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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

that's why when we had house bill 360 two years ago i reached out to the king center and talked to bernice king and had her test the machines in private testing in our office, secretary of state's office but then we took the machines at king center. she's very gracious to us, but i wanted to make sure that we had rapport with our key stake holders. we have a legacy in georgia that isn't very bright at times, and we need to be very mindful of that. that sometimes what we say carries great consequence and they may read into it things we didn't mean and, therefore, i tried to be very cautious and very mindful of my speech and very respectful of people who have done a lot more long before i was here in georgia. >> georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger, thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. >> thank, jake. >>> cnn on the ground live in one of the most mysterious places in the world after a bloody military coup claims hundreds of lives including those of children. that's next. aliens are real, alright. there's just too much evidence. kill weeds not the lawn with roundup for law

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

bernice king, daughter of martin luther king jr., al vivian and john miles lewis son of congressman john lewis say corporate leaders and lawmakers fail to live up to their racial equity commitments and disrespected their fathers' tireless work. >> they write rather than sowing seeds for democracy legislators are trying to transport us back to mass voter suppression for communities of color was the law of the land. the assault on voting rights has led for calls for big sporting events and hollywood productions to be moved out of georgia. >>> a police officer in georgia says he was thinking about the insurrection at the u.s. capitol while he was arresting state representative park cannon for knocking on the governor's door. the atlanta journal constitution reports that lieutenant j.d. langford wrote in his incident report he was worried other protesters would have been, quote, emboldened to follow cannon's lead if he didn't arrest her. the atlanta democrat faces two nell knee charges for refuse to go knock on governor kemp's office. >>> family and friends in the boulder community will say