in texas legally. joining us now is professor james hollifield a leading authority on immigration policy. he is director of the tower centre for political studies at smu in texas. thank you for being with us. can you tell us what sb four as it is known is and what powers it gives to the police? its is and what powers it gives to the olice? , . , ., , , police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law - police? its a bill that is designed to mimic the federal law on - to mimic the federal law on immigration control and border control so crossing the border is a misdemeanour offence in federal law and this makes it a misdemeanour offence in state law, punishable by six months injail and if you are caught crossing a second time or arrested for crossing before, this is a bit different. it becomes a felony, punishable by 20 years in prison. i think the hope of
racist, disenfranchising? yes says kristen clark with the lawyers commit for civil rights under law. there is no other explanation but race that could explain this kind of outcome. reporter: clark s group and the two lawsuits are demanding gwinnett county and the state of georgia promptly notify voters their ballots were rejected, provide extra time and no longer reject ballots for sloppy signatures. when we see racial disparities like this, they set off red flags and, sadly, this is a pattern that we are seeing across georgia this election cycle, we are seeing policies and practices being implemented in ways that bear more heavily on minority voters across the state. reporter: georgia s republican secretary of state brian kemp who is running for governor, has been calling reports of voter suppression politically driven rallying points for his democratic opponent. his office poise to record
polarize people, but we also have some central strengths that are rallying points. abby: i m going to put you on the spot right now you speak fluid mandarin how is your russian come both toughest languages you can learn. my colleagues in the embassy mentioned the other day that my russian is spoken with a chinese accent. [laughter] pete: have you done amazing entries. were you more nervous interviewing your dad? abby: i think we both were. when he got emotional there is a lot on his plate and challenges ahead. that was the moment we said goodbye. i will get emotional if we keep talking about it. there was a lot in that moment on live television. but is he an incredible man. there is no place i would rather give him up to than this country. dean: so cool your daughter is interviewing you. how could you not be emotional. coming up, if the dead could
have some central strengths that are rallying points. abby: i will put you on the. you speak mandarin. how is your russian? both tough langs to learn. my colleagues in the embassy mentioned the other day that my russian is spoken with a chinese accent. steve: you know what s really interesting is when your dad kind of teared up, he got so emotional you said that was one of the only times you n. your life vu only seen your dad do that. abby: he is not an emotional guy. only time i have seen him and it is always a private moment when he is. the other time was when his grand father died. when he was talking about the country. steve: is he a patriot. abby: how important service is. it is so rooted in the man that he is, i feel so grateful to have learned from him and continue to. later in the show we will show more the personal side family of it. my mom and dad together.
anger a few white nationalists because we re taking down a statue of robert e. lee, fine, get mad. i ve been skeptical of the rush to tear all these things down. there s a distension between robert e. lee and nathan bedford forest. an early figure in the klan. but if these monuments are going to become rallying points for neo-nazis, maybe they do all have to go. and you wonder, why would you erect a monument? the confederacy waged war on the united states. so the idea of putting up those monuments didn t happen right after the civil war. it happened during the 1960s. it happened over the fight for desegregating schools. these monuments immediately in the immediate aftermath of the civil war, no one would have thought of putting up the flag of the confederacy because they were treasonous. in the 1960s, the idea was to make a statement. the statement was being made to black people. it was being made to civil rights advocates that we re going to put up these statues of the confedera