With important midterm elections coming later this year, ABC Washington Correspondent Em Nguyen tells the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro the Democrats are trying hard to reform election laws. Also, callers share how their lives have been affected by changing pandemic support legislation.

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The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro welcomes ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan to report on how COVID stimulus payments helped lift 12 million Americans out of poverty as they were able to save for a rainy day.  Also, debt collection laws are changing.

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ABC White House Correspondent Karen Travers joins the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro to describe the effort by Democrats to expand voting rights and eliminate the filibuster while they still have control of Congress.  Also, with new NYC Mayor Eric Adams hiring his brother to head his security team, is nepotism acceptable in some circumstances?

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Shocking news came yesterday with the sudden passing of actor-comedian Bob Saget and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro speaks to ABC Entertainment Correspondent Jason Nathanson about Saget's impact on American culture.  Also, farmers in Turkey are successfully using virtual reality goggles on cows to increase milk production.

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Tim Sika joins Pat Thurston to talk about Peter Bogdonovich and Sidney Poitier. He then shares reviews of the following movies:

THE 355 - Spy drama featuring four women nobody would ever mess with.  (Opens today in theaters)

A HERO - Iranian drama about a man temporarily out from prison due to an unpaid debt who tries to have the debt withdrawn. One of the best of the year.

PARALLEL MOTHERS - Pedro Almodovar's drama about two woman--one middle-aged, one an adolescent, having a baby. (In theaters)

JOCKEY - Sundance drama about a jockey facing what could be his last race due to his deteriorating health. (In theaters)

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Two Hollywood greats have passed - Peter Bogdonovich and Sidney Poitier. Listen to Pat Thurston pay tribute to them.

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San Francisco NAACP President, Revered Amos Brown, joins Pat Thurston to discuss the voting rights bill.

How crucial do you think passing the bill is? What can we all do to further that legislation along?

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Pat Thurston shares the sentencing for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Listen to The Mark Thompson Show featuring:

Novak Djokovic deported from Australia over vaccine requirements

Friday Fabulous Florida

Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first Black actor dies

Movies to watch this weekend

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Michael Snyder, Movie Critic joins Mark Thompson to share reviews of the following movies:

The 355 

The Hand of God   

Parallel Mothers

The Novice 

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