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Theres a john lewis voting rights act. one bill that the democrats want to pass. it would restore protections in the voting rights action that protects against voter suppression and then theres expanding voting access and making election day a federal holiday, election day. the democrats have these proposals. the question is if this president gives this speech today and the math does not change, is there a fallback plan, or is this all or nothing? >> right. to this point it seems kind of all or ...

Without an real clear politics tom bevan. tom, if that is the case, it seems clumsy to handle, for instance, trying to push the civil rights act, still trying to push through the filibuster. what else is on the agenda? >> well, that is the problem for democrats, they dont have a fallback plan. the original plan is to get build back better done and that died appear they shifted gears on voting rights legislation, which, again is an issue a lot f americans not top of mind. it is inflation and covi...

You are trying to surround a city. this time you arent surrounding a castle but a major city. the strategy is the same. the russians are trying to bomb and starve. bomb and starve those ukrainian cities into submission. they are doing it as a fallback plan after their first plan failed. some cities like mariupol. there are more than 100,000 civilians still stuck inside. here is a woman who escaped. >> there is no gas, no electricity, no heating, no cell phone service. we melt snow to have at lea...

Australian actor-producer Ryan Kwanten and Academy Award winner J K Simmons will be starring in supernatural horror movie 'Glorious'

Australian actor-producer Ryan Kwanten and Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons will be starring in supernatural horror movie Glorious, reports Deadline.The film, which is in final stages of production, is being directed by Rebekah McKendry with ...

J.K. Simmons and Ryan Kwanten star in the supernatural horror movie Glorious, set in a rest stop bathroom. Rebekah McKendry directs.

>> not version of it has to go forward if democrats want any chance of winning any seats in the midterms. at the end of the day, i think joe manchin has to decide, does he want to be a lobbyist or senator? he is lobbying for industry and not representing his constituents. if democrats want to have a chance, joe manchin needs to step up. >> best alternative to a negotiated agreement, which is your fallback plan, what youre willing to live with. i felt joe manchin was entering this as liking the i...

Saying there? were not going to vote for it, not that the doesnt need to be done. what is at stake if this debt ceiling isnt raised? >> well, financial havoc is really at stake. i mean, youre talking about as we saw ten years ago, the credit rating of the united states government being reduced. financial chaos in the markets. the markets will tank. and most importantly, on a human scale, well have literally millions and millions of americans, veterans, teachers, so forth, who will not be getting...

Governorship and first term. a lot of that goes to the structure of the recall and the ease with which it can qualify for the ballot. >> yeah. hes only been in office about 2 1/2 years now. and already facing this recall. and now they have a little bit of an interesting strategy from the newsome camp. theyre saying vote no on recall. question number two blank. why? >> thats right. when you get your recall ballot in california, the first question asks if you want to recall the governor. of course...

Of wide explanation it is basically whatever the house and the senate decide it is and it talks about abuse of power. it doesnt necessarily have to be something that violates u.s. code 213. it can be whatever the political representatives of the country and the congress decide is acceptable or unacceptable. i think that incidentally could end up being the republican fallback plan and you heard some of that from bill bennett. all right, youll have all this testimony. my guess is it will be damagi...