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I think its a way to try and get the two senators that we have who are not on board to go for something that wont change the horrible, voracious change in the balance of power that will allow elections to slant things in the directions of republicans in a dramatic way, in an unfair way, in an un-small-"d"-democratic way. im opposed to it. im opposed to allowing that to be the subject of this conversation. its no substitute for what we have to do. >> in terms of what you have to do, youve put a s...

Reaction to that apparent movement from senator mcconnell just on that one piece of reforms and protection youve been pushing for. >> let me say this. i think that what theyre trying to do is try to substitute that for the very needed reforms that we have urged, undoing what the state legislatures are doing throughout the country. and so its sort of like saying, well, im going to rig the game, but then ill make sure you count the score accurately. what the hell is the point if you rig the game t...

The plan, no one who actually organized the plot of which the january 6th attack was a part, none of those folks has felt any kind of heat from law enforcement at all. now, to his credit, in my opinion, the attorney general answered that question today in a sort of helpful expository way, in a way that involved a helpful explanation for us, the public, about how complex prosecutions work. because were not lawyers, no matter how many, you know, legal procedurals you watch or read, its good to hea...

Including donald trump, and that the majority will reject political violence and trust the judicial system. at the moment that belief for garland and all americans is an enormous political gamble. david rode writing today at "the new yorker." joining us now is david rode, executive editor at newyorker.com. thanks for making time to be here tonight. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> tell me about this bold contention that youre making, that the question of whether or not to prosecute trump i...

His speech today continues to believe that the majority of americans still support the principle that all people should be treated fairly under the law including donald trump, and that the majority will reject political violence and trust the judicial system. at the moment that belief for garland and all americans is an enormous political gamble. david rohde writing today at "the new yorker." joining us now is david rohde, executive editor at newyorker.com. thanks for making time to be here toni...

Used to be very bipartisan. ronald reagan supported extension of the voting rights act. george w. bush and george h.w. bush supported it. when it used to come up in the congress, it got large margins. whats happened is this is a new republican party. this is a fact were impressing on all of our colleagues, all 50 of our colleagues. its a different republican party, run by donald trump. and the fidelity to election, the fidelity to democracy, is no longer there. donald trump the other day endorse...

Legislatures, are directly related and all stem from donald trumps big lie. the only way to curb this section perpetuation of the big lie is for congress to act. hes absolutely right. >> because of that connection between the pretext for the january 6th attack and the pretext for these voting rights restrictions that you just described, that the attorney general described today, i wonder what you make of the fact that a number of republican senators voted to impeach donald trump for what happene...

Attacks that are undergirded by the same claims. if these things are in fact connected, why are republicans who recognize one side of that not recognizing the other? >> well, were in a different republican party than we used to be. you know, voting rights, rachel, used to be very bipartisan. ronald reagan supported extension of the voting rights act. george w. bush and george h.w. bush supported it. when it used to come up in the congress, it got large margins. whats happened is this is a new re...

To do is accomplish things in a different way. donald trump wanted pence to rig the election. this law might say, well, lets let the state legislatures rig the election. neither is good. so i think this is a fake. i think its a way to try and get the two senators that we have who are not on board to go for something that wont change the horrible, voracious change in the balance of power that will allow elections to slant things in the directions of republicans in a dramatic way, in an unfair way...

Threats issue, though, what was most anticipated from attorney general garland today was his explication of why it is so far only low level people who showed up at the u.s. capitol at trumps urging on january 6th, why it is that only those low level people have been charged, while no one who actually ran the plan, no one who actually organized the plot of which the january 6th attack was a part, none of those folks has felt any kind of heat from law enforcement at all. now, to his credit, in my ...