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>> that was moments ago on the senate floor when majority leader chuck schumer asked for a vote to overrule the parliamentary ruling that was -- that did not allow him to impose a special rule for voting rights. on the senate. and so what they are now voting for is the question of overruling the chair in such a way that will allow the democrats to have finally a vote on voting rights on the senate floor. technically, a yes vote affirms the ruling of the chair, and a no vote is a vote for senator...

That was destroyed, essentially, by the supreme court, under john roberts. now, the obstacle here, republicans dont like this. theres not one vote for it. theyre not going to vote for any of it. they will of course filibuster the -- are on board, with carving out an exception to the filibuster, to allow democrats to bypass the 60 vote threshold, thats been used increasingly more. thats not a hard -- its a long complicated history, between 1969 in 2014. there have been 161 exceptions of the filib...

Insufficient. he also argued that he should not even be there. back in august, [inaudible]. she sued him for compensatory and punitive damages. a lot of money. she asked for a jury trial here now back in 2009, we know that she had come to a settlement agreement under florida contract law, with jeffrey epstein. that barred her from suing him again and criminal prosecution as well. also, any potential other defendants. so here the prince comes in and says oh, she was talking about me. will this ch...

Either today or first thing tomorrow. so it depends on how long it takes them to make a decision but they are fully aware that it needs to be made quickly. and thats part of why it is being heard on sunday morning here. and if he does not win, he is out. and could be out for a long time? a three—year ban? yes, thats correct, there is a waiver provision on that but its again it is a high threshold and he would have to put in an application for it to be considered. far reaching tsunami alerts ha...

Unpopular inside russia, but also a strong and unified response by the united states and the nato allies, canada and the europeans in terms of what we would do to russia if they fully invade. now, i think thats very credible in saying why russian tanks are going to roll up and why the ukrainian government isnt going to be overthrown, but it doesnt stop the russians from, quote, unquote, going in as president biden said he thought they would during the press conference last week and why you see a...

But then we know what will happen with the vote, all 50 republicans oppose these measures, all 50 krooths support them. so they will fail. what happens after that is an open question. chuck schumer the democratic majority leader in the senate has promised unspecified votes on rule changes that might allow democrats to get around the 60-vote threshold for legislation. we expect those votes will fail, too, after kyrsten sinema, joe manchin reiterated their opposition last week, there could be othe...

Department, and that change is being made because now they are able to say with this grand jury indictment that they believe there was a plot to overthroat presidency, not just to stop congress. >> elliott, caitlin calls it a lot more oomph from the justice department. lets put that into legal terms. youve been arguing for some time be parish, that to build the tougher cases that many people are demanding it takes time and it takes evidence because the legal threshold to prove seditious conspira...

And say you are going to put a hold on my ability to vote. >> i just love that. no person sitting downtown in a spa. i just love that. but, nicolas, im not asking you to comment on that. i am asking you to comment on where are things in terms of the conversations about reforming the filibuster, at least when it comes to voting rights? theres been talk about the talking filibuster, theres been talk about changing vote counts so that its you have to vote to -- some 45 vote threshold that theyve be...

And the famous thumbs down. garrett, give us little details. how are they actually planning on bringing them to the floor? get technical for us. >> reporter: so when a piece of legislation is moving through the senate theres usually two opportunities to filibuster is, first on the vote to proceed to the legislation to even start debate and then another opportunity at the end of debate before you would have a final vote. democrats have come up with the functional equivalent of a legislative trick...

Gets close to his one year anniversary they have had some successes and they are proud of the fact that they have gotten a big chunk of the united states vaccinated but the pandemic rages continues to rage, they had a couple legislative wins with the american rescue plan and with the infrastructure bill. and but many of the other things including the police reform act that you are referring, to bret, did not make it over the threshold and with the midterm elections coming up in about months time...