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Imperative of the legislative branch which is attack. nine republicans is not a lot. its a handful. the fact that only nine were there to vote for subpoenas suggest that we bifurcated partisan time we live in are truly immense and its hard to see how its ever to bridge around it. >> president biden also weighed in on voting rights. take a listen to what he had to say. >> this struggle is no longer just over who gets to vote, its about who gets to count the votes or should they count at all. >> v...

Of the naacp who spoke to cnn a short time ago. listen. >> the outcome would demonstrate whether or not the ball has been dropped. for african-americans we must get legislation to protect our right to vote. its imperative the senate leadership, members of the senate and the white house make this happen before the end of the year. anything less would completely undermine the legacy of this president. >> coming up next for us, the incredible new numbers this morning on how many afghan children wer...

Voting rights bill that isnt likely to pass. joe manchin said he could bring ten republicans along. it doesnt seem that happened. youve called the lack of urgency from the white house appalling. do you think this administration and democrats dropped the ball here? >> i think the outcome will demonstrate whether or not the ball has been dropped. for african-americans, we must get legislation to protect our right to vote. its imperative the senate leadership, members of the senate and the white ho...

Discussed earlier. so for all these reasons, we need to get the unvaccinated vaccinated. we need to get kids vaccinated to keep them in schools, to keep schools open, and we need to get people eligible for boosters to be boosted. if we do all this, we can keep the curve in decline and prevent what we saw last winter, which was a giant spike that went from basically thanksgiving to the end of january. thats the imperative right now. >> right, and you can see that. we lived through this together a...

That the judge has to do is on the one hand, whats the need for these documents, these communications to remain secret? on other hand, how imperative is it, how critical is it to the public need for these documents to come out? >> reporter: she was born in kingston, jamaica. she received her ba in economics from george washington university before attending university of pennsylvania law school. she, previously, worked as a public defender and in private practice before former-president barack o...

We know that there is an imperative for majority minority districts, or at least districts were non white members can be elected, because of the diversity of the constituency. whats the general baseline that we should be looking at? to judge this map by? >> thats exactly right, theres a legal requirement to draw majority minority districts, under the voting rights act, with certain factors are present. those factors are what we look for when we embark on redistricting. one of the most important ...

Which allowed texas these two new seats is 95% attributable to people of color. now a latino legal rights organization, the mexican american legal defense and educational fund, is suing the governor and the deputy secretary of state to block the map from taking effect saying it illegally and unconstitutionally dilutes the voting strength of voters in texas. she joins me now. firstly, lets start with what the ground rules of the voting rights act and the constitution say about this process. what ...

Provides. you know, i remember when there was richard nixon who had tried to keep the tapes from the public. that case rocketed up to the supreme court and was decided very promptly, there was no need to allow this to go on forever. especially since the legal basis for this is all very weak. >> yes theres a little question for the judges that they feel some sense of piecing imperative here. or as a later language, thats probably gonna be on later, and up to the supreme court the members who were...

Seen, an exercise of this privilege by a former president. they always ask a sitting president. but this idea about the president has no precedent in the law. and that means even if its four months, norm, thats a long time in this current climate, isnt it? >> well, if they can move that quickly, chris, that will be a modern day miracle. we should insist on it. but i think that, you know, when you look at the underlying arguments here, they dont have to cause the courts to delay. simply because d...

The law. and that means even if its four months, norm, thats a long time in this current climate, isnt it? >> well, if they can move that quickly, chris, that will be a modern day miracle. we should insist on it. but i think that, you know, when you look at the underlying arguments here, they dont have to cause the courts to delay. simply because donald trump is the first one to have the chutzpah to make some of these arguments doesnt mean it should slow things down. thats why we started with th...