now the house select committee on january 6th is set to start hearings next week. that as democrats are at odds over the battle for voting rights, our most sacred rights as americans, rights generations of us have fought and died for just days ahead of a selma style march in texas where a restrictive bill was stalled when democratic lawmakers fled the state. civil rights leaders are urging the white house to do more to fight for black and brown voters. i'll talk to one of the marchers for beto o'rourke in a few minutes but listen to this exchange. this is an exchange i had with the president of the united states joe biden at our cnn town hall. >> this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, at a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn't read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar