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Russian/u.s. anti-propaganda outlet? >> i cant comment on that, ms. sewell. >> my final line of questioning is in regard to mr. flynn working as an agent of a foreign power. director comey, following on mr. hines line of questioning am i correct that the foreign agents registration act requires that individuals who lobby on behalf of a foreign government must register with the united states government? >> i believe thats correct. i know i keep saying im not an expert. the reason im saying that i...

Can comment on. >> likewise im not going to comment on an ongoing investigations conclusions. >> but again youre not going to disagree with general clapper, just not going to comment. the reason i point that out thats the situation the other way around you cant comment on something theres an inference out there because a persons name is brought up, because he may have worked for somebody at a certain time theres a guilt impliein th. im not in any way being crical of either you. im saying this is...

Place here? >> yeah, i think theres not much going back on these. weve seen the governor retreat a little bit by saying, well keep it open one day of the weekend. the other thing -- >> does it make a difference? >> i dont think, if youre somebody trying to get an i.d. and you cant get there during the week, having it open a few hours during the weekend is a huge help, and thats what the congresswoman and the others have said. >> actually, they passed this law in 2011. they didnt get it approved ...

Voting rights act been in effect, that these decisions, a decision such as this that would directly affect voting, would have been something that the justice department would have stricken down, before it had the negative impact. >> no doubt. well keep a close eye on how the votes go down there in alabama. thank you, congresswoman terri sewell and msnbcs zack roth. still ahead, republicans are about to meet in around 20 minutes with several items on the agenda, including this man, will paul ryan...

Republicans do. youre seeing democrats bring this up, republicans try to shy away from it. although we did have jeb bush come out recently and say he wouldnt support reaffirming the vote rights act. so again, a very clear and stark difference between the parties on this. >> so i want to talk to congressman sewell here about the actual voters, because this is allegedly going to affect the people. we havent had a presidential election under these new i.d. laws, but there was an election for govern...

Has asked the justice department to investigate these dmv closures and msnbc national reporter, zack roth. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> representative sewell, i want to start out with a letter you sent to the justice department. you said, quote, despite a budgetary pretext, the consequence of this decision is to deny the most vulnerable in alabama an equal opportunity to obtain a means to vote. have you had a response yet, from the doj? >> i havent had a response yet from the ...

Pessimistic about the process for a new formula is back in the 60s, voting rights cut across partisan lines. this was in a sectional issue -- >> right, i was going to say because democrats in the south didnt decide they were republicans yet. >> very much a sectional issue but seechla tension around openness to the voting system and its kind of falling down partisan lines now and as long as thats the case, i dont imagine that being bridged. >> representative sewell let me ask you this you know th...

Restore the voting rights preclearance protections and so i think its really important we learn the lessons of the past and we mobilize folks to really demand that congress act on restoring the voting rights act. >> so stick with us representative sewell but i love that representative sewell put this in a positive context. talk about the beholder was a positive challenge issued by the supreme court to the u.s. congress? >> a devastating decision. we had the supreme court upholding the voting rig...