of our voting bills have passed the house of representatives. in the senate you need 60 votes. what chuck schumer said today at the closing of this vote is very, very clear. you know, the senate faces a choice. either it can follow in the footsteps of those who did the right thing in the past, or it can allow our democracy to burn down. the republicans channelled strom thurmond today. they didn't stand on the floor for hours upon hours, but did the same thing. the hill voting rights legislation. we got to challenge it. so the senate is going to have to make a determination of whether they want to be strom thurmond or john lewis. >> i had the opportunity to ask the president of the united states about the batting for voting rights and if it is time to get rid of the filibuster. listen to this. >> if you agree with the former president, he has called your -- as you call him, your old boss, that it's a relic of jim crow. >> it is. >> if it's a relic of jim crow, it's been used to fight against civil rights legislation historically.