the governor of georgia and georgia and georgia's secretary of state let us down. they let us down. and by the way, the voting law they passed is far weaker than that of texas and other states. you hear that, mr. attorney general? they don't even have signature verification. could you imagine passing a voting law, but everyone things, they are passing this, no it's not. you notice they are the only state being sued by the federal government. do you know why? because it's an easy target. because the governor and the secretary of state won't defend like that guy will defend. so, i only speak the truth. so true. and the reason the attorney general of the united states is going after georgia is its so bad what they've done, and they will probably win, and that defense won't take place. they go out and they really work very hard on finding the right state to look at. now, stacey abrams and georgia got them to sign what's called a mandated consent decree, which was not approved by the legislator, therefore it's illegal, and makes a very easy for democrats to cheat and win elections. you d

we start this morning in dekalb county, georgia. natasha chen joins us live. it's where many experts are encouraging people to roll up their sleeves by offering incentives, right, natasha? >> reporter: yeah, boris. they're giving out prepaid gift cards today in hopes more people will come to this spot at a mall and get the shot especially as school districts in this area sometimes a bit early to make up for lost instruction time during the pandemic. in many places across the country, georgia is seeing a rising 7-day average new covid cases and that has a lot of people concerned. >> america's waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions and president biden said we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta virus spreads. >> almost 1 million people got vaccinated yesterday. >> cdc data shows the rate of new vaccinations is the highest it's been in weeks. just under half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the u.s. is pulling in extra help to get it approved as quickly as possible to ease the minds of those worried about vaccine

a frightening situation in georgia. the atlanta or georgia golf association putting out a statement about that much-respected gosiller. our thoughts and prayers going out to him and his family. >> gilliathese days. >> griff: everywhere violence will reach. >> gillian: china has tough talk about president xi. how should the u.s. respond? we have general jack keane coming up next. a disturbing home invasion is caught in new york city. the rising crime sweeping across the big apple. as we celebrate america's independence some americans are changing what freedom and the flag really means. >> the flag represents freedom. that's the intrinsic desire that we as human beings have. (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... ... i ignored them. but when the movements in my hands and feet started throwing me off at work... i finally had to say, 'it's not ok.' it was time to talk to my doctor about austedo. she said that austedo helps reduce td

it is easier for coke to issue statements about voting law in georgia or teach their employees to be less white than to contend with their own role in the nationwide epidemic of diabetes and obesity, including in the very black community they profess to care so much about, and to think, shannon, the ceos want to wait into politics, and without democratic accountability, that is what i like that these folks are doing, holding them to account to not let the ceos to escape debate when they enter contentious issues. >> shannon: there will be more ads to come, i believe. the story when i first saw it, is this "the onion" or "babylon b?" i wasn't sure it was real. apparently we have to change the language of when we interact with sharks, calling for rebranding violent attacks as "interaction," marine experts and advocates in australia urging the public from refraining from using the word "attack with sharks, claiming they have been unfairly stigmatized as a killer, some words were used told to use our "bite," interactions. i doubt the sharks are behind it but apparently their fans are. >>

they deleted and georgia, over 100,000 votes. the drop boxes were very late, where are they? what happened? every time the media references the election hoax, they say the fraud is unproven -- and while there is no evidence, no evidence? no evidence. there is so much evidence. >> on those very election lies, the former president keeps talking about, here's the response from one of -- >> his speech is dangerous, it's sickening, frankly. even more traveling are all those around him elected leaders, and now many in his base, who are complicit in these lies. >> still with us, our guests on callaway, and matt kaye lewis. matt, i will lead this segment was something you wrote in the daily beast. democracy works best and we have two same centrist parties. right now, we have one half of one party that fits this description. therefore, it's and everybody's best interest to encourage democrats to relate in a bit, to save themselves, and to help the gop recover from the cancer that elected trump. matt, folks at home watching who may think the democrats are way too sane, way too centered

arkansas, louisiana, tennessee, mississippi, alabama, georgia. florida, alone, now, big state, number-three state, right? makes up a huge chunk of the new cases. they have been in the top five for new cases, going back to april. now, if you look, you will see that there's some toxic politics that go along with that. don't fauci florida and all this other stuff. and now, he is anti-masks down there, the governor. i get the political play. it works with the trump fold but it's making people sick. you could say that, look. they have a big population. okay? so they're going to have bigger numbers. but the positivity is way outpacing the rest of the country. okay? which is why they have more people in the hospital, than they did at any time this year. it's a scene playing out across the entire region. it's not just florida. but you have to look at where you have the most cases, and you will see the lowest percentages of vaccination. and the highest rates of transmission. okay? if you focus on that same group of states, you see, it's almost all red dow

but this past election cycle was not that in georgia. this is about election integrity. >> but this week the voting debate a bit sour for the folks down in georgia business leaders who lost out on the mlb all-star game. moved out of atlanta to the mile high city of denver, colorado because of all of this controversy. now we know that the republican party plans to air as criticizing georgia's two senators democrats over this saying that they are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in revenue because of this decision. and while president biden is focusing on crime today, he will be in philadelphia tomorrow to talk about voting rights. steve, ainsley, and brian, back to you. steve: busy day, all right, mark, thank you very much. brian: enjoyed listening to him. ainsley: we were all ears. newt gingrich joins us from the d.c. area. mr. speakers what do you make of the vice president saying, you know, in certain places people can't operate a zox machine. they don't have a xerox machine so they won't be able to vote. >> whole range came out o

there are proceeders in georgia, including the call he made soliciting election fraud. we saw in the mueller report, we saw an effort to say, obstruction of justice is not important. it's just a process. obstruction, it's not important. well, last week we heard trump lawyers say this is just fringe benefit stuff. nobody gets charged for fringe benefits, it's not important, and now it turns out we can see the indictment, and it's not just fringe benefits. this is 15 years of engaging in tax evasion. and giving them apartments and cars and benefits and they cheated on their taxes to avoid doing that. so if you're a business owner, you get how wrong that is. you don't get to that in your business. vp your house paid for and claim it as a tax deduction. at bottom, what the president's name sake company was doing was a pattern of fraud, having it cheating. and having it revealed if he is prosecuted, and the attorney general and the d.a. put on the evidence, that is a come uppance of some sort. >> peter baker, the other great writer in the two great writer house hold. you cov

look at southern arkansas, look at central mississippi through central parts of alabama into northern georgia, too this is where we have our heavy rain we have our cloud to ground lightning. this is going to be the case throughout the day today we'll see those storms redevelop later this afternoon, perhaps farther to the south same thing for tuesday, the same general area, although it should continue to shift a bit as this front moves ever so slightly expect a lot of rain and expect some of these storms to produce gusty winds, too we could see as much as 5 inches of rain in some areas that get stuck in those heavy downpours for a long period of time. elsewhere across the country, we have a good amount of sunshine here you see it right through the midwest. temperatures in the mid-80s, very hot across the northern plains with record high temperatures likely, and we still have that monsoonal moisture out in the desert southwest. that's a look at the weather across the country we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds [music stops] and release. [deep exhale] [fast upbeat music resum

this was after democrats and president biden himself criticized georgia voter laws. president biden went as far as calling it "jim crow on steroids." basically he was saying he would restrict voting access for people of color, why "the washington post" push back on that. they gave him four pinocchios for that comment, that's the next movement goes up to, but the damage was done. they gave into the pressure, and they game. folks in denver understand that atlanta folks are upset about it, but they're happy to have it out here. take a listen. >> i've got some friends down in atlanta, a lot of people were angry down there about it. i've got friends and coworkers who think the mlb shouldn't be getting their hands in the political sphere. >> and the rnc is not the only ones airing an ad tonight. senate republicans will also have their own ad airing during the game tonight. they will target democratic senator raphael warnock. they said he didn't stand up to this, and because of this atlanta and georgia lost over $100 million worth of business. what i can tell you is the fol

a lot of rain, even at this hour, rolling through tennessee just north of georgia and into areas of the carolinas these are the areas that are going to get the heaviest rain today, especially this afternoon and tonight. watch out for flash flooding possible shreveport to alexandria charleston, raleigh. atlanta toward northern alabama. and how about the west high fire danger red flag warnings from california through oregon. some of these blazes have just gotten so huge one near crater lake has gotten really big up to 300,000 acres over the weekend. today's forecast still a little cool in the northeast with showers lingering around boston. look how hot it is still in montana. 105 today instill cloudy, cool y just another ugly weekend from much of central and northern new england. we'll have the week ahead forecast, guys, and see if anything's changed to this nasty weather pattern. >> we're going to want to hear that, bill thank you. >>> folks in harvey, louisiana are spelling out just how proud they are of their new hometown hero the city put on a parade for zaila avant-garde today. the 1

marjorie taylor greene is in georgia. look, i think these speaking tours and rallies, trying to get attention. marjorie taylor greene doesn't have committee assignments back in congress, gaetz is under federal prosecution. so they're doing rallies. i can just see them fundraising off of this. i think for them this is just going to feed into their narrative that the left is canceling them. unfortunately as we have seen with the fundraising reports, being extreme and being outrageous san effective fundraising tool. >> to be sure. we saw their supporters take to the streets after the cancel cancellations. is that why these cancellations are a political benefit to them, not just the fundraising numbers but raises their notoriety? >> in some ways makes them martyrers. you saw their supporters rallying in the streets. they have been on twitter talking about this. for them, it's no skin off their backs. >> liberals say orange county kind of pretty purple, historically conservative, and they cancelled on them, but maybe they want

stacey abrams delivered georgia. i mean, we've given them all of that and still mitch mcconnell is somehow calling the shots?! come on! i'm hoping that these guys in the senate, i'm hoping manchin realizes that if you don't do something now, you're going to regret nit 2022, 2024, and who knows for how long. so i personally -- you're right, maybe the inevitable is that in texas, that law is going to get passed. but i'm happy that they tried something different. they're trying to light it up. let's go. let's do it. let's get out there and win the fourth quarter. that's what i'm talking about right there. >> rena, i see maz is fired up, even though he's mixing his sports metaphors. i'll forgive you for that once. you went from boxing to baseball to football, and i think you were on your way to arhythmic gymnastics, if i hadn't stopped you. but i understand where you're going, that there's this push to do something. and i wonder if that is the issue, is that it's not so much about the parties at their edges or the senato

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this is happening because georgia went blue. republicans understand the numbers are not on their side going forward, nor in the present in those critical states, including texas, which is closer than they would have wanted. they are implementing a plan to restrict voters -- the votes of voters less likely to vote for them. it doesn't matter if you have the best message if your voters don't have access to the ballot box. >> this comes back to the question of using the power you have. this was the lesson of mcconnell and garland and amy coney audac norm. unless you can get manchin and sinema on board for basically majority rule in the senate, 50 votes, to wield the power you have, then you can't wield the power you have. >> maybe we should start lobbying exxonmobile to get them to lobby manchin and sinema. they seem to are more influence. >> can we hire the exxon lobbyist to lobby them? >> that's what the indivisble should do. >> if they believe giving d.c. statehood, getting rid of the filibuster and adding justices would be in t

are going after georgia instead. they used the filibuster over 200 times during donald trump's presidency and they called the filibuster racist. they demand you wear a mask and to get vaccinated and you socially distance and you follow all the rules while allowing all the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into this country, just processing them without even testing most of them. a third of them when offered the vaccine turned it down. on this program, we are consistent. we condemn violent riots. what happened on january 6th, what happened last summer. whenever it happens, it must be condemned by people of goodwill -- it should be political. we spoke out against the brutal murder of george floyd and of course david dorn and horace lorenzo anderson jr. that said interview i had with his father. unfortunately democrats, their friends in the media, big tech media mob, they don't seem to care about truth, fairness, logic, science, justice. for them it's politics and power, that's all it seems to matter. here wit

♪ ahhhhhhh ♪ ♪ dream until your dreams come true ♪ >>> it wasn't just georgia. former president trump personally tried to reach out to arizona election officials following his narrow loss in november. according to the arizona republic, trump along with close allies like rudy giuliani, kelly ward, tried to pressure election officials in maricopa county. >> it's maddening. we knew this was happening in fwa fwa. we suspected there were some attempts to undermine the election here, and now we have it clearly in tapes. and arizona law makes it clear that interfering in an election is against the law. and that is exactly what this appears to be. >> and this interference has continued to this day. joining us at the table right now is cnn ease supreme court analyst, joan. i want to start with this arizona stuff. i mean, we've known for a long time, obviously, that the president has been interested in getting states to basically find the votes that he needed in order to win. what went on in arizona, i think, highlights the big challenge. it didn't end after election day.

more than 56 million americans are under heat alert from montana all the way to georgia. cbs' lonnie quinn is here with the forecast. hey there, lonnie. >> reporter: another summer day, another heat dome we're talkingr about. today the record heat anywhere from wyoming, south dakota, nebraska. look at rapid city. rapid city hit 106 degrees today. our latest heat dome is just more of the same.two-third temperatures will be in the 90s to 100s, feeling like 105 to 110 for a good chunk of the country. and it's just not tomorrow. i'm talking all the way through saturday, sunday, some areas all the way through tuesday, wednesday next week. it's another summer day, another heat dome. well, consider this: the fires that are burning out west, the air is so hot, as that rain-- we need rain on those fires. but the rain evaporates because of the heat the fires are generating before it can even get to the ground. so it's not as beneficial as we like to see. that's the very latest norah. let's go back to you. >> o'donnell: lonnie quinn, thank you so much. tonight, a 22-year-old georgia

and 158 members of the national guard that joins, alabama, arkansas, florida, georgia, idaho, georgia, nebraska, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, south carolina and south dakota all have sent some type of troops to the border. because the federal government isn't. and this whole tactic not problems unbelievable. afghanistan the whole country about to be overrun. let's not talk about it. in our border it's nonstop chaos only getting worse. we're not just going to talk about it. no one reports it except us. steve: brian, you know more about history than i do. brian: and ohio. we did miss that got to show you everything all over again. know what happens? you bring up race and confederacy. okay, wait a second i guess i will stop talking now. not going to happen. ainsley: we were talking at the beginning of the show about the contrast and what we experienced on 4th of july and what other groups are experiencing so much violence. people talking about what our freedom really means and referring it's just for white people. senator ted cruz just excoriated congresswoman cori bush because this is

even in states like georgia where joe biden just won an election, where they elected two senate democrats. there's no filibuster in the state senate. it's majority rule. but then if you want to protect voting rights at the national level, well, then it takes 50 votes -- 60 votes and those votes are just not there because republicans won't play ball. not only that, think about this craziness. the filibuster as we say often on the show, it's not some sacrosanct non-negotiable principle. it's changed over time. indeed, i covered it changing back in 2013. democrats got rid of it for most presidential nominations because republicans were using the filibuster to make it impossible to fill courts and executive office appointments. that was a big deal. republicans at the time said you'll regret it. and in some ways probably true. donald trump got to confirm a lot of judges. historic judge confirmation rate. but that's just what democracy looks like. that's the way the cookie crumbles. one thing democrats did leave in place back in 2013, right? they said we're getting rid of the filibuster for all

but in georgia, as an example, just 5.5% of georgia's $522 million intended to go to renters and landlords, because of backlog, and because of the documentation requirements for these renters to prove of their hardships here, just 5.5% of that $522 million has actually made it to renters and landlords and more than half of the states, nbc news has found, less than 10% of that federal funding has made it to renters to help because of the pandemic. which is at the very heart of the argument of those democratic lawmakers to extend that moratorium. this was a situation here that is a crisis that we should be expecting here in these days ahead. eviction notices are already on those doors of individuals here in just this last week. >> absolutely. when you think about, for example, that renter you were talking to whose rent went from $900 to $1,300, seemingly overnight, you can't afford an extra $400 a month, that's crazy, can't afford to move, that's even more expensive. what are you supposed to do? it's a very important issue and we're so glad you're covering it for us, vaughn hillyard, thank y

laws in georgia and texas are racist but somehow not racist and biden's home state with restrictive laws in delaware. plus, more shocking footage from new york as crime spirals even more out of control, new video showing a violent mob attacking an

a 5-year-old boy in georgia died of covid. i know it is very, very rare to see this in a young child, but what do you tell parents who have kids under the age of 12 who can't get vaccinated yet? >> i think the american academy of pediatrics was right on by requiring masking in schools for the time being, particularly because some of the other prescriptions the cdc says for a safe and healthy school environment, like indoor ventilation are hard to do. you can't invest in the hvac updates that can caused 30,000 per room, stephanie. they just don't have the resources. so i think indoor masking for those 2 and above right now in the school age group makes a lot of sense, even if severe outcomes from covid are rarer. >> steph, take us to tokyo, the olympics. what are the chances the games could actually be canceled at the last minute? my heart is breaking for those athletes. >> reporter: well, the short answer, steph, is the chances are really low. but let me give you a little bit of context. the official that you talked about, the

and will cain joins us from landmark diner in georgia. he's just about on his fourth breakfast right now with friends. brian: dessert. will: the fruity pebbles cake. try it, we'll give you the review end when we come back on "fox & friends." ♪♪ ♪ ♪th girl, please excuse me -- el , , the joy of movement mmm, licorice records. wonka, digital workflows for it tell us this machine needs updating... kids don't really have records anymore... but it tastes better on vinyl... servicenow. to make my vision a reality. i have to take every perspective, and see clearly from every point of view. with my varilux progressive lenses i seamlessly transition from near to far. and see every detail in sharp focus. when you see no limits, there are no limits. book now at your local essilor experts to push the limits of your vision. varilux lenses by essilor. ♪♪ >> the cdc is going say that what you should do is everyone over the age of -- under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school. those over the age of 12 who are able to get

hank johnson of georgia. he says he's at least in favor of democrats getting rid of the legislative filibuster to counteract the court's decision on the arizona voting laws. >> john: it was interesting as you had liberals yesterday freaking out over that 2-6 decision, nor were they freaking out over the 8-1 decision on school free speech. so you have to pick and choose. it happens all the time. as politics. welcome to while washington. chinese president xi xing ping making some dangerous threats and warning other nations to stay out of china's way or things could get bloodied. that's after secretary of state mike pompeo says we should take that threat seriously. coming up, morgan ortega's as china really ramped up the rhetoric. >> sandra: plus as we all get dressed up in a red, white, and blue and had two holiday parties, the question is to wear a mask or not wearing a mask? for many that is the question that americans have after this busy holiday weekend. dr. marty mccurry is all micah academic marty may car

the georgia lawsuit is interesting, because they were careful to challenge that georgia law based on intent to discriminate by the georgia legislature. there was a unique timeline that let them make those arguments. it's not clear yet whether they'll be successful. ultimately they want what the country needs, which is hr-1, an act that will strengthen laws around registration and make it easier for folks to exercise their right to vote, as well as hr-4, the john lewis voting rights act which would restore essentially what shelby county took away, restoring preclearance and making it more difficult for people to discriminate against folks who are just trying to exercise their right to vote. >> mike memoli, we learned last hour via a white house official that vice president harris is going to be meeting with that group of texas democrats who left the state to block those republican-backed voting restrictions. president biden has made voting rights part of her portfolio. what can you tell us about that meeting and what the white house hopes to get out of it? >> reporter: the vice presid

the answer is that it doesn't, same deal with the voter integrity laws in place like georgia and florida but biden sent out his untalented vice president to do her best. >> these laws make it harder for you to vote because they don't want you to come. your vote is your power. isa don't let anybody ever take your power from you. >> notice they never mention any specific aspect of these voter integrity laws they so vehemently oppose? but then again why facing convenient facts when you can make outlandish claims with impunity. >> and make sure the vote gets counted we will never have one man one woman one vote and vote for the candidate of our choice. >> laws that mandate the cleaning up of voter rolls and tend to increase transparency and ballot counting, just like the laws that require clear voter id, not racially biased in any way, they have no racial component whatsoever, they apply to everyone across the board. to say otherwise, which the sharpton charlatans are doing is alive. you want to know what this fear mongering and hyperbole was really all about? i will tell you. the democrats

that's happening down in georgia this week. >> this fight revving up as we see right there. tracie, thank you. >>> in san diego this weekend the u.s. navy christened the "usns john lewis" honoring the late congressman and civil rights icon on the first anniversary of his death actress alfre woodard broke the champagne bottle for the blessing many of lewis's former congressional colleagues were there as well, including house speaker nancy pelosi the navy plans to name another six ships after civil rights leaders. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is in for janessa this morning. he's keeping an eye on that mega drought out of the west as well as a soggy southeast hey, bim, good morning good to see you. >> good morning. it's like monday's the same. we're dealing with the heat and the drought out west too much rain in the east. that's the case this morning bring the umbrella with you if you're in the southeast from atlanta all the way up through alabama, mississippi including areas around new orleans here's how it's going to look as we go throughout the day this front is kind of

tornados reported across the state, as well as parts of southern georgia. well now, the powerful storm is making its way towards the northeast. joining me, now, meteorologist, karen mcginnis. what are you seeing out there, karen? >> yes, this is very interesting, now, because elsa is now moving into high density. high population areas. along that i-95 corridor into the northeast. but what is interesting here is there is a lot of dry air intrusion. meaning, there is dry-edge air that's moved in across the southern and western edge. but this is moving so quickly, now. it's not poking along, like it was. moving at about 14 miles per hour. b but now, it's racing to the northeast at 25 miles an hour. it's position right now puts in a del mar peninsula so as it continues to move, now we are looking at areas from around philadelphia to new york city. eventually, towards boston and into down-east maine. and that's where we have got the highest risk of severe weather. . we could see two to four inches of rainfall, some isolated amounts, up to six inches of rainfall.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. mrs. greene: i ask for the recorded votes. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and yeas are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 further proceedings are postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from district of columbia seek recognition? ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will -- does the gentlewoman wish to call up the bill as amended. ms. norton: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2617, a bill to amend section 15 of tiet 381 of united states code to amend how performance goals are achieved. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr0 minutes. ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: as amended. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative d

there was a diner segment, what the women said, don't california my georgia. >> "fox and friends" diner segments are setting the tone for the nation and hopefully we are setting the tone for your thursday. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: vice president kamala harris still fawning over texas democrats who are being compared to freedom fighters. >> of stalling tactics cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> lauren blanchard joins us from washington with more. >> the vice president said democrats are in line with the legacy of civil rights leaders and applaud their efforts to stop texas from passing their voting bill but republicans say a trip to dc isn't exactly the same as what freedom fighters have gone through. >> they took a bold courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, women who marched down pennsylvania avenue for women's rights to vote for those folks in 1965 pass the voting rights act. >> reporter: today the group of texas democrats will meet with moderate senator joe mann's which in an intimat

passed across the country in the name of election security, just last week, they sued the state of georgia that in fact the new law passed by the georgia state did in fact unfairly and directly targeted minorities, the justice department i don't think based on conversations i had yesterday will look at this law and chang >> the supreme court upholding national impli m have a full wr on "world news tonight" and much more on abcnews.com and our streaming channel abc news live. i'm whit johnson in new york. we'll send you back to regular programming and for those out west that's "good morning "good morning america." have a good day. >>> zbla this has been a special report from abc news. th dupixen, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that's the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, parasitic infection. if you takn't an o them thout . when you help heal your ski

so if i was in the state of georgia, because we gone through this, you need to push back. if you need to fight back. don't let the far left that the narrative. the department of justice shouldn't be weaponizing this process and punishing states were trying to enact measures that protect voters. once again, put george's new law in context, they allow about 17 days of early voting and new jersey only allows nine. the left is so hypocritical, why isn't the doj going after massachusetts or new jersey or delaware? i think the answer speaks for itself because what they are trying to do is intimidate red states essentially. >> gillian: justice elena kagan issued this fiery dissent today, accusing the court of gutting section two of the voting rights act which she said is historically the most important piece of jurisprudence put in place to protect the vote of minority americans. what's your response to the justice? >> i think it's important for everyone to remember the history of the country and even the history involving the voting rights act and why it was passed. that being s

tomorrow morning is expected landfall staying a category one for a while until it goes through southern georgia dropping back down to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression. as you can see with that low. meanwhile, it's going to go back over waters again and again. the something has to be watches. it becomes upgraded to a tropical storm. why? because the gulf stream waters are still spilling out there. course, this july. the waters are warm along the east coast at any rate we want to watch out for the heavy rainfall. but the good news is in the east coast up here in the northeast there on the west side of this system. and when you're on the west side of hurricanes like that, you tend to get falling air. so it doesn't produce as much rain as on the east side, which is why all throughout the southeast. they have to watch the sink climbing through different story. we have we're praying to get any water here just getting that marine layer for tonight. that's it. fog. just rolling in across the bay. we have still the clear skies along the east bay shoreline watching things going. a here com

a group of senate democrats led by raphael warnock of georgia are preparing a revised form of legislation which is expected to be unveiled in the coming days. the details are under wraps pu it's expected to include components of west virginia senator joe manchin's proposed changes to the voting rights bill. meanwhile, pressure to act continues after leading a protest against senate inaction on voting rights with black women activists texas congressman sheila jackson lee was arrested outside a senate office building by capitol police. i'm joined now by texas state representative senfronia thompson who as you just saw testified at today's hearing. representative thompson, you spoke very powerfully about paying a poll tax, not being allowed to vote in primaries. what do you want congress to understand about what it is at stake in texas and nationwide? >> i want them to understand that our voting power is about to be ripped away from us unless they act. here's why. when you get people keep chipping at your right to vote because you happen to be a minority within this country, and you are powe

those democrats had more meetings with the clintons and georgia's stacey abrams, and joining us now is adam serwer who is staff writer for "the atlantic" and the latest piece is "the democratic leaders are betraying the blackvoters." tell us why you wrote something that incendiary? >> well, you have to raise the expectation of that statement saying that you will do something with the federal power that you acquire to protect the rights of the constituents who are the target of legislation that is an attempt to either diminish their access to the ballot or diminish their political influence on the electoral process. if you are not willing to do that, then you are asking for the votes without giving them anything in return. >> i want to draw you out on something that you wrote in the "atlantic" piece, because you say this about the democratic vote sers. the targeted constituencies must treat every election cycle as if their fundamental rights are on the line, and to listen to the democrats target the rights to the franchise as the new jim crow and then watch the same leaders do knotting

georgia is the number one forestry state in the nation and i'm proud of it but we have to address this and climate change but we have to address it with a policy that includes stable, reliable, affordable energy. i yield back. >> next up, representative kasten you are recognized for five minute. -- five minutes. >> if you can heat your home or drive your car without using fossil fuel, do it. but we need to invest capital to save money. it's a problem if you are in the business of extracting fossil fuel. we have to make sure those people are protected. ms. flowers, you mentioned energy efficiency. some people [indiscernible] a lot of utilities and states have tried to provide resources to pie the up -- to provide the upfront capital and it is not worked as hard as it should have to make sure we have access to more efficient homes. any suggestions on what we should do federally to accelerate the access to capital for people who might in the -- you might not be able to afford the initial investment? >> it's not my area of expertise but as a consumer who has talked with people who have had

. >> reporter: nationally, more than a dozen states, including florida, georgia, and iowa, have put similar voting restrictions in place with bills in progress in many other places now president biden, in philadelphia today, planning to use the power of his bully pulpit in a speech focusing on voting rights. and nbc news has learned that the president in his remarks will blast those new republican-backed voting bills as the most egregious attempts to block our democracy since the civil war. but some on the left want the president to go even further in trying to rally democrats around changing those rules here in the senate which would allow them to pass a voting rights bill even without gop support. savannah >> hallie, thank you >>> coming up on 7:14. craig is here with the latest on the growing crisis in cuba >> good morning to you savannah, hoda for the second night, thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in cuba. they are frustrated by rising poverty and covid numbers and lack of access to medicine and basic supplies nbc's sam brock is in miami's little havana with m

in atlanta local officials, voters and senator warnock testifying on georgia's voting laws. here is amy klobuchar with garrett haake. >> i believe that this is an even bigger deal than just party versus party. this is literally a question to save our democracy. because once you start disenfranchiing people, people lose faith. >> and while that is going on, texas democrats who traveled to d.c. in an effort to block republicans from passing voter restriction bills back in their home state are kicking off a week of events to pressure congress to pass federal voter legislation. and joining me now from atlanta is gar rett haake. i want to hear about what happened in atlanta, but first i understand mitch mcconnell was talking about this on the floor back in d.c.? >> reporter: yeah, it is really all related. this field hearing today a chance for democrats to try to shine a light on this issue both here in georgia and nationally. they see these state legislatures passing laws in republican-controlled states, making it more difficult to vote, voter earlier, vote absentee and they see

the same deal with the voter laws in georgia and florida. but biden sent out his untalented vice-president to do her best refer end al. >> these laws make it harder for you to vote because they don't want you to vote. your vote is your power. don't let anyone take your power from you. >> laura: they never mention any aspects of the voting laws they oppose. >> if we lose ability to make sure that vote is counted we will never be able to vote for the candidates of our choice. >> laura: laws that mandate the cleaning up of vote roles like the ones that require clear voter i.d. they are not racially biassed. they apply to everyone across the board. to say otherwise which the sharpon charltons are doing is a lie. the fear mongering yesterday was about the democrats saying in power no bad how the country gets under their leadership. they don't want to go to the people to defend their record on immigration or rising gas prices, schools or crime. they prefer to create a system where they can stuff the ballot box to guarantee victory. they will get c

, the department of justice says it's going to sue georgia because it isn't like it's state election laws. the rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel tweeting and saying new york city admits to counting over 100,000 test ballots, retracting vote totals week after primary election day yet the doj's suing georgia? want to give you a bite at that. we will start with you. >> this is based on the whole idea anytime you have election reform, especially with republicans involved, that it's racist and it's a giant plot to hold down black people and critics like to point of this idea that there was an effort to dehydrate black voters because they can't get water while they are waiting in line to vote. it's absurd. water can be given to them by election officials, that's fine. it's as if donald j. trump is running for president in 2024, he and his campaign staff cannot hand out bottles of water that they vote for donald j. trump within 150 feet of the polls. however if 151 feet away, they can do so. perfectly willing to do so. mrs. anti-electioneering rule that applies to democrats and republicans. it'

you are getting-all-star game tonight that they moved away from georgia. the game should have been played in atlanta as we know. the idea that elected officials are going to run from their job, they were going to get on an airplane, the only thing they wanted to make sure they had was alcohol and no masks. to come to the capitol to play politics. i think their real job is to be back in texas, to do the work, to work on the legislation, and get it passed to make sure more people have the opportunity to vote and that people don't have the opportunity to cheat. >> bret: house minority leader kevin mccarthy. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> bret: up next, women have made enormous progress in afghanistan during u.s. involvement there. so what happens if and when the taliban take over? >> afghanistan is on the brink of humanitarian crisis. this can be avoided. this should be avoided. ♪ ♪ not everybody wants the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. 'cause i do things a bit

the failed georgia gubernatorial candidate. in 2018, she started her campaign with over $200,000 worth of personal debt, personal debt. because that's what you want and charge of your state apostate b.s. finances, someone who can't handle their own pocketbook. she's been raking in the dough, making so much money that she recently purchased a new million dollar home and you add that on top of the $400,000 house she bought in 2019 and she's just a regular real estate mogul. so where did all this money come from? she hasn't been working a 9-to-5, so how do democrats continue to get so rich without really doing much to jones, former democrat now running for governor of georgia joins me to explain. vernon, is there any conceivable way she amassed this type of money this quickly smack >> i think we all know that she's probably been intellectually dishonest. you failed to mention one thing was also. supposing she had all that debt, owned i think $50,000 in state income taxes when she decided to run in 2018 but mysteriously she loaned

. >> savannah, georgia now has a citywide mask mandate for a month. mask mandates nationwide could be next. >> this is under active consideration. >> white house says of course it is. >> it would be actually surprising and odd if our health and medical experts were not having active discussion about how to best protect the american people. >> peter: it's becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated which has experts wondering why persons who got the shot should be subjected to the same restrictions as those who haven't. >> they have chosen not to get vaccinated at own individual risk. >> vaccines still have not been fully approved by the fda. >> we still have no clear timetable on when we can expect fda licensure of these vaccines for adults and a lot of people say that that is still causing their hesitancy. >> peter: the fda hasn't been a priority for this president. >> why has the president not nominated someone for fda commissioner yet? >> he is certainly eager to nominate someone. >> is he also optimistic about revving up stalled mask vaccination effor

watch this. >> some of these voter suppression laws in georgia and other republican states smack of jim crow rearing its ugly head once again. >> president biden: it is the most pernicious thing. this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. this is gigantic what they are trying to do. >> the resurgence of jim crow-style voter suppression measures. >> it is a tsunami threatening democracy. >> a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we've ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. >> sean: ultimately the all-star game was viewed by 8 million people, a historically low number for that game, showing politics in sports aren't going over well with the american people. worst of all, businesses in atlanta including minority-owned businesses, they lost tens and tens of millions of dollars in revenue. why? because of the selfish political actions of the democratic party. one longtime democratic strategist has a few choice words for his own party. take a look. >> -- party of blacks and suburban women. they are not into this. all right? and you know, we

. >> everyone is looking at georgia right now, molly. >> that's right, although this is all over the country these kinds of laws are being considered and passed. frankly the democratic establishment is concerned they have not effectively countered this push. whether you're talking about in congress where the big, you know, what they call democracy reform bill went down, or whether you're talking about in the states where this case sent a clear signal about how the supreme court is going to look at the democratic attempts to litigate these laws. the lawsuits being brought in various states -- in georgia you have the justice department involved. that makes it a different story. even there you have to wonder about how the courts are going to look at attempts to combat these laws using the legal system. if it's not going to happen on capitol hill, if it's not going to happen in the courts, then it has to happen in the political process. it's going to be about -- as averi was saying, using the fact that these laws are unpopular to motivate democratic voters. >> lz, not exactly in line wit

. >>> a live look out of georgia on the left-hand side of your screen, with that state taking center stage in the battle over voting rights this morning. why? you have a group of senators, the ones you might typically see on the hill behind me in atlanta. typically obscure, fairly low-key senate rules committee is holding its first field hearing in 20 years. remember, georgia passed one of the most restrictive voting bills in the country and lost last week's mlb all-star game because of it. in texas democrats from that state kicking off their second week in d.c. to try to stall a restricted voting bill in that legislature as a fifth member of the delegation tests positive for covid now. with all of them being fully vaccinated. garrett haake is in atlanta, priscilla thompson in georgiatown, texas. take us inside the hearing and what you heard from the woman leading this committee, senator amy klobuchar. >> reporter: hallie, good morning. this hearing has just gotten under way and just the fact that we're here at all speaks to what democrats believe is the scale and scope of the proble

investigations related to his conduct surrounding the january 6 riot at the capitol and his efforts to overturn georgia's election results. lester >> hallie, thank you >>> another major story tonight. bill cosby leaving the state of pennsylvania a day after his sexual assault conviction was overturned but for his many accusers, an outpouring of shock and outrage. we get more now from stephanie gosk >> mr. cosby, how you doing? >> reporter: now a free man, bill cosby didn't stay long at his pennsylvania home. leaving today to reunite with his wife. >> he will spend the next months with her they haven't seen each other in almost three years. >> reporter: according to his spokesperson andrew wyatt, cosby knew the pennsylvania supreme court decision was coming, but didn't know when. prison guards told him he was free at noon yesterday, unlocking the cell and opening the door according to wyatt, there were cheers from the other inmates. bill cosby came back home wyatt says they stayed up until 2:00 in the morning. the 83-year-old telling him he didn't want to go to bed. he was afraid all of this was just a ba

and in san diego, an honor of a different kind for the georgia congressman. the christening of the united states navy ship named in his honor. >> one of the mottos of the army is always courageous and john lewis was, indeed, always courageous. >> reporter: the u.s., the lead vessel of its class of supply ships for the navy. in the year since his passing, congressman lewis's legacy of voting rights activism continues to inspire not just because of his mission but, also, because of his methods. >> he was a joyful person and i -- and i think that's one thing that needs to continue here. as -- as we fight a fight that really needs to be fought. i think we have to approach it with joy and -- and enthusiasm. >> reporter: there are currently two bills circulating through congress focused on voting rights. the first is the john lewis voting rights act. the second is the for the people act. both of them are, currently, stalled because of senate republicans' efforts to block them. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> the list is official. late tonight, the secretary

over the age of five wear a mask endorsed regardless of vaccination status and counties in california, georgia nevada and louisiana among others are taken similar measures that the covid-19 delta varient causes this new infection to surge country. in doctor anthony's address the issue and he said that he understands why these decisions are being made at the local level. >> you're saying the individual situations with a level of infection is so high and the level in the community of vaccination my below is quite understandable why the local authorities are now saying good that your vaccinated but in the situation and you have people indoors particular crowded of you should wear a mask. reporter: several large school district including atlanta, chicago and washington dc say they will require all students and staff to wear a mask if they returned to in person learning in the fall however, in florida 25 of all new covid-19 cases are currently recorded, governor ron desantis said that he will is willing to call special legislative session to reverse any mask mandates in school. >> we need her kids