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Of that team. We will keep you updated on that story thank you so much for joining us. Cnn primetime with abby phillip joins us right now. Thank you so, much kaitlan. Have a good night. And good evening, everyone. I am abby phillip. Donald trumps path to the republican nomination is not only getting more dominant. It is becoming more bulletproof. And as the indictments against him grow so it is his stranglehold on the field. And new cnn numbers show one of the reasons why. Voters just arent worr...

I think the option that you said is right now. It is so early in the process. I mean ive been through my share of elections for over the years. At this point i could just give you one quick anecdote that tells the whole story. I want to the debate there in milwaukee. And the next morning i got in the cabin asked the cabdriver, now tell me who do you think when the debate. He sort of paused and said, you know i think it was that indian guy. E the couple of, women i think the womany of course ther...

wont say. but we will just blame the lawyers. now not you, charles coleman. you are good lawyer [laughs] ! have some fun this. morning >> thanks, katie. always good to see you! good morning. it is saturday november 25th, you are watching velshi on msnbc. im charles coleman junior filling in this weekend for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. we have got a lot to talk about. first off, we are following breaking news this morning on day two of our fragile pause in the war between isr...

Number of groups challenge those maps. and they will second the courts and the supreme court is not in our favor. that is why you saw a number of texas legislators in washington, d.c. and walking out in august trying to demand the voting rights act because theres only so much they can do. democrats are in the minority there. theyre looking to congress to pass something immediately because they understand they can do so much. they might be able to help around the edges, but at the end of the day,...

By republican adam. this morning when congressman was asked why he didnt support the john lewis wright act, -- would restore the preclearance provision. watch. >> you can call the build the voting rights act and left wing twitter goes nuts about this, by the, way and say that you voted against voting rights. without even looking at the details of this. and the quick details, the voting rights act in the mid sixties came up with a temporary provision called preclearance. that one opportunity was ...

Question about the supreme court, just said that federal courts cant stop partisan with -- but state courts still have some power here. without this preclearance provision, what facts stops are there for partisan gerrymandering on the state level? how can states prevent this from happening? >> well you know, in some state supreme courts they have taken strong action against the partisan gerrymandering. state high courts in north carolina, and pennsylvania. struck down partisan. -- what regroom a...

Had the shelby decision, which really gutted the preclearance provision. it allowed states that had a history of voter discrimination to now be able to institute very restrictive voter i.d. laws, anti-voter laws in my opinion. and so i think that we saw in this past election, over 40 million americans dont believe that we had a fair and accurate election. and so i think that at the heart of this is that american people do not trust their electoral system. i think that john lewis bill, the john r...

Bipartisanship. keep in mind, today, ag garland made the announcement about buttressing the section to try to address many of these concerns. >> as you know, garland is very limited in what he can do. because the john roberts court, in 2013, tore out the heart of the voting rights act. the preclearance provision. all he can use is whats known as section 2. and the supreme court may be about to weaken that, too. the best response democrats have, really the only lever they have to push back agains...

In 1961, the attorney general called into his office the attorney general for civil rights, burke marshall, and marshalls first assistant, john dior. at that time before the 1960s act, the only way to guarantee the right of black americans to vote was to bring individual actions in each county and parish that discriminate against them. kennedy told his assistants that was what he wanted to do. well, general, burke marshall replied, if you want that, weve got to have a lot more lawyers. well, tod...

0 its great to see you. im geoff bennett, and as we come on the air, there is a lot happening on this summer friday. this hour we will see president biden and the first lady at the g7 summit in the u.k. theyre about to have a gathering of world leaders and theyll be joined by british royals. well have it for you live if it happens. back here at home, there is bombshell news on the trump doj, saying they seized the records of high democratic lawmakers and their families members all hunting down l...