Turnout did not go down in those states. In fact, georgia, which has a large africanamerican also in 2010 when there was no when barack obama was not on the ballot. And in 2012, our last president ial election. Do a survey reau election. Their census shows that black voters actually voted at a higher rate in the state of georgia with its voter i. D. In place. Indiana which has a photo i. D. Law thats been in place since 2008, thats the law that the Supreme Court upheld. According to the Census Bureau in the 2012 election, black voters outvoted white voters by more than 10 percentage point. So this idea that this is suppressing peoples right no vote is simply not the case and the data shows that. In fact, i think president obama actually agrees with that. He gave an interview about a week ago in which he said, talk about voter i. D. And other laws that most of these laws are not preventing the overwhelming majority of folks who dont vote from voting. Most people do have an i. D. Most pe
Remember beau biden. We begin in washington where the senate moved a bill forward that would change the patriot act. Congress passed the controversial law in the wake of the september 11th attack. Its been known for the n. S. A. s domestic programme. The senate has until midnight to extend it or allow another bill the freedom act. Libby casey is following it. The countdown clock is on what is the latest . This is a fight with the republicans on whether to push forward with the patriot act, or change it. Its a bill that the house passed a republicanled house, there were lots of republicans and democrats, called the freedom act, over the bulk collection of phone records. Not the content, but who you called how long it lasted. That can be very revealing about you and about what you are doing with your time. Now, the big fighter of this has been rand paul libertarian, republican from kentucky, and tonight he ed back against calls to extend the patriot act temporarily. Take a listen. Presid
From victory in the iowa through the door asked if he caucuses [ cheers ] are you guys ready to win . Could be on the show and we were like, yeah. Heres my mic. [ cheers ] are you ready to give it your im looking over your all . Shoulder, joe. Pictures of the wall including a picture of you and mika, tim russert still wearing the coat when he came in and asked to be otton show. A superior special place. Yes. And my daughter still on my lap is in college now. Joined by three president ial candidates, Pete Buttigieg [ applause ] a lot of pete folk heres. Senator Amy Klobuchar and andrew yang will be here. [ cheers ] plus, were going to be joined by, i cant wait, my friend dr. Jill biden will be here onset as well [ applause ] so the starting gun if that isnt a big enough headline, look at the week ahead. An tonights action in iowa, tomorrow is President Trumps state of the Union Address to congress. Kind of awkward given everything going on. On wednesday, the senate will take a final vot
Military in the world. Tehran does not want war, but we will defend our territory. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. And welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. President trump is leaving the white house for houston any moment now. Were watching to see if he stops to talk to reporters and if he does, well bring you the tape asap. We begin with a big weekend in iowa. 17 of the president ial contenders are there and we have new numbers that prove that the Elizabeth Warren surge is dramatically reshaping the race as we move into election year. Lets take a look at those numbers. This is iowa, democrats, likely caucus goers. Elizabeth warren is on top and the Vice President is second. Warren and biden in top in iowa, senator harris 6, senator booker 3, senator klobuchar 3. A top tier of warren and biden in iowa. Warren has had a great summer, not just in iowa