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like anybody, i would like to live a long life. longevity has its place, but im not concerned about that now. i just want to do gods will, and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. ive looked over, and ive seen the promised land. i might not get there with ya, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land! [ applause ] so im happy tonight. im not worried about anything. im not fearing any man. my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord...

And GOP negotiators give an update on the brewing debt deal.

Front and center in this conversation. >> and to your point about january 6th, jack smith, the special counsel, is actually subpoenaing records and wants to talk to the brad raffenspergers of the world and brian kemps. this is still happen, the more open insurrection that happened is now the subject of both a state and a federal investigation. what do you make of the fact that georgia became the center of the attempt to steal the election and these elected officials in your state are still on th...

Through midterm redistricting. we have to look at the moore decision which would give state legislators and the governors basically the impromater to change federal election laws without judicial review at the state level. when you read these things together, we have got to move our eyes beyond the spectacle that has been donald trump to the wider attack on our democracy and our ability to participate in elections. every one of those votes matter, every one of those voices matter. >> i have to t...

Thats not true, she was with obama, so how does that work? i dont know, you do the math, but you get the point. shes been around forever. >> im a right brain person, math is not really my bally wick, but lets do the other thing that speaker boehner talked about was this moment when democracy was in the balance and the poise that your mom, that the speaker showed. this is a great clip from your documentary, and this is cut one for my director. >> it doesnt seem to be safe. we have gotten a very b...

>> its what i have been saying for the last four years and what i will continue to say until we have a voting rights law that actually protects the voters of america. and that is that voter suppression is baked into the dna of our election system. but so is the persistence that we see from voters who are willing to fight against that very -- the ignim ate. we see voters who are turning out and pushing forward despite the obstacles and the false equivalence that says that what happened on january...

In 490 BCE, the free, native-born, adult, male Athenians did something utterly extraordinary: They voted to elect officers and magistrates

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I think ralph warnock going on the floor and saying wait a second you can just brush aside this filibuster, his holding up the pillars of american democracy when you want to raise the debt but you cant do it to protect voting rights? thats just an argument too compelling to ignore. >> it was a moving speech from a pastor who talked about a crisis in front of us of the foundation of democracy in the build back better bill. >> to stand and deliver? >> amen. >> comes in the tradition of john lewis ...

Blah -- thats fine. we can just do a legislative hand like they did with raising the debt ceiling. does sinema say oh, we cant -- shes okay doing it raising the debt ceiling making it a simple majority. there is a million and one way for smart legislatures to get together to figure out how to move that 60 requirements. you know how i know that? they just did. they can do it for democracy but they can do it. >> its good to get reverend warnock and sinema in a room together for a little bit to see...