legislation. >> as senators continue debate at the capitol, i'm joined by senator tim kaine of virginia who finished his own speech in defense of voting rights on the senate floor. senator, what is happening right now? i've lost the thread. explain where we are. >> well, listen, chris, it's great to be with you. we have two fantastic voting rights bills to protect. people's voting rights and to restore the voting rights act of 1965. the good news is that we have all 50 senate democrats as strong supporters of both bills. they have been rolled into one. the bill is pending on the senate floor. the first debate, we have been able to have on the floor during entire time i've been in the senate. 50 votes without some thought about a rules reform will not be enough to pass it. the senate filibuster has evolved into this thing where if you don't have 60 votes, you