General gupta and kristen clarke. I want to express my condolences for community in surfside, florida. I know how difficult it is for the families who were lost and those who are waiting to hear and i express great gratitude for the first responders and for the others who are assisting in the ongoing rescue operations. I know that the federal government is providing assistance to the state and local governments and we stand ready as things develop to provide more assistance if it is required. The rights of all eligible citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy. They are the rights from which all other rights ultimately flow. Two weeks ago i spoke about our Countrys History of expanding the right to vote. I noted that our progress on protecting voting rights, especially for black americans and people of color, has never been steady. Moments of voting Rights Expansion have often been met with counterefforts to curb the franchise. Among other things i expressed concerns ab
Next we have dr. Makal heron. Dr. Heron is the William Clinton Story rimson 1943 professor of government at the legendary dartmouth university. His areas of expertise include Election Administration and applied statistical methods. His research has analyzed the impact of a vaeft of Election Administration practices on Turnout And Minority voters. Dr. Heron holds his ph. D. Degree in political science from stanford, university. Next is gilda daniels. Ms. Daniels is the director of litigation at the Advancement Project, and an associate professor at the university of baltimore school of law. She is a nationally recognized voting rights and election law expert. Served as a Deputy Chief in the Voting Section of the department of justices civil Rights Division under president clinton and president bush. Next is danielle lang. Daniel is the director of the voting Rights Program at the campaign legal center, where she litigates a wide range of voting rights and redistricting matters before fe
this horrific scene. they are working also from below to try to tunnel in to search for the missing and now you see in these live pictures they are working from above. which i mean bucket by bucket trying to pull out debris. it is now been about 34 hours since that building just crumbled. cnn s rosa flores and sanjay gupta are at the scene and both joining me now. rosa, first to you, what is the latest on the search and rescue operation? reporter: well you know, kate, the death toll increased overnight from one to four. also the number of people accounted for increased to 120 and the number of people unaccounted for increased to 159. i just heard from jackson memorial hospital, they say that they are still treating two individuals, for privacy reasons they will not let us know what type of injuries they had. but spl of the challenges that firefighters have been dealing with overnight. i was here last night at about 10:00 when this started pouring. they also saw fires that t
Good morning. And welcome to way too early. The show that is marking national Wine Day just not quite yet. I am Kasie Hunt on this tuesday, may 25th. Well start with the news. Today marks the Oneyear Anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, under the knee of former Police Officer Derek chauvin. Floyd Family Attorney Ben Crump tells Nbc News The Family will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi And Congresswoman Karen Bass this morning as well as several senators from both parties before their meeting at the White House with President Biden. Crump told Nbc News he views the white House Visit as, quote, an opportunity to pay proper respect to George Floyd with a president who has been in continuous communication with The Family. Crump said he hopes the visit will keep momentum going toward a passage of the George Floyd justice in policing act. Today also marks the deadline set by President Biden for congress to present that Police Reform package. And while they are going to miss the dat
Before we continue i would like to remind members we have established an emailed Address And Distribution list for written material members might want to offer as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, please send them to judiciary. Mail. House. Gov and we will distribute them to members and staff as quickly as we can. I would ask all members and witnesses mute your microphones while you are not speaking. This will prevent feedback and other technical issues. You may unmute yourself at any time you seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Last month dr. William barber said when you suppress the right to vote, you are suppressing peoples humanity. You are saying they are not worthy of full citizenship. Unfortunately, africanamericans and other racial, ethnic and language minorities know what it is like to have the right to vote, that is, their humanity and full inclusion in our Nations Body politics, suppressed. Throughout our na