and all the people behind it. >> reporter: that sounds a lot like what jamelle brown believes too. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news >>> some sad news to share tonight about jack hanna his family says the columbus zoo animal and wildlife expert who became a long-time fixture on television is retiring from public life at age 74 because of dementia, now believed to be alzheimer's disease. >>> america has lost a world war ii hero. charles coolidge, the oldest recipient of the medal of honor, has died coolidge led a unit that was badly outnumbered in france in 1944. he was 99, and his death leaves only one surviving world war ii medal of honor recipient, 97-year-old woody williams of west virginia >>> up next for us tonight, a symbol of renewal that's inspiring america. >>> finally, a sure sign of spring offering a much-needed boost. joe fryer with "inspiring america." >> reporter: in washington state's skagit valley the tulips are starting to stir, stretching to the sky, almost as tall as the little girl >> can you smell that? yeah >> reporter: paying them a visit >> you can be in a real big

as jamel bowie explains there was no statute that said black people cannot vote. instead southern lawmakers spun a web of restrictions and regulations meant to catch most blacks as well as many whites and keep them out a of the electorate. that's been the entire cat and mouse game to stop multiracial democracy in this country for over ade century. for a majority of the time it has been a non-slave country, right? since the civil war. the majority of the time there were these rules in place. this is what tlookd like on the actual front lines of the voting rights fight in 1965 in selma, alabama. >> the dallas county courthouse steps became a dramatic stage as prospective voters lined up for the registrar's office inside. the key actor was sheriff jim clark. >> you move back to the sidewalk. >> more than half of dallas county citizens were black. but less than 1% were registered by 1965. throughout much of the south custom and law had long prevented blacks from registering. in selma the registrar's office was open only two days a month. registrars would arrive late,

been placed on what the government calls enhanced community quarantine the highest tier of lockdown jamelle alan duggan reports now from manila. dr greece but delia is the medical director of wind of the leading public hospitals in manila she says health workers across the country have been overwhelmed by the pandemic but today at least there are some signs of progress it's the 2nd day of public inoculations against 19 and she says this is what gives those working on the front line some hope this vaccination is the solution for this disease so there's no other way the fight will be 90 in. little box in the vaccination is the solution for the nation at this hospital at least 1300 medical workers are receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine people here tell us they have to line up for hours but it's something that they don't mind they say because in a country with more than a 100000000 people they tell us they feel grateful to be inoculated now the government is facing delays in its national inoculation drive due to limited supplies and its own initial restrictive policies towards vaccine imports

it comes on a layup over his former teammate jamelle with mcgee. he had 21 points in the first dogs led by one at the end of the 1st quarter. 2nd quarter nuggets up 6 stepback 3 this routine at this point. he had 30 points at the half 3rd quarter curry sinks, the 31 worries of 6 midway through the 3rd. later on with tears. his temp 3 of the game warriors up by 11, his splash brother klay thompson loving it. all right. end of the 3rd want us cano air scene gets the steal gets the dunk a little extra curricular activity. will monte morris just letting him know where he's from. 95th street warriors up 16 after 3 4th quarter. steph, right here. simple enough to make a free throw. but that gives him his 50th point of the game. his 9th 50 point game of his career. 3rd of the season step finished with 52 points tonight. warriors win one 16, one 17 and sports reporter kylen mills was at chase center to watch it all go down. kylen. >> hey, jason, what an electric night here in the chase center and what a special night for warriors star steph curry was absol

and as a boxing great is getting back in the rain jamel have all of those details and. the world health organization is warning that the corona virus pandemic is growing exponentially with 4400000 new cases reported last week alone india is now causing the greatest concern having surpassed brazil as the country with the 2nd highest number of infections after the united states it recorded nearly 170000 new cases and 900 deaths in the past 24 hours but despite the government blaming the 2nd wave on people not abiding by a covert 1000 guidelines large political and religious gatherings are still being held elizabeth pradhan reports from new delhi. more than $2000000.00 hindu pilgrims gathered on the bands of the ganges river before immersing themselves in the water on monday the 3 month command a festival began and stays in january it's going ahead this year despite india seeing a wreck or 2 number of cars in mind cases and deaths police say they're unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds but. if we try to enforce social distancing an acciden

jamel boulie of "the new york times" wrote this about the jim crow era. there was no statute that said black people cannot vote. instead, southern lawmakers spun a web of restrictions and regulations meant to catch most blacks as well as many whites and keep them out of the electorate. and in a throwback to that time a writer for the conservative national review recently opined the republic might be better served by having fewer but better voters. like who, friend? land owning white folks? because that sounds very familiar. now corporate criticism of these bills have spread like wildfire. this was after the public pressure campaigns. this unusual move has the gop crying cancel culture. >> i found it completely discouraging to find a bunch of corporate ceos getting in the middle of politics. my advice to the corporate ceos of america is to stay out of politics, don't pick size in these big fights. >> now mcconnell later walked back those comments because i guess play boy remembered just how much corporations donate to his campaign. joining me now is new je