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Underlying disease of division infecting our country. eliminating the 60-vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool that we need to safeguard our democracy from threats in the years to come. >> of all the days she could have given that speech to reiterate what she is entitled to do, she chose to do it to blow up the incumbent president of her own partys visit to her caucus, in a different era or against a different president, that would be seen as a kind of a political sui...

Last few days, in fact weeks, is chinas zero covid strategy really taking a toll, i think its fair to say, on the population who have endured in the case of xian, city of xian, something like two weeks of lockdown. now there is a new city facing the same fate here. >> reporter: thats right. look, you have france with hundreds of thousands of new cases a day. china, the country with the worlds biggest population, its down to a couple dozen cases nationally a day. but the hot spot for weekess, whi...

Trump was actually trying to do with the political elements of his coup, it was to abuse the vice presidents role and the objection process thats spelled out in the electoral count act. and he saw the vagueness of the language, and john eastman, the conservative lawyer who was at the willard war room, saw the vagueness of the language and they decided to exploit that in order to return trump to office. so it is really significant in and of itself, and i think the issue here is, you know, the sel...

Appeal to senate democrats to change the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. >> like every other major civil rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. we missed this time. >> reporter: while he arrived on capitol hill to a standing ovation, the president left empty handed. >> i dont know that we can get it done, but i know one thing. as long as i have a breath in me. as long as im in the white house, as long as im engaged at all,...

You, which shows that according to legal scholars, such a message, although it is threatening, does not constitute a true threat because it doesnt show clear intent. now, over 100 of these calls sampled by reuters appeared to meet the federal threshold for prosecution, yet, arrests, well, they have been rare. since the 2020 election, reuters found just four cases, four cases that were prosecuted. joining us now is the lead reporter on that incredibly fascinating report from reuters out today, pe...

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This battle, elevate this fight to what it is and thats a fight for the future of this nation. >> reporter: 80-year-old jesse jackson that marched with king for civil and voting rights more than a half century ago also attended bidens speech and believes the on going battle for the ballot is worth it. >> we have an obligation to fight back to save the country is really the right to vote. >> reporter: why are you so optimistic? >> my back is against the wall. there is no future in hopelessness. w...

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Support for the 60 vote threshold to pass legislation. there is no need for me too restate its role protecting our country from wild reversals and federal policy. will policy reverse after the midterm elections? now 296 days away as president trump ramps up his endorsement in hopes of taking the senate majority back as he told us on the program last week. >> mitch mcconnell is a disaster the republicans have to get a new leader. mitch mcconnell allow this to happen the unfree structure i dont ca...

What he said because it really shows where democratic leaders are right now with voting rights legislation. he wrote, quote, protecting our democracy wasnt always a partisan issue. but even if senate republicans now refuse to stand up for our democracy, democrats should be able to get the job done with a simple majority vote. no single piece of legislation can guarantee that well make progress on every challenge we face as a nation, but legislation that ensures the right to vote and makes sure e...