draw a direct connection between his speech last week, that fiery january 6th speech, and what remains to be done to secure american democracy. in the words of the president, the president is expected to talk about the fact that voting rights are under assault, in his view, and talk about the fact that this is an opportunity for january 6th to mark not the end of democracy but a renaissance of democracy. i want to read you a part of the president s speech today. this is an excerpt we have. the president is expected to say that the next few days will mark a, quote, turning point for the nation, whether or not choosing democracy versus autocracy. he ll also talk about the fact that he does not plan to yield in this fight, trying to rally his base around this cause. and say that the question is, where will the institution of the united states senate stand? now, people familiar with the president s speech say that he is expected to go into more detail about where exactly he stands on chang
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, january 11th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. new this morning, voting rights advocates in georgia are speaking out on their plans to boycott president biden s speech today in atlanta. they say without a concrete plan to pass election reform laws that have, so far, been blocked by republicans, and also some resonant democrats, the president shouldn t bother coming. here s what the founder of black voters matter told us here on new day just moments ago. he gave a very passionate speech, not only the one he gave for the commemoration last week of january 6th, but, remember, he gave a very passionate speech back in philadelphia, back in july. but then literally for seven months, we heard nothing else about voting rights from him. so now is not the time for another speech. and to be clear, we believe in using the presidency as a bully pulpit. we would have loved that the president use the presidency a
agreement. so that s why we don t have the f fine details. the fine details of the agreement have not been released. once those members conduct that official vote, we will see more about what will happen moveing forward. adrienne broaddus, thank you very much. a coalition of voting rights groups in georgia are planning to boycott president biden s speech today in atlanta. they say without a concrete plan to pass election reform laws which have been blocked by republicans, the president shouldn t bother coming. cnn s jeremy diamond is live at the white house with more on this. reporter: good morning, brianna. president biden heading to atlanta, georgia, today, where he is expected to make a forceful push for two pieces of stalled voting rights legislation. legislation that has been stalled in the senate amid republican opposition and a reluctance by two senate democrats to change the rules of the filibuster to pass these pieces of legislation. the president is expected to