thank you, bernice king. i appreciate you joining us. >> god bless you. >> we'll be right back at the top of the hour.

civil rights leader bernice king says the guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial is a turning point in the movement for justice and equity. she's the daughter of the late reverend dr. martin luther king jr. she spoke to cnn about her feelings leading up to the verdict. >> i was nervous. i was anxious because for 400 years, we've gotten it wrong. and i think we approached this moment just believing that we couldn't -- we wouldn't get it right. and thank god that the verdict was just right. it was the right verdict. and god knew how much we could bear. >> former u.s. president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama have praised tuesday's verdicts in the derek chauvin trial, but they emphasized that more work must be done to achieve justice. they say -- and this is part of their statement -- true justice requires that we come to terms with the fact that black americans are treated differently every day. it requires us to recognize that millions of our friends, family, and fellow citizens live in fear that their next encounter with law enforcement could be their last. and it

civil rights leader bernice king says the verdict is a turning point in the movement for justice and equity. she's the daughter of the late reverend dr. martin luther king jr., and she tweeted, oh, that george floyd were still alive. but i'm thankful for accountability. the work continues. justice is a continuum, and america must bend with the moral arc of the universe which bends towards justice, referencing the words of her father. she spoke to cnn about her feelings leading up to the verdict. >> i was nervous. i was anxious because for 400 years, we've gotten it wrong, and i think we approach this moment just believing that we couldn't -- we wouldn't get it right. and thank god that the verdict was just right. it was the right verdict. and god knew how much we could bear. it's a turning point because people literally were at a point of being out of breath in this movement for justice and equity. >> tamika palmer, she was the mother of breonna taylor. breonna was fatally shot in a disastrous police raid. tamika palmer is praising the verdict against chauvin. she says simply, thank

i want to call out to bernice king. she actually invited me to martin luther king celebrations in atlanta several years ago. it was one of the highlights of my career, don. what happened to that woman was ridiculous. it was an overreaction. it was terrible. what they're passing is no good either, particularly the voter i.d., because, you know, they tried to pass a voter i.d., a picture i.d. here in ohio. i said if you pass that, i'll veto it because a lot of folks don't have a lot that don't have that thing and that isn't right. have them show some form of identification, but it doesn't have to be a picture. that is apparently in that along with limiting voting on sunday, which also i don't like that either. let people vote. >> so then what is going on here? i mean, you're still a republican, right? >> yeah, a very good one. >> so what's going on here? is this voter suppression? >> what i think, don, is that republicans -- some people do this because they're worry about the the integrity of the voting, okay? some feel t

i want to turn, now, to bernice king. daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. she is the ceo of the king center. thank you so much for joining us, bernice. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to play because i want our viewers to see it. i just want to get -- they need to see it of this state representative protesting and getting arrested while the governor signs a bill to restrict voting rights into law. >> the governor is signing a bill that affects all georgians. why is he doing it in private? and why is he trying to keep elected officials who are representing us out of the process? are you serious? >> no, you are not. represent -- >> she's not under arrest. >> for what? under arrest, for what? for trying to see something that our governor is doing? >> why is she under arrest? >> our governor is signing a bill that affects all georgians. and you're going to arrest an elected representative. why does the governor have more power than -- than a representative? >> why are you arresting her? >> why are you arresting her? >> bernice, the

and i think that history has shown us we can win some battles even when it -- reverend bernice king was on tonight, and one of the things she said, darkest before the dawn. that's the reality of where we are, and we're dnot giving up. >> the only way you're going to do that is to have an informed electorate and be armed with the truth. i'm glad you recognize what i do here every night regardless of who gets upset, but you got to tell the truth. thank you so much, melanie campbell. i hope you'll come back. thank you very much. >>> vice president harris meeting today with texas democrats who fled their state to block republicans' restrictive voting bill. joining me now, one of those lawmakers, texas state representative james tallarico. i want to talk to yabout your meeting with the vice president today. what did she have to say? >> we were thrilled to meet with vice president harris. we met with her just a few weeks ago when we came to d.c. in june. just like in that meeting, she was enthusiastic about what we had done to stand up for democracy and stand up for voting rights in the state