Voting rights was designed to move the needle in terms of public opinion on the urgent need for voting rights legislation. That s according to one senior white house official who told me the topic doesn t show up in most polls of americans concerns yet. Here is a part of the case the president made to the american people. The 21st century jim crow assault is real. It s unrelenting. We re going to challenge it vigorously. It s no longer just about who gets to vote or making it easier for eligible voters to vote. It s about who gets to count the vote. Who gets to count whether or not your vote counted at all. Now notably texas democrats who were smack dab in the middle of the fight aren t calling for a sweeping and potentially polarizing piece of legislation. On this program in this hour yesterday, texas representative jasmine crockett said she would take anything that shielded voters from restrictions. What most people don t realize is that if we got just an inch, that would protect us
Meaning we ll learn exactly what charges the former president s company and the top executive are facing. The chief financial officer surrendering to prosecutors this morning. And he is vowing to fight, not flip, but could the charges change that? we know prosecutors have been investigating a mult dude of potential violations. We are told attorneys have narrowed their focus, specifically on cash bonuses. And whether the organization properly paid taxes on those and other benefits. While we wait for these indictments to be unsealed, i want to bring in former assistant u. S. Attorney for the southern district of new york and cnn chief political analyst. Good to have you both here. Ellie, if these charges are solely related to whether taxes were paid on bonuses, that seems pretty small. It s my understanding prosecutors rarely do this. If this is where two plus years of investigation has led, what does that tell you? if this is all prosecutors have, it s not much. Now, the key thing to lo
Expected to be taxrelated and expected to be unsealed in court tomorrow in man hat opinion the washington post was the first to report the news tonight. The paper adds this weisselberg is expected the surrender thursday morning at the office of manhattan d. A. Cyrus vance. He is expected to be arraigned later in the day in front of a state court judge. The trump organization will be arraigned represented by one of its attorneys. Weisselberg has been under pressure to cooperate with prosecutors and flip on one donald trump. The investigations continue. Trump was occupied with his trich to the southern border. And the pennsylvania supreme court tossed out bill cosby s conviction. Bill cosby is home tonight for the first time in three years. He was convicted in 2018 of drugging and assaulting andrea constand. Today, the court said that cosby should not have been charged and barred a retrial. Late today, cosby spoke about the ruling. You can see how powerless many of us feel. This is for a
Development the pennsylvania supreme court tossed out bill cosby s conviction. Bill cosby is home tonight for the first time in three years. He was convicted on three counts, aggravated and indecent assault in 2018 of drugging and assaulting andrea constand. Today, the court said that cosby should not have been charged and barred a retrial. Today, cosby spoke about the ruling. You can see how powerful lists many of us feel. This is for all the people who have been imprisoned wrongfully, regardless of race, color, or creed. Cosby continue to deny any wrongdoing and rhea constant for her part called the ruling, quote, of concern in that it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant. Meanwhile, the washington post also on the board tonight with a report of over a dozen new arrests in the january 6th attack and riot in our capital. It s the most in a single day. The feds also re
Their masks off as americans begin to celebrate memorial day with a surge in travel we haven t seen since the start of the pandemic. Let s start with ryan nobles. Senate republicans were mostly united in killing the january 6th bipartisan proposed commission with only six breaking ranks. Reporter: and that s not enough for this measure to move through. It was just a couple of weeks ago that leaders, both republican and democrat, seemed unified in the idea of an independent commission to look into the insurrection on january 6th. After today s vote, it is unlikely that it will ever happen. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. Reporter: but the outcome was never in doubt. Republicans successfully blocking an attempt to form an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. The final vote, 5435. 60 votes were needed to move the measure forward. Out of fear or fealty to donald trump, the rep