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That conflict with what their governor is saying or what their mayor is saying. theyre just not sure what to do. so a lot of this is broad sort of distrust of government leaders. you see biden trying to assuage some of the concern by saying, hey, this thing got developed during a republican administration and now as a democrat im continuing the roll-out. that doesnt necessarily -- hasnt necessarily worked, but theres a long history of othering in our country, whether it is race and class, and it...

$25 million investment in the democrats voter registration and turnout efforts. >> where the legislature is hell bent on making it difficult for us to vote, were going to have to start rallying now to think creativity about how we register them, how we remind them of whats on the line. >> the latest vote is plfight i out in texas. the legislature is on the verge of passing new voting restrictions. civil rights leaders are growing impatient. >> our backs are against the wall. this is the moment. ...

What it is, his parents were immigrants. he lived the american dream. marvel comics is the embodiment of the american dream and now they want to convince children its not real. im done with captain america. hes dead. >> what about the companies that own or make kept america? disney is one -- the avengers, i believe. what does this say about these companies are heading that direction? what kind of pressure are they under that they have to head down this route? >> evidently they want to flex how w...

How should this knowledge play into what lawmakers on capitol hill are thinking right now as they push for voting rights reform? >> i mean, we are at a seventh-stage alarm fire in the united states right now. and i think that voters, you know, based on the fact that we had this historic election and based on the fact that were coming out of this pandemic are putting their attention elsewhere, and the reality is that if we do not secure the right to vote, then our democracy is going to cease to e...

Trying to identify social media posts and facebook, which in a lot of cases, the advertisements disappear after they go out there. its going to be hard to put together where all of this came from but theyre slowly piecing it together. >> what does the intel show? >> at some level this is not surprising. weve known there were groups, the proud boys or these weird militia groups that acted, you can see that when you were watching the television, acted in military fashion. there was no question the...

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Orwell. >> neil: what has changed, think about it, they announced as much. they want to stop the race to the bottom when it comes to taxes. this one move, if they get their way, is a signal that now theyre racing to the top. im wondering how that plays out. you think they would work off an advantage of the united states because joe biden is raising taxes and keep theirs lower to woo business. but no, theyre on the same higher tax push. >> we know how this plays out. the developed democracies tal...

Mountain of drugs. the head of the australian police say the plan was hatched over a couple of years with members of the fbi in 2018. well-done. good work, international law enforcement. breaking on capitol hill today, a cold hard look at how our country will face the threats coming our way. china is hell bent on replacing us as the worlds super power. were being put to the test and the tests are getting bigger as we do forward. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live. hi,...

Sinema. if this was happening in other countries, can you imagine how america would report on this? if we were watching a super powers democracy erode it would be huge news yet in america these things continue to happen in texas. i understand democrats walked off. that only temporarily blocked this horrible bill. whats going to happen when governor greg abbott calls a special session and some of these deleted provisions will find their way back into the law? then what? >> thats why its so import...

Way of enacting hr 1 which would essentially federalize a lot of these rules around voter -- voting rights and protection. if you had an audience with joe manchin and krysten sinema who are hell bent on bipartisanship, whats your advice? the filibuster cannot live while democracy dies. >> my advice is if you are waiting for bipartisanship on these issues, were not going to get there from all indications and this is too important of an issue to let die because of a procedural mechanism like the f...