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Hello, im christian fraser. youre watching the context on bbc news live from washington. all eyes are on california, the golden state that will determine the size of a republican majority in the house. not so far away, the vote—counters are being watched closely by republican candidates who have already cried foul. we will talk to the man in charge of the count in maricopa county. and will ron run for president? sadly, not the man next to me — we are talking instead about ron de santis, the ...

And in a hot mic moment senate majority leader chuck schumer expressed concerns over the fate of the senate. >> were in danger of that seat. >> joining us now to discuss, cnn political commentator errol luis. what did you think of his assessment of georgia? >> senator schumer, ive known him a long time, hes one of the better vote counters out there. hes the architect of the senate democratic majority. he goes out and recruits candidates, he raises the money, supplies a lot of the messaging,

But how is all of that connected to the storming of the capitol? >> i think its all part of a peace, in the sense that our democracy is under attack. we have to understand how fragile our democracy is. i think we are at a real dangerous point here and im not being alarmist and i dont think im being hyperbolic. but im real concerned about the state of our democracy. you saw in on january the 6th an attempt to keep in place somebody who lost an election by 7 million votes. we have seen instances o...

Maybe we need to look at the blue states which have not been nearly so reactive and supportive of voting as opposed to a state like georgia, which clearly has relative to them. >> this push by democrats as senators in dozens of states are taking steps to restrict voting in many cases with republicans invoking the big lie that the election was stolen as justification. just to be clear so our viewers know, you have said that joe biden won the election fair and square and called the big lie the big...

>> of course, theres no constitutional way to do that. and trump delivered this message to the republican party in pennsylvania. pay attention to this part -- >> we have to be a lot sharper next time when it comes to counting the vote. theres a famous statement, sometimes the vote count is more important than the candidate and we cant let that ever happen again. we have to get tougher and smarter. >> democrats are very focused right now on capitol hill about beating back republican efforts at th...

Counting the vote, unquote, its pretty clear he means stop counting the votes when hes up and when democrats are in the lead, vote counters need to find votes for him, as he instructed georgia republican secretary of state brad raffensperger to do. >> theres nothing wrong with saying that youve recalculated. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> this plan to put loyalists in key positions where they can do this for him is going on right now with trump-backed candid...

In many cases with republicans invoking the big lie that the election was stolen as justification. just to be clear so our viewers know, you have said that joe biden won the election fair and square and called the big lie the big lie, but we did see trump last night in arizona trying to pressure legislators to decertify the 2020 election. on friday he called for an effort to get vote counters, more in office who are supporters of his. take a listen. >> we have to be a lot sharper the next time w...

Candidate for the presidential party. >> he could be the nominee. more in the here and now, what he said there, that is probably more important, who counts the votes than the candidate, thats exactly what is happening in states across the country as republican governors and state legislatures have moved from not just trying to keep people electric registering to vote and keeping them from voting, but now architecture to make the vote counters exert their will over the will of the american people...

At 10:00 in the evening and then all of a sudden things closed and it reopened and, viola, look what happened. so we have to be a lot sharper the next time when it comes to counting the vote. famous saying, sometimes the vote counter is more important than the candidate and we cant let that ever, ever happen again. have to get tougher and smarter. >> my panel is back with me. stewart, that last bit in that harangue, whatever that was from donald trump, is the most chilling thing that folks are t...

Let me switch gears a moment to voting rights. there is going to be a vote tonight sometime in the 8:00 hour. how is that going to go? is there any chance that manchin and sinema will allow a switch to a talking filibuster or a filibuster with 55 votes needed instead of 60 or any changes at all? >> it doesnt appear that were ultimately going to win the vote on changing the rules. but it is important that we are going to be united in our vote for the freedom to vote act, which, in and of itself, ...