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They made this majority runoff requirement for general elections. i remember very well when it happened. and now, you see they have got caught on their own petard here of when you just saw them lose the senate seat because of that rule. so, i would say that you have to always be careful what you pray for. >> well, uh, senator majority leader chuck schumer has promised a vote on changing the filibuster to advance voting rights legislation by martin luther king jr. day, which is six days from now....

Be remembered? the consequential moments in history -- they present a choice. do you want to be the side -- the side of dr. king? or george wallace? do you want to be on the side of john lewis? or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln? or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend our elections, to defend our democracy. >> bell again, at least two democrats, senators manchin and sinema, of course, oppose dhanging the rules. now, senate republican leader mitc...

Them more. when joe biden gets to the point of frustration and concern about the state of our democracy, that he is now calling for a constitutional carve-out, that is a very big deal. its a victory for the forward-going process. unfortunately, we are not talking about that enough. >> dana, lets talk about the forward going process because even if the president is now calling for that, which he has, van rightly pointed out, thats not something he has been saying heretofore. i mean, unless he can...

White house was hoping with a speech like this is that it would, you know, get the grassroots up in arms, and get them to bang down sinema -- sinemas door. and bang down, metaphorically, manchins door and say you have to do that. but as van said, that has been happening already. they didnt need the president to do that. what they want is for the president to use his chops as somebody who can get things done to do just that. and not necessarily make a big speech. >> dana bash, van jones appreciat...

Does it go from sneer here? >> yeah. i mean, they have been talking about this, i dont know, for months, obviously. and its doomed in the senate. i mean, its clear why the president chose to put so much political capital on the line unless they can change the opinion of manchin and sinema. >> and there is no clear plan for that right now because they have continued to be holdouts. you ever heard from senator manchin, time and time again, what his opinion on this is and how he thinks this should ...

Sinema at some point today. the president just left a short time ago to go to a funeral taking place for the former first lady of indiana. so the white house insists they remain optimistic about this. it is unclear what progress has been made here. the white house insists that the reason he postponed a scheduled trip to chicago today was to really try to reengage, continue engaging with these individuals, and ultimately it will be to try to pin down sinema and manchin. without a sense of their t...