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Manchins team just to understand just how easy it is to vote in west virginia and how hard it is to vote in texas, at some point i said you know what? well take the west virginia standard because it is a lot easier to vote in west virginia than in texas. but as it relates to the national conversation, i mean, clearly, anything that can be done to make voting easier would be an improvement in texas. anything that can be done to have an almost no excuse absentee voting program would be good. expan...

Even bring some republicans to the table. democrats say they expect a deal within days that could setup another vote before the summer recess next week. meanwhile more than 100 state legislatures from across the country are in the nations capitol. theyre joining texas democrats who spent the last three weeks in d.c. pushing members of congress to pass federal voting rights would stay out of texas until the end of the special legislative session there to block republicans from passing texass rest...

Today the number of coronavirus cases thin u.s. reached a six-month high. the average daily cases are now nearly five times what they were just one month ago. half of all new covid cases and hospitalizations this past week come from seven states, florida, texas, missouri, arkansas, louisiana, alabama and mississippi. those seven states also happen to be the seven states with the lowest vaccination rate. see a pattern, folks? meanwhile the biden administration st. reportedly developing a plan to ...

Most wildly successful state by state legislative pushes in my career. i mean, they have proposed i think almost 400 voter suppression laws in 49 states. 22 of them have been passed into law. do you feel like at the national level the democrats are on their high game to meet that lethal threat to voting rights? >> you know, i think it is becoming increasingly clear the republicans want to hijack elections right? we saw it with the big lie and now were seeing states moving to change the way you v...

Thing because it is that important to our country. >> what awaits you in texas? do you fear retribution or charges? do you know? >> i mean, for me i hope it is a beautiful wife and two lovel daughters is what im looking forward to. yes, of course, there is this fear of arrest and retribution. we take it serious. i also take this job very seriously. the governor can call as many suppression sessions as he wants. well stay here and defend democracy and i think at this juncture everybody knows well...

Florida and as we spent a lot of time with lawmakers from other states the last couple days they were giving us praise and encouragement for our stand. we made it very clear we were prepared because we saw what happened in their states and so, yes, state by state republicans are just rolling over, silencing the voices of voters, and somebody has to push back. somebody has to say no. right now its us here in texas and we hope that by rallying this nation and making voting rights a top talking poi...

I hope the political leaders also step in here and amplify the good science people need to hear. >> dean of the brown university school of public health, one of our favorite people to ask all these questions to, thank you so much for making some time for us tonight. coming up for us, signs of movement on federal voting rights legislation as run away texas democrats hiding out in d.c. face brand new pressures at home. well tell you about it next. w t home well tell you about it next berl knows ...

The finish line. he promised the democrats would not win the fight for voting rights legislation die. now, more than six weeks later, it appears senator democrats are closing in on another vote, the washington post is reporting that key senators have been working behind the scenes trying to tailor and our bill that could bring some democrats and republicans to the table. democrats say they expect the deal within days. they could set up another vote before the summer recess next week. meanwhile, ...

Happening in texas. are you going back or staying? >> you know what? i am not going back. as long as congress is working and it looks like they are working very hard i will be here and well see this come to a head and hopefully see a vote in the u.s. senate before the end of next week. >> i first heard your colleague jasmine crockett talk about loving what was in the federal legislation but just needing an inch. saying making the argument publicly that something albeit narrow would be better tha...