>> let's talk about what you were talking about with senator merkley. it does appear that joe manchin will take this bill and try to get republican support for it. do you think there's any hope of getting senate republicans to join in to this effort, or do democrats in washington, do democrats in the senate have to go through with this? forget the filibuster as it relates to voting rights and pass this new bill? >> we also think of lbj as the father of the voting rights act. the most recent reauthorization of the voting rights act was under another texas president, a republican, george w. bush, when voting rights were not controversial and the senate passed 98-0. we're dealing with a new republican party, party of the ex-president, donald trump, which continues to try to subvert democracy. we're hoping at least ten republican members of the u.s. senate that will support senator