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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. I'm Doug Davis. Coming up.
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  Speaker 2: When you consider this administration having a direct attack on
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  Speaker 2: our identity.
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  Speaker 3: The NAACP is on the ground in Mississippi to make
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  Speaker 3: sure voters know their rights.
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  Speaker 1: A black Democratic candidate for U.S.
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  Speaker 3: Senate is in a battle in the state that hasn't
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  Speaker 3: elected a black senator since Reconstruction. Plus, Keisha Lance Bottoms
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  Speaker 3: holds a news conference. thanking supporters and giving up the
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  Speaker 3: game on how she beat Republican Rick Jackson. These stories
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  Speaker 3: and more news affecting Black America are on the way
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  Speaker 3: this hour. Stick around, but first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 4: Chicago voters are showing strong support for gunshot detection technology.
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  Speaker 3: 99% of cops on the street will tell you It
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  Speaker 3: helped to make their job not so much easier, but
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  Speaker 3: more efficient.
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  Speaker 4: A non-binding referendum found 72 percent favor bringing back systems
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  Speaker 4: like ShotSpotter, which Black Mayor Brandon Johnson discontinued more than
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  Speaker 4: two years ago. California Governor Gavin Newsom is moving to
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  Speaker 4: convert all 548 death sentences in the state to life
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  Speaker 4: without parole. Newsom says the death penalty contradicts California's values
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  Speaker 4: while acknowledging the impact on victims' families. The ACLU praised
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  Speaker 4: the decision, citing concerns about racial bias and capital punishment.
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  Speaker 4: And former President Barack Obama is celebrating Democrats' sweeping midterm victories.
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  Speaker 4: In a social media post, Obama credited voters for sending
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  Speaker 4: a clear message that they want leaders focused on unity
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  Speaker 4: and real solutions. Democrats secured control of Congress with major
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  Speaker 4: wins in states including Texas, Michigan, Ohio, and South Carolina.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Amber Payton with BIN News Now. Back to you, Doug.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Thanks a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Across the country, Black voters help elect a new generation
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  Speaker 3: of congressional leaders. And in Mississippi, the Senate contest between
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  Speaker 3: Democrat African-American Scott Colum and Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith is too
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  Speaker 3: close to call as votes are still being counted. Some
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  Speaker 3: ballots require officials to confirm if a voter is eligible
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  Speaker 3: before including them. The NAACP and its president, Derek Johnson,
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  Speaker 3: tells MSNOW. It's helping voters resolve problems where additional information
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  Speaker 3: is needed.
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  Speaker 2: You know, voters are speaking. They're speaking not only in Mississippi,
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  Speaker 2: but across the country.
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  Speaker 3: Johnson, who's a Jackson, Mississippi resident, says due to the
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  Speaker 3: state's racial history. Black voters deserve a process that accounts
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  Speaker 3: for their eligible votes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when you consider the CalA decision and what
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  Speaker 2: that meant to so many Mississippians, that it was a
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  Speaker 2: direct attack to try to retrofit us into a 1950s reality.
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  Speaker 2: But we had no representation that we could not elect
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  Speaker 2: candidates of our choice.
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  Speaker 3: The NAACP's efforts began well before Election Day. The group
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  Speaker 3: reports more than 17,000 registrations and door-to-door outreach across 40 counties. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 3: Georgia Governor-elect African-American Keisha Lance Bottoms is shouting out her
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  Speaker 3: supporters after her victory Tuesday night. She's the first black
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  Speaker 3: woman governor in the history of this country. Bottoms led
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  Speaker 3: a news conference after the win, thanking supporters. and sharing
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  Speaker 3: how her campaign messaging overcame Jackson's nearly quarter billion dollar budget.
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  Speaker 5: We heard the people loud and clear when they talked
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  Speaker 5: about challenges related to affordability. We've heard people loud and
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  Speaker 5: clear when they've said that they can't get access in
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  Speaker 5: their communities. We've heard people loud and clear when they
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  Speaker 5: said they need more access and expanded resources for mental
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  Speaker 5: health services. We've heard our veterans loud and clear when
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  Speaker 5: they've said that the VA cuts have hurt them tremendously.
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  Speaker 3: Jackson spent more than $ 200 million of his own money. Bottoms,
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  Speaker 3: on the other hand, says her faith helped her withstand
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  Speaker 3: a tight budget, although she received help from political allies,
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  Speaker 3: Democratic organizations and national donors. NBC News reports Trump's weak
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  Speaker 3: approval rating in Georgia likely pushed her to the top.
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  Speaker 3: And finally, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans today to
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  Speaker 3: replace all current 548 death sentences with life in prison
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  Speaker 3: without parole. In an open letter, the governor said there's
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  Speaker 3: no need to carry out executions. Newsom says the justice
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  Speaker 3: system is flawed and it cannot fairly administer the death penalty.
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  Speaker 3: The ACLU welcomed the announcement, citing racial disparities and its
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  Speaker 3: ongoing legal challenges to executions in California. those discrimination claims
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  Speaker 3: are part of the litigation. 33% of all death row
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  Speaker 3: inmates in California are Black, where only 6% make up
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  Speaker 3: the state's total Black population. Stay connected and subscribe and
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  Speaker 1: I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network.