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Because this barrage of voter suppression attacks from republican led state houses is going to -- is not going to stop any time soon. >> and michael, that is saying a lot about your republicans. theres no denying this is now part of, if not their entire brand. do they continue to go deep on voter suppression having been called out every one is watching now. >> question for you, brian, who is going to stop them? theres been, the republican party has not paid the price for anything. look, even los...

Believe he won and how has the big lie, lets call it migrated over time? >> its a good question and one that even people around trump, those closest to him, dont really know the answer to. i think one of the lines that struck me today from bidens speech, when biden wagged his finger at congressional republicans and asked -- >> all right, we have lost michael bender. we are left with a copy of the book. we will get him book. over to you, is anyone in the administration in the circle of reporting ...

Presidency. in the latest book, "landslide", all daily briefings were cancelled including national security briefs. all efforts to return his attention to pandemic issues, vaccine roll-outs failed. he dwelled exclusively shutting all else out. he had time for almost anybody who would feel his steal obsession. with us for more, the aforementioned journalist, michael wolf, author of "landslide," the final days of the trump white house. michael, its great to have you and coming off fire and fury. >...

The courts for years to come, they are still going to count on the core voters to get to the polls no matter what. and try to embarrass the republicans at their own game. >> you cannot out organize systemic voter suppression. unless biden fights for communities, we will be looking at him and saying how did you solve it for us that our voices were heard and our votes counted? >> michael asked his share during his answer. juanita, and michael steele two good friends of the broadcast, we will do it...

Accused of all manner of sexual abuse and the president had stood by him. therefore because he stood by him, the president expected cavanaugh and the other justices that he had appointed to deliver him the presidency. now, this was of course in any reading of the supreme court and indeed of american history, ridiculous. but, right up until the court decided against him this is what he believed. and when they decided against him well then of course, they were disloyal, and unworthy of his appoint...

Everything else, ludicrous. >> reporter: in michael wolfs landslide, trump is portrayed as incompetent and alone. >> its just him and rudy giuliani. >> reporter: wolff writes that no one in trumps inner circle believed trump actually won the election. >> they literally stepped back. so theyre not helping him. >> reporter: but outsiders like sidney powell took over and told trump what he wanted to hear. in michael benders book, frankly we did win this election, former secretary of state mike pomp...

Of course, its a conversation weve been having for years but now theres a conversation about voter not look vacation. republicans are essentially giving legislatures the control to say if you dont like how they vote, or if you dont like how this counting votes, then you, the state legislature, which is inherently partisan, you can start nullifying peoples votes. thats what democrats are up against. and you feel in talking to sources, i feel and talking to sources that there is this real concern ...

Republicans are giving legislatures saying if you dont like how philly votes or the county votes, you the state legislature, you can start nullifying peoples votes. that is what democrats are up against. you feel in talking to sources theres a real concern and really, anxiety when it comes to the idea that represent are cans have figured out how to use their power. you have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell acting like a senate majority lead their the way. you have republicans moving so qui...

When theyre debating about whether to sense they troops, how americans trained to kill and take land, whether they should be sent into american cities to confront protesters. mark milley points to the portion of abraham lincoln in the oval office, and says that man, mister president had an insurrection, while we have is a protest. >> another great set piece as described in the book. our great thanks to our starting lineup tonight, yamiche alcindor, michael bender, whose book again frankly we did...

This idea, republicans even republicans who maybe disagree with him politically, are you going to let the very nature of politics, at the very nature of voting in this country, are you gonna give that up and pursuit of some political benefit. and is it worth that? >> indeed, yamiche, your colleague mr. bender has been located. michael, as you are saying, the question was about the depth of his sincere embrace of the big lie and how, if it all it has migrated. >> yeah, thats right. what biden is ...