With us tonight. Im zerlina maxwell. Tonight in austin, texas, a unified stand against State Republicans and their efforts to push through legislation to restrict Voting Access. Texas is Ground Zero in the fight but far from the only state where american rights are at risk. What about a federal fix . Is Senator Joe Manchins Compromise Bill the best . With new attacks on schools teaching the history of racism the Reality Check for our own own roles. And she means well. The star of a black ladys Sketch Show weighed in the new title on her resume, author. Welcome to the new hour of American Voices. The week ahead is critical for protecting Voting Rights in america. A showdown expected shortly on Capitol Hill and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Shuker plans to hold a key vote to advance the for the people act to modern access of ballots across the country, restores the right to vote for americans with prior convictions, Strengthenings Mailin Voting and institutes nationwide early voting. Repu
Describing what within the for the people act he can support, its a sign of progress, but it doesnt go far enough. It gives me further hope and optimism well succeed in passing the for the people act, but we need to go further. With republicans including Mitch Mcconnell Signaling they wont support any bill that puts elections in the hands of the federal government, it could be a long road ahead. Then theres infrastructure, with a group of bipartisan senators still working out the kinks, progressives are beginning to weigh in on what they like and dont like about the bill. One of the concerns that i do have about the bipartisan bill is how they are going to pay for their proposals. And theyre not clear yet. I dont know that they even know yet, but some of the speculation is raising a Gas Tax, which i dont support. A fee on electric vehicles, privatization of infrastructure. Those are proposals that i would not support. Well dive into the details of both of those bills in this hour. We b
members know. powerful pacific storms set to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and strong damaging winds to the northwest and california starting tonight. i travel light so if they say evacuations i just get the hell out of dodge. president trump on the stump for terry mccullof s gubernatorial campaign in virginia slams republicans. why is it republicans don t want you to vote? what is it they re so afraid of? top of the hour now. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. thank you so much for taking time out of your night to be here with us. and tonight a vigil by candlelight about to get under way in new mexico. it is to honor the movie crew member accidently shot to death by actor alec baldwin on the set of a western film. police say baldwin unknowingly fired a live round from what was supposed to be a prop gun. the shot killed cinematographer halyna hutchensins and injured movie director joel souza. cnn s lucy kafanov joins us
we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let s show you the latest pictures but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that s significant it s the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president s residence, bellevue palace. they signed the guest book and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let s hear from the german president. translation: this v