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Pressure over voting rights. i pressed him on it during our town hall in july. watch this. >> this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid. fifth grade at a fifth grade education. i learned she couldnt read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap -- and -- so why is protecting the filibuster more important than protecting voting rights for people wh...

Number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap -- so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people that fought and died for that? >> no. its not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and get it on to my desk to sign it. >> okay. that was then. and this is now. here we are tonight. the assault on voting rights in texas and across this country, nothing less than a plan to...

When i was a kid fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldnt read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap -- so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people that fought and died for that? >> no. its not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 the john lewis act and g...

>> no. [ applause ] >> its not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4, the john lewis get it on my desk so i can sign it. >> and we are still waiting. that as theres news on covid boosters tonight, the fda granting emergency use authorization for a pfizer booster dose in people 65 and older and those at high risk. a rare bit of good news as the pandemic of the unvaccinated is raging in hot spots across the country. deaths from covid have exploded ove...

Congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s of the john lewis act. the voting rights in texas and across this country is nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they dont like the results. not about politics. it about the most sacred right as americans, the right to vote. a right worth fighting for. so like i said, a lot is riding on president biden showing he can mansion this crisis at once. up next, well talk to two people who have real insight...

That more important than protecting voting rights, especially for people who fought and died for that? [ applause ] >> no, its not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 and get on my desk to sign it. >> lets hope that happens. the john lewis act faces an uphill climb in the senate. the assault on voting rights also across this country is nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next election if they dont like the results. t...

Or the soap and so why is protecting the filler buster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for the people that fought and died for that? >> no, its not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 of the john lewis act and get it to my desk so i can sign it, but here is the deal, what i also what to do, i want to make sure we bring along democrats, also bring along republicans that know better than that and i dont want to get ...

Increasingly frustrated by republican obstruction and the threat of the filibuster. its something i pressed the president about last night. >> this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade. had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldnt read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap in -- so why is protecting the filibuster -- is ...

Reconciliation to work. if we put that into the bill, then you have to start spending money, then reconciliation can apply to the budget, maybe thats the way to go. but to be serious about it, so long as the i.d. is standard for everybody, we dont have a problem with it. but dont give me something different that you give the other guy. >> you think you got any chance of getting this done? >> yes, i do. i really believe that we are going to pass s-1, which went over as hr-1, and i really believe ...

Then you have to start spending money, then reconciliation can apply to the budget, maybe thats the way to go. but to be serious about it, so long as the i.d. is standard for everybody, we dont have a problem with it. but dont give me something different that you give the other guy. >> you think you got any chance of getting this done? >> yes, i do. i really believe that we are going to pass s-1, which went over as hr-1, and i really believe that s-1 will incorporate the things that we think are...