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Is a tactic that -- listen, texas democrats did this in 2003 ahead of a radical partisan redistricting of the state of texas. and they left the state and as i said, governor at the time said state troopers after them and it was a huge standoff and it was a big deal and ultimately they redistricting plan went through. but the eyes of the nation were on it. in this case, they havent just fled the state because that denies the quorum. they have fled the state specifically to come to washington beca...

Can be fixed. if there is a federal voting rights backstop at the federal level, then states will not have the option to bring their voting rights down below a floor set at the federal level. it doesnt mean the federal government will run elections or that every state will run them exactly the same way. it will just mean there is a te floor below which voter lo suppression will not be allowed to sink. that is why the texas democrats are in washington. not just because they needed to get out of t...

In this case they havent just fled the state because that denies the quorum. they have fled the state specifically to come to washington because washington is the one place this disaster in texas and this disaster in every other state where republicans are rolling back voting rights can be fixed. if there is a federal voting rights back stop at the federal level, then states will not have the option to bring their voting rights down below a floor set at the federal level. it doesnt mean the fede...

Note. not a suicide note, not a manifesto, but a piece of paper inside his hotel suite with a series of numbers on it. police are currently analyzing that to figure out any meaning from those numbers. we know that stephen paddock, the suspect was able to shoot down on the concertgoers for about ten minutes before he was confronted by a security guard. were learning that security guard ended you on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel because an open door on that floor set off an alarm that l...

Because again, i look at both of you. you are my brothers, and regardless of whats happening right now in this country, that we have to find a way to fix these issues as brothers. >> i want to just share that moment because i feel like it shows the difficult yet authentic emotions of where we are as a nation. lets talk about it and so much more. i have cnn core sara sidner, who was part of that conversation yesterday. cnn money national reporter for race and equality, and don lemon, anchor of "c...

The so-called nuclear option if democrats use a filibuster against him? and if they do, at what future cost? we await a continuing debate on the senate floor set to kick off about 45 minutes from now. lets bring in senior fellow and constitutional studies at the kato institution and michelle juwondo, president and legal action for the center for american progress. thanks both of you for being here. michelle, i want to start with you. what is at stake? mitch mcconnell has said that he will move t...

Much as we can to sit there and negotiate our salaries and talk about how we need to have equal pay, but equal pay means exactly that, we have to have an equal conversation on both sides to make sure both genders are getting paid equally for compensation. >> you mention the family and daughters, we have daughters, do we need to be training our daughters differently? >> we do. i remember talking with a woman in academia a few months ago who found out far into her work life that her starting salar...

Carol hunter, thank you so much. >> youre welcome. all sticix candidates have creeling in this race. they also a floor that may force them out of the primary season. david kurtz is the managing editor and washington bureau chief for talking points memo and he joins us now. we wanted you to gauge the best case and worst case scenario. lets start at mitt romney. you have his floor set at fourth place. how bad that would be to his campaign overall but specifically in new hampshire. >> romney had ...