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How Do We Protect The Right To Vote?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:18:09
Publish Date: 2021-09-08 12:48:25
Description:

Texas Governor Greg Abbot signs the voting restrictions bill into law, which includes banning 24-hour voting, drive-thru voting and introduces new vote-by-mail ID requirements. President Biden urges Congress to enable passing the For the People Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to protect the right of Americans to vote.

Over a quarter of new weekly Covid-19 cases in the U.S. are children, with Dr Fauci saying we have to get schools masked and surround children with vaccinated people. 13 Miami-Dade School employees have died of the Coronavirus since mid-August. Conservatives in Florida are using opposition to school mask mandates as a way to make changes in public schools.

Biden approaches a crucial moment for his Presidency in how he deals with the Covid crisis and the aftermath of hurricane Ida. He says ‘Climate change poses an existential threat’ and will lay out his strategy to stop the spread of the delta variant in a speech on Thursday.

There are new concerns about a possible Covid case surge following the holiday weekend as the U.S. surpasses 40 million confirmed infections. 1 in 8 Americans have had the virus with the new case 7-day average nearly 4 times higher than a year ago and almost double the amount of deaths.

Britney Spears’ Father petitions to end her conservatorship with her attorney calling the move, ‘vindication’. Tributes pour in for Michael K. Williams, the actor best known for his work on HBO’s series ‘The Wire’.

On tonight’s Panel: CNN’s Dana Bash, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Chloe Melas, Areva Martin, Ron Brownstein, Mitch Landrieu and Evan McMorris-Santoro.

Plus: Albert Carvalho, Evan Osnos, Kirsten Powers, Mayor Hector Lora, Dr Peter Hortez, Isobel Longoria, Rep. Spencer Roach and Michael Miller.

Hosted by Don Lemon.

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