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Has it gotten where it needs to get? thats not even an open question. i think everybody -- if you look at what happened just this week, people gave a holiday that was to commemorate the ending of slavery, at the same time people are fighting as to whether the descendants of slaves should have the right to vote unfettered. >> i talked about it. i laid it out all and connected the two. ive got to roll. thank you, d.l. >> appreciate it. still to come, more of your best and worst tweets and facebo...

Certainly fail as we said, alex, but it is putting renewed pressure on that 60 vote threshold. whether or not the filibuster should continue on. there are at least two democratic senators not yet on board including senator manchin so the hopes to move forward are very bleak for making any changes there, alex. >> thank you for the update from the capitol. lets bring in beto orourke, former texas congressman and former democratic presidential candidate, a busy guy holding 19 voting rights rallie...

Your geography." georgia democrat senator raphael warnock said that hes very encouraged by joe manchins proposals and told nbc news, quote, i have never been opposed to voter i.d., and in fact, i dont know anybody who is who believes people shouldnt have to prove that they are who they say they are. but what has happened over the years is people have played with commonsense identification and put into place restrictive measures intended not to preserve the integrity of the outcome, but to select...

Folks who dont have a photo i.d. because they dont need one, because theyre elderly, but they like to vote in person, or they never had to get one because theyre not traveling, they dont have a bank account. disproportionately, those folks are african-american and latino, especially in the south. weve had court case after court case that has shown how discriminatory that can be. proving who we are by having to bring something like a utility bill is a reasonable step and something i can support. ...

The senate needs on a vote like that in order to proceed then to actually voting on the bill itself, passing the bill itself after that 60-vote threshold, only requires 51 votes. that means that 10 republicans are going to have to vote with the democrats in favor of proceeding to that bill next week. and joe manchin is the democrat who is trying to find those 10 republicans. >> ive been talking to stacey, talking to everyone, trying to get republicans to understand, thats the bedrock of our demo...

Franken, requiring a 41 vote to block cloture, as opposed to the 60-vote threshold. the pressure then would be on the republicans to come up with the votes, not the democrats. is there any suspense after what mitch mcconnell said today, is there any suspense about what happens on that 60-vote threshold vote, probably on tuesday next week, on this bill? >> none discovery, lawrence. if you noticed in that little clip with mitch mcconnell, he had roy blunt on one side of him, john barrasso on the o...

Because this meets the thresholds of what we talked about last time i was on your show. which is number one, it allows americans to register to vote. allows them to vote early by mail and on election day, free from interference. and it makes sure their votes are counted and not diluted through partisan gerrymandering. and so the first hurdle we had to get over was to get enough democratic votes in the senate for a voting rights bill. we have that now in this form from senator manchin. and thats ...

Oppose that. >> and so when joe manchin is on the senate floor next week for that vote, watching every single republican oppose him, will he then be ready to change the senate rule on the 60-vote threshold as he recently said in a private discussion with a nonpartisan group he is willing to do under certain circumstances? leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congressman colin allred of texas. he has worked as a voting rights attorney before going to congress. also congressional histo...

Night discussing the fact, that joe manchin was caught on tape and what he thought was a private discussions and he is willing to change the threshold in various ways, including an idea first proposed by you and by a senator requiring a 41 vote to block as opposed to the 60 vote threshold. the pressure then would be on the republicans to come up with the votes, not the democrats. is there any suspense after what mitch mcconnell said today, is there any suspense about what happens on that 60 vote...

After joe manchin said he wasnt surge of republicans. here is what mitch mcconnell said about how many republicans will support joe manchins version of the bill. >> all republicans, i think, will oppose that. >> and so, when joe manchin is on the senate floor next week for that vote, watching every single republican oppose him, will he then be ready to change the senate rules on the 60 vote threshold, as he recently said in a private discussion with non partisan group? he is willing to do under ...