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We went from the 38th state to the 12th state because the things we were putting in place and drop boxes are there. so i think it's really important just as was said, to see not just individual bills. not just to talk about photo id and whether or not it's easy, but to look at all of this as part of a national, strategic playbook that virginia republicans are not refusing to be a part of. they're completely bought in on trying this and so it's really important that when people talk about what's happening across the nation, that they include virginia and unfortunately, some of those trends. >> ...

Of august here, where we had over 200 patients at our lcmc hospitals with covid. statewide over 3,000. just recently we're down to about 28 patients at our lcmc hospitals and just under 500 across the state. so we're looking better than where we were a few months ago. >> now the lower numbers are easing the pressure on what was a very strange system. vaccinations moving forward are going to be the concern here in louisiana. you have a very low vaccination rate in the state, 45th in the nation. when you go to the state's dashboard, 84% of new cases are amongst unvaccinated individuals. 80% of d...

>> moreover, many are returning with children with brazilian or chilean passports that are citizens of a different country and yet they find themselves back and destitute nation that is really for lack of a better term a failed state. there is no rule of law that's functioning. the police force is either broken or corrupt or inept. you have a situation where the gangs have taken control over vast swathes of the capitol, other parts of the country as well. you have an earthquake in the south that has left not only more than 2,000 dead but tens of thousands still homeless and facing chronic prob...

And we did what was necessary over half of the children living in poverty got bailed out of poverty when we did the child tax credit and only did it for one year. we have to make that permanent. that's got to be paramount here. start talking about what it is in this bill. let's do what is necessary to provide health care, get beyond this affordable care act the so-called coverage gap there. do something about medicaid in this 12th state. >> just lost the connection, it's a technical problem we have. it is what it is on life television. i don't know if we have the congressman back. no, we don't...

I want to get your thoughts on the news that senator schumer will take up another voting rights bill to get through the senate. >> joe manchin has done what he said he would do, bring along ten republicans who will vote to allow it to go forward. if he doesn't, we're going to have to get around this filibuster. i hope this will demonstrate to senator manchin the need to do so. i can't imagine that he will allow the filibuster to stop. the black folks in his state and other states are exercising their right to vote. the filibuster has been used