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Local officials all over the country are also dialing up the pressure on the senate to protect voting rights. and that includes 151 mayors who just sent a letter urging swift action on voting rights legislation as soon as -- that letter reads in part voting rights are under historic attack, and our very democracy is threatened. one of those mayors joins me now. the mayor of tucson, arizona. shes a democrat. her state was at the center of an audit of the 2020 results that to no ones surprise, per...

Sinema. but getting to the point where they can pass a voting rights bill which is proposed by republicans for a variety of reasons, mainly because it would amount to a federal takeover of elections is a very heavy lift. they dont have the votes to do it under the current order, dont have the votes to change the rules. thats leaving the democrats in a position here that theyre simply talking about what is possible. if they cant find anything, they can get manchin on board, a vote will happen bef...

Hour by hour vacillates between accessible and totally closed down. >> and nick, there are new concerns this morning about u.s. military equipment left behind by fleeing afghan soldiers. you see these image as of humvees and helicopters and drones and weapons in the hands of the taliban. and potentially even worse here just a swift collapse of the military left a lot of american paid-for armaments in their hands. >> yeah, the small arms will be an issue certainly, there should be enough ammuniti...

When my kids ask, "when is the shutdown going to end?" is little addressing that i dont know. [laughter] we are back at noon eastern tomorrow. now here is harris. >> harris: are be any closer? fox news alert, dueling bills reopen the government as a partial government shutdown hits day 32. a new month. federal workers are risking missing a second paycheck. this is "outnumbered overtime." im harris faulkner. senate republicans say they hope to begin debate today on the presidents shutdown proposa...

marketsite. "american morning" starts right now. >> no vote on the debt plan again. im christine romans. as the u.s. economy lurches closer to a financial crisis, the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> im kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along ...

There is not action on the jobs act. and congress has to take -- congress will have a lot of explaining to do. members of congress will have a lot of explaining to do when they go home for the end of the year recess if theyve done nothing, nothing to address the urgent need to help our economy and create jobs. >> while the white house is urging swift action on the presidents $447 billion plan, a top democratic leader says the senate does not have the votes to pass it. not yet, anyway. noting opp...