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Hour of cavuto live and started this show that it is getting to be busier on the weekends right now how you live for these moments and you live to try to explain moments that sometimes are like other moments weve seen. Youve seen these College Protest a lot more than 30 just arrested at a Upenn Demonstration late yesterday more protest are expected here at around the world quite a few going on simultaneously for example, in london i believe theres one in paris as well. But again, not as in your ...

Count the number of bean, and jelly beans in a jar, and all of that, but now it is taking on a new kind of face, and what they are doing is cutting back on the early voting days, and changing the identification laws, and making sure that the people who are standing in line cannot be assisted by getting water, and all of these kinds of things -- >> congresswoman, let me ask you about that, because you are taking us right to that point, and senator joe manchin has proposed changes to the for the p...

>> a bipartisan bill introduced thursday restores the core of the voting rights act adding federal supervision for states that repeatedly discriminate against voters. but theres a big exception it sidesteps a serious threat to our voter turnout and that is identification laws. toures going to get to that part in a minute. but first, were going to talk about the details of this compromise with blake zeff, a washington insider who has worked for president obama as well as senator clinton and senat...

I want women to take this with them when she said no self-respecting women should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex. she said this in the late 1800s and it is as if she is speaking in the 21st century. our democracy works when all people can participate in it. we are better together. and that is why we cannot stand idly by and let the extreme gop try to take away the right to vote for everybody who does not fit the category of people who they believe should have the ri...

Research upstairs. >> dana: why didnt you bring it? >> eric: research on -- >> andrea: bob! >> bob: very religious man. i give him that. he did when he was running for the senate, when he was a senator, push for very stringent voter, i guess, identification laws. he met with religious conservative, and faith-based -- >> andrea: in defense to porter who said in my ear piece that didnt happen, what you are talking about with ashcroft. can you answer why they wouldnt open it up to other religions? ...

Research upstairs. >> dana: why didnt you bring it? >> eric: research on -- >> andrea: bob! >> bob: very religious man. i give him that. he did when he was running for the senate, when he was a senator, push for very stringent voter, i guess, identification laws. he met with religious conservative, and faith-based -- >> andrea: in defense to porter who said in my ear piece that didnt happen, what you are talking about with ashcroft. can you answer why they wouldnt open it up to other religions? ...

>> greta: you have to show a photo i.d. to board a plane or go to a hotel or even get a library card, how about voting? there is outrage in some states about voter i.d. and pennsylvania is the latest to pass a voter i.d. law. civil rights organizations are vowing to fight it what are the identification laws? pennsylvania state representative darrell metcalf joins us. so you sponsored this bill. tell me voters suppression or voter protection? >> definitely voter protection. every american citizen...

In one primary and move and your address doesnt match up. i get that. but i want you to explain to me why does it seem that it is difficult for minorities, african americans to get voter registration i.d. cards? >> what you are talking about is the customary form of i.d. that people think of is a drivers license. if you do not drive you dont have a drivers license. a young voter or someone who doesnt own a car or an older voter. you are not issued a photo i.d. when registered to vote. this is so...