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>> garrett, what are you watching for and listening for when the debate starts in the noon hour? >> reporter: im interested to see if we hear any more on the rules change, either the democratic side putting pressure on their colleagues, or whether this is drawing a line in the sand. right now, hospitals all over this country are facing staff shortages. and an intensifying challenge because of omicron. what if there was a way to put many doctors and nurses in icus with the push of a button? we ...

Act. the things that are being done to protect the vote and protect elections from people trying to steal them and overturn them, genuinely steal them, unlike what we saw on january 6th. and i hope that what will be following that beyond that vote is that we will actually get a vote using the procedure called, not quite accurately, the nuclear option on an attempt to provide a modest change in the rules so that ultimately you can get to a place where a majority could vote, even if it took a long...

And that rules change, even though both will fail next week. >> all right, julie tsirkin, thank you so much. right now we are joined by democratic senator mazie hirono. senator, it is an honor to have you here, good morning. >> good morning, lindsey. >> and senator, we know that your counterpart there in hawaii tested positive for covid. hes one of the reasons why we know that that vote is being delayed. do you know how hes doing? >> oh, he said that he doesnt have any symptoms so we have every ...

And sinema are thinking about not change the rules in the senate. theres the larger picture where democrats are framing this as the fundamental issue of democracy. weve heard from senator peters in the last few seconds, but its also something i have been hearing from the members of congressional black caucus. they likened this issue and made it so personal for them, and the members of their communities back home in voting in different states that are voting. and so for them, they have made this ...

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Where do we stand? >> the president of the national action network, the reverend al sharpton will be my guest a little later in the show. well ask him about the democratic push for voting rights. joining us now is congressional reporter for "politico," nicholas wu. thank you so much for being here. with manchin and sinema both saying theyre not going to back changes to the filibuster, the strategy appears doomed if for democrats. so talk to us as to why senator schumer is still calling for these...

Republicans, not one of whom would support fundamental voting rights and election reform. >> and, gene, theres been some talk about two things, one is why did it take so long for chuck schumer and joe biden to get here, and its, well, they had this legislative agenda last year they were trying to pass, knowing this was the moment that was going to alienate joe manchin and sinema and they didnt want to lose those two votes on the earlier aspects of the biden agenda. they got most of it through. t...

Roadblock for democrats hoping to advance a top priority for the party. cnns congressional reporter daniella diaz joins us from capitol hill. walk us through the timeline here. what are we going to see play out in the senate this week? >> you know, boris, its exactly as christy said. they were hoping to have a vote by martin luther king day tomorrow, that is not happening. they had to push that vote for voting rights legislation in the senate because of scheduling conflicts and they were schedul...

Republican senators who are opposed to any rules change, implementing any voting rights legislation. we cant just give them a pass because they have an r after their names. they also have to be made to account and answer clearly for their positions on this. and the third audience, i think, are those who arent convinced, those who are on the other side, those some of who he was talking to yesterday to remind them of what is really at stake. either youre for the constitution as amended or youre no...