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sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> tonight, crisis averted. ♪ ♪ ♪ earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catast...

Are going to be in play. it is not easy to win in jacksonville. its a county wide city. they have a metro government, that election, of donna deegan, was a direct result of the rejection of the extremism of ron desantis and his extremist maga cronies. you are going to see that play out in our election, all the way through the cycle. we are going to fight back against the voter suppression, and the extremism, and we are going to elect joe biden president of the united states, once again. and win ...

Latest efforts to get rid of the electoral college. >> we citizens -- >> reporter: in recent years the last critics decrying the electoral college have been democrats particularly after hillary clinton won the popular vote but lost the election in 2016, second democrat after al gore to deliver such a blow, no legal challenge with cross partisan backing to tweak the system and change the winner take all used by the vast majority of states. >> the existing system that would benefit small states be...

Elizabeth warren and their colleague who just won big in a red state, sherrod brown. >> i won my election because i talk about the dignity of work. >> reporter: among former officeholders thinking of challenging trump, joe biden, terry mcauliffe, duval patrick, eric holder and the soon to be former congressman who raised more money and a quarter than any democratic senate candidate ever and continues getting the treatment, but orourke. >> sound like you might be open to it. >> i havent made any ...

Like beto orourke catches fire among the democrat base. >> folks like erics wall well from california, pretty good on tv, talking how you can win iowa. >> show up and listen. my brothers are cops. i worked as a prosecutor in law enforcement. i understand what they care about. i think donald trump stumbled onto a lot of these issues, people who were not seen or heard but hes not delivering for them. you dont have to insult those people, just tell them how to deliver for them. >> your thoughts? we...

Been litigated, we know what happened, a big stretch. >> reporter: republicans including the chairman of the committee, bob goodlatte insisted on closed-door. >> it is not appropriate for mister comey to try to turn this into a public performance on his part to sell more books. not sure what his motivation is. >> reporter: the timing comes as gop control of the house judiciary is nearing a end. the current top democrat on the committee and likely next chairman has reportedly called the subpoenas...