sway republican senators to agree. i am joined by the ceo of vote.org, andrea. remind everybody that is
Pivotal moments of the entire fight for civil rights in the u.s. it is also close to where a new voting equality act bearing lewis s name will be headed to the senate where it faces an uphill battle. i m join now by andrea hailey, the ceo of vote.org. andrea, thank you for your time and for joining us. in today s marches really show an incredible amount of support for the john lewis voting act, the for the people act. at this point there doesn t seem to be a lot of chance these will pass without filibuster reform. so do you agree with that and how do you move forward? absolutely. i think that with thousands of people showing up in washington and all across the nation demanding voting rights that our leaders in congress would be wise to listen to their constituents. these bills are overwhelmingly popular with the american population. everyone wants their freedom protected and freedom to the ballot box protected, and we re going to have to have a carve-out in the filibuster to make tha