the numbers you gave on blue states versus red states, pretty daunting. you said one way to counteract that is for the red states to ban together and jointly act to acquire the countervailing's power. is c there any compact law violation there? have youve thought about it? >> this may be a stupid question but it strikes me if two states are forming an agreement to jointly regulate, that might be a concern. >> if i could just respond again my fear i see the only area is about creating something at the federal level is something that cements these platforms in a regulatory role and cements the business model and i think that would be a big mistake. there's a number of ways to do this without having -- most of the challenges is not necessarily when they are versus other states and successful compacts around insurance providing for the recent simple licensing and so forth but states can handle this if you don't license in this state then you can operate in other states. the states get together and say we see that some of these platforms have this issue around

in its state. congress should reverse the statutory decision through carefully crafted legislation test as congress has done in the past approving voting rights renew and extensions. legislation will have to consider the scope of congress's power especially because the statements in brnovich appears like a threat to find new voting legislation unconstitutional. thank you for your time. i look forward to the opportunity to answer questions. sen. cornyn: thank you very much professor hasen. ,i want to begin perhaps by asking you -- and in chair blumenthal: i want to begin perhaps by asking you about the chief justice's role. because i know that you are familiar with the history here. in 1982, john roberts was an attorney and special assistant in president reagan's department of justice. it was the same year that congress was debating amending section two to correct a problematic supreme court decision, city of mobile versus bolden. in the city of mobile, the supreme court held that voters challenging

voting rights in their state. those texas democrats, who we spoke to at the start of this hour. they're going to be on capitol hill.

what is the united states? the united states is a republic. a republic. an island of republican practice in a sea of monarchies and dictatorships. what kind of an example do we think we're setting as a republic if we tolerate slavery? in fact, encourage its growth? what are we say bag the very idea to the idea most precious to all of us and that is the idea of republican government in which all men are created equal and in which the people are sovereign? doesn't that suggest that republicanism is a fraud? how can you talk about the sovereignty of the people and then take a big chunk of the people and say they can never participate in this? how can you do that? doesn't that make republicanism laughable? i mean, at least the monarchs are consistent. give them credit, you know. the king of barataria says, i am the king. you do what i say. you jump when i say and ask how high on the way up. there is no attempt by a king to put a sugar coating around monarchy. but here we are as a republic. we're supposed to be enunciating this enlightenment principle of the s

you have a state house, you have a state senate, i'm in the state senate. the state senate is not under a court issue. we don't have a crime issue right now, so i'm just absent from the center today. you are correct that if our members go back, they can be a rest of them to take him to the state capital. and i wanted to help assure a, a corner outside of the state of texas. there is no power to arrest members of the state house. just there's just no go. so again, this is just a hollow p r. stand. that obviously must be followed, must must be gabbled through by the speaker of the house, just in case someone is going to be stupid enough to go back to the thing that's, that's to be arrested. but i can assure you that we have very intelligent house members that are working their butts off excuse expression in order to try to make certain that we have free, inaccessible opportunities to vote and in this country. very brief, very, very briefly, mr. west, what do you say to your fellow texans who say, usa being on texan, you are now going to be known as the runawa

white state. and since the year 2000, 2002017, there were a $10000.00 cases, a child marriage that occurred. and there is no typical profile, it's not tied to specific religion, it's not tied to specific grades. and the majority of those cases verbiage in a child and a person that was already legally an adult. the youngest was 30, she was made to the 3 year old man, and the way that was worth in kentucky prior to receiving the legislative change in 2018. if you were under the age of 6, you could be married if there was a pregnancy involved and a judge would sign off on that and we hear that we think will surely a judge and their right mind were not authorized. aaron with a child, but in that case that that 13 year old girl that was married after the 33 year old man, she was pregnant, a 15 year old, married off to a 52 year old who was pregnant. i mean, these are basically archaic walls that often legitimize them legalize tennessee. that's exactly what's happening. i think there is no typical profi

united states. and now that by the ministration or whoever had been truck, would be handling it over to someone else. this was never denied estates. this was their country, and the u. s. was never in control of it. i think assumptions as such, has really made the conversation in the united states. much more difficult about what type of a rational choices you can choose between and moving forward. what, what will you tell the administration, what should we expect in the next year? and if can stand the government with a totally binding, of course, there's the role of pakistan and even the role of trying to consider i think it is essential that when the military mission is now and that the united states remains to engage diplomatically, try to help stabilize cornerstone, it's going to be very challenging. but one thing the united states can should do is to encourage the regional the neighboring states to really step up and their incentives to do so has now increased as a result of the united states lea

state. the the cross talking the even crisis. i'm joined by my guess. i'm scared in london. he's america's professor of international history and former convener of repeat studies at london school of economics. also in london, we have donald so soon he has ameritas professor of comparative european history at queen mary university of london. and in syracuse, we cross at glen morgan. he is a professor in the political science department at maxwell school at syracuse university. alright, gentlemen, cross groves and effects. that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always let me go to alan 1st in london, the slow vini and prime minister recently condemned the eas, western states for imposing, quote, imaginary european values, without respecting local cultures. how do you react to that? because we had a letter come out with 16 major figures representing parties all across the the block. very agitated and pushing back against what they think is brussel brussels intruding upon their local a

in many states, democrats are trying to claim voter suppression in the states they are trying to claim voter suppression. they have less restricted voting laws than many democratic-controlled states like new york and delaware. the states passing these laws are doing so to clean up temporary pandemic rules that were made during covid but are not needed outside of a pandemic. rules like 24 hour drive through voting. supreme court recently ruled in favor of states having them to implement voting laws to protect the integrity of their elections. making it easy to vote but hard to cheat. in the case against arizona, justice alito's opinion stated, one legitimate state interest is the prevention of fraud. fraud can affect the outcome of an election and fraudulent votes dilute the right of citizens to cast ballots. fraud can undermine public confidence in the fairness of elections and to perceive but -- with jenna of the outcome. he also noted that in merely implementing voting regulations such as roasted increase ballot integrity does not equal discrimination. that is what my democratic coll

a state willfully tried to sabotage the state elections. the states and often fallen short of fulfilling their federal duties. the framers of t constitution had legitimate reasons to worry about allowing federal elections to become over dependent on voluntary compliance of the state legislations. second, this additional authority which james madison gave on august 9,787, one pt of the clause is actively debated. the two soutcarolina delegates said there was no reason to have alterationf state regulation of feder elections. madison created this motion. dison argued they were be subject to all the abuses of this discretionary policy. state legislats would share their own security to favor the candidates they wishedo succeed. if there were inequalities in the state legislatures, the would be repcated in the design of congressional diricts. these potential urces of abuse justified congressional oversight and revision. the framers agreed because the south carolina motion was rejected without a roll call. madison's speech also identified oblems t

a non state hostile intelligence service, often better by state, actors like russia, the in the same year, we can leeks and russia were involved in an attempt to stabilize another country from just sweat. and i hope to become your president because you don't do the president of all the people of friends, if you don't, a president to protect transforms and builds in the face of the threat of the nationalist genetic oh, your compatriots. a manual mccombs campaign headquarters. the one was busy preparing to the 2nd round of the presidential election when suddenly news spread that the in boxes of campaign workers for my cons, mash party had been it was may, 5th, 2017 c p m. the me firms, towards the end of the day we starting to get room is on twitter. they say there are things that are going to get released. then come the 1st elements that are being talked about. and one moment i see the download link being shared. so i downloaded immediately, i opened it and i see that it's actually emails from people in the campaign to recalls several 1000 documents and emails from the own. most campa

as a result, he ruffled feathers, especially presidents of the united states, united states senators, representatives , british prime minister's and assorted other politicians. >> historian emeritus of the senate and author of, the columnist, doll -- donald ritchie. on c-span's q&a and you can listen to q&a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, regulating social media content, hosted by the federalist society. i looked at the role of the fcc, perceived censorship, and whether regulation is better -- best left to states or the federal government. >> welcome to our showcase discussion series on free-speech and social media. and the vice president for strategic initiatives of the federalist society and director of the freedom of thought projects, new initiative to address emerging challenges to freedom of thought, content, and expression. this afternoon, july 8, we will be discussing how federal preemption and state innovation questions affect competing concerns over speech and content moderation on digital platforms and social media. this is the fifth and a six part seri

if kabul falls to the taliban, what will the united states do about it? pres. biden: you said two things. one, it could result in civil war. that is different from the taliban succeeding, number one. number two, the question of what will be done is going to implicate the entire region as well. there is a number of countries that have a grave concern about what is going to happen in afghanistan relative to their security. the question is, how much of a threat to the united states of america and to our allies is whatever results in terms of a government or an agreement? that is when that judgment will be made. reporter: mr. president, some vietnamese veterans see echoes of their experience in this withdrawal of afghanistan. do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in vietnam? pres. biden: none whatsoever. zero. what you had is entire brigades breaking through the gates of our embassy. six, if i am not mistaken. the taliban is not the north the vietnamese army. they are not remotely comparable in terms of capability. there is going to be

the united states to very clear demand for central america. its domestic economic policies be favorable to us corporations, and that generally means that the policies are going to be unfavorable to the poor of those countries because the very policies that us corporations want are things like low wages, no taxes, no environmental regulations, no unions, police repression of any kind of protest, oh, and access to land that is military and police aid in this possessing peasants from their land so that us corporations can have access to them. that's precisely the opposite of the kinds of policies that would be beneficial to the poor majorities in central america. for millions of people around the world, they can, they can see one emblem maybe on their kitchen table of all of this. i don't know, maybe you should have had the front cover of the velvet underground 1st album on their bananas. well, i would see bananas and coffee historically bananas and coffee starting in the 19th century has been the the primary exports of central america. although

i was a different kind of secretary of state. my wife says i was the first redneck secretary of state. and it did not always make friends for me. when we confronted the chinese communist party, that godless party doing so much destruction not only to its own people and churches in china, people who want to practice their faith in china, the uighur muslims in the west, when we call them out at home, they sanctioned me. i can no longer travel to china, which is fine, actually. it reminds me, when i was leaving office, they didn't have the courage to sanctioned me while i was still secretary of state. my son is engaged and his fiancee called and said my marrying into the sanctioned regime? i said yes, congratulations. we can all be a force for good. a trump administration tried every day to be a force for good . here in the united states, our first job was to make sure we put america first. [applause] we literally took american foreign policy and put america back in that foreign policy. today, it would be climate change policy or wh

secretary of state. the health secretary told mps it was part of the move towards more normal everyday life. step by step, jab byjab, we are replacing the temporary protection of the restrictions with the long—term protection of the vaccine. so we can restore the freedoms which we cherish and experiences that mean so much to us all. labour, though, questioned the government's overall strategy. yes, let's have freedom. but not a high—risk, free for all. keep masks for now. fix sick pay. and let's unlock in a safe and sustainable way. the latest numbers show nearly 29,000 daily reported cases and more than 400 patients admitted to hospital on monday. the government predicts 50,000 cases a day byjuly the 19th and then 100,000 a day possibly in august. one key member of a government advisory committee says predicting future hospital numbers is difficult, but he is not concerned at this stage. so there are risks to reopening injuly undoubtedly, and that has been highlighted and we certainly can expect hig

challenge after challenge brought local state election officials, state legislature, state and federal courts, even to the united states supreme court not once, but twice. more than 80 judges, including those appointed by my predecessor, heard the arguments. in every case, neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering the historic election, in the face of such extraordinary challenges. audits, recounts were conducted. in arizona, wisconsin. in georgia, it was recounted three times. it's clear, for those who challenge the results and question the integrity of the election. no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards. the big lie is just that, a big lie. [applause] the 2020 election -- it's not hyperbole -- is the most examined and the fullest expression of the will of the people in the history of this nation. this should be celebrated. an example of america at its best. but instead, we continue to see the example of human nature at its worst, something darker, more sinister. in america, if you lose, you acce

the fact that the state capture weakened organs of state and the state capacity to intervene is a matter that has been examined, and we are dealing decisively with that. so to be clear, then, you're not able, as a senior minister in your government, you're not able right now to trust your own security and intelligence apparatus because you think they've been penetrated by people and forces that want to bring down your government. is that it? no, we have 100% trust in them. it could have happened that the scale of this, this attempt, would have been dire if ever they had not reacted. but the reaction time is what i'm talking about, that probably took longer than we were supposed to intervene immediately and decisively. we... besides that, our democracy is so strong such that the majority of south africans just looked on as people were attempting to do this and they did notjoin. on their own, they will overthrow this government if they want, but they didn't. and that's how the plotters and the orchestrators were defeated. they were defeated by the power of the people, and later on, complem

legislation, dozens of democratic state lawmakers have actually left the state under the texas constitution the legislator requires that two-thirds of lawmakers be present in order for you it to conduct state business by leaving democrats can block republicans' efforts to pass bills. >> so what is the latest on where this voter restriction legislation stands today? >> so texas democrats are actually in the process of leaving. so we're not -- we don't know if they broke quor yum. they won't officially and legally do it until tomorrow when the house goes back to work. there is a reason they're leaving town today because they -- to be legally compelled back to the senate or back to the state house under the texas constitution, you need to actually have the lawmakers vote on that. the remaining law machers need to vote to say you know, texas rangers, go get the democrats who have fled the state. with he no he that more than 50 law makers are planning to leave the state today. that will deny them the two-thirds quorum in the state. most of them are leaving by two private jets out of austin later

help in voter suppression in the states, get dark money out of politics. give voice to the people, create it and in partisan political gerrymandering. last month, republicans opposed, even debating, even considering for the people's act. senate democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. we must pass the for the people act. it's a national imperative. we must also fight for the john lewis voting rights advancement act. to restore and expand voting protections to prevent voter suppression. just weeks ago, supreme court, yet again weakened the voting rights act. and it called it a significant race-based disparity in voting opportunities. the court's decision, as harmful as it is, does not limit the congress ability to repair the damage them. that's the important point. it puts the burden back on congress to restore the voting rights act to its intent. they passed the for the people act and the advancement act, i will sign it head that the whole world see it. that will be an important moment. in the world is warming. the worl

legislature in nine states. we have put in place independent commissions. we have governors in states who will be able to veto gerrymandered re-districting that republican legislatures, undoubtedly, are going to do. so the fight is, still, on. and that's why re-districting u is so important because we want to try to get the people of this country involved in this fight. promote transparency. involvement of the people in this country. and to make sure that the -- the special interests don't actually control the process in a way that, frankly, they did in 2011 when republicans focused on this. and democrats did not give it sufficient attention. >> what are you asking of people, in terms of their participation? do you want them going to any, say, legislative hearings that might be occurring? or hearings in -- in state legislatures around the country about re-districting? >> yeah. we want them to participate in the process. where there are hearings that are being conducted in state legislatures, go to those. where t

not extend past the state of texas. so we won't step foot back in the state of texas so we can go ahead and kill these bills — the house bill as well as the senate bill, in an effort to, you know, give dc another opportunity. so what are some of the main policies in the texas voting bills? 2a hour and drive—thru voting, which were brought in for last year's presidential election in some areas, are banned. there'll be new id—requirements for voting by mail, previously ballots were verified by a signature matching process. also the authority of observers at polling stations, who work for one party or the other — so—called partisan poll watchers — is to be expanded. democrats fear they could intimidate people as they turn up to vote. our north america correspondent david willis is in los angeles and he's put president biden�*s words into context for us. it was very strong language, david, perhaps his most forceful denunciation so far of these moves by republican—led states to suppress voting rights. and per

just in the state of florida. it's accounting for about 20 percent of all new corona virus cases here in the us. they're troubling signs as well. and for example, in the state of alabama, only about 33 percent of the entire state population has been vaccinated. that has led the governor of alabama to say that basically they're blaming it on unvaccinated people in her state on why the caseload is also going up there. and in the state of new jersey, once one of the epa centers of the pandemic here in the united states, the governor announced there that 50 people about that were fully vaccinated. recently died from corona virus that's led to a lot of worry by many a recent poll by the associated press found that out of all the people unvaccinated in the united states, 45 percent of them say they definitely have no plans to get the jap, it's very troubling for the white house and officials here in the us who are basically dealing with trying to get more people vaccinated. but people that simply clearly have told peopl

we have a lot of evidence and a lot of information from all the states have implemented the state i believe across the nation that have taken this effort. >> thank you and i know with that my time isexpired . thank you so much for your patience and graciously allowing me to answer or ask my questions. >> thank you, we're happy to have you and all the other members who have joined. that actually concludes all of our member questions. i think the panel so much for your time and your expertise in this area. before we adjourn i invite the ranking member to share any closing statements you might have. >> that you and i do appreciate the panelists today. it was very educational and i also appreciate the great questions from our colleagues . one thing i heard was three of the four panelists did a pretty clear case. maybe a fourth so there's a little bit of it but i think between at least three today, it's a clear case. also to our panelists we had a month or two ago, there were in the majority i think made a strong case as well so we are onto something and i appreciate that. i know it's a discussi

all of the lawyers in the state have a vote on it. my civil rights record and knowing that lawyers in many instances, the state bar association had been instrumental in trying to keep and perpetuate segregation. i was not going to put myself out there. there was a white lawyer, a white female lawyer in birmingham who had gotten us to handle some cases for her in our part of the state. she thought our firm had done a good job and i had done a good job. she said fred, you need to be president of the state bar. i said carol, you are crazy. why should i put my head in a noose and volunteer to do that? she said well, we were having the bar association and the meeting in birmingham that year. she said when you come here, i will introduce you to some people. she introduced me to some people. they talked with me about the possibility of running. i told them that i wasn't going to just get out there. but i listened to what they said. the only way i will do it is i will have to run uncontested. if one of these white lawyers decides to run again

my home state of georgia, where state leaders have refused to expand medicaid, has the opportunity to provide affordable health care to 646,000 people who could qualify. i refuse to allow georgians to suffer and be cut off from care while politicians play games. this is why i introduced recently the medicaid saves lives act. this is legislation that would allow people in states like mine who haven't expanded medicaid an alternative path to health coverage. because for far too many, access to be affordable, reliable health care is the difference between life and death. madam president, i agree with martin luther king jr., who said that of all the injustices, inequality in health care is the most shocking and the most inhumane. so i'm grateful that this plan, the medicaid saves lives act, which i introduced the other day , is positioned to be included in the forthcoming economic package. and that's why i rise again on the senate floor to tell the story of another georgia, a story that gets to the heart of why this bill is important. this is amy bielawiski. amy is the owner of a small bu

and that was repeated around the state. chairman maloney: which communities would have been most impacted by this action in your state? ms. perales: the texas voter purge of 2019 was surgically designed to kick asian american and latino newly-naturalized registered voters off the voter rolls, because of the way they put that list together, which had to do with people who formerly held the green cards that were registered to vote today. that is disproportionately latino and asian american in texas. german maloney -- chairman maloney last year, the committee found evidence that u.s. citizens at been incorrectly told they were in eligible to vote and county officials in texas raised serious concerns about the purge. representative thompson, you have been outspoken about the history of voter suppression efforts in texas. how did these attempts to purge voter rolls play to the greater context of voter suppression in texas? ms. thompson: it had a chilling effect on persons who may have wanted to vote, because of what was happenin

gerry: troubling questions about the state of readiness of the u.s. navy for war, facing criticism within its own ranks including too much on cultural and white privilege stuff again, not enough on the core mission of winning battles that seek a new report commissioned by members of congress and based on interviews with 77 current and former navy officers and sailors highlighting concerns that the distracted and handcuffed by bureaucracy shift commanders are micromanaged in a fear of bad publicity more folks the diversity of officers and not enough to work fighting, one lieutenant commented they think my only value is as a black woman if you cut us open will all be the same color. one of the officers of the report retired navy admiral mark montgomery, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. gerry: let's start on this issue a hot topic in recent weeks focus of the military seems to have generally diversity and inclusion and let me quote something that you saw on the report one person that is quoting the report seen a retired off

this as several states look to enact restrictive voting laws. president biden speaking in philadelphia about the ongoing republican effort to enact restrictive voting rights. >> to deny free and fair elections is the most un-american thing, the most un-democratic and most unpatriotic and sadly not unprecedented. >> reporter: the president saving restricts that in more than 16 states are painful an denying women and minorities the right to vote. >> have you no shame? >> reporter: biden calling it 21st century jim crow attacking republicans for leaning on lies that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud calling the effort the most significant test to our democracy since the civil war. >> the confederates back then never breached the capitol as insurrectionists did on january 6th. >> reporter: the senate passing their version. it calls for a ban on 24-hour polling locations and drive-through voting, efforts proving to increase turnout among minority voters. that prompted over 50 democrats to flee the state for washington, d.c. in a desperate atte

. >>> late today, texas democrats meeting with vice president harris after fleeing their state to block new restrictions republicans voting to arrest them. >>> the covid surge in the u.s. and growing concerns for children not yet eligible for the vaccine. in one undervaccinated state, ten children with the delta variant on life support and alarming clusters at summer camps >>> the biggest jump in the prices you pay in 13 years. what is causing the massive rise in inflation? >>> weather extremes the largest wildfire in the u.s. this year exploding to over 200,000 acres. on the other side of the country, a flooding emergency, stranded residents rescued by boat. >>> a deadly mall shootout two u.s. marshals hit with gunfire what we're learning. >>> our series "red, white, and green." as more states legalize marijuana, are employers keeping up >>> and the co-workers with a life-saving coincidence inspiring america. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening the questions of when, where, and how americans get to vote are tonight taking on greater urgency. in some of his

all of the other issues that are happening in our state. it was really empowering for us to meet with her, to hear her words of encouragement, but really for her to hear our pain, to hear the pain of our constituents and we're going through. lawrence, one thing, office girls stick together, we're all here to be there for each other. it was my pleasure to hold the light for her. >> representative dominguez, republicans saying that you are on a road trip having fun, going to washington for fun and games. >> that couldn't be further from the truth. more importantly we are here to fight for our constituents, not just in austin, but at the capitol here as well. we are hopeful that we can move with enough people that we can push forward and get success -- successful legislation. that is why we're here. four here and we're working for them and we will always keep working for them. >> representative johnson, senator joe manchin has said that he is eager to meet with you or some of you at least, a reasonably sized sample. what would you like to disc

so simply, states means you. today we are witnessing a historical moment for the 1st time russia and the united states not only managed to find an agreement, but to present a joint text, which was supported by our colleagues in the council. we expect this kind of a day would become a turning point, that not only syria would wind from this, but the middle east and the world as a whole. so, later the us ambassador linda thomas greenfield was asked about those comments. i certainly see it is an important moment in our relationship, and it shows that what we can do with the russians if we work with them diplomatically on common goals. and this was a common goal that we were able to come to an agreement on to be clear, this won't change, lie for ordinary syrians. there was one border crossing, delivering aid into syria before there's one border crossing. now, and the un says if it had more border crossings, it could more aid. it's also not clear what this really is, a breakthrough in relations between the us and russi

he went to the united states to study. now in his fourteen's, he's back home to help rebuild his country and all that also. and he can come together and pick the country, no one will fix for them and it is necessary for their what is it to see if a little follow up is i mean like, my job has been more than a year in these camps. they still haven't graduated the delay in graduation and partly because the financial constraints act that the poor conditions in the training center. so just sometimes they got enough food medicines and they still don't have proper uniform. it's made integrated opposition and government forces more challenging. we have laws 60 to 62 to and he's the guy sitting center alone, you're alone. i don't know. 100000000 different incentives. so this is a big number is like, you know, how many stupid tons of data one to an extent south sudan is also an armed embargo for lead human rights abuses committed during several years of conflict. you have given us embargo, and you, one i said the same time to form a

challenge after challenge brought to local, state and election officials, state legislatures, state and federal courts, even to the united states supreme court not once but twice. more than 80 judges, including those appointed by my predecessor heard the arguments, in every case neither cause nor evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering the historic election in the face of such extraordinary challenges. audit, recounts were conducted. in georgia it was recounted three times. no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, and such high standards. the big lie is just that. a big lie. [ applause ] 2020 election is not hyperbole. the most examined and fullest expression of the people of this nation. they should be celebrated. we continue do see an example of human nature at its worst. something darker, something sinister. in america if you lose, you accept the results, you follow the insticonstitution. you try again. you don't call facts fake and try to bring down the american experiment just because you're unhappy. that's not statesmanship. [ app

and particularly the united states. they have made ever greater contributions to peace as we saw with egypt in this regional conflict. finally, with the united states, the u.s. administration like all administrations decides that since the priorities for the international agenda -- good luck. when asia's aircraft carriers are shipped out to the middle east outside of afghanistan, it is outside of joey hood's responsibilities in the middle east and the entire appomattox apparatus of the united states dropped most everything else to focus on the gaza cease-fire. this is the nature of the middle east that every administration has experienced. we can dream about doing things that are more important but the middle east is very hard to ignore. i think that is the lesson everyone has gotten. i will stop there. >> before i turned back to you, i just want to remind our viewers to submit their questions via twitter or email them to us. the important role of the united states, a proactive role, particularly to ensure that the ceas

and next week, the president of the state bar is going to come here, and i understand the alabama state bar is going to give me some sort of resolution and an award, and i'm going to be the speaker for them at the annual convention on i think it is the 15th of july at the bar meeting. it's been a good thing, and i've enjoyed it and tried to be a good lawyer. >> quite an evolution from the very beginning when you were taking the bar exam to start off. we have a few more minutes. i have a couple of questions from the audience. have you ever worked with reverend james lawson? >> who? >> reverend james lawson? >> name's lawson? lawson? >> yes. >> where is he from? >> they did not say. >> didn't say? >> no. >> the name sounds familiar. it's not one that i had very much work with, but i may have. >> okay. what about reverend james hintton of south carolina? he worked with -- built the case with thurgood marshall that went to the supreme court. did you ever work with reverend james hinton? >> i didn't work with him, but thurgood marshall i did work with, as a matter of fact, when i was retaine

and the legislation does vary state by state. so if you look at indiana and florida, for instance, they're focused more so on prohibiting this idea of vaccine passports, so prohibiting requiring documentation of your vaccination status whereas the other states are really focused on prohibiting the actual requirement of getting vaccinated and it's interesting, also, when you look at the public's opinion of this, a kaiser family foundation poll found that among the public, about half of people sur vet surveyed support vaccine requirements in schools. one in ten say they are get their kids vaccinated if it's required in school. 42% of parents 14 to 17 say their child is vaccinated or they have plans to do so. this is an interesting conversation. >> and as school approaches, so too will more of this conversation. jacqueline howard, thank you. >>> so this morning, the white house is voicing support for more vaccine requirements at the local level after dr. anthony fauci said they are necessary. this is as the delta variant becomes mor

concrete tangible results for the folks in their state the blue state governors are completely married to this idea of the fundamental transformation of the nation whether crt in schools with a renewed deal or higher taxes, you have this incredible divided america that is political and economic and cultural and geographic and i hope we give a leader relatively soon who can bring this all together again because this is not sustainable over the long term. larry: you hate to generalize that i think in general cal is woke and florida is not they are maybe woke parts of florida and traditional parts of california but on the whole it's woke versus non-woke. a sensitive topic as immigration california now embraces illegal immigration, there is no other way to put it and that is a blue state specialty in the far left progressive specialty. florida on the other hand is so interesting to me you and i down to the years, i think this is true for monica, we like immigration and we like immigrant to help this country and people who come for freedom and success and prosperity and family raising isn't

affected access to the ballot in the peach state. we're fortunate to have the perfect guest of this story tonight. joining me now is senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota. she's also chairwoman of the rules and administrative -- and administration committee. senator klobuchar, we truly appreciate you being with us as always. i know you were with stacey abrams earlier today at a roundtable of voting rights in georgia. i know you went to get the word at ebenezer baptist church from reverend warnock before that. but of course, you'll be hearing from him again tomorrow, along with other georgia residents and experts in a rare senate rules committee hearing in atlanta on the voting restrictions recently enacted in that state. i was chair of the rules committee. what has happened in georgia for you to hold this hearing outside of washington? >> well, about 400 things have happened, al, and that's all the laws have been introduced people's freedom to vote. 28 of these bills have been signed into law. georgia is so egregious, because

state and local officials say the state was spared from any significant structural damage in clearwater. people even started to return to the beach as conditions improved, governor rhonda sanders says around 26,000 people were without power wednesday morning, but florida did not see widespread outages. there are more than 10,000 restoration personnel prepared to respond to these outages. there's not been reports of really significant structural damage anywhere in florida. fortunately at this point also was. the first hurricane of the 2021 atlantic season, which officially started last month. forecasters say this is expected to be another above average year for storms, but floridians say they're happy this first one didn't leave behind significant damage were used to major hurricane so my daughter is freaking out at home, and i'm like, honey, we're good. elsa is forecasted to move up through georgia and into the carolinas by thursday. in clearwater beach, florida. mala rivera fox news today, officials in surfside, florida say they made the difficult decision to shift from search and resc

massive disparities between some states and others, and even pockets within states where there are significantly lower numbers of vaccinations compared to other areas. you can see that data on the vaccine tracker. you can see the wide disparity. a reason that we have to look at it is different, unfortunately there is a correlation between low vaccination rates and high infection rate. guy: we talked about this last night, and i want to get your take for our tv audience. the delta variant is now increasingly dominant. to what extent does that undermine the case for current travel restrictions? why can't i go to the united states when the delta variant is strong there? why can't u.s. citizens come here in the same way? we are all dealing with the same variant now. or is the fear that another one is on the way? sam: i think you are right, i think we need to get on with this. need to get together and figure out how to deal with this situation when it comes to managing the requirement for travel, etc. you have this odd situation where you're going to be tested, you are likely going to be vaccinated b

is the number two state for education where we measure the states across ten categories of competitiveness, close behind massachusetts, also number three for workforce they're having a hard time attracting work ers to the state because of the high costs. but still a very smart, educated workforce. this state has done well on a category that we have re-imagined during the post social reckoning time. the state has, in the last just couple of years, has protected lgbt lgbtq rights and expanded voter rights >> two years ago, ralph northam was facing calls to resign >> reporter: he said at the time he was not going to resign but devote the remainder of his time to increasing equity in the state. a lot of folks were skeptical at the time his message today was that the ranking today proves that good business and inclusiveness are not mutually exclusive >> when you do the right thing for people, it's not only right for them but good for business a lot of good things are happening with virginia with equity we're an inclusive state and open for business. >> reporter: northam is not up for reelection

of the united states. >> so help me. cobb >> so help me god. >> congratulations mister president. >> my fellow americans, hour-long, national nightmare is over. i have not campaign either for the presidency or the vice presidency. i have not subscribe to any partisan platform. i am indicted to know man. and only to one woman. my dear wife. i have not sought this enormous responsibility, but i will not sure can. >> gerald ford brought to the oval office devalues first learned in a very different place. grand rapids, michigan. born in 1913, he had lived a typical small time american life, his community was his classroom. . >> grand rapids when i was growing up was a community that engendered family values. my parents, my mother and my stepfather had indoctrinated me and the importance of the family. but the whole community had the same viewpoint. >> the world first noticed gerald ford as a football player. strong for his age and enthusiastic competitor and a team player. attending the university of michigan at ann arbor, h

as a matter fact, the state of delaware is one of the most restrictive states in terms of voting accessibility. i've been saying this. this is important. this needs to be done this year, before 2022 and the important midterms. five things that i think every american of goodwill would want for our elections, to ensure integrity in our elections that we all can have confidence in the results. one would be voter photo i.d. two, signature verification. three, when people mail in ballots and they are obtained, we got to have chain of custody integrity. both sides should be able to watch where those ballots go and records kept. four, got to update the voter rolls every election, make them current. and five, most states have statutory legal language that allows partisan observers from all political sides and they provide them an opportunity to watch the vote count. that needs to happen. it didn't happen in 2020, needs to happen. up close, start to finish, the entire account. no counting behind closed doors. and of course more and more top democrats are about to suddenly abandon their positions on vot

i've also seen 1787, a treaty between the united states and morocco. what the treaty was about was maritime laws that allowed privilege of the united states and the privileges for the moroccan country to support privileges based on economics, not treaties for citizen but economic reasons just like sovereign citizens will also use maritime laws to confuse law enforcement during the vehicle stops. we have to understand they don't recognize themselves as sovereign citizens. however their ideology is closely aligned to sovereign citizen ideology. >> is what one of the men set about their supposed rights. >> we have the right to travel, to have no tax or licenses. >> again, most people are just shocked by this and maybe shots were not all that shocked that the media gave it pretty much a beyond over the weekend. again what do americans need to understand about this? >> these groups emerged in the 90s in different iterations of the moorish nation, sovereign nation, i dealt with them when i was head of the fbi in north carolina, they don't recognize any autho

it also gives the united states. so is there another dimension in nuclear weapons about america's place in the world where we may have other things going shoddy, but, you know, nukes make sure that we were always there. and we always matter, jacob, well, i think it's more a quest for predominance. the idea is that the more you have them, we're going insurance policy, you have the less other countries will be inclined to, to mess with you. but the truth is, it, it is as you point out at bottom, a colossal waste of money. we should be investing in the united states infrastructure. we should not be squandering these kinds of sans on nuclear weapons that contribute absolutely nothing. you could just as easily dig a hole in the desert, nevada and dumped billions of dollars into it. we're not actually beyond 1700. i mean, i don't know what buying more nuclear weapons is going to contribute. at this point . we have, we have other huge problems which by the way, impact our power in the rest of the world. and what about econo

our secretary of state appointed by the governor of the state of texas specifically said there was no election fraud. the attorney general that wants to get up in arms who had the opportunity to prosecute election fraud, his office said, we have had 44 cases. not just in 2020, but over the years. 44 cases. you can pair that with the fact we have 30 million people in the state of texas and we have 700 die in the winter storm. you tell me, do we need to talk about the integrity of our electrical grid or do we need to talk about the integrity of our election system? amy: we're are going to bring as well texas tech representative jasmine crockett, another of the organizers of the state reps going from texas to d.c. i state representative trey martinez fischer of san antonio. you were in one of those two chartered flights and the bus that left goalless -- dulles. can respond to governor abbott singh when you return he will arrest you, have you all arrested in cabin, keep you in the capital until you vote? they can't go after you in washington, d.c. but the republican representatives don't