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Do, will the republican control of the legislature be able to basically have their will executed in that legislature with these laws? >> i mean, that is the reality. if we have a backstop that, from the, from the u.s. senate in the congress to make sure that we can protect voting rights, then they will not be successful. and they will have to respect the voting rights of millions. and thats the goal of this group in washington. >> texas representatives, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>...

Someone in that office that abuses -- that abused power the way he did. thank goodness that general milley was there, and other generals saw this guys flaws and what a terrible leader he was. and thats one thing that they got right at the pentagon, they teach them how to be leaders. and they saw that this was a flawed leader. and i do think that others wouldve been a backstop had trump really got off the reservation -- got off the rails. >> indeed. for so many of the officers, that leadership tr...

They saw this was a flawed leader. and i do think mark milley and others a would have been a backstop had trump really gone off the reservation, off the rails. >> indeed. so many of the officers, that leadership training starts at the service academies and throughout their career. shannon, time to talk about your beat, and this president, and specifically the delta variant. can joe biden beat the clock or win the foot race between the spread of this variant and shots in arms? >> well, i mean, th...

Rights in america and why we need a national solution. >> tell me what your plans are in washington. n youre talking about demonstrating the urgency, the need for the for the people act. the need for a federal backstop for voting rights. obviously the dramatic move you and your colleagues have made to get yourselves to d.c. really at the point of the spear here. tell some of that story th yourself. but do you have plans, the the senates in session this ss week, to take individual meetings with s...

Begging for a federal response here. they are begging for a federal backstop to voting rights, that would stop a state like texas or any other republican controlled state from being able to pass voting rights restrictions like the one in the east texas democrats are staring down the barrel of right now. joining us now, and i will tell you, joining us now on face time from a bus with his democratic colleagues just outside of d.c., and outside the great state of texas is, trey martinez fisher. one...

With and why the texas democrats are in washington tonight. the planes have just landed in the past hour.ts theyre not only trying to throw a wrench in the works on trying to stop this voter suppression bill from passing in texas. they picked d.c. ultimately not as a purely symbolic thing but because theyre begging for a federal response here.sp theyre begging for a federal backstop to voting rights that would stop a state like texas or any other republican controlled state from being able to pa...

That needed to be worked through in the negotiations. i do think it was also used quite badly by the eu in parts of the negotiations and i think the backstop was a way to get the uk into a position that i think would have been really quite damaging for the uk. you know, the future of green policy, subsidy, regimes and all this kind of stuff and northern ireland will continue to be an area where there will need to be a lot of careful work in order to get it to the right place. but my sense is tha...

Criminal, its always the cops fault. but when a criminal shoots a cop, its always the guns fault. now, most people in america know that. and were not going to get in control of this crime situation until we do three things. until president biden does three things. number one, fund the police. give them their money back. number two, let cops be cops. let them do their job. now, if they misbehavior, if they dont follow the law, punish them. hold them accountable, like we did with derek chauvin but...

Murder is the number 1 cause of death, a ghetto civil war on. we have to be serious. i would bring backstop and frisk. traffic stops where you can have, you know, the way they do dui in some communities. have that for weapons in some of these affected areas. doing it in a way that is as color blind as practical and constitutional. you need a hands-on approach. we need rico. why not go after the gang that exist perpetrating violence? these are organized criminal enterprises. thats where the feder...

In the senate got to make the decision and that is, is congress going to be a backstop for whats going on around the country? the voting laws coming so quickly, it is like the california wildfires. if congress cant stop that, then im not sure anybodys got any business being up there. i think joe will come to a conclusion if he cannot get anything done -- lets say this. if a bill can get on the floor that can get a few republican votes, just a few, doesnt matter ten but a few, it gives some abili...