thurman, king and thurman were talking, mrs. thurman asked martin luther king about coming to san francisco to be pastor of fellowship church. >> isn't that something? my question is, what if? what if he had come to san francisco instead of the other? >> he learned that if he had come to san francisco instead, would there have been a civil rights movement at the level it was without king's leadership? quite a question. >> on the surface, san francisco lo lbett place to b quar and there wasn't the discrimination. >> he might have taught, instead. he was offered so many positions. but, if people were trying to lead this with reading sermon, let's talk about his role. >>> please come back for my last segment as we learn more about howard thurman. >>> we've been with reverend dorsey blake, reverend dr. dorsey blake. he has really shared with us, howard thurman, with a great deal even in these few minutes. i asked him about some of the books if you want to know more about thurman. tell us about the books. >> the most critical book to

hours and strom thurman didn't fall over. he walked off the senate floor and two hours later, the civil rights act of 1957 passed the senate. and was signed into law by republican president dwight eisenhower. strom thurman was 55 years old when he set the filibuster record. lindsey graham is 65 years old, so the strom thurman record might not be in danger. strom thurman served in the senate until he was 100 years old. he chose not to run for re-election in 2002 at age 100, and that is how lindsey graham got his senate seat in south carolina. it is a segregationist senate seat. the 2003, after strom thurman's death, his family publicly acknowledged that he was the father of a daughter who he never publicly acknowledged. 46 years after strom thurman filibustered the civil rights act of 1957, his family admitted that he was the father of essie mae washington williams, a black woman who was born in 1925 and whose mother worked in strom thurman's home. essie mae washington williams was 32 years old when her father was on the senat

and strom thurman didn't fall over. he walked off the floor and two hours later the civil rights act of 1957 passed the senate. strom thurman was 55 years old when he set the filibuster record. lindsey graham is 65 years old, so the strom thurman record might not be in danger. strom thurman served in the senate until he was 100 years old. he chose not to run for re-election in 2002 at age 100, and that is how lindsey graham got his senate seat in south carolina. it is a segregationist senate seat. the 2003, after strom thurman's death, his family publicly acknowledged that he was the father of a daughter who he never publicly acknowledged. 46 years after strom thurman filibustered the civil rights act of 1957, his family admitted that he was the father of es si may washington williams, a black woman who was born in 1925 and whose mother worked in strom thurman's home. essi may washington williams was 32 years old when her father was on the senate floor filibustering the civil rights act. she knew strom thurman was her f

superintendent thurman also says. among other things, school districts are making upgrades to air systems to make sure there is proper ventilation. the results of the new research poll are out and they show most parents are optimistic about the direction california is going, according to the california teachers association, more than 60% of parents and voters surveyed said they are happy with the direction the state is going. that's about double the amount of people who had that opinion last year. when we did our previous survey back in september, 26 by a 26 point margin, voters in the state and parents in this state said that coronavirus was still a serious problem. where they lived rather than being pretty well under control in california teachers association says a question more than 1800 registered voters and 660 parents for the survey. the san francisco unified school district will now be offering covid testing at its schools. school district's telling family excuse me faculty and staff members that the covid-19

by the fall, thurman says, the key to getting all students and teachers back in schools is rapid covid testing. they only take 15 minutes to provide results. he says, without rapid testing. there is no way to know if students are asymptomatic. we've made the decision to use rapid covid test to help us have awareness on testing to support the opening of our schools. our goal is to help any school district that wants to use rapid covid test. as a way of supporting any part of your school community to get open to stay open and to remain open safely. superintendent thurman also says rapid test could be vital and cost effective component of school reopening plans the test to cost about $5 each well, just about an hour ago, the house voted to pass that covid-19 relief bill, nearly $2 trillion in aid president biden expected to sign the bill on friday. ktvu elissa harrington tells us where this money is going and when many of you might actually receive that next round of stimulus checks. this is the day that we restore the economy of america and save our nation. house democrats say this $1.9

superintendent thurman also says, among other things, school district's air making upgrades to air systems to make sure there's proper ventilation across the bay in oakland, some parents are getting surprised notices from the school district, telling them that their students won't be able to return to their school next week as planned. the reason not enough teachers ktvu is rob roth here with that, and also school district's coronavirus safety plan, rob. yeah frank. the original plan was for all elementary schools to reopen on tuesday for students in grades second and younger. but now some schools will not be reopening as planned. garfield elementary school in oakland is ready to reopen tuesday for pre kindergartners through second graders were very excited to return. we miss our students, but many parents had some other schools, including manzanita seed received a letter from the school district thursday, saying their schools or not. reopening is planned next week. this mother has a daughter in first grade. it just. keeps getting pushed back and you know our our kids. can't wait. yeah i'm

thurman says the key to getting all students and teachers back into schools is. rapid covid tests. they only take 15 minutes to get results, he says. without rapid testing, there's no way to know if a student is asymptomatic. we've made the decision to use rapid covid tests to help us have awareness on testing to support the opening of our schools. our goal is to help. any school district that wants to use rapid covid test as a way of supporting any part of your school community to get open to stay open and to remain open safely. superintendent thurman also says rapid tests can be a vital and cost effective component of school reopening plans. the test cost about $5 each a lot of californians. they're getting a federal tax form sent out by the e d d asking them to pay taxes on their unemployment benefit. that, of course, is part of the law, but it'sktvu tom vacar shows us, some folks say. never got a dime from e d d but have to pay taxes anyhow. when the big shutdown came early last year, lots of people were advised to file for unemployment until the employers knew if they would be

thurman told abc7 news he feels very confident kids will be back in person by the fall. thurman sites governor gavin newsom's announcement that 200,000 state education teachers very much vaccinated in the first week of prioritizing them. >>> blue shield leading vaccine distribution. the bay area's largest county will not sign a contract with the company because it is another layer of administrative bureaucracy. one concern, the state requirement to use the my turn vaccination appointment system. >> it would mean a private insurance company would be collecting all the protected health information and personal information for all residents who are vaccinated. >> santa clara county joins los angeles county in refusing to sign a contract. the insurance company says its goal is to build a network that reaches all of california, especially communities that are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. abc7 news is monitoring the covid vaccine rollout in california with our vaccine tracker, and you can find it on abc7news.com. >>> check out this video. snow falling in lake c

the civil rights act of 1957 and we can go on and on. >> strom thurman is laughing that absurdness. it does have a racist history. look, claire made a difference, and i'm not fan of it, and especially now with the senate is just a small less efficient version of the horse. we're going on party lines and minority doesn't try to meet the majority halfway. so i would be potentially content if democrats just got rid of it at the minimum. they need to modify the filibuster rules and make them talk and make them into 41 votes on the floor and hold up legislation for something like that. something's going to happen. this is a ridiculous situation. >> claire, the sounds like what we're hearing from chuck schumer is they are going to go to the senate floor with something. it might be hr-1, the voting rights bill. it would be one of the gun safety bills. go to the senate floor, get rejected on a vote by the republicans, then go back into conference with all the democrats and say we can't allow this to happen. we have to make our move and pull that threshold from 60 votes down from 51. >> well

we anticipate there will be a lot of tutoring, a lot of afterschool programs that offe >> thurman is working with the legislature on a plan that will help with that ever. >>> with alameda county now in the orange tier, that means the a's are adding additional seats . opening day is tomorrow and ballparks around the country including fenway park in boston are preparing. safety precautions include empty seats for social distancing and hand sanitizing stations. >> we are confident that the fans will be compliant. everybody is dying to come out and watch baseball games. >> the a's will open the season tomorrow night at the policies and against the astros and the giants start their season on the road in seattle. >>> and other state one step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana. where that is and why it took so long. >>> britney spears talking publicly about the new documentary about her life are you managing your diabetes... ...using fingersticks? with the new freestyle libre 2 system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose with a painless, one-second scan. and no

thurman said that the state is offering schools access to a covid test, which provides results in 15 minutes at about $5 a test. no, the berries biggest city, san jose has a new police chief, and he spoke about his role in how he plans to lead the department. just this morning. we'll bring in ktvu sally rasmus reporting live for you listened in on the briefing and learned what the chief is outlining as his top priorities. hi garcia. well, incoming san jose police chief, anthony mada had his first public addresses. morning and he talked about the importance of strengthening ties with the community. i look forward to continue building the relationships i have already established with many of you. i am also excited about the new partnership that are to come anthony fauci new police chief is a 25 year veteran of the department. he previously served as deputy chief. he has a support an endorsement of the san jose chapter of the naacp mata and his daughter participated in the black lives matter. marches in san jose last year. i stand before you today, not as a person with all the answers s

component to providing stability as more schools, pivot back to in person instruction we appreciate spi thurman's ongoing support for covid-19 testing to ensure students their families educators and staff have the much needed protection and quote health and school officials emphasize that rapid testing is not a substitute for proper infection control protocols physical distancing mask-wearing hand washing and proper air filtration and ventilation must still be implemented in schools. reporting in the newsroom sanaz tahernia kron 4 news. >>still at the biden by 100 million additional doses of the johnson and >>tonight we know more about vaccine that could be on the way very soon stay by administration announced plans to buy a 100 million additional doses. johnson and johnson's covid vaccine and this comes as the house has voted to pass the president's huge covid-19 relief bill. >>washington correspondent rashad hudson has more. >>wednesday president biden met at the white house with the ceo's of johnson johnson and merck, 2 companies now working together and announced the government is buying 100

component to providing stability as more schools, pivot back to in person instruction we appreciate spi thurman's ongoing support for covid-19 testing to ensure students their families educators and staff have the much needed protection and quote health and school officials emphasize that rapid testing is not a substitute for proper infection control protocols physical distancing mask-wearing hand washing and proper air filtration and ventilation must still be implemented in schools. reporting in the newsroom sanaz tahernia kron 4 news. the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district is retiring doctor vincent matthews he says he'll. >>step down june 30th the announcement coming as the district is working out details on resuming in person learning just last week the district said younger students will return beginning april 12th, others will be offered offered the option to do that by the end of april the district also in the middle of a legal dispute with the city attorney who says the plan does not go far enough. in a statement matthew says for the remainder of my time as superi

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senator strom thurman took to the floor to -- the civil rights act. speaking for a record 24 hours and 18 minutes. the civil rights act. the civil rights act. 1964, a filibuster and a broader debate that lasted 60 days, almost derailed the landmark civil-rights act. 1983. senator jesse helms finally dropped his filibuster attempting to block the bill declaring martin luther king jr. day a federal holiday. do you remember? i'm hold enough to remember when that was controversial. when people fought against making dr. martin luther king's birthday a holiday. back then, it was controversial. now, we look back, because we have evolved and that's what society does. we look back, and we say, what the hell were we thinking? and one day, we will look back on this, with shame. and we will think the same thing. but this is worse. the filibuster has been used as a weapon to deny the rights of black-americans, for more than a century. and that is the truth. no matter how they try to wrap it in a bow. c codify it with law. it's voter suppression. it's the new jim c

the 1930s it happened again when an anti-lynching bill was filibustered. 1957, senator strom thurman took to the floor to filibuster the civil rights act, speaking for a record 24 hours and 18 minutes. the civil rights act, the civil rights act. 1964 a filibuster and a broader debate that lasted 60 days almost derailed the landmark civil rights act. 1983, senator jesse helms finally dropped his filibuster attempt to go block the bill declaring martin luther king jr. day a federal holiday. do you remember? i'm old enough to remember when that was controversial. when people fought against making dr. martin luther king's birthday a holiday. back then it was controversial. now we look back because we have evolved and that's what society does. we look back and we say what the hell were we thinking? and one day we will look back on this with shame and we will think the same thing, but this is worse. the filibuster has been used as a weapon to deny the rights of black americans for more than a century, and that is the truth. no matter how they try to wrap it in a bow, codify it with law, it

it wasn't strong thurman which was racist rant against civil rights. he didn't say i've seen light and the any negro people should have their rights. we had to have struggle, activism and engagement. it was within that time they others were blocking civil rights and blocking voting rights that a pastor who belonged to the church that warnock is pastor of who said with clarity that the problem is not the words and violent actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people. you have to make a choice. this is an inflection point. will you demand we're a multiculture democracy or slipping to our nation slipping towards authorism. there are companies and corporations that know this is wrong. their silence will define them. there are organizations, business groups that know this is wrong. if they do not speak up, their silence will define them. >> we shall see because this coming. heritage action fresh off of their black woman leader are out there rooting for this. it's a frightening time in america for our democracy. good of

agreeing with former president obama and i was thinking to myself, it was used extensively, i think strong thurman has the longest filibuster in history, tried to block civil rights legislation peer what is that argument about in your mind? >> greg: biden calling it a relic, i guess it takes want to know one? am i right? it's pretty crazy how this is of equal concern for both democrats and media. so much so that they are using the same exact talking points and the same, even the same phrases. it's like how the media and the democrats called voter i.d. voter restriction. it's like they are all on the same perfect page because they realize this has potential for being a left-wing linchpin and the clue is in the present asking why or how they will change it. expectation is that it must change and it will change, but everything that happens is irredeemably racist including joe biden and the democratic party, the party of slavery and jim crow, the changing the names of schools and tearing down of statues because their histories offensive. the same thing could be said for joe and the democratic party. t

strom thurman did one to block the civil rights act. it's not just the john lewis bill that's about restoration of the voting rights act, it's the h.r. 1 bill. we cannot allow racists in this modern time to block living wages. i want phones to understand, that was a racist act when 49 republican senators and eight all white democrats blocked living wages that would have lifted 45% of black people out of poverty, not to say all the white people as well. to then turn around and want to stifle the participation and power of the political vote at the very time when poor and low wealth people make up nearly a third of the electorate, this is sinister. it's wrong. we must stand up against it. one of the things -- >> appreciate you. go ahead. quickly. >> we should know in 15 states, if we increase voter turnout of poor and low wealth voters, it could determine who sits in the senate and statehouses. this is what this is about, the demographic change that puts power in the hands of poor and low wealth people and the people that do not want that

component to providing stability as more schools, pivot back to in person instruction we appreciate spi thurman's ongoing support for covid-19 testing to ensure students their families educators and staff have the much needed protection and quote health and school officials emphasize that rapid testing is not a substitute for proper infection control protocols physical distancing mask-wearing hand washing and proper air filtration and ventilation must still be implemented in schools. reporting in the newsroom sanaz tahernia kron 4 news. >>the superintendent for san francisco unified school district is retiring. doctor vincent matthews making that announcement as to the district continues to work out details to resume in person learning just last week the district said its youngest students will return to school starting april 12th and that all others will be offered the in person learning option by the end of april but the district is also in the middle of a legal battle with the city's attorney, san francisco senate who says this school plan does not go far enough. in a statement that you said i

believe it would be catastrophic for him to allow the filibuster to be used in 2021 the way strong thurman used it back in 1957 when he set the filibuster record against the civil rights act of 1957. if you allow that, you're saying that people who do not wish for their vote to be unfettered ought to be able to have their way with the united states senate. that is just not going to be allowed with this party, and i would hope that all senators, democrat and republican, will recognize there's a difference between extending debate and denying constitutional rights. >> all right, congressman james clyburn, thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you. >>> well, the pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives especially for our children. the isolation from friends and school, the stress of a parent losing a job or losing a family member to the virus, it has all taken a toll on their mental health. and coming up, the story of a single mother who nearly host her daughter to suicide, and the message she has for other parents tonight. we'll be back. my dvt blood clot... stayed on my mind... w

and they would have to, you know, you don't have to be strom thurman and be there for 24 hours, you can do two minutes, you can do a ted cruz, but it has to be genuine, it can't be "green eggs and ham." then they would have to debate this, and it would get very old for them. >> you won by a very close margin in your race in the senate, which enabled obamacare to get passed into law. >> yep. >> talk to those who say, hey, listen, it doesn't matter if it's a few votes here and there. >> oh. look at what happened in the runoffs. those are close, we won, but those are close. this is an existential threat. this is jim crow 2. republicans have just doubled down on suppressing votes, and there is virtually no voter fraud. this is all one huge myth that they perpetrate, and this has to do with the universe of disinformation. i think there will be other consequences. you know, coca-cola, i think we could boycott that as diet pepsi. it's really good. >> there is an effort to try to influence some of these major corporations who have come out with big black lives matter ad campaigns in the afterma

so a lot going on and the state superintendent of schools tony thurman is planning on holding the news conference today as well to express how the state is trying to keep the school safe during these reopenings. reporting live in walnut creek, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >>> happening today the san francisco school board member under fire for comments some call racially insensitive may be stripped of much of her power. in tweets show referenced the asian-american community, white supremacy and racism. allison collins has apologized and is refuse to go resign. today the board is expected to discuss removing collins as vice president and removing all of her committee assignments. but she would still be able to remain on the board. and the dublin unified school district in mourning right now after the heartbreaking death of one of its leaders, trustee catherine kuo was volunteering at a food distribution event at fallon middle school yesterday when she was hit and pinned between two cars. she was rushed to a hospital but doctors could not save her. the interim superintendent r

talking about reforming the filibuster went into the history of it, pointing to 1957 when then-senator thurman used a filibuster to hold back and block the civil rights act back then. that was his big goal. senator durbin is saying, and this is the furthest he has gone in at least a decade talking about reforming the filibuster. there's different iterations there, and there's some democrats that want to abolish it altogether and there are others like senator durbin that want to enforce the filibuster rules, making sure they have to stay on the senate floor to talk out the filibuster, and not just catch a flight home and let everybody be stuck in the senate. >> we just watched joe biden deplane air force one in philadelphia, and he's trying to sell his relief bill to the american public making sure this administration gets credit. is the rest of the agenda doa with the filibuster in place? >> essentially, yeah. what joe biden has said and made very clear, he has a progressive vision and administration, and the kinds of things they want to do are big and sweeping, so one thing that people i cont

component to providing stability as more schools, pivot back to in person instruction we appreciate spi thurman's ongoing support for covid-19 testing to ensure students their families educators and staff have the much needed protection and quote health and school officials emphasize that rapid testing is not a substitute for proper infection control protocols physical distancing mask-wearing hand washing and proper air filtration and ventilation must still be imelemented in schools. reporting in the newsroom sanaz tahernia kron 4 news. >>well they do barbecue a lot in texas and some folks there. they went the fire out after the state's new mask mandate went into effect people don't have to wear them. wherever they are this is in mcallen texas and that surgical mask got a lighter fluid on it and then. texas governor greg abbott said school boards courts, college campuses and other facilities can still require people to wear masks if they want to businesses can limit capacity or require masks at their own discretion. alaska is now the first state in the u.s. to allow state residents and workers 16

it was used by strom thurman from south carolina in 1957 to fight the civil rights act of 1957. we know that there is a difference between denying people constitutional rights and extending the debate. it should not be to deny people their fundamental rights like civil rights and voting rights. that, to me, should never be subjected to a filibuster. >> i think it's important to set the stakes that some of what you heard president biden doing moves from republicans at the state level show the urgency to move on h.r. 1. congress has a limited time. georgia pushing restrictive voting bills. they want to limit weekend voting. it's popular with many black voters. black turnout was crucial to flip the two senate seats blue. in congress doesn't take action at the federal level, what are we going to see coming out of some of the states? >> we are going to see a to throwback to the '40s, '50s and '60s. it would be one thing to go back to the '70s. but you will see the '40s and '50s if congress allowed this to happen. congress can prevent it from happening. i was interested in hearing sen

meanwhile, later today, state school superintendent tony thurman, he will update california's effort to get all children back to the classroom. and you can call this county the first to 50. what am i talking about? this is the new minimum age to be eligible to receive the covid-19 vaccine. county leaders made that announcement yesterday, becoming the first in the bay area to do. so the health leaders admit they're counting on mostly the honor system here. >> as for police, you know, we do the best we can. but for the most part, we trust people to be honest and it's on the honor system when people show up that they are not misrepresenting their situation. >> those new age limits to those living in the county. they're hoping that california ramps up the vaccine supplies as promised. >> a follow up for you now. oakland leaders approved a unique new program that in some cases will use the fire department instead of the police department to respond to calls. oakland council member tweeted the council approved a new pilot program to rollout initially in east oakland. calls involving mental

the congressman will be joined by tony thurman, the state school superintendent, as well as the contra costa county superintendent of schools in a child psychiatrist from ucsf. this meeting starts at one o'clock this afternoon. nevada school board has narrowed its list of permanent school closures down to three elementary schools. those schools are loose sudden, linwood and rancho seen there on this map. the district says that enrollment has been dropping for years as the cost to live in novato keeps going up, pricing out a number of families will now is considering closing at least one school in order to save money for the district of final recommendation is expected by the end of may. if approved, the closure could happen sometime next year. district attorneys around our state or coming out in opposition of the states of a senate bill that would downgrade many robberies from felony charges. two misdemeanors, the california dia's association held a news conference just this morning. that group included asian american prosecutors, who say the bill is dangerous and would be disastrous f

demonstrators gathered at the golden gate bridge is afternoon urging state schools superintendent tony thurman tol call on the california state teacher's retirement system to divest from fossil fuels. they say at least $6 billion of the pension fund is invested in fossil fuel companies. and those students and teachers never agreed to. that counselor's says it has a diversified portfolio of investments. it includes fossil fuel companies, the fund says it takes its responsibility seriously and uses its scale to influence policy makers and companies. nobody should be going out to dinner and expecting to land in the hospital. but that's exactly what happened to someone sitting in an outdoor park lit in the east bay coming up the concern about the danger and advice to drivers, plus a massive bust in the north bay how authorities caught two people accused of stealing thousands of catalytic converters. usct of robbing an ice cream shop. the crime happened at the basket. robbins on middlefield rolled road monday night, police say justin michael tucker walked into the shop, pulled out a handgun and ord

state school superintendent tony thurman joined lawmakers. it's supporting the bill. he says that bridging the gap will also provide students with much needed mental health resources. we know that our students have been impacted by this broad by this by this pandemic in ways that have accelerated their depression, mental health challenges and in many ways, the only way you can connect with your mental health and support team is by having a computer and reliable internet. assembly member albert sushi is behind the latest version of the bill, he says the money will be prioritized to go to underserved, low income and rural communities. that measure goes to voters next november in the general election of the head of the u. s postal service, says he's got a 10 year plan to try to help the struggling agency saved money and stay in business. postmaster general luigi joy laid out the plan this morning. it includes longer delivery plans higher prices and cuts to post office hours to joy says the plan seeks to make the post office more competitive and modern. this is an optimis

actually have in the room at any given time, and that's part of the puzzle to state superintendent tony thurman spoke about the challenges and bringing older secondary school students back. to campuses across the state and the six ft rule. our recent study in massachusetts public school showed no problems when students were just three ft. apart with masks, i believe that we're going to see in the very near future. um, some changes in what the cdc might recommend based on new research that has been made available in the last few weeks. dublin superintendent says there are still questions about the fall schedule and whether they'll be able to open full time, he says alameda county health officials are in charge of setting the guidelines were still being told. anticipate opening with the hybrid marin. and again, the superintendent of dublin schools clarified, anticipate opening in a hybrid model in the fall, he says things may change over the next few months, depending on what alameda county health officials decide with their guidelines and the course of this pandemic. now families in dublin have

bill russell may thurman, gary payton the glove we could talk about that forever. but you know, dream on definitely believes himself. all right, let's talk some 49ers football's quiet this week after a rather ferocious free agent weekend would say, seemed to have gotten. all the ingredients that they look forward to, including the big catch. that would be trent williams on the offensive line whopper of a deal for him a contract that makes him the highest paid offensive lineman ever, although he did say he came close to signing with the kansas city chiefs trend, williams. so definitely happy with the way it turned out. i mean, it's a real phil. it's a take a little over day and to just even sink and honestly, i thought i need to get a lot of money and be somewhere where i hated to be, at least where i love to be planned for discounts. i know i definitely think it would be full. okay. you could try and put your finger on what's been going wrong with the sandals? a shark's is here. who knows? but i'll tell you what just passion and emotion seemed to be missing. and th

where people literally had to get on the floor and talk and talk and not yield the floor, like strom thurman did against the civil rights act. someone is block it now. you go about senate business. one step would be to look at making the filibuster do exactly what was originally intended. if someone wants to filibuster a bill let them hold the floor for days and days and days because two things happen. one, they get tired. number two, the public gets tired. and, actually, number three, it gives an opportunity to talk and to see if there's areas of agreement where people can find. that has happened time and time again in the history of this country. the filibuster has been used as jeff said to reach the common ground. >> does it still require the question of 60 votes, which is where it begins and ends? >> yes. >> and that's still the question. >> yes. >> do you throw out the 60? >> but many people will vote to end debate on a bill to simply let a vote happen. that has happened time and time again in our country. and again, during the filibuster often people get together and they find the comm

california state superintendent of public instruction tony thurman joined lawmakers in supporting the bill today, he added. the bridging the gap will also provide students with much needed mental health resource is we know that our students have been impacted by this broad by this by this pandemic in ways that have accelerated their depression, mental health challenges and in many ways, the only way you can connect with your mental health and support team is by having a computer and reliable internet. assembly member al mar souci is behind the latest version of the bill. he says the fund will prioritize underserved low income and rural communities. the measure goes to voters next november in the general election. some changes are coming to the u. s. postal service to help that struggling agency saved money and battled postmaster general lewis to joy this morning announced a 10 year plan for the post office. it includes longer delivery plans, higher prices and cuts to post office hours to joy says the plan seeks to make the post office more competitive and modern. this is an optimistic

senator richard russell co-authored the southern man -- manifesto in 1956 with senator thurman about the integration of public schools. it was segregation. he was a segregationist. it was segregation that caused me to get on a bus that was in disrepair, that would break down, to ride within blocks of other schools, predominantly persons who were angelo at the time -- anglo at the time, ride past those schools some 20, 30 minutes to get to another school in another city. that's what segregation did. it was segregation that caused me to get books that were hand-in-downs when the other schools where anglos had the books, when they were finished with the books, when they got new books, then i could get a better book that was not the latest edition of the book i needed. it was segregation that caused me to have to go to color water fountains. it was segregation that put me in the back of the bus. it was segregation that forced me to the balcony of the movie. it was segregation that locked us up in the bottom of the jails. i know segregation. i know what it looks like. i've seen its ugly f

senator thurman's 1950 filibuster marked only the fifth time since 1919 that the senate had voted to cut off any measure. i want you to reflect on that for a minute. we had five filibusters in five decades when he took the floor in august of 1957. guess what? woe can have five filibusters in five days now. they have become so common. so how did the filibuster become a weapon of mass destruction? the answer is we stumbled into it. the filibuster was a mistake to begin with, and it's gotten worse over time. as many of our colleagues know, when ng congress first met in 1789, the house and the senate rule books were nearly identical. both rule books allowed a simple majority to cut off debate on any proposal by invoking what was known as the previous question rule. the house still has that motion. the senate eliminated the previous question rule by mistake in 1805. the change came at the suggestion of vice president aaron burr who was fresh off of his trial for killing alexander hamilton. and who was later tried for treason. burr, presiding over the senate one day, skimmed the rule book

think when people talk about it having jim crow era, it's smelling of jim crow is because of strong thurman and him standing up there for i think it was 24 hours filibustering the passing of civil rights legislation. so that is what people are talking about. mitch mcconnell knows that because people have said that before. and we talk to black leaders especially, they continue to push that. there's been this conversation about the filibuster happening forever. but it's been more clear, especially after president obama during john lewis's funeral called it a relic of the jim crow era, the idea of being racist, being tied to that and now democrats basically having to choose whether or not they want to pass this voting rights legislation and make sure that black and brown people have greater access to voting or allow this filibuster to stay in place. and that's something that black leaders and the voting rights areas and civil rights areas are going to continue to push democrats like joe manchon and kristin cinema on. >> things have come at us so quickly over the past five years that sometimes