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Loser. if he were on the other side and if schumer were in his position, he would have been fighting this like youve never seen before. when you look at it and this is a long way from over. >> that was donald trump. 300 days until the mid-term election and the defacto leader of the republican party picking public fights with its elected members. trump calling mcconnell a loser. shortly after that exchange, trump abruptly ended the call, hung up nine minutes into the interview that had been sched...

Unfortunately history tells us those things happen. i think thats why we have a split opinion. >> 6 % of americans in the same poll felt like they had confidence in their state elected official to protect the right to vote. in your view is that confidence largely misplaced it? >> it wasnt this the last election. largest turnout in the history of the united states in terms of forgs of the vote. yet i would say most of those people are unaware whats happened in individual states since the last tim...

>> your point, i think, chuck, it means they got the goods. in order to bring charges we need to have a reasonable probability of conviction, meaning we expect to win in trial court. and we need to have sufficient evidence and the right laws so we can sustain the conviction on appeal. it means we got the goods. you know, the department of justice does not often charge seditious conspiracy, its an unusual charge, a rare charge, in part because, thank goodness, not a lot of people are trying to ov...

Of leverage this january six one year anniversary. the emotion around what happened at the capitol and that the very plain threat of american democracy that continues to this day. that they can leverage all of that to force manchin and sinema to come around on this filibuster and get behind the idea of pushing through this voting rights legislation which of course has been a cornerstone of the biden agenda for a year now. but it has fallen behind other issues like infrastructure and stimulus spe...

Exactly right. if i were still a federal prosecutor, i would not rely on anyone else to send out subpoenas for me and to collect evidence for me, i would do it myself, i would do it independently, by that i mean through a federal grand jury process, using the fbi to deliver the subpoenas, to collect the information and to analyze it. i would not rely on congress. i dont mean that derisively. i just wouldnt rely on anyone else. >> congress may forward a criminal complaint to justice. how often wo...

Is really important, what he said. and this is what i think we ought -- the drum that ought to be beat over and over and over again. the state legislatures are using their majorities to suppress votes, so what is wrong with the senate using a bare majority to protect votes? its just that simple. and thats what schumer pointed out. they shouldnt stand by and let simple majorities do things that take away peoples rights to vote, and not answer in kind. i do think something will happen. will it be ...

But the most serious charges were filed yesterday, in a story that broke this hour yesterday. the department of justice charged stewart rhodes, leader of the far right group the oath keepers with seditious conspiracy among other counts. this is the first time that charge has been brought in connection with january 6th. prosecutors say rhodes never entered the capitol that day but he and his co-conspirators spent weeks planning to stop the lawful transfer of power. im joined now by chuck rosenber...

Political story of the day. the renewed push for voting right just the president making detailed remarks in georgia. including a possible filibuster carveout. the speech will come as senate democrats prepare to force another vote on election legislation likely this week. schumer issued a warning on friday to republicans if they continue to block the passage. >> if republicans continue to hijack the moves to prevent us from protecting the democracy then the senate will debate and consider changes...

The question is what chuck schumer, the majority leader, does now. he has signalled in no uncertain terms he intends to put every senator on the record. hes gotten whats called a message from the house of representatives that allows him to skip the motion, to proceed and allow these bills to come up for debate with a simple majority. theres a problem with that. senator of hawaii has tested positive for covid. hes not even around. the problem goes from bad to worse. but he could be back between n...

Bill, a massive bill. several republicans to go with democrats on as well as some of the more recent, you know, big spending bills around covid relief. so yes, theres not a lot that does happen, but i think youre going to see a big push by republicans, and also, i think its a really kind of a controversial move by schumer to set this state. when he tried to force senator joe manchin to do a vote on the bbb before the end of the year, it didnt work in his favor, and its unclear if this is going t...