in the state of wisconsin the state overall is pretty evenly divided. her concentrated and overwhelmingly blue cities madison, and milwaukee. as a result, even if you draw a map that is fairly compact and draws a district that is madison. draws a district that is in milwaukee, the state's other six districts will lean republican by a fair margin for even a partisan blind map could generate six republicans , just to democrats. >> texans and 15, 16% population growth in last ten years, 29 million people living there gaining two congressional seats. >> that is right. texas is an example of how demographic change can constrain what a party might otherwise draw. texas has 23 republicans and democrats right now. republicans are going to try to have the states to new seats for themselves. but they have to play defense as well. 95% of texas population gained was non- white in the past decade on a net basis. what that means is republicans have a lot of seats particularly in the suburbs that are becoming more competitive. at the 23 seats republicans currently hol

the more important part of this is going to be how lines are drawn from state to state. republicans get to draw the maps in 20 states, totaling 187 districts. that is because state legislatures, for the most part are the ones that bear responsibility, compared to 75 districts in eight states that democrats control. republicans get to drop more than twice as may districts as democrats. there are also 10 states that use independent or bipartisan commissions that total 121 districts. there are six states with control split between the legislature of one and governor of the other. that adds up to 46 districts. there are six states that only have one district in the upcoming decade and do not need to divide their state into multiple seats. >> six states are gaining members of congress, texas, florida, north carolina, oregon, montana and colorado. seven states are losing a member, new york, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of estate, like illinois or west virginia, two states have lost population, each of los a c, did they take pol

states into multiple seats. >> six states organic members of congress texas, florida, north carolina, oregon, montana and colorado. seven states are losing a member of congress: new york, pennsylvania michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states have lost a population -- lost population and each are losing a seat as well. do they take the politics with them or frustration of the politics? >> we increasingly hear of voters were throwing their hands up in the air become to inhospitable for their beliefs and choosing to move elsewhere. it takes a lot of vigorous research to determine the size of that affects, how blue or red estate becomes. but, what we know is that over time as voters either choose to live in places that are more politically comfortable or as independent voters began to lean more and more towards whatever party isn't dominant because of an echo chamber affect whether social media or the predominant feeling in their community that we are seeing more geographic polarization. that plays into redistr

states into multiple seats. >> six states organic members of congress texas, florida, north carolina, oregon, montana and colorado. seven states are losing a member of congress: new york, pennsylvania michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states have lost a population -- lost population and each are losing a seat as well. do they take the politics with them or frustration of the politics? >> we increasingly hear of voters were throwing their hands up in the air become to inhospitable for their beliefs and choosing to move elsewhere. it takes a lot of vigorous research to determine the size of that affects, how blue or red estate becomes. but, what we know is that over time as voters either choose to live in places that are more politically comfortable or as independent voters began to lean more and more towards whatever party isn't dominant because of an echo chamber affect whether social media or the predominant feeling in their community that we are seeing more geographic polarization. that plays into redistr

the agent of the state. [inaudible] >> that is just contesting the premise the attorney general could not of appealed that he would've taken in the first place but. >> that's not my position my position stepping outside the hypothetical because of the way the stipulation was written the attorney general could have appealed because it is consistent with him reserving his rights to participate in any subsequent appeal and benefit from any favorable ruling for. >> i apologize for pressing on this. maybe i'm just not understanding and it may be my fault entirely. if you agree and that torres type case to grant intervention rights which i take you to agree, that's a very simple case. it seems to me the petitioners would say that is exactly what happened here because the ag could have appealed, it didn't and is now seeking intervention. if we assume that's the point the ag could have appealed, why doesn't the same result follow? and buffoon hill the fact the virginia house of delegates participated in that case br

gerrymander is the state in a way to get democrats up to 23 of the states 26 districts. dimension the advisory commission this is a bipartisan commission of ten members that was established by a ballot initiative passed by voters. and yet it has been slow to function. the five democrats and five republicans have to come to some kind of consensus in order to advance redistricting maps to the legislature for consideration. there is actually a separate ballot initiative on the ballot this fall that could allow the legislature more leeway if it even proposals at all. it's an end around imposing their will on the map. >> joshua solomon as a reporter with the albany times union. mr. solomon, where was newark's population loss? >> i appreciate you guys bringing me on. a lot of it was upstate, new york more rural populations. as you'd expect in the city, there were population increases appears almost exclusively in the new york city metropolitan area you sell the population increase. and elsewhere in the state you saw a lot of decreases especially in rural areas. >> host: about

printed and distributed to the states for ratification consideration at the state level. this is really make amazing rare survivor, 15 or so survived from 1787. this is the only one who still remains, the rest are institutional collections. it's a rare opportunity to seek a dunlop claypool printing on display and of course there's a lot of connection between the constitutional convention decides on and presents to the state between the connections between the revolutionary state constitution like massachusetts and pennsylvania we talked about. what are some of thehelv lessons constitutional convention learned from processing of creating constitution? can you share some interesting stories? >> a huge topic we won't be able to cover everything but there is a connection between what americans are doing at a state level in 1976 through the 1780s to 1877 i think one of the most fascinating questions in american history because as we see, americans are getting a lot of experience writing the constitution but it's for their states which is difficult enough, there are so many thi

to ensure it targets states with a persistent pattern of discrimination, it captures the states that only meet a high numeric threshold of violation in the past 25 years, and that review period is critical. it is not frozen in time but rolls forward. jurisdictions without recent violations will automatically drop out. stronger tools are needed to address discrimination and other places and that is why it is important the bill also expands other national protections. as justice kagan observed, this is a perilous moment for the nation's commitment to equal citizenship. safeguarding our democracy and protecting voting rights is one of the most sacred responsibilities this body has. the house has passed the bill and now it's up to the senate to act without delay to pass the john lewis act and freedom to vote act. thank you. >> thank you. do we have attorney general roe kita? we are still waiting. mr. greenbaum, you may proceed for five minutes. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today on ways in which congress can restore and improve one of the nation's most important

of the morning important part of this is how lines are drawn from state tomp state and republicans get to draw the maps in 20 states totaling 187 districts because state legislatures for the most part are the ones that bear responsibility for this compared to 75 districts in eight states that democrats control so republicans control more than twice as many districts as democrats and there are also 10 states that use independent or bipartisan commission that total 121 districts and six states controlled the split between legislature of one party and the governor of the other so that adds up to 46 districts and then there are six states that only have one district in the upcoming decade and don't need to divide their states into multiple seats. >> six states are gaining members of congress, texas, florida, north carolina, oregon and colorado. seven are losing, new york, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states that lost population, do they take their politics with them or are they moving out of fr

if you're a state organization or a local organization in washington state or california state, what are the ways in which you can be talking about the importance of and supporting the effort around this policy? >> maura, why don't you go first, i'll follow you. >> sure. i think this event alone shows the importance of this issue and different groups that all care about this coming together and working together to spread this message. i think that a lot of what wade said about what folks on the ground, in states that really need this expansion, really applies to those who are in states that have also -- had already expanded. making sure you're contacting your member of congress, making sure you're telling them you care about this issue, that it is a matter of racial justice, it's a matter of health justice, and just because you have health insurance doesn't mean that the game is over. we need to press forward and make sure that we're all in this together. medicare covers everybody in this country regardless of state. medicaid should as well. >> maura, i think that's absolutely right.

i said to him from a qr united states senator, you happen to be elected by the people in your state, i am a united states congressman and i am not district congressman for the sixth congressional district, i am here for the people of caliphate south carolina and of the people in the united states of america and its incumbent upon the country to do what's necessary to expand and get rid of the gap and provide healthcare for all of our citizens. it's the same thing for voting, all states do not conduct themselves the same way so we have to be would ask a national problem and not allow healthcare to be out based upon not just where you live and that is a problem as well but what state you live in will determine your zip code as well. >> thank you so much. on that notion of history is a great informer, you recently wrote a blog entitled racial equity built back better package. can you explain what you meant by that and by closing this gap is a priority for this community? >> thank you for the question and let me say what an honor it is to be with you catalyst and congressman clyburn and

since today's hearing is also about the state of the state department, we must address the state's role on the hazardous role of the withdrawal of afghanistan. despite efforts to put afghanistan in the rearview mirror, it remains a pressing national security concern for the senate and for the american people. it's been over a month since secretary blinken appeared before this committee and we have yet to receive the secretary's responses to our questions for the record that were propounded at that time. this is an unacceptable delay and we expect better responsiveness from the department, which they have always promised, but never executed on. on the issue of continued evacuations. in september, secretary blinken assured us there were just 100 americans remaining in afghanistan that wish to depart. 100. just last week, however, the team responsible for continued evacuations of americans told us that they were working on over 170 americans who wish to depart more than 360 americans who remain there. i ask to enter into the data aggregate data my staff collected about the botched evacuati

so if you're a state organization or local organization in washington state or california state, what are the ways in which you can talk about the importance of and supporting the effort around this policy? wade: why don't you go first? maura: this event alone shows the importance of this issue and different groups that all care about this coming together and working together to spread this message. a lot of what wade said about what folks in the ground in states that need this expansion really applies to those who are in states that have already expended, so making sure you are contacting your member of congress, taking sure you are telling them you care about this issue, that it is a matter of racial justice, a matter of health justice, and just because you have health insurance does not mean the game is over. we need to press forward and make sure we are all in this together. medicare covers everybody in this country regardless of state. wade: i would go back again to the power of personal stories. so patrick's elevation of adrian living in pennsylvania, her story is powerful and s

of state. >> thank you, mr. president. it is my pleasure to introduce to you, the recorded statesmen, of president mahmoud abbas of the state of palestine before the 67th general assembly. i wish you all success in confronting the challenges that we are facing in the world and in the state of palestine. thank you. pres. abbas: [speaking palestinian arabic] translator: in the name of god the compassionate, your excellency, president of the united nations general assembly, your excellency, secretary-general of the united nations, excellencies, members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen. may the peace, blessings, and mercy of god be upon you. this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the nakba. more than half of the palestinian people were uprooted from their land and disposed of their property. myself, my family, and many others still possess the deeds to our land. these deeds are registered as part of the united nations records. here is that deed. and many palestinians carry theirs as they still carry the keys to

it's a loyal slaveholding state. it is still in the union were as virginia is a part of the confederacy. it is a slaveholding states. d.c. has emancipation measure in 1862 that frees enslaved people within the district of columbia. but that does is it triggers the movement of enslaved people from the surrounding state and it becomes very complicated because the union is very invested in making sure those in the union, the union government is still in the government. : : : >> it forces this relationship between enslaved people and the federal government that is really unprecedented from the south, right, but as we see from your book, that actually that fight had begun well before -- well before the civil war happened. so emancipation becomes a defining moment i think for the nation's capitol where we really begin to see the strength of the federal government against slavery in ways we hadn't before. >> thank you very much. so as we reach the end of our time together, when we pick up your books, what do you want us to

-- by a state? gen. clarke: senator, i am here to talk about the right to vote, which falls to the 14th and 15th amendments, and congress has broad powers to enforce -- sen. lee: i assume you would also agree, per the 14th amendment, congress has broad powers to protect other fundamental individual rights, including religious freedom? what about the second amendment? what about gun laws? should a state be required to receive preclearance from federal officials before adopting gun restrictions? gen. clarke: this is not an area that i work in in the civil rights division but i know that the right to vote is unique. it is special and it is something the supreme court has routinely said that congress has broad enforcement powers under the 14th and 15th amendments to protect. sen. lee: sure, and those broad powers also extend to other rights that people have. i think it is important for us to remember that our nation is built on this principle of respect for the sovereign entities that our states are, and for

the idea that when state election administrators or state supreme court's under state constitutions, under state legislative command act in the electoral process, that is somehow unconstitutional. there is no basis for that. it has been made up. it was rejected in all of these courts. it was floated by the attorney general of texas who sued. it was rejected. then it was floated again on the house floor on january 6, as the violent insurrection mob attacked us. it was rejected again. yet, the big lie lives now in the sodi audits around the country. it was amazing to hear the gentleman from arizona essentially -- i think he is trying to ally the fact that this audit rejected the claim that donald trump won in arizona. i never really understood members from arizona challenging the result by which they themselves were elected in the exact same election where they were elected, yet, still -- mr. biggs can correct me if i am wrong -- i hear him not even accepting the results of this audit who say that joe biden got more votes that were lawfully reported by the states. >> will determine yie

arizona and the lower basin states. arizona has the largest or fastest growing county in the country. maricopa county businesses come to arizona. they should continue because we are going to fix this issue. but i'd like to hear from you a little bit about as you think about this and you start to think outside the box it comes to mind. >> i think both of us are looking forward to answering the question and i will kick off a few responses. the themes have involved the need to be innovative and flexible and that's what we are absolutely going to have to do in the colorado river basin but we've also emphasized the need to be collaborative and work together on these issues. i think you raised the topic of trying to use technology and be creative and have that underlining basis in science and that is what we are committed to do in the interior department. it's going to be no doubt about it we are going to be part of those conversations and look to have those available to the communities. our partners in arizona. >> i will foc

state organizations, local organizations and the washington state or california state. what are the ways in which you can be talking about the importance of supporting the effort around this policy? >> why don't you go first, -- ? >> i think this event alone is important for this issue of different groups that all care about this coming together and working together to spread the message. i think that a lot of what we said about folks from the ground and states that really need this expansion, really applies to those who are in states that have already expanded. making sure that you are contacting your member of congress, making sure you're telling them that you care about this issue. that it is a matter of racial justice, a matter of health justice and just because you have health insurance does not mean the game is over we need to press forward and make sure that we are all in this together. medicare coverage should include medicaid >> let's go to the power of stories. personal stories. i patrick's elevation of a tree in this morning in pennsylvania. pennsylvania has

these include how states help themselves, how we help one another, and the state federal partnership. first, states help themselves by understanding fema as a natural first responder, and by maintaining a good working relationship with our local emergency managers. according to data from a report with our local counterparts, in fiscal year 2020, state and local emergency management organizations managed 19700 and 52 events without federal assistance. additionally, 27 states maintain their own state-funded assistance programs to help citizens and businesses when a disaster or emergency does not meet the criteria for federal assistance. second, states help one another through efforts such as the emergency management assistance compact. celebrating its 2050 or of service, emac has deployed 40,000 personnel in state assistance since 2060 -- 2016 alone. it was emac during the 2016 republican national convention that trained and equipped officers and other states to assist in managing the significant event. finally, the federal state partnership is one of the bed rocks of emergency manageme

into blue states. these positions matter. attorneys general in the united states matter. >> next, i will ask our co-chair , agent healey, we have heard about the great work that attorneys general are doing. what can these -- what are some ways that people can get involved with this panel so we can keep our democratic ag's? >> just what general nessel just said. we have mark in virginia. we have to get him reelected. i want to be really clear. if you don't have democratic attorneys general in these underground states, that is a serious issue for democracy. we were the ones who could go to court. -- who can go to court, represent the state, stop donald trump from his shameful acts time and time again. they are now perpetrated by his followers to say nothing of the rule of law, nothing of the constitution, nothing of their american brothers and system, -- sisters. the way they treated this whole thing. go to our website and you can read about our wonderful ag's and candidates. we are looking to compete he

on the state level, these have to be fought state by state. and we need to be politically organized. we need to, as a country, democrats, republicans, independents, come together and stand for the rule of law and make sure that our elections are going to be run fairly, so that they don't benefit democrats or republicans, but that the election results accurately reflect the will of the people. judy: and just to be clear, going back to what you said earlier about audits, you're saying some audits are appropriate. but how are voters to tell the difference between an audit they can trust and one they can't? rick: well, the audits that happened, and the kind of the gold standard are what are called risk-limiting audits. these happen. it's part of the governmental process. and there are outside observers that can watch that process. there are all kinds of transparency measures. these happen within the weeks after the election being finalized. it doesn't happen nine or 10 months later. it doesn't happen on a partisan basis. the state legislatures a n

basically by the time missouri is a state in 1818 they are to have the slave states in the free states formed. there are two parts of the country the one part where slavery is on the way out and one part where slavery is growing and you don't agree on what the future is going to be so missouri is kind of, missouri is where they realized that and were they both reached for the same place. of course the title of the event attached as an amendment that says no further slaves and a lot of the white missourians reaction to that is. >> we got the recognizable commercial agriculture that craig described and recognize a lot of other states. agricultural community populated largely by southerners and we have all the factors that you mentioned, the war and the increase of slavery and economic factories and microcreations factors but this episode in missouri where it all comes to a head involves a number of major players. john quincy allen's, jon jay and you just mentioned james talmage. what is in fact a national conversation about what to do about missouri? >> i would say something larger than

china or the united states. we have seen a linkage between the controlled corporate media now the social media systems massive disruption in our fundamental rights creation of the national security act the patriot act the national defense authorization act. so when you look at these two organisms whether it's the chinese reality or the american reality, the american people are not understanding what is developing. and all of this theater we're witnessing is nothing but a bunch of nonsense to rationalize more military more control more foundations more military platforms to destroy the democracy of america. the american people truly need to wake up and demand repeal of the national security act. we're arbitrarily putting our own citizenry in jail based on lies. host: i'm going to jump in. what about the main argument there? guest: the question of how the united states and chinera or democracies and authoritarian societies are responding to the impact of technology on societies and government is a really critical

it's happening in my state and virtually every other state. at this moment state legislators, county commissions are help drawing lines that will help determine who the american people elect to represent them in congress and in their state capitols. for the first time since the days of dr. king's march in washington, congressional, state and local government ledge s slative districts will be drawn without the key preces of the voting rights act. because in 2013 the supreme court issued its 5-4 decision shelby county vs. holder. that section 5 required localities with records of discrimination against voters of color through racist policies like poll taxes and literary tests to ensure any changes to rules were vetted by the justice department before they could be enforced. this requirement is known simply as preclearance and applied to redistricting. but that preclearance requirement, the guarantee of accountability to the voters and adherence to the law is by the supreme court and shelby. as today's witness assistant attorney general clark has

by the united states. i don't deny that the harshness of the doctrine, but i think it's inherent in the safety. >> there was overwhelming evidence that the acted take place in poland. suppose everybody did take videos that everybody agreed were authentic. what then? >> it would be additional circumstances that the cia director or whoever was making and would want to take into account and would have to explain why further disclosure could still harm national security. again, i think in that circumstance there would be concerns. the cia director talked about a difference between what appears to be definitive proof and formal confirmation by people with firsthand knowledge on the suspect. adversaries view those as two different things. >> i understand the argument about our allies, but not being coextensive, whether something is a secret, but a -- at a certain point it becomes farcical about the privilege. if everybody knows what you are asserting privilege on, maybe we should rename it. it's not a state secr

supreme court heard oral arguments in the united states and i case on the state secret privilege and the torture at various cia black site the federal government can restrict access to information and legal proceedings if it's believed disclosure will be a threat to national security. they have until june of 2022 to assure a ruling in this case. >> justice kavanaugh is participating remotely this morning. we will heal arguments in case 2827, the united states versus zubayah. mr. fletcher? >> our nations covert intelligence partnerships depend on our partners trust that we will keep those relationships confidential. respondents seek discovery that we compel a breach of that trust by alleging or denying a secret base in poland. the cia director explained why the compelled disclosure would harm the national security. we should have afforded deference to that and they failed to do so. the ninth circuit undertook its own inquiry into whether the existence of the alleged facility was a secret givens public -- given public speculation but under the decision in reynolds, the question is not

and this is what the united states and mexico are working together. one, we have to tackle the root causes of regular migration. even if we're dealing with the immediate challenges, ultimately the only solution is to deal with the root causes. because again, it is not as if most people from wherever they are, wake up one morning and say, wouldn't it be a great thing to leave everything i know behind my family, my community, my, my culture, my language, everything. and make this incredibly hazardous journey and come to try to come to the united states and also by the way, not be able to get there. there are very powerful drivers that give people a sense that they have no choice. we have to be able to address that. i think fundamentally it's about economic opportunity and demonstrating to people that they can have a livelihood. they can have the possibility of providing for themselves for their families, for their futures at home. and we're working on that together. the 2nd thing i'll say is that i think mexico in the united states also believe strongly

imperialism in your absence to draw what was initially what were the first states when the united states was developed draw a quick map of what to united states look like not expounding. i don't have those about how many states because i might tip them off but most of them do drugs in the continental i got them from them immediately, it is a subconscious memphis destiny that it will always be but of course it wasn't always to be it took more than 100 years of daily unrelenting warfare to march across the continent later invasion of mexico and annexation of half of mexico. in that time the continent was not sold until 1890 which is a marker of the massacre in 1890 is a moment when all native people were herded onto concentration camps guarded by army bases and later became reservations, this is something that can be mapped i don't think educators are telling students as or throwing them but it's so pervasive in the national consciousness the people in the united states that they see as having been that way, they immediately know they made a mistake and that can't be and it's a way of teac

people moving with no state income tax from states reducing or state income taxes, there's really impressive work out there at the state level but the democrats will pass bridget, killed jobs and so economic growth, that's what they do at the state level, governor ducey and arizona, significant cuts 92 and a half%, brenda santos in florida every year in that state, spending in florida has not gone up faster than wages in 20 years, the only state that that.y >> we only have a few more minutes so a few more calls, brian, brian go ahead. >> talking about the federal spending, this administration is like an 18-year-old with a brand-new credit card, they want to raise the debtt ceiling, who talk aboutta inflation, it's an all time high. prep attacks, talk about taxes, you got biden saint this administration will not tax paper to make under 400,000 a year. the truth is, big corporation will not wake up tomorrow and say i don't mind paying an extra 1 million or billion this year. what's going to happen, price goes up prices of sales tax goes up, it doesn't matter how you cut it. common sense tells

it is happening in my state and virtually every other state. every 10 years, following the decennial census. at this moment, legislatures and county commissions and town councils are redrawing the lines that will determine who the american people elect to represent them in congress and in their state capitols. that means, for the first time since the days before dr. martin luther king's march on washington, congressional, state and local government districts will be drawn without the key protections of the voting rights act. because in 2018, the supreme court issued its decision in shelby county beholder, that essentially -- issued its 5-4 decision in shelby county versus holder, that essentially nullified section five of the voting rights act, which required counties and states with records of discrimination against voters of color to ensure any changes to their voting rules were vetted by the justice department before they could be enforced. this requirement is known simply as preclearance, and it applied to redistricting. but that preclearan

state canal boat. it's the right thing to do to takespecific action . >> you can address social injustice with a decriminalization of marijuana, not approve recreational marijuana. if our fathers gone down from new jersey 400 now past local ordinancesthat have said no dispensary in my town . >> let's talk about sexual orientation. you recently said not teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten and what not teaching sixth grade. why did you choose that inflammatory word and what does that say about your acceptance of the why do you choose that inflammatory word and what does that say about your acceptance of the lgbtq+ community? >> i am all about exclusivity. [laughter] in the mall about teaching that bigotry and bullying is wrong. i'm all about teaching students that virtues such as tolerance and mutual respect are critical i believe there is certain subject matter for students k-8 our best left between the kitchen table between a mom and a father the child. why does phil murphy

a state could send competing states to congress. the mouse might accept one state. the senate the other and the electoral count of 1887 appears to give the governor the tie breaking vote. if republicans hold these three state houses, they flip the three governorships. they could be in control over who wins again be three most important swing states. this is a craze vi thing to be worrying about. we have no idea what would happen after that. it would truly be inprus dented. that's why in the washington post democrats need to push this issue into the front ant center of these three races and the media both local and national means to repeatedly hound republican candidates demanding they renounce any plans to over turn the will of voters in 2024. donald trump's plan is transparentally to succeed where he failed last year. it's why he's so doggedly pursuing republicans who will not go along with election fraud. should trump run again, he wants enough states under republican control. they will be able to tip the election in his favor even if he loses. he won't need mike

wealth and power of the united states and because the united states is in a relatively positive position compared to other countries in the world. but, already, within a generation from now, other very large, very important countries in the world, which are much more vulnerable to climate change, will be coming out of the kind of stress which may destroy states and organized societies, not just because they are more vulnerable to high temperatures, are already suffering from high temperatures, they are vulnerable to water shortages because they are underwater stress, but also because you have a range of weak and dysfunctional states who are already suffering social and ethnic conflicts. if you add climate change to that, and the pentagon itself noted that climate change is a force multiplier in that view, you will see breakdowns, including in society, which will generate huge waves of migration to the united states and europe. we know what a reaction against that can do to our political system. host: and in the containable category -- you mentioned that word -- do you believe that is hap

not to mention the worst performing state today under such objective standards would be states like massachusetts and oregon, not states originally covered by the voting rights act. this advances the false narrative for a false narrative to rile up their base. in 2004, in an attempt to -- a detailed proposal was made about how both parties could work together to address concerns about voter suppression and fraud, they are by attacking any such problems, dramatically increasing the confidence of all americans in the 2004 election. i have put these two letters back and forth into the record. consistent with what was later discovered, mcauliffe used the strategy of false accusations of voter suppression, as seen in the 2004 colorado race, the dnc declined to work together to address concerns about voter suppression, presumably because they are only interested in the false narrative. but there was no longer a voter suppression problem to address, thankfully, for america. i would also note the entire direction of this effort flies in the face of the carter center commission recommendation, the most co

the state of nevada. if you look at the resort industry, as you said, brings in 45-ish visitors a year, they use less than 1/10 of 1% of the water. >> are you working with bri on any water conservation project? >> week ordinate with them regularly, on water conservation issues, water quality issues, lake weed and others with respect to the numbers. >> are you involved it all with the st. george water project north of here? >> i am not, but mr. shaw is, if you would like to ask him. >> i will save that for next time. thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> we will go to your nevada neighbor, congresswoman susie lee. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for hosting this really important meeting, and to all of our witnesses for their excellent testimony. as congresswoman titus said, southern nevada and the entire southwest are facing unprecedented drought. as we know, in my district, lake mead, which supplies water for over 25 million people across nevada, arizona and california, is at its low

many of these states are already on the states travel ban list. this list will most likely include arizona. an active voter list. many thousands of voters could be removed from the list. arizona have expanded ballot requirements from a democratic secretary of state. institute a voter i.d. provision for in person vote. throughout history there have been restrictive law it prohibit persons of color and women from voting in this vote. they have made it clear to make it harder for black voters and women to vote. this threatens our democracy as a whole. states with laws that don't include voting at a polling place. satisfying an identification requirement. laws limiting or prohibiting local election departments absentee ballots. prepaid postage or mail in ballots and restriction of voting hours. under this legislation, the city will not be required or pay for any of its employees or officers to travel to a state on the list. on a more positive note, i do want to commend the 17 states that have passed laws for voters. we should not be putting city funds

just remember talking about states that used to pay from the state conference for people of color to go to school somewhere else and then they reinforce that to pay a stipend to get that law degree that you want. >> i have to say we actually have the quotation of the martin luther king quotation about the greatest injustices being lack of access to healthcare so when people come in including staff, they will remind us that now why of our work in the connection and the broader fight. you have to leave at 10:30 a.m. i want to make sure that we are getting some questions from our audience. so first from politico says that she's asking if you are hearing of pressure to cut back on the top line number of the reconciliation bill comes down would you be open to a later start date or other changes to trim the cost? >> yes. i am open to anything. i believe we have to take into consideration the whole welfare retirement. a lot of things of the civil rights act in 1964 we get the civil rights act in the civil rights act did talk about discrimination in employment of the private sector not until

in the state capital of des moines. he won the state of byway in 2020 and is considered the top contender for the 2024 gop nomination. live coverage beginning at 8:00 eastern online at c-span.org, watch full coverage on our new video app, c-span now. ♪ >> get c-span on the door -- on the go. watch the days biggest events on our new mobile video app, c-span now. access top highlights, listen to c-span radio and discovered new podcast, also free. download c-span now today. >> joining us now is mark hugo lopez. he is the director for race and ethnicity research. good morning. guest: good morning. host: as we approach the 2022 election, how much patter -- how much power do latino voters hold? guest: there is a lot more interest in the latino vote and the nuances. republicans are opening community centers or places to contact latino voters are complacent like south texas or san antonio. this next election should be interesting to see how much attention latino voters get about where latinos fall, given the circumstances of

the states attorney general is seeking to uphold a state law banning certain abortion procedures that were struck down by a federal court. that is tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> joining us is jacob stokes, program fellow for indo-pacific security at the center for a new american security and we invited youob this morning to talk about china's military power. it's the front page story of the near times. let me shed headlines. china military taunts taiwan testing the united states. what's happening? >> good morning greta and thank me on the show. it's been a busy week in east asia and in the taiwan straits in particular. we saw china fly more than 100, almost 150 aircraft into what's known as taiwan's air defense identification zone over the course of four days. it's important to note the air defense identification zone is not the same as territorial airspace which was at about 12 nautical miles from the territory of taiwan. the air defense identification zone is much further out. so these incursions were definitely provocative and intimidating toward the government in taiwan,

, there are $27.00 states that still have none. novelty and united states. and those $27.00 states are going to have the each one, abolish the death penalty. if you are going to have an abortion, the death penalty across the board in the u. s. such is how you as politics always works, doesn't and at the mention are great to talk to you. thank you for your time. thank you. let's move on to corona. are see thousands of people gathering in the italian capital, protesting against a new mandate treat cove at 19 health paths. now live pictures now showing things getting quite unsettled. there it was just a large number of people gathering earlier, but now definitely police out with their right dear. what they are concerned about is this green pass where employees wouldn't be able to get into their place of work . in fact, the past would mean you would have to show that you've either been vaccinated or you've had a negative test or you have recovered from cove it. this will all come into force october 15th. so we're only 6 days away. the government says it's needed

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