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Like that doesnt make any sense. to think they are really in a credibility crisis as well. lawrence: speaking of virginia, all eyes on virginia as republican glenn youngkin terry mcauliffe final pitches to be the next governor. rachel: mcauliffe hoping for a last minute boost as former president obama is set to hit the campaign trail with him today. pete: alexandria hoff in d.c. with what to look for as the voting numbers come in. >> throughout this campaign mcauliffe the democrat here holding a...

Worth. fort worth is the most republican large city in texas and now with the republican domination is tyler. san antonio is democratic, so what is happening in texas is what is happening in the country, which is the metropolitan areas are becoming more blue and the countryside is more red. so texas is very jerrgerrymande and republicans have -- they control more power than their voting numbers would indicate but governor abbott is walking on an ever finer knife edge. the point of the abortion l...

Americans. it was a very impressive strategic move by the attorney general, and it will do a lot of good. >> since you are out of alabama, i want to talk about the 2013 voting rights act. he wants them to pass the john lewis voting act. talk about why this piece is essential. >> so this is the provision of the voting rights act called preclearance. and let me give you an example ive actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple weeks out from an election and all of a sudden a state or municipa...

This piece is essential. >> so this is the provision of the voting rights act called plea -- preclearance and let me give you an example that ive actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from election and all of a sudden, a municipality or a state start closing polling places and a majority minority neighborhood, making it much more difficult for people and their neighborhood to go out and vote while maybe its justified by voting numbers or maybe its the result of racial anim...

Good. >> since you are from alabama, i want to touch on shelby v. holder, gutted section five of the voting rights act in 2013. garland wants congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act restoring the dojs ability to review state election laws before they become effective. talk about why this piece is essential. >> this is the provision of the voting rights act called preclearance and let me give you an example that ive actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from an el...

Indicate if you add additional barriers, if you make it harder to vote, people may not vote and they see that especially play out in young voters and voters of color and people who may work difficult schedules, jessica. now time is running out here. they have to have this done before the legislative session ends on monday, but the votes need to be in by sunday night. we could see the first votes in the senate on this as early as today. dianne gallagher in austin, texas. and also important to rem...

Hillary clintons problem in 2016 really wasnt that the people that went out to go to vote for trump. it was people who stayed home and you wouldnt vote for hillary clinton and normally would. black voting numbers, down the most -- down for the first time in 20 years. >> yeah. >> and you could talk about other people that just stayed at home. i have been saying it, i will say it still, david brings up a great point. that exhaustion, that keeps republicans at home that would always go out and vote...

Actively trying to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, just as they did in the 2016 presidential election to help trump win that election. and so that would be a pretty extraordinary move for this president to welcome putin to america in an election year while his own country is trying to interfere in our election here. >> picture a year from now youll be pretty much moving into the home stretch of the 2020 election. that will be the backdrop for the next one of these g-7 sessions. phil...

While his own country is trying to interfere in our election here. >> picture a year from now youll be pretty much moving into the home stretch of the 2020 election. that will be the backdrop for the next one of these g-7 sessions. phil rucker, tamara keith, christopher dickey, thank you for being with us. coming up from russia, if youre listening, are you coming, president trump aiming to bring next years g-7 to his florida golf resort. were going to talk to an expert on trumps finances. la...

Explain. >> the congressional voting numbers of kamala harris, sanders, warren. biden looks very much like the democrats who helped the democrats win back the house in 2018, more middle of the road. sanders, harris, warren are very to the left of that. more liberal candidates struggle. that is, the further you are from the ideological center, the harder time you have of winning. that doesnt mean that harris, sanders, warren, cant win, its just harder chance of winning. >> match-up between the pr...