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Unanimously in the senate. 15 of the republicans who voted for the voting rights back then are still in the senate and yet they were among the republicans who didnt vote to allow debate on s1. the for the people act when it came up for a vote back in june or july. how are you so confident that when it comes to hr4 coming over into the senate that its not going meet the same fate? >> we have demonstrated now that voter discrimination is persistent, pervasive and

Republicans from having forcibly returned to the texas house chamber. this as more than two dozen members of the delegation head home after spending a month in washington away from their families as part of the of effort to stave off a vote back in austin. now as for the texas lawmakers who stayed behind, they say theyre going to continue lobbying for federal voting rights legislation riding out yet another special session called the by governor greg abbott. for for monday this, im joined by jas...

Gillibrand, joe biden, kamala harris, and a host of others called on him to resign. there were protests outside behind me, some still remain. they were chanting for the governor to step down and for his lieutenant governor, justin fairfax to take over, a 39-year-old african-american lieutenant governor. they were calling on him to take the helm of virginia as soon as possible. during a brief chat with reporters they actually gave speeches and i asked them how many of you voted for ralph northam ...

Theres a report from robert mueller? big question here, will democrats move toward impeachment in the year 2019? theyll probably have to make that decision by the middle of the year before the presidential campaign really gets going. and speaking of that campaign, which in many ways is already under way, how many of those dozens of democratic names out there you are actually going to step forward and run? will joe biden whos walked to the starting line before, his last chance at the presidency. ...

Staff is for this president? >> i would take some exception to that. i mean, my reporting showed that priebus had a really strong -- he had a really hard time getting a strong hold of president trump and his staff. he was very preoccupied with his own image. and the truth is that not a lot of people either feared him or respected him in the white house and that came from donald trump. he took on priebus very reluctantly. he was told that he needed priebus because of his relationships on the hill...

>> i voted for this gentleman based upon his reputation in maryland. but i am deeply disappointed. and if i could have that vote back, i would be voting a different way. >> paul butler, ive never heard a senator say i would like to take my confirmation vote back just weeks after that confirmation. >> and thats the wrong approach. look, lawrence, rod rosenstein, a man of utmost integrity got played by the president of the united states. the president asked him for his honest opinion about directo...

But i am deeply disappointed. and if i could have that vote back, i would be voting a different way. >> paul butler, ive never heard a senator say i would like to take my confirmation vote back just weeks after that confirmation. >> and thats the wrong approach. look, lawrence, rod rosenstein, a man of utmost integrity got played by the president of the united states. the president asked him for his honest opinion about director comeys competency in office and what rosenstein said in that memo i...

You said you want the russian investigation to continue at doj. will the white house oppose the appointment of a special prosecutor to continue to look into the investigation? >> we dont think its necessary. youve got a house committee, a senate committee and a department of justice all working on this. i dont think that there is the a necessary need at this point to add that youve got the deputy attorney general who i would say is about as independent as it comes due to the fact that he has suc...

Department of justice all working on this. i dont think that there is the a necessary need at this point to add that youve got the deputy attorney general who i would say is about as independent as it comes due to the fact that he has such bipartisan support. >> he doesnt have bipartisan support anymore. here is what the democratic vice chair of the senate intelligence committee said about rod rosenstein on this program last night. >> i voted for this gentleman based upon his reputation in maryl...

Timeline of people being fired. if you look at the timeline of ms. yates testimony yesterday, you look at the actions today, you look at the fact that we were moving forward with our investigation now in terms of getting information and scheduling the more interesting witnesses, this is more than a little bit curious that they chose today to fire jim comey. >> final question, about rod rosenstein, weve heard sally yates, youre saying tonight, the reason he gave to the president for firing jim co...