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Our democracy, but what do you think of his efforts to confront it? is it enough? >> ive said for awhile and i think you and i had this conversation, i dont think its enough. i think the president, president bidens heart is in the right place and made moves but i often thing about lbj, actually on the voting rights anniversary. lbj wouldnt have done that unless he had been pushed and pushed and pushed by martin luther king and all the other civil rights leaders. remember, it took the montgomery ...

>> lets talk about what you were talking about with senator merkley. it does appear that joe manchin will take this bill and try to get republican support for it. do you think theres any hope of getting senate republicans to join in to this effort, or do democrats in washington, do democrats in the senate have to go through with this? forget the filibuster as it relates to voting rights and pass this new bill? >> we also think of lbj as the father of the voting rights act. the most recent reauth...

President doing? president biden doing? he is calling out the threat on our democracy. but what do you -- what do you think of his efforts to confront it? is it enough? >> well, ive said, for a while, and i think you and i have had this conversation. i dont think its enough. i mean, i think joe -- the president -- president boidens hearts in the right place. i think of lbj. lbj wouldnt have done that, unless he had been pushed. and pushed and pushed by martin luther king and all the other civil-...

Must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice and we shall overcome. >> congressman john lewis once recounted seeing dr. martin luther king jr. wipe away a tear watching president lyndon johnson give that 1965 address to congress, just five months before he signed the voting rights act into law. 56 years later, as texas democrats camp out here in washington in a last-ditch effort to protect ballot access in their state, lbjs youngest daughter is joining the march alongside activist...

Its going to have all the votes you need to pass on suspension, and youve got law enforcement support for this bill. the national district attorneys association, the major citys police chiefs. all of these individuals are working together right now. lets not miss this opportunity. i want to regret that we didnt take this opportunity when we had the chance. >> holly harris, president of the justice action network, youll have to keep us posted on how things are posted on the equal act. thank you f...

The democracy itself is the framework in which all of the arguments about climate change, about health care, about taxes takes place. >> and in fact, congressman orourke, that was exactly the point that bishop barber was making a moment ago, wasnt it? >> absolutely. and ive got to tell you, i dont know that there will be a we get voting rights legislation passed in 2021, because you simply will not have free and fair elections in georgia or florida or texas, or more than a dozen other states tha...

And then the politics of immigration. >> yes. and people are cynical right now. because weve been saying this since the 90s. we need immigration reform. and dreamers are in this bind. they were giving this pathway for residents, residential status and now theyre in limbo. can they get this in this sort of reconciliation bill and right now senator shumer is trying to be kind of like the lbj but hes not as tall and cant give everybody the treatment. hes not in that position, but he needs to have t...

To change everything? >> no. the little show on amc. no one has any clue that its going to become what it became. chris: and why do you think the show and you made such a mark? >> the most underrated element in all of performance art is the writing. i always say this. if meryl streep got c-level material, she could bring it up to a b. but thats it. when you get a level material as i was handed in breaking bad, you get a little nervous. oh, i cant mess this up now. chris: the role propelled scran...

To change everything? >> no. the little show on amc. no one has any clue that its going to become what it became. chris: and why do you think the show and you made such a mark? >> the most underrated element in all of performance art is the writing. i always say this. if meryl streep got c-level material, she could bring it up to a b. but thats it. when you get a level material as i was handed in breaking bad, you get a little nervous. oh, i cant mess this up now. chris: the role propelled scran...

We knew and what we didnt know, what we should have done, all of those horrible questions. history of the american revolution. that will be a real big thing in time for the 250th. the first non-american topic on leonardo devinch i, reconstruction, lbj and the great society and that extraordinary legislative accomplishments become undone and its not enough time to do them all and theyre all rhyming in the present as twain would say. history doesnt repeat itself, but it rhymes. and its scary and i...