he ll call the most egregious attempts to harm the integrity of our democracy since the civil war. and under intense pressure from civil rights leaders, the plt plans to link new voting rights laws to some of the more egregious efforts including poll taxes, literacy tests. it s democrats sounding the alarm as republican-controlled state legislatures across the country move swiftly to restrict access to the ballot with new laws already proposed or passed. texas democrats leaving the state to deny republicans a quorum and delay votes on new voting restrictions. right now they re in washington, d.c. pleading with democrats in congress to act now. they claimed this is about election integrity. no, no. it s about them letting the people they want to vote vote. not just about texas. we are merely the next domino that extreme republicans are attempting to fall in each state to fall in line with this big lie and keeping people from having their true voices heard. the cold hard tr
down in germany they had concentration camps. while, we have them here in saskatchewan. they were called residential schools. it s back to the beach for some british holidaymakers but as the uk government updates its travel restrictions, uncertainty remains. and the cosmic dawn: scientists say they ve found the first convincing evidence of when stars began to shine. hello and welcome. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida after an entire portion of a 12 storey apartment building collapsed to the ground. at least one person is known to have died. 99 people are still unaccounted for. on the left of your screen, you can see what the building looked like before the collapse. on the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. they do this certification works, they look for anything in the foundation, the plumbing, the electrical system, all those things are taken into account. and normally they get everything ready before go
say the pandemic has made things worse. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a major rescue operation is underway in miami in florida after an entire portion of a 12 storey apartment building collapsed to the ground. at least one person is known to have died. 99 people are still unaccounted for. on the left of your screen, you can see what the building looked like before the collapse. on the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. the insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. the bbc s will grant is on the scene and a warning, his report contains images that some may find distressing. local residents likened it to a bomb going off. the entire sea facing wing of champlain towers collapsed in the early hours of the morning, 12 storeys of apartments concertinaed in seconds, the shocking moment caught on cctv. the problem is the building has literally pancaked. it has gone down and i mean, there s
with making change? also, the debate over kink at pride. some say these events need to be more family-friendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. . this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more.
the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more. our complaint alleges that recent changes to georgia s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging black georgians to vote on account of thei