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Check. john. >> thats right, this is this 1887 law that was the toe hold that trump and john eastman used to argue that they could effectively overturn the election in that infamous six-point memo. they argued that basically the law was so badly written that possibly, quite possibly, vice president pence could intercede, objection could be taken to the floor and the will of the people in effect subverted. what that has done is hung a lantern on the need to refine and refocus and rewrite this law...

Now in the coming day, the u.s. president will meet with senate democrats to discuss changing the rules to pass legislation on voting rights. joe biden is getting support from former president barack obama, who is calling on the senate to do the right thing. right now democrats dont have enough votes to pass election reforms without changing the filibuster rules. senate majority leader, chuck schumer is outlining the steps of that process and the goal is to get the senate to skip the 60-vote thr...

Im wondering at what point do you take stock and say things need to change internally, whether youre outreach for the hill, the leadership in the white house. you seem to be stymied on an incredible number of fronts. >> let me give you a different take. more than 200 million people are vaccinated. rob job growth, report low unemployment rates historically in this country the last year. weve rebuilt our alliances and our relationships around the world. right now as it relates to russia, our natio...

Learn ed that akram paid for his new flight to texas. where he was hoping to find a bride according to law enforcement sources. it was in texas sources believe akram purchased the gun on the streets in the dallas area. it was a stolen weapon. in akrams native uk said he was the subject of an investigation in 2020 by the security service mi5, the case was closed because it didnt meet the threshold for further investigation. one of the hostages shared more of saturdays terrifying ordeal. >> he sai...

>> ask to eliminate this threshold from whichever party holds the majority amount to a group of people separated on two sides of a canyon shouting that solution to their colleagues. i understand theres some on both sides of the aisle. i do not. simple how embarrassing. >> laura: how embarrassing for biden. think about this, this was made on the same day that he made a trip to capitol hill, that speech by sinema, and he has this urgency to move to kill the filibuster. and le rr face it, when your...

What kind of missiles would be placed in the rest of europe, what exercises, by both nato and russia would look like, the u.s. has said clearly that if they are to give any sort of concessions or make any moves on those fronts they want reciprocal moves by the russians. this is just the first day of meetings in a whole weeks worth of meetings that will expand over the week to include nato and other countries later on this week. >> alex marquardt in jean eva. thank you. lets bring in security ana...

Have the president, the vice president making a case? got to be a big appointment to miss this one. >> neil: with democracy on the line. this is their line, not ours. so where does this stand with respect to the constitution? you have enumerated powers with the federal government. you have the reserve powers. a lot of folks are saying its pretty clear where this falls. but is it? >> well, depends on who you ask. as far as the threshold for 60 votes in the senate, its not in the constitution. its...

>> is there a message? >> as i have said before, there are 100 members to the united states senate. and im not going to will assault nor should any of us insult any member of the united states for taking on responsibility to take on the oath they all took to support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> peter: strong words but bernie sanders is getting even more specific. naming the two as the voting rights bill comes to the floor of the senate there is only one vote which will re...

They said her vote to preserve the 60-vote threshold which effectively dooms the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act is not acceptable to them. sinema still has at least according to some polls last year a real appeal to independents. but none of thats going to matter if she cant secure her own partys nomination for re-election in 2024 if she chooses to run again. lindsay? >> all right. original reporting there from sources. thank you so much for breaking that do...

>> i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. the debate over the senate 60-vote threshold shines a light on our broader challenges. when one party need only negotiate with itself, policy will in strictably be pushed from the middle towards the extremes. >> now, the u.s. supreme court has dealt a blow to the white house covid vaccine policy. on thursday it struck down mandating vaccinations for large corporations, saying the measure ...