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Also miss the event citing a scheduling conflict. i guess thats possible. the speech amp up the filibuster fights as they target the hold-outs joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. the president trying to change the filibuster rule in order to pass election legislation. however, top republicans are sounding the alarm. >> they want to silence millions of americans and take over the senate so they can take over elections. so they can take over america. >> dont you understand that if we change it for one...

Money or super bowl tickets i would say and this is all because its popular amongst the arizona republican with the so-called audit to do election legislation. most are keen on passing new laws and said when they orchestrating this review to do it to write new legislation. >> theres a particular focus on the security features on the ballots. these tactics by cyber ninjas might have inspired the calls. how realistic to put this security on voter ballots? >> it is really expensive. if it is possib...

Democrats claim Donald Trump's unrelenting campaign of disinformation about the 2020 election result has sparked a GOP effort to pass new state laws that have made it more difficult to vote.

>> bill, that nicely gets us right back to the messaging conversation. the three of us have had a lot. what good is a deliverable if you dont tell the customer whats being delivered to their home. their town, their state. their country. >> the trouble with legislation. one aspect isnt delivered for a year or two or three. or delivered indirectly in ways that could help the country. i have a slight different view. they obviously need to keep the government open. and raise the debt limit. and i th...

>> for just the second time in more than 70 years, a democrat would win the state. arizona was no longer reliably red. and republicans, still in charge of the legislature, went to work, proposing new ways to change the states election laws. like one that said any time before the presidential inauguration, the legislature, quote, may revoke the secretary of states issuance or certification of a presidential electors certificate of election. in english, allow the legislature to overturn the electi...

Arizona was no longer reliably red. and republicans, still in charge of the legislature, went to work, proposing new ways to change the states election laws. like one that said any time before the presidential inauguration, the legislature, quote, may revoke the secretary of states issuance or certification of a presidential electors certificate of election. in english, allow the legislature to overturn the election. that bill, which did not become law, was proposed by a republican now running t...

Gallagher has the details. >> adjourned. >> reporter: the special session that wasnt has come to an end in austin. statehouse democrats successfully blocking, for now, a bill that would add new restrictions to elections. >> this is a victory for texas voters. but we know, we understand the fight continues. >> reporter: the battle over voting rights in the lone star state is far from over. republican governor greg abbott calling a second special session. 17 item agenda that includes election legi...

Yep... everything hurts. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ breaking news out of texas. another special session just it did not meet quorum without democrats. republicans want to eye dress a controversial election bill. nbcs jay gray is live in austin. jay, what does the process look like now without quorum? what happens next? >> reporter: yeah, joe, what happens right now is the waiting game continues. as you talked about, they gavelled in the second speci...

Second special session with an expanded agenda that still includes election legislation. and i say attempt, because its not known right now if there will be enough democrats to have a quorum. this is how they have -- this is the way that they have sort of battled those voting bills, twice now by denying a quorum. whether or not theyre going to have the stamina to do it for another 30 days, thats still to be determined but they say theyre not going to give up their strategy just yet. >> make no m...

Other items on the governors to do list. i want to bring in senior digital reporter jane tim, who has been following this for us. thanks for joining us. lets talk about the special legislative session number two, we should say. what is the governor looking to get done here and will it happen? >> yes, the governor abbotts wish list is long, 17 different items, six new ones from the last session. the special sessions can last 30 days. hes not going to get it all done but top of his list, the elect...