now impacting the federal investigation into classified materials. seized from mar-a-lago last month. a trump appointed florida judge ruling in favor this week on his legal team s request for an independent, special master to review just what the fbi retrieved. and now that relationship between the judge and maga is under a spotlight. while the justice department prepares to appeal the decision. of, course we will be looking at all of that. along with the investigations impact on midterms less than eight weeks away. that is tonight on politicsnation. plus, as memorials for queen elizabeth continue and england this weekend, i will talk to a block british civil rights activists. about what the queens deaf means for a black countries, that gained independence from britain while she was on the throne. what is her legacy to the black and what does the future of britain literally look like? i will ask that shortly. but first, let s go to london, england for a quick update on the
president clearly is willing to put a lot of political capital on the line. it is a fight that he and his aides believe is worth fighting and the president yesterday making very clear that he supports gutting the filibuster as it relates specifically to voting rights legislation and making changes there. here is the president yesterday. i believe the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. and if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this. reporter: so the question is where do they land here? we know chuck schumer plans to move forward with these pieces of legislation. the white house says this is a fight worth having, even if they don t see a path to a compromise. cedric richmond said he believes this is a fight they need to have. and meantime, lauren, the
fight for voting rights. he traveled to atlanta to announce he supports changing senate rules to pass new voting rights legislation if his bid fails. look, all signs are pointing in that direction. biden s political capital could be drained along with his domestic legislative agenda. pass the freedom to vote act! [ applause ] pass it now! i ve been having these quiet conversations with members of congress for the last two months. i m tired of being quiet! we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. debate them, vote, let the majority prevail! and if that bear minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this. we have 50/50 in the united states senate. that means we have 51 presidents. any one can change the outcome.
mitch mcconnell. today in john lewis home district, president biden called out those republicans that refused to stand up to the disgraced former president s big lie urging the senate to approve the voting bill name for the late civil rights leader and another, the freedom to vote act. i ve been having these quiet conversations with the members of congress for the last two months. i m tired of being quiet. we must find a way to pass these voting rights bill, debate them, vote, let the majority prevail and if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules including getting rid of the filibuster for this. senate majority leader chuck schumer will bring up the bill tomorrow and while the support change is welcome, it why voting rights activist are sitting out today s speech preferring concrete action over another
sinema on board, all of this could not be more urgent, with at least 19 states passing laws to make it harder to vote last year. the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills, debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. my girl kara lee joins us from washington, vaughn hillyard is in charleston, west virginia, and eugene daniels, people keep saying where s the plan, where s the plan? president biden doesn t have the power to make or pass laws. right? he can make an argument. he can use political capital, twist some arms, use his bully pulpit. he s doing that, so where do we go from here? you re right, steph. the president doesn t have a vote in any of this. his power here is in persuasion, and so far as you note, he has not managed to persuade any key