passed in 19 states and after months of pressure and pleading from activists on democrats to do something, to do anything to stop this wave of voters suppression and nullification laws, the united states senate has now taken up a last ditch effort to try to pass federal voting rights legislation. debate on a sweeping bill that combines the two key voting proposals, the jon lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act, began just a few hours ago. democrats are pressing ahead even though the bill is doomed to ultimately fail. given the plans by the gop to filibuster and the fact that senators joe manchin and sinema and perhaps others are unwilling to reform the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. senate democrats took to the floor to send the message that the fight for federal voting rights legislation is still a necessary effort. that will ultimately reveal who s on the side of democracy and who s not. win, lose, our draw, members of this chamber were electe
moves in the girls bathroom. plus, where s the rockefeller? nancy pelosi and joe biden have a message for you this labor day weekend. america is in perfect health. and if you don t believe that cod if you don t believe that the two oldest, most corrupt and most conniving politicians of the last half century whose policies are responsible for bordopen bordersponsible for and low wages should have some humility. they should have some empathy. in fact, both should empathy bed in the face. after strangling us with pandemic protocols . more burning through all of our money and then blaming russia for inflation money. but when you re that old and that well-protected, you assume old a sense of arrogc that casually drips from your lips. knowingasdrips from you thaty won t be fact checked, won t be questioned. it s almost as i almost af when you open your mouth, the word of god comes ouh, the wt. when you reach that echelon beco you reach that echelon senior moments just become
strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and it means that those polls are extremely lopsided. and that means that the team is ranked one to five in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england actually are. so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through that pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they don t have any more disciplinary issues, then they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. next to the world athletics championships where the favourite, kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres in budapest the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field and take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe wel tayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan in third. britan
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with a punishing heat wave that has more than 100 million people under heat alerts from coast to coast. after hitting 116 yesterday, phoenix marked its 29th consecutive day of over 110 degrees. the medical examiner s office in phoenix, in fact, is bringing in refrigerated containers in anticipation of a possible overflow of heat-related deaths. with high temperatures scorching the northeast, new york city s mayor is sounding the alarm about its deadly potential. cooling centers and public pools in the region are offering extended hours to help residents stay safe. athena jones is live for us in washington square park in new york city. how are people keeping cool, and how is this putting stress on the power grid? reporter: i can tell you the real temperature is 89 degrees, but the feels-like is 95. it s only going to get hotter over the next few hours. the national weather se
for others, uphold the values you advocate. this just doesn t seem to be followed or understood in westminster. i mean, honestly, what does anyone westminster. i mean, honestly, what does anyone think it looks like to the people of this country to see people the people of this country to see people rewarded, honoured for crashing people rewarded, honoured for crashing the economy under liz truss? crashing the economy under liz truss? if crashing the economy under liz truss? if your mortgage is going up this year truss? if your mortgage is going up this year and you see those people swanning this year and you see those people swanning around the house of lords, what do swanning around the house of lords, what do you swanning around the house of lords, what do you think? no, i say to all my what do you think? no, i say to all nty fettow what do you think? no, i say to all my fellow politicians, labour and tory. my fellow politicians, labour and tory. to my f