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White house the president will be marking one year in the oval office on wednesday. it comes as new polling shows voters think the president is not paying enough attention to the issues that matter, with a majority of voters saying democrats are focusing on issues they care little about or dont care about at all. the one issue voters do overwhelmingly care about, inflation. 65% of voters say biden hasnt put enough focus on the rise in prices. it all comes as the presidents voting rights reform l...

Continue to dry up and there will be a future for our next generation of farmers and ranchers on the land. but i think thats really important for this country. >> senator, you are one of plaerks political wizards flash flood to being the policy leader in this area. and your political wizardry is such that you are able to get elected as a democratic in the state of montana, which increasingly has become kind of a magic act. that also allows you to have a unique perspective on the challenges facin...

Were also tracking news out of the senate. msnbc learning the democratic holdouts sinema and manchin met with president biden tonight. they spent over an hour talking. this is amidst the fight over filibuster voting rights. sinema basically trying to short circuit what was the big democratic push or even having the vote because she came out before biden arrived at the capitol to say this. >> there is no need for me to restate my long-standing support for the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation...

The institution of the united states senate stand? >> sean: the bill is so blatantly unconstitutional it will never pass the 60 vote threshold in the senate. in order for that to become law, democrats now led by biden who said hed never do it just like you said the vaccine will protect you from getting covid and like he said a lot of other things he reneged on, that would mean a nuke of the filibuster. in other words, getting rid of the filibuster and completely up end the rules of the senate fo...

Category so that is a concern, but these powers are nothing new. about 13 years ago a previous immigration minister came out and said that i have godlike powers and i am not comfortable with those, minister chris simmons. he said a mite comfortable with that? notjust because of the concern about playing god but the lack of transparency and accountability for those decisions. so i think what this has brought to the forefront of australia and the world is that these extraordinary powers that minis...

Is worse in the problem. -- to bypass the 60 vote threshold that fosters more obstruction the bipartisan system. that is more -- making it hard to vote, and installing partisans. putting their threat on the scale. last year, 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict voiding and altering the voting process. hundreds more were produced. more coming this year. in terms of violence and intimidation from trump supporters, have force dedicated election workers to quit. with the maga -- lining to pick up...

Birthday wishes, i appreciate that. a few things to consider here. what schumer said to that last bite, is an indication theyre not saying "yes." manchin and sinema have been pretty firm that theyre not going to change the 60-vote threshold. whether there are some carve out, we dont know. i would also just put a finer point on one thing you said. what chuck schumer has said and i just tweeted this right before i came on air. if you read his letter and read what he said about changing the senate ...

Majority-rule institution, and they were very clear about this. they wanted debate to be extensive. they wanted the minority, you know, numerical minority in any given debate to have their say, but they also wanted, you know, when that debate became o obstructionist they wanted the majority to be able to move it to a vote and hold the vote on a majority basis. there was no filibuster. the senate operated on a majority basis through the 18th century, through the 19th century and through most of t...

Was still up, and these steps were covered by a platform. but as the officers who were defending the tunnel, all of us were, you know, repelling this onslaught of attackers. the momentum of those officers pushed me all the way out kind of to the threshold of this tunnelway here. >> right here? >> yeah. at that point an individual, i believe whos been identified as albuquerque head, grabbed a hold of me and continued to pull me out. >> how far did he pull you out? >> i would say probably about 25...

60 votes to overcome the filibuster, hes open to making it three-fifths of those present, meaning if there are absences, that the threshold would be reduced. would that be an acceptable compromise? >> i dont think so. i think that we ought to just decide that voting and other constitutional issues ought not be subjected to the filibuster. thats just the way it ought to be. we do it for the budget. we do this reconciliation process so that no one person can filibuster the full faith and credit of...